The most memorable moment was a Wacken Festival that Blind Guardian wasn't there. The Bard's Song was played briefly on the video wall and 70,000 people suddenly stopped, paused and began to sing the song. Complete. Only then did everyone go their own way again. That was magical.
I'm not really sure what year that was to be honest...and since it happened out of the blue, i didn't even think about pulling my phone out. A couple of years ago, cell reception on the infield was still really bad, if non-existent, so there usually was no point in having your phone with you anyway... so at least for me it was a "enjoy the moment" kind of thing...
@@caro11_elf Yes man thats exactly what happened. to be honest, we did it like kid rock said, sippin whiskey, smoking funny things if you know what i mean. Remembering things from this time is, lets say, not so easy. At night at the camping grounds a random metalhead, drunk as shit, was standing somewhere on the field and yelled VALHAAAALAAAAAA. Take a guess what happened. Good times, at least 10 years away.
Funfact: There is a Train that goes through all of germany, collecting people to bring them to this festival. People started the valhalla chant on that train...
@@BOOMBiggityBam dude good call! There is alot of songs off that album that are good. Dorian is Tied for first. Immigrant song and terror train are the others. The whole album is great if you read the dark tower series.
"The Bard's Song" is the pinnacle of a band's achievement - when you can let the audience take over the vocals for you without *any* instruction, you know you've made it.
It's so funny to watch every "reactor" react to the bard's song, the look in their eyes 30sec in when they realize that they are not reacting to the band, they are reacting to the crowd😂👍 Cheers from Northern Sweden 🍻
Y'know, I was in the crowd at that concert and The Bard's Song is like their hymn. Everybody who knows Blind Guardian knows this song and pretty much the entire crowd sang it. The band don't even have to sing it, just a few notes and all will be done by the crowd. Also the Valhalla chant goes far beyond their gig. I remember people still singing it 30 minutes after the band finished. It was an amazing night there. Keep up the good content buddy. You're one of the best "metal reactors" out there. :)
@@TankTheTech You're welcome dude. Also I forgot some things: 1. Yes, they were headling. As usual in Wacken (and most other german festivals) the headliner plays "usually" 10pm - midnight. In Wacken day day goes up until 3am, so 2-3 other bands were after this gig. 2. Blind guardian songs are difficult, If you want fun songs, go check out their covers of for example "surfin usa" oder "barbara-ann". But personally I like nearly everthing. They have an entire album about LotR. Also "Nightfall" or "Mirror Mirror" have amazing live videos to check out. And lastly, of you want a band, which are very close friends to blind guardian, check out Heaven Shall Burn. They even did a cover of Valhalla with Hansi as a guest singer. My recommodation of HSB would be Black Tears, Endzeit or Voice Of The Voiceless. Rock On
I was there in that crowd. This was the last song. As we went back to the camping ground people continued to sing Valhalla on and on the whole way back.
@Smökje yes me too it was awsome @TankTheTech it was a crowd of 80.000 all singing together. It still gives me shivers and teary eyes just listing to it.
@TankTheTech and to your question Blind Guardian was indeed not the headliner it was Iron Maiden ifrc. But thats pretty Normal for Wacken most of the big bands playing could be headlining. Normaly its five or six bands playing that could actually headline the festival. Just Last year for example. Nigtwish was headlining and than there was Slayer, Sabaton, Epica, Beyond The Black, Within Temptation, Power Wolf, Delain, Hammerfall, Deamon and Wizards (wich Hansi is part of too its a projekt with John Schaffer of Iced Earth together with wich they realy rarely play live) and the list goes on its around 30 Bands playing there over the three days
The bards song is pretty much their anthem, if not the anthem of a large chunk of german metalheads. You'll get a willing choir on most every campgound, and reduce grown ass drunks to tears.
I'm a simple man. I see Blind Guardian, I upvote. I really love how deliberately modest and down-to-earth their visuals are. No edgy 'metal' stuff, just them and their music. Just look at their outfits, plain black clothes, that's it.
100% I agree, they're so down to earth. I think it's awesome because it helps to spread the idea that people can love metal without looking edgy and be just as cool.
Check the video of the concert, they kept on going.. well, the joke is that they're still going! Edit: I was thinking of a older concert of theirs, when Hansi still had long hair :p Still, check it out!
i remember being drunk on the summerbreeze campground just roaming around trying to get some food/more booze, and at some point i just started screaming "VALHALLA! DELIVERANCE!" and everyone around just started to sing along :D loved every second of it
A note on the Tolkien thing: Early on, the influence would show in the occasional individual song with a Tolkien subject, or a reference here and there. But then came the shining crown jewel of their career, the album "Nightfall in Middle-Earth." It is a concept album fully based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "Silmarillion", and one of the finest metal albums ever written. The song "Mirror Mirror" that keeps getting suggested in the comments is from that album.
Saw them live 14 years ago, after the show went to Denny’s and a bunch of fans there were still chanting Valhalla. The look on the people eating there who didn’t come from the concert was priceless.
The crowd at the end of Valhalla is always amazing. There is a video of the 10 best crowd moments somewhere on TH-cam and there was a concert that the song ended the band said goodnight and the crowd continues to sing for like 10 minutes so the band came back out and played the song again.
One of those magical summer nights in Germany...man I hope all the festivals will be back this summer, if there is anything that I am patriotic about then it is exactly this stuff. Great people, freshly brewed beer and some of the best metal live acts out there. Just hits you right in the feels
Tank speaking about crowd clapping being terrible. Most people have rythm but physics comes to play. If you play at 100m long stadium speed of sound comes into play 330 meters per second. So people in the back hear the music 0.3 seconds later than people near stage. Which in music is terribly long. Plus some of them clap to frontman clapping on stage but light is million times faster than sound and that confuses them. Eyes want to clap to visual stimulus, ears want to clap to music both are tenths of a second apart and in the end it ends up sounding like waves of claps.
Tank let me bring this in the right context. Wacken 1992. First time Blind Guardian had a gig at Wacken. 2 months after the release date of the "Somewhere far beyond" album, where the Bard's Song is a part of it. I was there in the crowd. And everybody sang this song like in this video. I have tears in my eyes thinking back at this amazing experience. It's hard to describe, it's already getting dark and hearing and singing this song is like sitting with your friends at a campfire, to hearing/feeling this crackling in the air. It's magic.
I still remember watching the video of "The Bard's Song" in GORGEOUS 240p as a kid. Two men playing acoustic guitars, another man in front of the microphone with a voice I never heard before. Needless to say, I was in awe and until this day this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. This version with 70000+ beautiful people singing along Hansi made me love this song even more.
i like how you got teary eyed talking about crowd participation. i'm not a musician myself, but seen tons of concerts and being at a concert where literally everyone sings every word to songs is... amazing to say the least. seeing shows like this one live or on computer screen always makes me teary eyed too, it's the essence of music for me. thats why i dont understand people that go to the show and just stand (or ever worse) sit there for the whole gig not moving a muscl or even get angry at other people enjoying the music and singing / moving along.
"I was expecting Nordic sounding, but this is POWER METAL" Ya, Blind Guardian is one of the grandfathers of Power Metal! They've been around since the mid 80's \;;/
just for the record, Bard's Song is the highlight that everyone at every single Blind Guardian show is looking forward to because everyone knows full well they're going to collectively make sure Hansi can just take a break...
