Brain: "I don't like Power Metal." Head: "Then why am I bobbing?" Toe: "Yeah dude, why am I tapping?" Mouth: "...FOR THE HEART CAN BE BLIND AND FROZEEEEEEN"
Brain: "I don't like pow.." Heart: "Shut up and dig this." Like the great artist Meatloaf once sang: "Remember everything that I told you, And I'm telling you again that it's true, You're never alone, 'cause you can put on the [head]phones, and let the drummer tell your heart what to do." Music is LIFE, the better the music, the better the life. The more powerful the music, the more powerful the listener.
*I highly recommend from Beast In Black : "From Hell With Love", "Crazy, Mad, Insane", "Cry Out For A Hero", "Unlimited Sin", "Oceandeep", "Sweet True Lies",.....could go on and on, they are so good...*
@@ElvannReacts Not the person you were replying to, but based on your comments on this song you'd love Sweet True Lies. Synth-heavy, cheesy, 80's disco-inspired goodness.
@@ElvannReacts Out of all of those I've seen more reactions to "From Hell With Love", but "Cry out for a hero" and "Sweet true lies" are super awesome too :)
Actual title: HIS VOICE!?! | Opera Singer/Vocal Coach Reacts to Blind and Frozen by Beast in Black Real title: Opera singer fangirling over Yannis Papadopoulus voice.
The guitarist songwriter Anton Kabanen formed this band when he was kicked out from his previous band Battle Beast. The reason was because he didn't let others write any songs. So yes, there was some drama behind that move and that is also the reason why his new band name is very similar because he got kicked out of the band he considered his own. Kabanen has ability to write very catchy songs and uses a lot of 80's style effects in his songs. Battle Beast has a female singer who is very talented also, you should check Black Ninja from them. I love both of these bands, especially older Battle Beast with Kabanen is great.
Odd I would have assumed given the inspiration for most of their lyrics that the band name was a reference to one of the monikers that Guy's get's over the course of Berserk. I mean Zod the Immortal was pretty much a direct pull from the manga/anime, and music video for from hell with love used a near carbon copy of Guts with long hair instead of the usual short spikes.
@@FirstIsa Kabanen is a huge fan of Berserk and a lot of his songs are about that since the Battle Beast days. Not sure what you mean is odd, I just meant he wanted to keep the Beast name in some form. Battle Beast and Beast in Black names are both nod to Berserk.
Dude in my band we kind of drop song-ish compositions and improve them over time between the "composers"...if we had a single composer with this understanding of making catchy songs i would mind giving him more creative control
@@Vatharian They are similar but musically, at least to me, Beast in Black is better in almost all aspects. Vocals, guitarists (especially the guitarists). I would say they are even when it comes to bass and drums.
Beast in black is the reason I fell in love with so called power metal Its so catchy, and, i have to say i love how androgynous he can sing. Its about the first band EVER that I love an entire track of. Definitey check out their album, From hell with love
@@ElvannReacts Well, Yannis lives in Finland too and has done some live interviews with some TH-camrs (A&P Reacts is one I remember), so maybe it's not that distant of a dream 😉
I love Yannis' voice so much! I saw Beast In Black live when they were playing before Nightwish! Then I went to see them live again, this time on their own show and his voice is just as good live. I will most likely see them again next year and I can't wait cause the energy on their show was really amazing!
I've been on Nightwish concert in november 2019 in Poland where Beast in Black played as support. That night i remember for rest of my live. It was great and i cant tell, they are great Live too.
Fine reaction, but honestly I was most impressed with immediate "hey, that's Neuschwanstein!" My favorite world wonder name apart for Eyjafjallajökull.
Kiitos Elvann, great Reaction! BEAST IN BLACK was the Support Group for NIGHTWISH, November 2018 in Hamburg. he is a very great Singer. Take an Ear to his Cover Version of GHOST LOVE'SCOR from NIGHTWISH! Greeting from Germany to Finnland
@Elvann btw: I love your Name, it's very nice! And it sounds like it's coming from Elve.. I guess your are not from Canada! I guess you are coming out of the deep Forest of Finnland! With your Harfe on your Back on the Elvenpath down to the Humans! 😉😇
A bit late to the party, looking forward to seeing you react to his GLS cover. Given the long history of women covering the songs of male vocalists, it is really refreshing to see a guy have the guts to cover such an iconic song by a female vocalist. Your "TED talk" made total sense, btw. :)
Wow you made perfect sense, and what you said at the beginning resonated so much with my experience...I (a male) studied singing for ten years and this is basically what my natural approach to singing was, this sound was natural for me, and was told not to pursue it because it was ugly and unappealing to the public. Spent frustrating years trying to sound a way that was very unnatural to me, I was tired at the end of every song for all the things I had to remember shaping my mouth, dropping the larinx as hard as I could, ecc. "maybe you just sounded bad", yes I also didn't have a good ear, my pitch wasn't always on point...I'm not saying I was destined to become a great singer, I think I was decent, but that wasn't fun anymore.