A bard's job is to entertain the people, but when I was at this show at wacken, the crowd entertained the bard. It was insane. Will never forget that evening
This is by far the best reaction i have seen on youtube your comments hit perfectly and are on spot. Being a big fan of New wave of british heavy metal i got a unusual request. I love Saxon as they are a very big part of my interest in music. People seem to have forgotten them but the singer Biff Byford is a god amongst entertainers and a beast. Still active being over 60 touring and bringing it. Metallica has a special invititation to Biff to honor him to sing with them. That is so legendary. I would love it if you would give it a listen. YOU ROCK MAN!
It’s funny to see that while BG is an averagely well known metal band in the world, they’re absolutely legendary in Germany. Whenever they play a German festival they are headliners. There are only a few bands that would be listed higher on a German festival. You could even argue that while there are more well known German metal bands worldwide, like Kreator, Helloween or Rammstein, that they are considered to be THE German metal band by many German metalheads.
That's great! I wish more people in my community listened to Blind Guardian, or even just metal in general. I might have to make some more German friends lol.
My first video of your's I've come across... ABSOLUTELY LOVED your reaction to both the Bard Song & Valhalla! Watching your reaction to Valhalla- specifically- I was grinning ear-to-ear for almost all of it! Found Blind Guardian, thanks to my best friends, an Austrian; back in 2002! This was an EXCELLENT introduction to your channel, Sir! NEXT up... (my second video) is Nightwish Ghost Love Score! ->NEXT one after that, will be... Jinjer Pisces! METALHEAD FOR LIFE 🇩🇪🇨🇦🤘🤠🤘🇺🇸🇩🇪
"river of time" - live by Ayreon. Hansi of Blind Guardian and Marco of nightwish singing a duett. Ayreon with "the day that..." has to be on your List. Lot of cool stuff in the Video (making of and Great Song with lot of "surprise" vokals)
The Day That The World Breaks Down video is a great watch with the behind the scene info. Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017 is another great mix of Hansi, Marco, and Floor.
I have " in the world of tomorrow dreams our future lies, in the world of tomorrow dreams our hopes will rise" tattooed on the back of my neck because of the way hansi sings it.
I got to see them in SoCal a few years ago, and the audience was one of the best experiences I've ever had! It was a small, comparatively, show, but I will never forget the audience. It was just die hards (and a few newbs) and they sang along with EVERYTHING, even the opening band. It still sends chills down my entire body. I think we made the opening band, Grave Digger, cry. So much emotion just from one night!
Was there. Blind Guardian are my favourite band and it was this Wacken that I met my wife-to-be. Incredible night, life changing week. The guitar melodies of Bards Song will play her down the aisle.
If you just heard Valhalla you would suspect this is a German band, simply by hearing the accent of Hansi singing. Don't get me wrong, Hansi speaks English fluently but somehow never managed to lose traces of his German accent. They're veterans in their field celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024 and it shows; they're magnificent.
Both Songs are around 30 years old now. Nowadays their Musik is much more complex. "wheel of time", "sacred... " or "and the there was silence"(this one has the greatest drumming of All time in the originell Version) are really big Orchester peaces. Kind of nightwish with choirs. The mid 90s stuff is maybe their best time with 4 killer albums in a row. "Nightfall in middle earth" and "somewhere far beyound" are my all time favourits. "Imagination..." has a lot off cool Songs to, but the Sound is Kind off strange and muddy. All in all they are my first love in metal and made a big impact in folk-, speed-, and powermetal.
yeah they became more and more prog over time, with plenty of older songs also having strong prog influences and now IMO they are basically a full on Prog/Power Metal hybrid with tons of folk stuff. but again even older songs like I'm Alive are very prog and people always looked at me weird when I brought up how Guardian is basically Power Prog Metal, but in a recent interview even Hansi was like "yeah I don't know why people call us a power metal band" and also said he always through of guardian to be more of a progressive and power metal mix with tons of other little influences here and there
@@kevboard4 years later and I think that the reason people think of them as power metal is their biggest songs tend to be the most power metal songs they have and most people don’t dive into their full discography. That and they have clean vocals.
Recommendations for this band? It's pretty simple: actually every single song, every recording, everything. Because: even the bad ones are still so damn good that you want to scream it out. Works for me every time.
There is a great video from Wacken (2010 i believe) which incorporates three german metal bands collaborating: It starts with cover version of the song by Van Canto an then goes into the real song. Only the singer is accompanied by Hansi Kürsch (lead singer of Blind Guardian). Thats german metal dating back to 1980 right there :) The video is called: GRAVE DIGGER - Rebellion feat. Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Van Canto And yes, there ARE kilts involved...
I'm a BG fan and found this reaction video of yours and was so sure your expression will be exactly at 15:12. Every concert of BG, we are like that, after this covid problem we'd like to see you in our crowd.
The Bard's Song is like an unofficial metal hymn in Germany. I really do believe that every Metalhead in Germany knows it by heart. I have been at two of their concerts and this was always the best 3 or so minutes. So many goosebumps. And Valhalla is just a fan favorite all together. It's so awesome and sometimes the crowd keeps chanting for 5 to 10 minutes or so
love this band and have been listening to them since about 2008. Underrated band and they deserve much more. Tnx german for all the bands you deliver past the years, greetings sweden
We, the German people, want to thank you, the swedish people, for giving us so many great bands as well. Also for the (hilarious) rumor that death metal bands from all over the world are getting lost on your forests every year.
Tank: I hope it will go heavy. Me, a german: you have no idea. In fact, i like how your reaction to Blind Guardian is the same mine was long time ago when i was like 13 or 14 years old. touched and fascinated! Cool vid, m8
I've watched this video a couple of times, but there where no upvoted translations, so here I (lately) go: We always genuinely play at Wacken! I'd like to let you scream even more, but sadly we only have little time (left). Of course we want to spend that (time) with music. I guess, most of you know, what'll happen next. It was already legendary here some times! But I feel, like you're going to take it to another level today! [lit. to put a crown on top of that] *English starts* *Between Bard's Song and Valhalla* Wacken! I barely dare to say: you're even more awesome then ever! We up here had an incredible time! We always loved to come to Wacken, but there's always a time to carry on! That time has come now! We'll see you somewhere in the future! *Valhalla Intro* Looks awesome; sounds awesome! I think Marcus worked enough, we can get Frederik into play... For this, you should sing a little LOUDER! *drumfill* [No clue!] Gimme everything! *end* [To my fellow Germans: don't go to hard on me, it's Friday, I'm really not sober, but I wanted to type this down :D]
@@TankTheTech no, thank you! This wasn't more than some english homework in my schooldays, but thank you for giving incredible and in foreign countries most likely underrated bands some attention! And yeah, this is by far my most loved Wacken clip of all time and I can't wait for 2022! 🖤 P.S. I was in that crowd and could kick "Sing the Bard's Song with BG" from my bucket list 😂
In the early 2000's they had a gig in my hometown as part of some tour. There were only about 3,000 people in attendance as metal is very low on public interest bar but Hansi never got to sing The Bard Song - we all sang it for him. He started it then stopped as we got very loud and then he just stood there shaking his head and smiling. I guess he wasn't expecting to get that kind of reaction in my part of the world.
Blind Guardian concerts are magical. I have never felt such a feeling of brotherhood with total strangers as I did at that concert, singing at the top of my lungs to every song with thousands of people.
Hansi and Jon Shaffer of Iced Earth have Demons and Wizards, two albums in 2000 and '05 and III came out this year 🤘 BG are superior live to most bands I've seen 🤘😎🤘
I think, I might be wrong, that in one live gig in Wacken they ended Valhalla before that chant part, but people kept singing the chorus. And after that gig, it has been The Thing that they do every show. There is a live video from back in the day when Hansi still had long hair and they played the song and the crowd kept singing and you can see Hansi's reaction to that, he didn't see that coming. Enough rambling on, I'm drunk go home, I'm at home, that was quick.
Please do a reaction of the band "Demons and Wizards", it's a side-project between the singer of this band and the guitarist of another band called "Iced Earth", I highly recommend he songs "Fiddler on the Green", "Diabolic", "Blood on my Hands", "Wicked Witch" and "Seize the Day"
Fiddler on the Green is awesome! I've loved the band for years - I have the hoodie with the album cover, and it's so washed out and holey but I'll never throw it out...
I love Demons and wizard I had huge pleasure to see them in Chicago. They play fiddler and was so amazing. Anytime I watch my small recordings. Makes most shitty day to happy moment. Stupid covid. I hope I’ll see concerts of blind guardian and demons and wizards.
Blind Guardian is one of my favorite bands of all time. Pretty much listening to their songs since i was maybe 10 years old. Seeing your reaction just brings back so many good memories and great vibes! :)
With Floor and Hansi out of the way, there is a small but increasing crowd that'll be suggesting Ayreon. I'm one of them. However, the Blind Guardian rabbit hole is worth diggin into by itself, as you noted, they have a fantasy element inspired by tolkien and plenty of other authors. Hansi is a Tolkien fanatic. Early blind guardian, that a lot of people will recommend is essentially heavy metal fanfiction. Well written stuff, and there's a reason they have the following they do. Ever since the time he guested on Ayreon though, (There's that other dutch rabbit again!) I've noticed he's been very heavily favouring his own writing. Beyond The Red Mirror is entirely self contained and also does something interesting with one of their earlier albums, which is it redirects the content into that same story. All the original allusions are there, but now, something else. Also they released an orchestral album last year that basically expands the story of Imaginations/Red Mirror and ties in Demons and Wizards as well. Which is a side project he shares with Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer. I don't recommend Iced Earth. I would very happily have done so couple years ago... but not at the moment. Way Too Long, Definitely Skipped version: Demons and Wizards - 2 Songs - Wacken 2019. The backing choir also ties to that other rabbithole...
Your production quality is great, you are like the Rammstein of reaction channels. You'd think you'd been at this for ages. Subscribed, and keep up the good work.
@@TankTheTech No problem :) FYI if you do live Rammstein concert videos (that show off said high production value) you will get tons of views .They have a big fanbase worldwide and I've seen their effect on reaction channels. The only other band I've seen rival their fanbase on other channels is Nightwish.
I was there, tank. It cant be said in words how magical that was. I sincerely thank you for all your reactons, facts, knowledge and enthusiasm. Greetings from Norway
At Wacken there are official headliners (duh, someone has to be at the top of the list on the merch), but every show in the evening feels like a Headliner Show. The Wacken crowd is just amazing.
Last night was enjoying a beer and a joint in my garden. I live in Uk and we had a nice breeze from the east. You could hear a dim echo in the night chanting Valhalla! Deliverance
Seen them live twice. Sang my heart out for all of the songs. Best sing-a-long group in the world. Metallian for 30+ years and loved your reaction. Quality getting recognition is great
I recommend " Mr Sandman" from blind Guardian , and "To France" great job as always ! I can now say you are my favorite react channel ! Your knowledge of music , your passion, your humility, and kindness makes all the difference. Thanks for your work !
If you react to Mirror Mirror next I'd say you got the holy Blind Guardian trinity. But there really are a lot of awesome songs by them for you to react to: Mirror Mirror Lord Of The Rings (yes the LOTR) Wheel of Time (another great fantasy tribute to a book series. A TV show is currently being produced by Amazon) And Then There Was Silence Bright Eyes Nightfall Time Stands Still I'm glad you enjoyed Bard's song and Valhalla. The crowd picks back up after they ended valhalla and force them to continue the song by pure crowd energy. In Germany we know it continues to this day. If you are metal enough you can still here it.
The WackenTV channel recently released a 3 song performance of them on a CGI Wacken stage. Its a mix of live and CGI. Its kinda strange visually but the performance is top notch if you wanna check it out.
They played "Valhalla" there too and after the song was over Hansi said:"I think this was the sadest Valhalla we ever experienced", because they performed it on the XR-Stage, the Wacken organizers built in a secret studio and there was no audience except a few technicians, because Wacken 2020 festival itself had to be cancelled due to this virus. Usually their motto is "See you at Wacken - rain or shine", this year they added "or online" to it, because they wanted to give the metalheads around the world at least something. There were live performances of Sabaton, Beyond the Black on the XR (mixed Reality) Stage and some shows that other bands recorded just for this event (like Body Count) and some archived shows from past Wacken festivals.
Definitely casting another vote for Fiddler On the Green from Hansi's side project, Demons and Wizards. One of the most moving and emotional metal songs I have ever heard, and they did a fucking amazing version of it at Wacken in 2019!
I WAS THERE! That is my favorite band and was an amazing show, and nope, that was not the final song, after that they came back on stage played my personal favourite song, mirror mirror
Hey, i think this wasn´t the sendoff. Most of the time the sendoff is "Mirror, Mirror". Love that reaction. If you want more recommendations: And then there was silence (Long epic telling of the trojan war) Punishment Divine (Song about a scientist going crazy) or of course the usual sendoff, Mirror Mirror. (Niche picks if you want to listen to more unknown stuff ive never seen youtubers react to would be : Banished from sanctuary, last candle or another insanely good song : Majesty) ... Think those are enough :D Greetings from Germany.
Hansi played ProgPower USA XX in Atlanta with Demons & Wizards last year and they did Valhalla. Every time the band went off stage, the crowd starting singing the chorus again. Another fun fact, Blind Guardian's first ever show in the USA was at ProgPower USA III in 2002. Definitely check the festival out when it returns next year as its only 4 hours from Nashville!
Blind Guardian was my Introduction to metal when i was 14 and I still listen to them once in a while. Favorites include "Mirror Mirror", "Mordred's Song" and "Theatre of Pain" :)
I have missed out on this band during the decades. This performance gave me chills down my spine. I just have to look up more of Blind Guardian. Sitting at my computer with a beer and play some games after seeing the Lovebites reaction and i find myself humming the chorus. VALHALLA!!!! LOL
More songs from Blind Guardian I'd suggest would be "Mirror Mirror", "Bright Eyes" or if you want a long, epic track, you should try "And Then There Was Silence". And since you mentioned about the guitars being really forefront in this band, you might find it interesting to know that's because really the only full-on members of the band are the guitarists, drummer and vocalist. The bass and keyboard players are only long-time touring members. Before they got a bassist in the mid-90s, Hansi the vocalist used to play the bass. Speaking of him, he might just be one of the best metal vocalists ever. For any future reactions, I recommend you check out slightly older lives from them, to see how truly amazing of a vocalist he was when he was a bit younger. :)
These two songs and Mirror Mirror were the ones that brought me into the fold back in the early 2000's. "They all will remain. In my thoughts and in my dreams." YEEEWW!