Most amazing thing about Beat in Black for me is how the manage to draw inspiration for such beautiful songs like "Blind and Frozen" and "Ghost in the Rain" from a Grimdark fantasy like Berserk that so heavily features all the worst parts of humanity.
Been into power metal my whole life, Nightwish was my first introduction to power metal with Elvenpath in 98/99 and they are my favourite band, but Beast in Black became almost as big a favourite after discovering them. Yannis is also an amazing person and a great friend, I absolutely adore him! 💛
I just found your channel and had to comment because your reaction is so similar to my own when I first heard this song. Like you said, it is so rare to hear men utilize this type of singing and vocal range and I was just blown away when I found this song. Even now, after having listened to this song for who knows how many times, I still get goosebumps from Yannis's voice. That being said, I do see someone mentioned this artist already, but there is a cover artist called Dan Vasc who does a pretty amazing cover of this song and hits a similar register. I would also check out other covers of his because I would be interested in your take on the range of his voice as I believe he tries to cover all aspects and push himself in that way. Particularly his cover of Nessun Dorma, considering your background in opera singing.
As a countertenor who's started to learn to sing recently what you said ment a great deal to me! It's good to know that this type of voice is appreciated!
I'm so so so happy to hear it had that sort of impact on you!!! I'm sooooo routing for you! I find it awesome and don't let anybody tell you otherwise! You got this! ❤️
I like your reaction! I was going to tell you about the Ghost Love Score cover but its well covered in the comments. So I will suggest the song "Ocean Deep" Its beautiful and it hits me in my heart, I have a son who died and I sing this song on my down days. Its a beautiful work.
Awesome reaction! This song is a favorite of mine. As a singer, I like my "normal" very low range that I'm comfortable in, but I also like trying to things with my voice that aren't "traditionally masculine."
Elvann, you like Floor (and yes, she's present in this "song"), you like 80's music, so you have to like (or gonna like) these TOP LINEUP OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. *_The Day That The World Breaks Down_* is a song that features all 11 (well known (9 male, 2 female)) main guest singers [James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) , Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Mike Mills (Toehider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish)] and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by what standards. Btw. The clip is 13 min. Long and I think you won’t regret it !! Official (Arjen’s) clip: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
@@ElvannReacts I'm curious what you have to say about this one, because it's so different from what we expect. Arjen himself sure's gonna like your reaction. He is a guy who's leaving a comment to his reactors because he's a "straight" guy who's loving the things he does. So be prepared to get a thank you comment. (no pressure 😉). And ..... must he forget to react, I will tell him he's got another fan-rector, because I can't imagine you dislike this song.
@@ElvannReacts Once you're done with "The Day that the World Breaks Down" - You can start reacting to the whole Ayreon Universe concert, I miss when you were doing all NW reactions - Participating to the concert are Floor, Marco, Anneke, Tommy, Hansi, Marcella, Michael Mills, Damian and Co. - Cello, violin, Flute, wissel, didgeridoo, but also Hammond, synth, and of course all the other instruments.
I really like your thoughts on males singing, as someone who likes metal I generally feel underwhelmed by listening to singers in others genres. In metal it can go from really high pitch clean singing (helloween, queensryche) to low pitch gutturals (any opeth, thy art is murder), high pitch with very intense distortion (blind guardian, judas priest) sometimes singers can even go from one to another like tatiana from jinjer
Nice reaction! I got into Beast in Black thanks to Dan Vasc's cover of this song. Please 🙏 do a reaction to that one, as well as any other by Dan, especially Amazing Grace, his newest one.
I already wrote this somewhere on YT, but when I first heard this song without seeing the video I thought a woman was singing some of the parts, you know maybe they had a guest... but then I found out it was all Jannis... and my jaw dropped open :D and when I heard more of their songs, I totally fell in love with his singing :)
First time I heard Beast in black I was listening to YT music on autoplay and I wasn't looking at my phone. It took me a while to figure it out there weren't 2 singers (male and female)
Growing up on Iron Maiden I'm no stranger to male singers hitting high notes, but even considering that as well the fact I listen to a lot of power metal, hearing the stuff Yannis (here), Christian Eriksson (Former Twilight Force) and Tommy Johansson (Majestica) can do with their voices is definitely special to me. It seems to me you don't hear many men doing it in metal so I'd like to share a few great examples of men doing it in metal. More Yannis: Crazy Mad insane, Moonlight Rendezvous, Sweet True Lies, Christian Eriksson (Twilight Force): Twilight Horizon, Flight of the Sapphire Dragon, Power of Ancient Force, Fall of the Eternal Winter Tommy Johansson (Majestica+Others): Dragonfly, Ghost of Marley (Majestica), Heroes of the World (Symphony of Tragedy) Lay All Your Love on Me (Abba cover, ReinXeed (Majestica former band name)), Cam Pipes (3 Inches of Blood): Deadly Sinners, Premonition of Pain, Revenge is a Vulture Michael Kiske (Helloween): Eagle Fly Free, Dr Stein, I Want Out Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) Nightfall, Mirror Mirror, Time Stands Still at the Iron Hill, Curse My Name, Skalds and Shadows
Close, from what I was taught in music theory. A countertenor uses falsetto which is a tone of the headvoice register where you basically don't support the note or barely support it. This gives the note a more airy sound. One of the masters of it was Klaus Nomi. Now, a countertenor might fully support a note yet not as much as using falsetto over fully supported head voice. There are two similar voice types known as the male soprano and a leggiero tenor, and these two are more likely to support the notes fully in head voice. Now, to be consider either a leggiero or a male soprano, you'd have to be able to hit an F5 or higher using passaggio. Now, this is kinda rare and you're more likely to run into a countertenor than either of those. I think another name for a male soprano is a sopranist. Yannis is Greek, btw.