When I was younger and still in my hometown, i had a group of metal head friends. One time in the woods around a fireplace I started a song, i don't know which or from which band anymore, with three words and everyone joined. was cool. After singing i joked "yeah, three words and i got all of you singing". One Friend started to grin (to be honest, he was nearly always grinning, happy guy) and said: "I can beat you to that, i only need ONE word. VALHALLA!" We grew up less than 20km away from Krefeld and loved fantasy, so Blind Guardian was always kind of special for us.
Requesting please... - 'Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down' or Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017 Both have guest appearances from Hansi from Blind Guardian and singers from Nightwish, plus others....
I have to pause the video after minute 3 because you said you're getting teary-eyed, and it's the first time you see them. Imagine me, I had not listened to this song for at least ten years, it was with me when I was still a student and during the best times of my life, and, to put it with your words, I'm still singing every single word. Man, if I'm like this now, what's gonna be of me when (if) I become old and gray?
Well....It's nice to be in the hands of PROFESSIONALS! Accept no substitutes! Never heard these guys before, but WOW are they impressive! JUST an acoustic song?!?!?!?!? Oh, Tank, my sweet summer child!!! A piece like this is HIDEOUSLY difficult to do flawlessly, because ANY tiny mistake can be heard and can overshadow the DELICATE perfection of the moment. These guys certainly know how to show a girl a good time!
great reaction, friend. love guardian and especially bards song and valhalla are ALWAYS a treat live. there are actually stories that they had to start cut the crowd off at valhalla because that one gig in switzerland were the crowd sang for 20min straight. during the concert. in a tiny hall. imagine that! xD my personal faves (besides the classics) are fly, wheel of time, sacred&children of the smith(both game title songs) and ninth wave. maybe they are worth listen. 😊
It's been a year but if you want more blind guardian and love fantasy you should absolutely check out their song 'children of the smith'! It was written as part of a soundtrack for Markus Heitz' series The Dwarves and it's absolutely fantastic!
Liking the Tank Facts! Keep it up! I had the pleasure of seeing Demons & Wizards (a collab band between Hansi [singer of Blind Guardian] and Jon Schaffer [guitarist of power metal band Iced Earth]) last year and they played Valhalla. The ending chant went on for a good 3-5 solid minutes after the band stopped playing, that's how pumped the crowd was! I'd highly recommend you react to some Demons & Wizards, as well as Ayreon (Hansi guest sings for some of their stuff). "Dorian" for Demons & Wizards, and "The Day That The World Breaks Down" for Ayreon.
For more heavier stuff: into the storm, Mirror Mirror, Welcome to Dying For newer games where Hansi´s Voice really shines: Sacred Mind, Doom But there are not a lot of bad picks from BG, even when some of the fanbase don´t like the newer stuff (i personally love it). Great Video as always!
I love your reaction videos @tankthetech! I was there in Wacken at the show of the Video. Every time i see the Video of the two songs, i close my eyes and i am back there. I get goosebumps and wet eyes, the feeling to stand in the crowd and experience that, is undiscribeable. And without guys like you, shows like that are not possible. Thank you!
2 thumbs up for both the songs and your reaction. Honestly: it makes me happy to see good music makes other folks happy. Good music brings up the best in people i guess. That's why metal festivals worldwide feel like family and helping each other out.
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The most memorable moment was a Wacken Festival that Blind Guardian wasn't there. The Bard's Song was played briefly on the video wall and 70,000 people suddenly stopped, paused and began to sing the song. Complete. Only then did everyone go their own way again. That was magical.
I was there. This was insane and my absolute best wacken moment.
i was there, it was AWESOME!
is there any video of this awesome moment?
I'm not really sure what year that was to be honest...and since it happened out of the blue, i didn't even think about pulling my phone out. A couple of years ago, cell reception on the infield was still really bad, if non-existent, so there usually was no point in having your phone with you anyway... so at least for me it was a "enjoy the moment" kind of thing...
@@caro11_elf Yes man thats exactly what happened. to be honest, we did it like kid rock said, sippin whiskey, smoking funny things if you know what i mean. Remembering things from this time is, lets say, not so easy.
At night at the camping grounds a random metalhead, drunk as shit, was standing somewhere on the field and yelled VALHAAAALAAAAAA. Take a guess what happened. Good times, at least 10 years away.
Funfact:
There is a Train that goes through all of germany, collecting people to bring them to this festival. People started the valhalla chant on that train...
That's amazing!
I was on that train in 2005, it was SO much fun!
@@BOOMBiggityBam dude good call! There is alot of songs off that album that are good. Dorian is Tied for first. Immigrant song and terror train are the others. The whole album is great if you read the dark tower series.
@@JuanWonOne yup! I read the books ages ago so when this album came out I was so stoked and not one song has disappointed!
@@mikemcchesney2555 Dude, WTF is wrong with you?
"The Bard's Song" is the pinnacle of a band's achievement - when you can let the audience take over the vocals for you without *any* instruction, you know you've made it.
One of my long time fav band.
It's so funny to watch every "reactor" react to the bard's song, the look in their eyes 30sec in when they realize that they are not reacting to the band, they are reacting to the crowd😂👍
Cheers from Northern Sweden 🍻
It's this, and that high note towards the end. So much fun to watch haha
Hansi actually singing a lot of it in this clip, I've seen him do less. xD
Teaching English at a third elementary class, made my kids sing "The Bard´s Song". They loved it. Many years have passed, they still remember.
Y'know, I was in the crowd at that concert and The Bard's Song is like their hymn. Everybody who knows Blind Guardian knows this song and pretty much the entire crowd sang it. The band don't even have to sing it, just a few notes and all will be done by the crowd.
Also the Valhalla chant goes far beyond their gig. I remember people still singing it 30 minutes after the band finished. It was an amazing night there.
Keep up the good content buddy. You're one of the best "metal reactors" out there. :)
That is amazing. I HAVE to see these guys live. Thanks for the kind comments, man!
@@TankTheTech They are amazing live. I'm seen them twice in the Bay Area and we all know the words to all of their songs.
@@TankTheTech You're welcome dude. Also I forgot some things:
1. Yes, they were headling. As usual in Wacken (and most other german festivals) the headliner plays "usually" 10pm - midnight. In Wacken day day goes up until 3am, so 2-3 other bands were after this gig.
2. Blind guardian songs are difficult, If you want fun songs, go check out their covers of for example "surfin usa" oder "barbara-ann". But personally I like nearly everthing. They have an entire album about LotR. Also "Nightfall" or "Mirror Mirror" have amazing live videos to check out.
And lastly, of you want a band, which are very close friends to blind guardian, check out Heaven Shall Burn. They even did a cover of Valhalla with Hansi as a guest singer. My recommodation of HSB would be Black Tears, Endzeit or Voice Of The Voiceless. Rock On
Before, during, and after. :P
@@TankTheTech Seriously suggest you check out their track 'Sacred Worlds' - I honestly think you will LOVE it.