Not only does cover of Ghost Love Score but also Sahara which I enjoy the most. Like you I love Nightwish, only discovered them earlier this year as had never heard of them here in Australia even though they have been here. Now I listen to them all the time and search for all reactions to them, watching people’s faces as they hear Floor for the first time. I have listened to Tarja and Anette as well, but find I like Floor the best, she has a wider range to cover songs that were not written for her voice. Tuomas is a genius and other members are fantastic musicians. Also I am yet to find a song that does not appeal to me, considering the catalogue of song that they have. Love your reactions. Greeting from Australia ❤️🇦🇺🤘
You hit it right on with "fantasy metal" ... From Hell with Love from Beast in Black they use Gandalf's sword Glamdring as a prop. There music is super catchy! I always end up singing along with them by the end.
Heard of this guy through Mary Zimmer!! She ranked him as one of the top 10 vocalists in power metal. She says that this is his natural singing voice!!
For me, the chorus is one of those that makes me want to get up and head-bang but dance at the same time. There aren't many metal songs that make me feel such mixed emotions but all good emotions as well
I love this type of music. Especially heavy bands that incorporate piano and some orchestra kinda stuff. Music like this really turn woman on it seems. Lol
Saw them a few weeks ago live on a Nightwish concert. Yannis is life as good as in the video. His power on stage is incredible. Was really fun to watch
I've seen him live. he is really awesome. please have a look at dan vasc's cover on youtube. dan also has these voices. get goosebumps every time. would love to hear this song by giacomo voli
Beast in Black is a Finish Power Metal (or wikipedia said Arena Rock since their songs has thick Anthem Rock style of 80s) band. The founder, the guitarist Anton Kabanen was former guitaris of Battle Beast. Yanni Papadopoulos, the vocalist is Greek, he was recruited coz his TH-cam vocal cover channel. They have 2 albums so far, both were gathered quite a lot of fans. Beast in Black opened for Nightwish during Vehicle of Spirit tour, hence Yanni Papadopoulos obtained the right to cover some Nightwish songs in his channel. The most famous cover lately that you, Elvann, must react to is his cover of Ghost Love Score.
It's super surprising to me to hear you say that it's not totally uncommon for men to hit such high registers. I know very little about singing or music and meanwhile it's your specialty, so I'll certainly take your word for it, but I never would have expected it's even remotely common to be able to hit those kinds of notes with a male voice. Singing is something I am interested in learning how to do, but I don't think I could ever be a countertenor like Yannis (by the way, thanks for that vocab word!) since my voice is a little deeper, perhaps baritone. The idea that it's not out of the question for me to be able to at least get closer to the higher notes than I would have thought is heartening, though. Thank you for the video!
Falsetto (not head voice; there's a difference between the two in the male vocal architecture, similar to female head voice vs. whistle) is super difficult to develop, which is one big reason you don't see a lot of countertenors. Another big reason is there isn't much repertoire for it. It's not necessarily because we need to "sound masculine."
I love this song. I recently got divorced from my greatest love, because I was becoming introverted and seemingly cold to her due to some issues I had. I thought It was something I should fix myself (like a "man"), thus I didn't tell her how I was feeling during a long period. I didn't see how this affected her and after a while we could unfortunately not resolve the problem back to how it used to be. We saved the friendship, but lost the love. So this song gets me every time. Still.
Hey dude! Hope you're doing fine now. I'm barely just 18 but i can tell you something for sure. Never hesitate to tell anyone how you feel. It's never good to bottle up and keep things to yourself. You'll just end up exploding someday and nobody (starting by you) will like that. Just seek the right help (actually lost my first girlfriend because of that haha) and it's all going to be right no matter how much time it takes. Glad you're still friends though. Just wanted to show a little support :-) have a nice day
First one I thought of when he started to sing was Jimmy Somerville (Bronski beat, Communards) and the feeling in the refrain is very much pop, but with metal instrumentation.
most of you guys probably already know this, but Yannis had a side project in 2019. band is called "Warrior Path" with their selftitled debut album ... It´s just an amazing showcase what Yannis also can do with his vocals one of the greatest in recent years it´s worth a listen
I was on live where Beast in Black were supporting Nightwish in Poland. They were amazing on live. I would love to recommend you Ocean Deep (ballad). Amazing singer that dealt with Ghost Love Score by himself (on his channel, take a look ;) )
Where do they come from? HELSINKI! 😋 Yannis is Greek, by the way. Other singers who do this: Michael Kiske & Kai Hansen (both ex-Helloween) Micheal Mills (Toehider and Ayreon) Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) Marc from DragonForce I want to hear you do it now! 💜
@@ElvannReacts keeper of the seven keys playd by helloween with mickael kiske, is a good place to start. btw many of the metal singer realy do it, just listen to kamlot both roy khan and tommy karevik does it. dont forget King Diamond and jeff tate.
Thx for the great vids, they where the support for Nightwish in Gothenburg/Partille sweden in 2018, you could listen to a very old song with queensryche "take hold of the flame" or "silent lucidity"...
I had to ask my daughter (25) if this song was too "weak" for lack a better term, for me to be so in love with. Even though I don't really care but it brings home the point about us guys being timid about this style of vocals.
You should react to Majestica - Above the Sky. I just discovered them recently and the singer is really something. Would be curios to see what you think of them.
@@ScarFearz if that were true, he wouldn't still be singing as high in his current age because yelling notes like that would have damaged his voice a lot. He's actually doing it perfectly right, it's yannis who's using a more unhealthy distortion type, plus is a smoker. I don't expect him to be able to sing BiB stuff in 20 years
@@blazejecar I don't mean screaming, you might misunderstand what I mean. Yannis can align more than a single syllable in high notes. I haven't heard Daniel say a full word in high notes, just ending verses with "AAAAAAAAAAAAA" really high. I don't really care about if it's healthy or not tbh, I just pointed out that yelling a final syllable of a verse really high doesn't mean singing in high notes.
@@ScarFearz he has sung word phrases up to C6 and melodic phrases up to Eb6 so I don't get your point. I can't even tell what songs you listened to because almost every song I can think of has sung phrases from him in it. I guess highlander is the most single-vowel high note song i can think of. Otherwise, i guess check this. I linked part of the high note section, there's plenty of examples of him singing phrases really high up (there's a longer version that's more updated but this is enough to get the point across) /Y2BXX2jK0ic?t=535
The first Lost Horizon is a masterpiece, funny that these two singers are being compared now that Daniel has replaced Yanni in Warrior Path. Can’t wait for that.
Hi Evann..love all of your truly heartfelt presentations..you say it as it is without any pre judgement....i myself am a big follower of Nightwish but must confess i was also a big fan of Kamelot..another symphonic metal band who back then had a Finnish lead singer by the name of Roy Khan.....if you have time i would recommend that you give a reaction to a live video album " One cold winters night " 2006 in Oslo..it also features Simone Simons of Epica singing with him on one track " The Haunting"....his falsetto is quite something....if you haven't heard him before just give him a try you may be pleasantly supprised.....he's a natural just like Floor. P.S Elizabeth 1 and 2 is just on of many great tracks.
The singer, Yannis Papadopoulos, has a homonymous TH-cam channel, where he explores all kinds of covers, mostly from well-known metal bands. As mentioned in another message he did a cover of Ghost Love Score (th-cam.com/video/nfZxu1aQzp8/w-d-xo.html), which in itself is already quite impressive for a male singer to try. Itshould be a prime candidate for you to react to. On his channel you'll also find more covers that are worth listening to, e.g. a cover of the Kamelot song "The Haunting" (th-cam.com/video/O6VwazU2pcQ/w-d-xo.html) together with Vicky Psarakis ("The Agonist" singer). The other songs he recorded with Beast in Black are all worth a try, too.
so, weird comment maybe but I have the same desk as you do (gotta love Ikea) and people seem really confused that I dont use the cupholders on the corners. So glad to see someone else that uses a coaster instead xD As per the actual video... These guys are just classic power metal and it scratches that itch for when you want something melodic, powerful and that little bit cheesey. I havent really gotten into their back catalogue but this song is great in and of itself
But those cup holders are at such inconvienient spot! Who would use them???? It's a receipe for disaster to use them, and their location is just not where you would naturally want to put a cup anyways XDD Oh, and I love the good old cheesy :P It's my guilty pleasure
Have you heard Dan Vasc sing this one? His synth is a little different. However, for the rest of the song, I really enjoy Dan's voice tones to be more palatable. These guys are good, too. Dan's voice is inherited from his father's side of the family. Yannis' better in the "raw" range, a little.
"I have something for this 80's synth sounds" GIRL are you in for a treat then with Beast in Black!
That was indeed a treat! XD
Beast in Black is great, I love their new Album
@@ElvannReacts I love you Elvann from Mexico city , what a great metal band such a beautifull talented voice , can you send me some kisses please
@@ElvannReacts well their latest album has a real 80 synth sound with their song one night in tokyo
Three years late on this, but yeah, that's the band in a nutshell XD
Brain: "I don't like Power Metal."
Head: "Then why am I bobbing?"
Toe: "Yeah dude, why am I tapping?"
Mouth: "...FOR THE HEART CAN BE BLIND AND FROZEEEEEEN"
So me.
these lyrics killed me rn
Check out Pretty Maids Future World! I fell in love with Power Metal, from that song, in 1986 ish!