I was there in that crowd. This was the last song. As we went back to the camping ground people continued to sing Valhalla on and on the whole way back.
@Smökje yes me too it was awsome @TankTheTech it was a crowd of 80.000 all singing together. It still gives me shivers and teary eyes just listing to it.
@TankTheTech and to your question Blind Guardian was indeed not the headliner it was Iron Maiden ifrc. But thats pretty Normal for Wacken most of the big bands playing could be headlining. Normaly its five or six bands playing that could actually headline the festival. Just Last year for example. Nigtwish was headlining and than there was Slayer, Sabaton, Epica, Beyond The Black, Within Temptation, Power Wolf, Delain, Hammerfall, Deamon and Wizards (wich Hansi is part of too its a projekt with John Schaffer of Iced Earth together with wich they realy rarely play live) and the list goes on its around 30 Bands playing there over the three days
@@nighthunter3039 Hansi isn't with the lead singer from IE in Demons and Wizards, it's the rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer
@@GAjim007 oh ok my mistake
@@nighthunter3039 All good. Although Hansi with any of the 3 main singers would be killer.
Hansi has one of the most recognizable voices in metal. He is a great vocalist.
During The Bard's Song he usually has not much work to do. :)
I love Hansi
you absolutely can't mistake his vocals! He is just so unique.
Ya The Bard's song is lazy time for him...
Hansi is God
I believe Arjen Lucassen describes it this way: "As if he roaring from atop a mountain"
The bards song is pretty much their anthem, if not the anthem of a large chunk of german metalheads.
You'll get a willing choir on most every campgound, and reduce grown ass drunks to tears.
It also fascinates non rock or metal fans as well. All my friends know Bards Song even tho only 2 of us listen to metal. :D
i once heard someone describe it as more akin to a hymn than a song and i've never been able to drop that thought since.
Blind Guardian - Mirror mirror , nightfall , welcome to Dying !
Welcome to the show, and...
Sacred Worlds.
Nightfall is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Mirror Mirror live is really good
Usually don’t see people recomending welcome to dying, But that is a great song too. Personally i would add majesty as well
I'm a simple man. I see Blind Guardian, I upvote.
I really love how deliberately modest and down-to-earth their visuals are. No edgy 'metal' stuff, just them and their music. Just look at their outfits, plain black clothes, that's it.
Yeah, I really like that, too. No gimmicks whatsoever.
100% I agree, they're so down to earth. I think it's awesome because it helps to spread the idea that people can love metal without looking edgy and be just as cool.
Oh nooo the VALHALLA chant is going to stuck in my head for weeks.
They chant that at Wacken hours after the gig, random people in the streets getting to their tents, in small groups, chanting Valhalla...
Some say the chanting is still carrying on. :P
I heard they stopped chanting this in Wacken a few weeks ago… they ran out of beer.
Check the video of the concert, they kept on going.. well, the joke is that they're still going!
Edit: I was thinking of a older concert of theirs, when Hansi still had long hair :p Still, check it out!
The VALHALLA chant really never stops from the point you've heard it once. For me it was around the middle of the 1990s and it's still inside my head.
i remember being drunk on the summerbreeze campground just roaming around trying to get some food/more booze, and at some point i just started screaming "VALHALLA! DELIVERANCE!" and everyone around just started to sing along :D loved every second of it
That is amazing. 😂
A note on the Tolkien thing: Early on, the influence would show in the occasional individual song with a Tolkien subject, or a reference here and there. But then came the shining crown jewel of their career, the album "Nightfall in Middle-Earth." It is a concept album fully based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "Silmarillion", and one of the finest metal albums ever written.
The song "Mirror Mirror" that keeps getting suggested in the comments is from that album.
Yes! Thank you for that info! 🤘
In my eyes "imaginations from the other side" is their best Album
@@tomh.8364 It's a very very good second, imo.
i much prefer when sorrow sang. that song is so great but gets so little love =(
@@tomh.8364 That's the one that got me hooked as well. :-)
Saw them live 14 years ago, after the show went to Denny’s and a bunch of fans there were still chanting Valhalla. The look on the people eating there who didn’t come from the concert was priceless.
Hahahahaha
Blind guardian is the most underrated band in the world. It’s not my normal genre but man they just rock so hard
The crowd at the end of Valhalla is always amazing. There is a video of the 10 best crowd moments somewhere on TH-cam and there was a concert that the song ended the band said goodnight and the crowd continues to sing for like 10 minutes so the band came back out and played the song again.
One of those magical summer nights in Germany...man I hope all the festivals will be back this summer, if there is anything that I am patriotic about then it is exactly this stuff. Great people, freshly brewed beer and some of the best metal live acts out there. Just hits you right in the feels
Tank speaking about crowd clapping being terrible. Most people have rythm but physics comes to play. If you play at 100m long stadium speed of sound comes into play 330 meters per second. So people in the back hear the music 0.3 seconds later than people near stage. Which in music is terribly long. Plus some of them clap to frontman clapping on stage but light is million times faster than sound and that confuses them. Eyes want to clap to visual stimulus, ears want to clap to music both are tenths of a second apart and in the end it ends up sounding like waves of claps.
Tank let me bring this in the right context. Wacken 1992. First time Blind Guardian had a gig at Wacken. 2 months after the release date of the "Somewhere far beyond" album, where the Bard's Song is a part of it. I was there in the crowd. And everybody sang this song like in this video. I have tears in my eyes thinking back at this amazing experience. It's hard to describe, it's already getting dark and hearing and singing this song is like sitting with your friends at a campfire, to hearing/feeling this crackling in the air. It's magic.
A hundred thousand people, all singing the Bard's Song. Nothing like it.
I still remember watching the video of "The Bard's Song" in GORGEOUS 240p as a kid. Two men playing acoustic guitars, another man in front of the microphone with a voice I never heard before. Needless to say, I was in awe and until this day this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. This version with 70000+ beautiful people singing along Hansi made me love this song even more.
i like how you got teary eyed talking about crowd participation. i'm not a musician myself, but seen tons of concerts and being at a concert where literally everyone sings every word to songs is... amazing to say the least. seeing shows like this one live or on computer screen always makes me teary eyed too, it's the essence of music for me.
thats why i dont understand people that go to the show and just stand (or ever worse) sit there for the whole gig not moving a muscl or even get angry at other people enjoying the music and singing / moving along.
"I was expecting Nordic sounding, but this is POWER METAL" Ya, Blind Guardian is one of the grandfathers of Power Metal! They've been around since the mid 80's \;;/
just for the record, Bard's Song is the highlight that everyone at every single Blind Guardian show is looking forward to because everyone knows full well they're going to collectively make sure Hansi can just take a break...
A bard's job is to entertain the people, but when I was at this show at wacken, the crowd entertained the bard. It was insane. Will never forget that evening
This is by far the best reaction i have seen on youtube your comments hit perfectly and are on spot. Being a big fan of New wave of british heavy metal i got a unusual request. I love Saxon as they are a very big part of my interest in music. People seem to have forgotten them but the singer Biff Byford is a god amongst entertainers and a beast. Still active being over 60 touring and bringing it. Metallica has a special invititation to Biff to honor him to sing with them. That is so legendary. I would love it if you would give it a listen. YOU ROCK MAN!
Man, thank you so much for the kind words! Means a time!