@@Axe_Slinger I love Little Drops of Heaven
And Bullet for You
Brain: "I don't like pow.."
Heart: "Shut up and dig this."
Like the great artist Meatloaf once sang: "Remember everything that I told you, And I'm telling you again that it's true, You're never alone, 'cause you can put on the [head]phones, and let the drummer tell your heart what to do." Music is LIFE, the better the music, the better the life. The more powerful the music, the more powerful the listener.
You might want to check out Yannis' cover of Ghost Love Score
Yes, I was gonna suggest this also :)
Suggested it once already - unfortunatly it hasnt been chosen yet :/
@Samantha R Yes, i wrote it in my Kommentar too!
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You can count on me for that one! :D
I still can't listen to that.
Great vídeo! The singer name is Yannis Papadopoulus. He has his own TH-cam channel. You should take a look to his Ghost Love Score cover.
This.
I deeefinitely will take a look at his Ghost Love Score!!!!! :D
@@ElvannReacts and when you want.. He is also singing with Delain - Vengeance. Not sure if you did some Delain yet, but if, you should... ;)
He also did a cover of NWs Sahara
@@ElvannReacts Highly recommended. I didn't think any male could pull it off until I heard him ^_-
"Yannis, we're going to need a female singer for that song your wrote there."
"Nope, we don't."
Yannis: fine, I’ll do it myself
Modern problems require modern solutions
*I highly recommend from Beast In Black : "From Hell With Love", "Crazy, Mad, Insane", "Cry Out For A Hero", "Unlimited Sin", "Oceandeep", "Sweet True Lies",.....could go on and on, they are so good...*
Thaaanks I'll check those songs out!! :D Is there one in particular you think would make a good reaction?
@@ElvannReacts Not the person you were replying to, but based on your comments on this song you'd love Sweet True Lies. Synth-heavy, cheesy, 80's disco-inspired goodness.
@@ElvannReacts Out of all of those I've seen more reactions to "From Hell With Love", but "Cry out for a hero" and "Sweet true lies" are super awesome too :)
And Zodd the immortal
@@1974stay Yes please. Also seconding "Crazy, mad, insane" for the sake of great synths.
Actual title: HIS VOICE!?! | Opera Singer/Vocal Coach Reacts to Blind and Frozen by Beast in Black
Real title: Opera singer fangirling over Yannis Papadopoulus voice.
So what's you're vocal tone range ?
Yannis : Yes
The guitarist songwriter Anton Kabanen formed this band when he was kicked out from his previous band Battle Beast. The reason was because he didn't let others write any songs. So yes, there was some drama behind that move and that is also the reason why his new band name is very similar because he got kicked out of the band he considered his own. Kabanen has ability to write very catchy songs and uses a lot of 80's style effects in his songs. Battle Beast has a female singer who is very talented also, you should check Black Ninja from them. I love both of these bands, especially older Battle Beast with Kabanen is great.
Odd I would have assumed given the inspiration for most of their lyrics that the band name was a reference to one of the monikers that Guy's get's over the course of Berserk.
I mean Zod the Immortal was pretty much a direct pull from the manga/anime, and music video for from hell with love used a near carbon copy of Guts with long hair instead of the usual short spikes.
@@FirstIsa Kabanen is a huge fan of Berserk and a lot of his songs are about that since the Battle Beast days. Not sure what you mean is odd, I just meant he wanted to keep the Beast name in some form. Battle Beast and Beast in Black names are both nod to Berserk.
Dude in my band we kind of drop song-ish compositions and improve them over time between the "composers"...if we had a single composer with this understanding of making catchy songs i would mind giving him more creative control
This is why Battle Beast and Beast in Black sound so close! Thank you for sharing this tidbit
@@Vatharian They are similar but musically, at least to me, Beast in Black is better in almost all aspects. Vocals, guitarists (especially the guitarists). I would say they are even when it comes to bass and drums.
I love people's reactions when they first hear his voice
Their last two albums are flawless. I think they just keep getting better and better.
Beast in black is the reason I fell in love with so called power metal
Its so catchy, and, i have to say i love how androgynous he can sing.
Its about the first band EVER that I love an entire track of. Definitey check out their album, From hell with love
Anton Kabanen is the mastermind behind the sound. He's a genius.
Yannis has covered so many artists as well as his Beast In Black work. Well worth diving deeper into his work.
I definitely will! My new life goal is singing a duet with him one day! :P
@@ElvannReacts Well, Yannis lives in Finland too and has done some live interviews with some TH-camrs (A&P Reacts is one I remember), so maybe it's not that distant of a dream 😉
@@ElvannReacts did you end up watching his duet cover of "The Haunting" (Kamelot) from like 7 years ago?
I love Yannis' voice so much! I saw Beast In Black live when they were playing before Nightwish! Then I went to see them live again, this time on their own show and his voice is just as good live. I will most likely see them again next year and I can't wait cause the energy on their show was really amazing!
He has suuuch a good voice! Lucky you! 😎
I've been on Nightwish concert in november 2019 in Poland where Beast in Black played as support. That night i remember for rest of my live. It was great and i cant tell, they are great Live too.
That was in 2018. Such a great memories.
@@kotek815 Yes. You are right. Time pass so fast that i made mistake. It was 2018 but it feels like yesterday :P
Fine reaction, but honestly I was most impressed with immediate "hey, that's Neuschwanstein!" My favorite world wonder name apart for Eyjafjallajökull.
Kiitos Elvann, great Reaction!
BEAST IN BLACK was the Support Group for NIGHTWISH, November 2018 in Hamburg. he is a very great Singer. Take an Ear to his Cover Version of GHOST LOVE'SCOR from NIGHTWISH!
Greeting from Germany to Finnland
You're welcome! Thanks to you! ❤️ They definitely seem like they deserve their place there! :D
@Elvann
btw: I love your Name, it's very nice!
And it sounds like it's coming from Elve..
I guess your are not from Canada!
I guess you are coming out of the deep Forest of Finnland! With your Harfe on your Back on the Elvenpath down to the Humans! 😉😇
Check out Pretty Maids "Future World" they basically birthed Power Metal, like Beast in Black is generation 2 or 3 Power Metal!
I wish I could "like" this more than one time. Great song... great react
A bit late to the party, looking forward to seeing you react to his GLS cover. Given the long history of women covering the songs of male vocalists, it is really refreshing to see a guy have the guts to cover such an iconic song by a female vocalist. Your "TED talk" made total sense, btw. :)
4:57 Having the *guts* to go and...
Giggle giggle
Ah someone else whose familiar with Beast in Black's source of inspiration.
Aaah a man of culture i see
👁yes👁
They have two albums of material, with several videos to react to as well :)
I will definitely react to more stuff from them in the future! :D
Wow you made perfect sense, and what you said at the beginning resonated so much with my experience...I (a male) studied singing for ten years and this is basically what my natural approach to singing was, this sound was natural for me, and was told not to pursue it because it was ugly and unappealing to the public. Spent frustrating years trying to sound a way that was very unnatural to me, I was tired at the end of every song for all the things I had to remember shaping my mouth, dropping the larinx as hard as I could, ecc. "maybe you just sounded bad", yes I also didn't have a good ear, my pitch wasn't always on point...I'm not saying I was destined to become a great singer, I think I was decent, but that wasn't fun anymore.
Most amazing thing about Beat in Black for me is how the manage to draw inspiration for such beautiful songs like "Blind and Frozen" and "Ghost in the Rain" from a Grimdark fantasy like Berserk that so heavily features all the worst parts of humanity.
It's so good when people have the same reactions as our own =D
His voice, the synthetic, and guitars...I'm definitely a fan. I'm going to be driving into their catalog for sure!
Whaatttt O.O
I always thought the band had two lead singers; a man and a woman working together perfectly
This is INCREDIBLE
So many people think this, then they see him perform and jaws drop
Been into power metal my whole life, Nightwish was my first introduction to power metal with Elvenpath in 98/99 and they are my favourite band, but Beast in Black became almost as big a favourite after discovering them. Yannis is also an amazing person and a great friend, I absolutely adore him! 💛
I just found your channel and had to comment because your reaction is so similar to my own when I first heard this song. Like you said, it is so rare to hear men utilize this type of singing and vocal range and I was just blown away when I found this song. Even now, after having listened to this song for who knows how many times, I still get goosebumps from Yannis's voice.
That being said, I do see someone mentioned this artist already, but there is a cover artist called Dan Vasc who does a pretty amazing cover of this song and hits a similar register. I would also check out other covers of his because I would be interested in your take on the range of his voice as I believe he tries to cover all aspects and push himself in that way. Particularly his cover of Nessun Dorma, considering your background in opera singing.
The smile on your face showed it all. i would love to hear you try to sing this. DO a cover!
As a countertenor who's started to learn to sing recently what you said ment a great deal to me!
It's good to know that this type of voice is appreciated!
I'm so so so happy to hear it had that sort of impact on you!!! I'm sooooo routing for you! I find it awesome and don't let anybody tell you otherwise! You got this! ❤️
I like your reaction! I was going to tell you about the Ghost Love Score cover but its well covered in the comments. So I will suggest the song "Ocean Deep" Its beautiful and it hits me in my heart, I have a son who died and I sing this song on my down days. Its a beautiful work.
It's always so hard to decide! :D Oceandeep sounds so much like some Nightwish lyrics, I'm intrigued! :D
So great video!
Discovered this band last week and just blown away, I don't think I've heard a single bad song across both their albums!
fantastic review, I only found this band a month ago and love all their stuff, love how their music is so different then your average metal band
Awesome reaction! This song is a favorite of mine. As a singer, I like my "normal" very low range that I'm comfortable in, but I also like trying to things with my voice that aren't "traditionally masculine."