You should DEFINITELY look into Demons & Wizards - The fiddler on the green live at Wacken!!!
Crazy performance
It’s funny to see that while BG is an averagely well known metal band in the world, they’re absolutely legendary in Germany. Whenever they play a German festival they are headliners. There are only a few bands that would be listed higher on a German festival. You could even argue that while there are more well known German metal bands worldwide, like Kreator, Helloween or Rammstein, that they are considered to be THE German metal band by many German metalheads.
That's great! I wish more people in my community listened to Blind Guardian, or even just metal in general. I might have to make some more German friends lol.
Kreator is amazing.helloween also amazing
My first video of your's I've come across... ABSOLUTELY LOVED your reaction to both the Bard Song & Valhalla! Watching your reaction to Valhalla- specifically- I was grinning ear-to-ear for almost all of it!
Found Blind Guardian, thanks to my best friends, an Austrian; back in 2002!
This was an EXCELLENT introduction to your channel, Sir! NEXT up... (my second video) is Nightwish Ghost Love Score!
->NEXT one after that, will be... Jinjer Pisces!
METALHEAD FOR LIFE 🇩🇪🇨🇦🤘🤠🤘🇺🇸🇩🇪
"river of time" - live by Ayreon. Hansi of Blind Guardian and Marco of nightwish singing a duett.
Ayreon with "the day that..." has to be on your List. Lot of cool stuff in the Video (making of and Great Song with lot of "surprise" vokals)
The Day That The World Breaks Down video is a great watch with the behind the scene info. Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017 is another great mix of Hansi, Marco, and Floor.
Yes amazing song
Some Ayreon reactions need to happen
I have " in the world of tomorrow dreams our future lies, in the world of tomorrow dreams our hopes will rise" tattooed on the back of my neck because of the way hansi sings it.
I got to see them in SoCal a few years ago, and the audience was one of the best experiences I've ever had! It was a small, comparatively, show, but I will never forget the audience. It was just die hards (and a few newbs) and they sang along with EVERYTHING, even the opening band. It still sends chills down my entire body. I think we made the opening band, Grave Digger, cry. So much emotion just from one night!
metalassault.com/gig_reviews/2015/11/24/blind-guardian-grave-digger-conquer-anaheim/
Here's a great article about that night. So much fun!
Some say the crowd is still singing Vallhalla.
I am
Was there. Blind Guardian are my favourite band and it was this Wacken that I met my wife-to-be. Incredible night, life changing week. The guitar melodies of Bards Song will play her down the aisle.
If you just heard Valhalla you would suspect this is a German band, simply by hearing the accent of Hansi singing. Don't get me wrong, Hansi speaks English fluently but somehow never managed to lose traces of his German accent.
They're veterans in their field celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024 and it shows; they're magnificent.
Both Songs are around 30 years old now. Nowadays their Musik is much more complex. "wheel of time", "sacred... " or "and the there was silence"(this one has the greatest drumming of All time in the originell Version) are really big Orchester peaces. Kind of nightwish with choirs. The mid 90s stuff is maybe their best time with 4 killer albums in a row. "Nightfall in middle earth" and "somewhere far beyound" are my all time favourits. "Imagination..." has a lot off cool Songs to, but the Sound is Kind off strange and muddy.
All in all they are my first love in metal and made a big impact in folk-, speed-, and powermetal.
yeah they became more and more prog over time, with plenty of older songs also having strong prog influences and now IMO they are basically a full on Prog/Power Metal hybrid with tons of folk stuff.
but again even older songs like I'm Alive are very prog
and people always looked at me weird when I brought up how Guardian is basically Power Prog Metal, but in a recent interview even Hansi was like "yeah I don't know why people call us a power metal band" and also said he always through of guardian to be more of a progressive and power metal mix with tons of other little influences here and there
@@kevboard4 years later and I think that the reason people think of them as power metal is their biggest songs tend to be the most power metal songs they have and most people don’t dive into their full discography. That and they have clean vocals.
"Mirror mirror" is a great song by them 😁
not a great song
By far the best they‘ve ever written
My opinion😉
Up to this day, no one has ever found out how to end the Valhalla song. Love it!
I had been to that concert. Believe me Tank: you made me getting goosebumbs. Thank so much. 🥺
Recommendations for this band? It's pretty simple: actually every single song, every recording, everything. Because: even the bad ones are still so damn good that you want to scream it out. Works for me every time.
There is a great video from Wacken (2010 i believe) which incorporates three german metal bands collaborating: It starts with cover version of the song by Van Canto an then goes into the real song. Only the singer is accompanied by Hansi Kürsch (lead singer of Blind Guardian). Thats german metal dating back to 1980 right there :)
The video is called: GRAVE DIGGER - Rebellion feat. Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Van Canto
And yes, there ARE kilts involved...
I'm a BG fan and found this reaction video of yours and was so sure your expression will be exactly at 15:12. Every concert of BG, we are like that, after this covid problem we'd like to see you in our crowd.
The Bard's Song is like an unofficial metal hymn in Germany. I really do believe that every Metalhead in Germany knows it by heart. I have been at two of their concerts and this was always the best 3 or so minutes. So many goosebumps.
And Valhalla is just a fan favorite all together. It's so awesome and sometimes the crowd keeps chanting for 5 to 10 minutes or so
love this band and have been listening to them since about 2008.
Underrated band and they deserve much more.
Tnx german for all the bands you deliver past the years, greetings sweden
We, the German people, want to thank you, the swedish people, for giving us so many great bands as well.
Also for the (hilarious) rumor that death metal bands from all over the world are getting lost on your forests every year.
Tank: I hope it will go heavy.
Me, a german: you have no idea.
In fact, i like how your reaction to Blind Guardian is the same mine was long time ago when i was like 13 or 14 years old. touched and fascinated!
Cool vid, m8
Nightfall on middle earth, whole album in the right order
Amazing album
My favorite album from any band ever
Heaven Shall Burn actually did a cover of Valhalla which is as awesome as the original. Highly recommend it.
I've seen them live twice, you cant even imagine how awesome all of this is when you're right there❤
I've watched this video a couple of times, but there where no upvoted translations, so here I (lately) go:
We always genuinely play at Wacken!
I'd like to let you scream even more,
but sadly we only have little time (left).
Of course we want to spend that (time) with music.
I guess, most of you know, what'll happen next.
It was already legendary here some times!
But I feel, like you're going to take it to another level today! [lit. to put a crown on top of that]
*English starts*
*Between Bard's Song and Valhalla*
Wacken! I barely dare to say: you're even more awesome then ever!
We up here had an incredible time!
We always loved to come to Wacken, but there's always a time to carry on!
That time has come now! We'll see you somewhere in the future!
*Valhalla Intro*
Looks awesome; sounds awesome!
I think Marcus worked enough, we can get Frederik into play...
For this, you should sing a little LOUDER!
*drumfill*
[No clue!]
Gimme everything!
*end*
[To my fellow Germans: don't go to hard on me, it's Friday, I'm really not sober, but I wanted to type this down :D]
Thank you!!!
@@TankTheTech no, thank you! This wasn't more than some english homework in my schooldays, but thank you for giving incredible and in foreign countries most likely underrated bands some attention!