Elvann, you like Floor (and yes, she's present in this "song"), you like 80's music, so you have to like (or gonna like) these TOP LINEUP OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. *_The Day That The World Breaks Down_* is a song that features all 11 (well known (9 male, 2 female)) main guest singers [James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) , Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Mike Mills (Toehider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish)] and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by what standards.
Btw. The clip is 13 min. Long and I think you won’t regret it !!
Official (Arjen’s) clip: th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
The Day that the World Breaks Down is in my "to record next" list along with some Devin Townsend! It's coming up! :D
@@ElvannReacts I'm curious what you have to say about this one, because it's so different from what we expect. Arjen himself sure's gonna like your reaction. He is a guy who's leaving a comment to his reactors because he's a "straight" guy who's loving the things he does. So be prepared to get a thank you comment. (no pressure 😉). And ..... must he forget to react, I will tell him he's got another fan-rector, because I can't imagine you dislike this song.
@@ElvannReacts Once you're done with "The Day that the World Breaks Down" - You can start reacting to the whole Ayreon Universe concert, I miss when you were doing all NW reactions - Participating to the concert are Floor, Marco, Anneke, Tommy, Hansi, Marcella, Michael Mills, Damian and Co. - Cello, violin, Flute, wissel, didgeridoo, but also Hammond, synth, and of course all the other instruments.
I really like your thoughts on males singing, as someone who likes metal I generally feel underwhelmed by listening to singers in others genres. In metal it can go from really high pitch clean singing (helloween, queensryche) to low pitch gutturals (any opeth, thy art is murder), high pitch with very intense distortion (blind guardian, judas priest) sometimes singers can even go from one to another like tatiana from jinjer
Nice reaction! I got into Beast in Black thanks to Dan Vasc's cover of this song. Please 🙏 do a reaction to that one, as well as any other by Dan, especially Amazing Grace, his newest one.
A thousand times YES! Love Dan's cover of this. Amazing Grace was my first experience of Dan. Now a huge fan.
You are so beautiful and this guy is such an incredible singer! It was a great pleasure to watch this video!
I already wrote this somewhere on YT, but when I first heard this song without seeing the video I thought a woman was singing some of the parts, you know maybe they had a guest... but then I found out it was all Jannis... and my jaw dropped open :D and when I heard more of their songs, I totally fell in love with his singing :)
First time I heard Beast in black I was listening to YT music on autoplay and I wasn't looking at my phone. It took me a while to figure it out there weren't 2 singers (male and female)
This reaction can only commended with one word - cute 😍
Thank you.. with your video and my first try for ages to sing my passion has come back.. and without you I had never found that song, thank you
Im so happy to hear that 💜😊
Growing up on Iron Maiden I'm no stranger to male singers hitting high notes, but even considering that as well the fact I listen to a lot of power metal, hearing the stuff Yannis (here), Christian Eriksson (Former Twilight Force) and Tommy Johansson (Majestica) can do with their voices is definitely special to me. It seems to me you don't hear many men doing it in metal so I'd like to share a few great examples of men doing it in metal.
More Yannis: Crazy Mad insane, Moonlight Rendezvous, Sweet True Lies,
Christian Eriksson (Twilight Force): Twilight Horizon, Flight of the Sapphire Dragon, Power of Ancient Force, Fall of the Eternal Winter
Tommy Johansson (Majestica+Others): Dragonfly, Ghost of Marley (Majestica), Heroes of the World (Symphony of Tragedy) Lay All Your Love on Me (Abba cover, ReinXeed (Majestica former band name)),
Cam Pipes (3 Inches of Blood): Deadly Sinners, Premonition of Pain, Revenge is a Vulture
Michael Kiske (Helloween): Eagle Fly Free, Dr Stein, I Want Out
Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) Nightfall, Mirror Mirror, Time Stands Still at the Iron Hill, Curse My Name, Skalds and Shadows
Close, from what I was taught in music theory. A countertenor uses falsetto which is a tone of the headvoice register where you basically don't support the note or barely support it. This gives the note a more airy sound. One of the masters of it was Klaus Nomi. Now, a countertenor might fully support a note yet not as much as using falsetto over fully supported head voice. There are two similar voice types known as the male soprano and a leggiero tenor, and these two are more likely to support the notes fully in head voice. Now, to be consider either a leggiero or a male soprano, you'd have to be able to hit an F5 or higher using passaggio. Now, this is kinda rare and you're more likely to run into a countertenor than either of those. I think another name for a male soprano is a sopranist. Yannis is Greek, btw.
Not only does cover of Ghost Love Score but also Sahara which I enjoy the most. Like you I love Nightwish, only discovered them earlier this year as had never heard of them here in Australia even though they have been here. Now I listen to them all the time and search for all reactions to them, watching people’s faces as they hear Floor for the first time. I have listened to Tarja and Anette as well, but find I like Floor the best, she has a wider range to cover songs that were not written for her voice. Tuomas is a genius and other members are fantastic musicians. Also I am yet to find a song that does not appeal to me, considering the catalogue of song that they have. Love your reactions. Greeting from Australia ❤️🇦🇺🤘
Yeah! They have such a big discography at this point! :D It's for sure easy to find good stuff there as well! 😉
Yannis vocals are insane :D
You hit it right on with "fantasy metal" ... From Hell with Love from Beast in Black they use Gandalf's sword Glamdring as a prop. There music is super catchy! I always end up singing along with them by the end.