And yeah, this is by far my most loved Wacken clip of all time and I can't wait for 2022! 🖤
P.S. I was in that crowd and could kick "Sing the Bard's Song with BG" from my bucket list 😂
In the early 2000's they had a gig in my hometown as part of some tour. There were only about 3,000 people in attendance as metal is very low on public interest bar but Hansi never got to sing The Bard Song - we all sang it for him.
He started it then stopped as we got very loud and then he just stood there shaking his head and smiling.
I guess he wasn't expecting to get that kind of reaction in my part of the world.
His voice is so amazing still, and with the ayreon songs even better in the duets!! Especially him and Marko from nightwish was amazing!
Blind Guardian concerts are magical. I have never felt such a feeling of brotherhood with total strangers as I did at that concert, singing at the top of my lungs to every song with thousands of people.
Hansi and Jon Shaffer of Iced Earth have Demons and Wizards, two albums in 2000 and '05 and III came out this year 🤘 BG are superior live to most bands I've seen 🤘😎🤘
I think, I might be wrong, that in one live gig in Wacken they ended Valhalla before that chant part, but people kept singing the chorus. And after that gig, it has been The Thing that they do every show. There is a live video from back in the day when Hansi still had long hair and they played the song and the crowd kept singing and you can see Hansi's reaction to that, he didn't see that coming. Enough rambling on, I'm drunk go home, I'm at home, that was quick.
60,000+ fans singing the song with and for the band. Awe-inspiring stuff right here.
Seen that video dozens of times now. Your reaction makes Blind Guardian(which I'm a fan of since...1996 man I'm getting old) even better. :)
Please do a reaction of the band "Demons and Wizards", it's a side-project between the singer of this band and the guitarist of another band called "Iced Earth", I highly recommend he songs "Fiddler on the Green", "Diabolic", "Blood on my Hands", "Wicked Witch" and "Seize the Day"
Fiddler on the Green is one of my favorite songs of all time!!
Fiddler on the Green !
Fiddler on the Green is awesome! I've loved the band for years - I have the hoodie with the album cover, and it's so washed out and holey but I'll never throw it out...
you forgot to mention Terror train. :P
I love Demons and wizard I had huge pleasure to see them in Chicago. They play fiddler and was so amazing. Anytime I watch my small recordings. Makes most shitty day to happy moment. Stupid covid. I hope I’ll see concerts of blind guardian and demons and wizards.
You are probably the only reaction channel I trully enjoy watching. Keep going Tank.
If you don't know the Bard's Song by heart, you're not allowed onto the hol ground of Wacken 😉
Thats absolutely true
Blind Guardian is one of my favorite bands of all time. Pretty much listening to their songs since i was maybe 10 years old.
Seeing your reaction just brings back so many good memories and great vibes! :)
With Floor and Hansi out of the way, there is a small but increasing crowd that'll be suggesting Ayreon.
I'm one of them.
However, the Blind Guardian rabbit hole is worth diggin into by itself, as you noted, they have a fantasy element inspired by tolkien and plenty of other authors. Hansi is a Tolkien fanatic.
Early blind guardian, that a lot of people will recommend is essentially heavy metal fanfiction.
Well written stuff, and there's a reason they have the following they do.
Ever since the time he guested on Ayreon though, (There's that other dutch rabbit again!) I've noticed he's been very heavily favouring his own writing. Beyond The Red Mirror is entirely self contained and also does something interesting with one of their earlier albums, which is it redirects the content into that same story. All the original allusions are there, but now, something else.
Also they released an orchestral album last year that basically expands the story of Imaginations/Red Mirror and ties in Demons and Wizards as well.
Which is a side project he shares with Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer.
I don't recommend Iced Earth. I would very happily have done so couple years ago... but not at the moment.
Way Too Long, Definitely Skipped version:
Demons and Wizards - 2 Songs - Wacken 2019. The backing choir also ties to that other rabbithole...
I love seeing your videos Tank, nobody else does it your way, your so real, so unique, almost feels like I know you like a friend. Oh how I wish did.
Your production quality is great, you are like the Rammstein of reaction channels. You'd think you'd been at this for ages. Subscribed, and keep up the good work.
DAMN! I'll take it! Hahahaha. Thanks man! 🤘
@@TankTheTech No problem :) FYI if you do live Rammstein concert videos (that show off said high production value) you will get tons of views .They have a big fanbase worldwide and I've seen their effect on reaction channels. The only other band I've seen rival their fanbase on other channels is Nightwish.
I was there, tank.
It cant be said in words how magical that was.
I sincerely thank you for all your reactons, facts, knowledge and enthusiasm.
Greetings from Norway
I, represent the 12 realms of Asgard, came down here to give this video 👍 before the premiere even starts.
🤘💪
wanna hug u, and everybody that gives me the feeling of musical understanding like u do. Man!
At Wacken there are official headliners (duh, someone has to be at the top of the list on the merch), but every show in the evening feels like a Headliner Show. The Wacken crowd is just amazing.
Last night was enjoying a beer and a joint in my garden. I live in Uk and we had a nice breeze from the east. You could hear a dim echo in the night chanting Valhalla! Deliverance
All I'm going to say about this before it releases is:
VALHAAAAAAAAAALAAA DELIVERANCE!
Why've you ever forgotten me? =))
DELIVERANCE!
@@FlameDancer WOOOOOOOOAAAA VALHAAAAALAAAAA!
Die Leberwurst!
@@MB-co6qj und das passiert wenn man es einmal falsch gehört hat 😆
Seen them live twice. Sang my heart out for all of the songs. Best sing-a-long group in the world. Metallian for 30+ years and loved your reaction. Quality getting recognition is great
I recommend " Mr Sandman" from blind Guardian , and "To France"
great job as always !
I can now say you are my favorite react channel !
Your knowledge of music , your passion, your humility, and kindness makes all the difference.
Thanks for your work !
I tend to revisit this video every now and then.
I Love the reaction!
Cheers from Northern Sweden 🍻
If you react to Mirror Mirror next I'd say you got the holy Blind Guardian trinity. But there really are a lot of awesome songs by them for you to react to:
Mirror Mirror
Lord Of The Rings (yes the LOTR)
Wheel of Time (another great fantasy tribute to a book series. A TV show is currently being produced by Amazon)
And Then There Was Silence
Bright Eyes
Nightfall
Time Stands Still
I'm glad you enjoyed Bard's song and Valhalla. The crowd picks back up after they ended valhalla and force them to continue the song by pure crowd energy. In Germany we know it continues to this day. If you are metal enough you can still here it.
Time Stands Still along with The Curse of Feanor are my favorite Blind Guardian Songs.
Having been in one of those crowds singing this song, it is absolutely amazing to be a part of that. One of my best moments of my life.
The WackenTV channel recently released a 3 song performance of them on a CGI Wacken stage. Its a mix of live and CGI. Its kinda strange visually but the performance is top notch if you wanna check it out.
Nice! Thanks!
@@TankTheTech Includes an unreleased song, Violent Shadows. Left a link. 😉
They played "Valhalla" there too and after the song was over Hansi said:"I think this was the sadest Valhalla we ever experienced", because they performed it on the XR-Stage, the Wacken organizers built in a secret studio and there was no audience except a few technicians, because Wacken 2020 festival itself had to be cancelled due to this virus. Usually their motto is "See you at Wacken - rain or shine", this year they added "or online" to it, because they wanted to give the metalheads around the world at least something. There were live performances of Sabaton, Beyond the Black on the XR (mixed Reality) Stage and some shows that other bands recorded just for this event (like Body Count) and some archived shows from past Wacken festivals.
Loved your reaction! I absolutely LOVE Blind Guardian. It never fails to cause an epic reaction in me.
Definitely casting another vote for Fiddler On the Green from Hansi's side project, Demons and Wizards. One of the most moving and emotional metal songs I have ever heard, and they did a fucking amazing version of it at Wacken in 2019!
I WAS THERE! That is my favorite band and was an amazing show, and nope, that was not the final song, after that they came back on stage played my personal favourite song, mirror mirror
Hey, i think this wasn´t the sendoff. Most of the time the sendoff is "Mirror, Mirror". Love that reaction. If you want more recommendations: And then there was silence (Long epic telling of the trojan war) Punishment Divine (Song about a scientist going crazy) or of course the usual sendoff, Mirror Mirror. (Niche picks if you want to listen to more unknown stuff ive never seen youtubers react to would be : Banished from sanctuary, last candle or another insanely good song : Majesty) ... Think those are enough :D Greetings from Germany.
Back in the day, i fell in love with this band through "Script for my Requiem", it grabbed me but it seems to be really niche these days...
They played all of their older stuff at the weird wacken gig the other week! I was in pleasant shock, haha.
@@Cartis88 Yeah i watched all of the online wacken. Was my first in 10 years i didn´t go to :( Was quite nice of them to do the online concert thing.
Majesty and Banished from Sanctuary are two of my absolute favorites! So happy they keep slipping back into their set!
Hansi played ProgPower USA XX in Atlanta with Demons & Wizards last year and they did Valhalla. Every time the band went off stage, the crowd starting singing the chorus again. Another fun fact, Blind Guardian's first ever show in the USA was at ProgPower USA III in 2002. Definitely check the festival out when it returns next year as its only 4 hours from Nashville!
Blind Guardian was my Introduction to metal when i was 14 and I still listen to them once in a while. Favorites include "Mirror Mirror", "Mordred's Song" and "Theatre of Pain" :)
I have missed out on this band during the decades. This performance gave me chills down my spine. I just have to look up more of Blind Guardian.
Sitting at my computer with a beer and play some games after seeing the Lovebites reaction and i find myself humming the chorus. VALHALLA!!!! LOL
More songs from Blind Guardian I'd suggest would be "Mirror Mirror", "Bright Eyes" or if you want a long, epic track, you should try "And Then There Was Silence".
And since you mentioned about the guitars being really forefront in this band, you might find it interesting to know that's because really the only full-on members of the band are the guitarists, drummer and vocalist. The bass and keyboard players are only long-time touring members. Before they got a bassist in the mid-90s, Hansi the vocalist used to play the bass. Speaking of him, he might just be one of the best metal vocalists ever. For any future reactions, I recommend you check out slightly older lives from them, to see how truly amazing of a vocalist he was when he was a bit younger. :)
I completely second all these suggestions and especially "And Then There Was Silence". Another absolutely epic song that I can't get enough of.
These two songs and Mirror Mirror were the ones that brought me into the fold back in the early 2000's. "They all will remain. In my thoughts and in my dreams." YEEEWW!
I get goosebumps everytime I hear the bard's song live!
When I was younger and still in my hometown, i had a group of metal head friends. One time in the woods around a fireplace I started a song, i don't know which or from which band anymore, with three words and everyone joined. was cool. After singing i joked "yeah, three words and i got all of you singing". One Friend started to grin (to be honest, he was nearly always grinning, happy guy) and said: "I can beat you to that, i only need ONE word. VALHALLA!"
We grew up less than 20km away from Krefeld and loved fantasy, so Blind Guardian was always kind of special for us.
Requesting please... - 'Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down' or Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017
Both have guest appearances from Hansi from Blind Guardian and singers from Nightwish, plus others....
Aryeon is gonna happen soon for sure!
I have to pause the video after minute 3 because you said you're getting teary-eyed, and it's the first time you see them.
Imagine me, I had not listened to this song for at least ten years, it was with me when I was still a student and during the best times of my life, and, to put it with your words, I'm still singing every single word.
Man, if I'm like this now, what's gonna be of me when (if) I become old and gray?
Well....It's nice to be in the hands of PROFESSIONALS! Accept no substitutes!
Never heard these guys before, but WOW are they impressive!
JUST an acoustic song?!?!?!?!? Oh, Tank, my sweet summer child!!! A piece like this is HIDEOUSLY difficult to do flawlessly, because ANY tiny mistake can be heard and can overshadow the DELICATE perfection of the moment.
These guys certainly know how to show a girl a good time!
great reaction, friend. love guardian and especially bards song and valhalla are ALWAYS a treat live. there are actually stories that they had to start cut the crowd off at valhalla because that one gig in switzerland were the crowd sang for 20min straight. during the concert. in a tiny hall. imagine that! xD
my personal faves (besides the classics) are fly, wheel of time, sacred&children of the smith(both game title songs) and ninth wave. maybe they are worth listen. 😊
It's been a year but if you want more blind guardian and love fantasy you should absolutely check out their song 'children of the smith'! It was written as part of a soundtrack for Markus Heitz' series The Dwarves and it's absolutely fantastic!
I’ve seen awesome crowd singing before. But holy shit this was intense. Like you, I got instant goosebumps.
Remember saw them ages ago, and "the bard's song" it's a never ageing classic, singing it with the crowd is one of the best memories of my life :D
Same 🥰
Liking the Tank Facts! Keep it up!
I had the pleasure of seeing Demons & Wizards (a collab band between Hansi [singer of Blind Guardian] and Jon Schaffer [guitarist of power metal band Iced Earth]) last year and they played Valhalla. The ending chant went on for a good 3-5 solid minutes after the band stopped playing, that's how pumped the crowd was!
I'd highly recommend you react to some Demons & Wizards, as well as Ayreon (Hansi guest sings for some of their stuff). "Dorian" for Demons & Wizards, and "The Day That The World Breaks Down" for Ayreon.
„Mirror Mirror“ has to be next! 🤘🏼😊
YESSSSSSS BLIND GUARDIAN!! "Curse My Name" is my FAVORITE song of theirs, definitely check it out!
That song was amazing live.. got the whole room stomping in unison to the beat.. ugh 🥰
For more heavier stuff: into the storm, Mirror Mirror, Welcome to Dying
For newer games where Hansi´s Voice really shines: Sacred Mind, Doom
But there are not a lot of bad picks from BG, even when some of the fanbase don´t like the newer stuff (i personally love it). Great Video as always!
I love your reaction videos @tankthetech! I was there in Wacken at the show of the Video. Every time i see the Video of the two songs, i close my eyes and i am back there. I get goosebumps and wet eyes, the feeling to stand in the crowd and experience that, is undiscribeable. And without guys like you, shows like that are not possible. Thank you!
I love it when Hansi pulls out a scream when you least expect it.
2 thumbs up for both the songs and your reaction.
Honestly: it makes me happy to see good music makes other folks happy.
Good music brings up the best in people i guess.
That's why metal festivals worldwide feel like family and helping each other out.