He can sing every note.
really good breakdown of one of my favorite songs. *Subcribed*
Heard of this guy through Mary Zimmer!! She ranked him as one of the top 10 vocalists in power metal. She says that this is his natural singing voice!!
For me, the chorus is one of those that makes me want to get up and head-bang but dance at the same time. There aren't many metal songs that make me feel such mixed emotions but all good emotions as well
Yessss. I know. Yannis Papadopoulos is just amazing.
Fun fact: video wasn't filmed in Germany but in ruins of Raseborg castle in Raseborg, Finland.
this is the cheesiest type of power metal ever. in a good way
that chorus is so powerful
I love this type of music. Especially heavy bands that incorporate piano and some orchestra kinda stuff. Music like this really turn woman on it seems. Lol
Saw them a few weeks ago live on a Nightwish concert. Yannis is life as good as in the video. His power on stage is incredible. Was really fun to watch
I missed that concert! damnit
@@hendrikhans3729 They start their single tour in the next weeks. I think in Munich on 11.02.2023. Berlin 09.03.2023
@@OsoAloc I've seen, I wanted to go
Just needa get a ticket lol
I’m going to see these guys tomorrow! Looking forward to hearing Yannis sing live!
I've seen him live. he is really awesome. please have a look at dan vasc's cover on youtube. dan also has these voices. get goosebumps every time. would love to hear this song by giacomo voli
Love that moment of, "...oh! Okay, I see why you guys made those faces now!"
Beast in Black is a Finish Power Metal (or wikipedia said Arena Rock since their songs has thick Anthem Rock style of 80s) band. The founder, the guitarist Anton Kabanen was former guitaris of Battle Beast. Yanni Papadopoulos, the vocalist is Greek, he was recruited coz his TH-cam vocal cover channel. They have 2 albums so far, both were gathered quite a lot of fans. Beast in Black opened for Nightwish during Vehicle of Spirit tour, hence Yanni Papadopoulos obtained the right to cover some Nightwish songs in his channel. The most famous cover lately that you, Elvann, must react to is his cover of Ghost Love Score.
Let me add it to my list of reactions! :D :D :D I was to react to Ghost Love Score Covers! :D
It's super surprising to me to hear you say that it's not totally uncommon for men to hit such high registers. I know very little about singing or music and meanwhile it's your specialty, so I'll certainly take your word for it, but I never would have expected it's even remotely common to be able to hit those kinds of notes with a male voice. Singing is something I am interested in learning how to do, but I don't think I could ever be a countertenor like Yannis (by the way, thanks for that vocab word!) since my voice is a little deeper, perhaps baritone. The idea that it's not out of the question for me to be able to at least get closer to the higher notes than I would have thought is heartening, though. Thank you for the video!
Falsetto (not head voice; there's a difference between the two in the male vocal architecture, similar to female head voice vs. whistle) is super difficult to develop, which is one big reason you don't see a lot of countertenors. Another big reason is there isn't much repertoire for it. It's not necessarily because we need to "sound masculine."
I love this song. I recently got divorced from my greatest love, because I was becoming introverted and seemingly cold to her due to some issues I had. I thought It was something I should fix myself (like a "man"), thus I didn't tell her how I was feeling during a long period. I didn't see how this affected her and after a while we could unfortunately not resolve the problem back to how it used to be. We saved the friendship, but lost the love.
So this song gets me every time. Still.
Hey dude! Hope you're doing fine now. I'm barely just 18 but i can tell you something for sure. Never hesitate to tell anyone how you feel. It's never good to bottle up and keep things to yourself. You'll just end up exploding someday and nobody (starting by you) will like that. Just seek the right help (actually lost my first girlfriend because of that haha) and it's all going to be right no matter how much time it takes. Glad you're still friends though. Just wanted to show a little support :-) have a nice day
There's something Nightwishy about the synths in this song. Maybe that's part of why I like it so much.
I see your jacket, I can only think *_"You have to check out Yannis's cover of Ghost love score"_*
you should give rhapsody of fire a try
First one I thought of when he started to sing was Jimmy Somerville (Bronski beat, Communards) and the feeling in the refrain is very much pop, but with metal instrumentation.
most of you guys probably already know this, but Yannis had a side project in 2019.
band is called "Warrior Path" with their selftitled debut album ...
It´s just an amazing showcase what Yannis also can do with his vocals
one of the greatest in recent years
it´s worth a listen
I was on live where Beast in Black were supporting Nightwish in Poland. They were amazing on live. I would love to recommend you Ocean Deep (ballad). Amazing singer that dealt with Ghost Love Score by himself (on his channel, take a look ;) )
You should really check out his cover of Ghost Love Score, it blows my mind every time I listen to it.
Yannis is amazing in live performances! I saw him with band on Decades Tour with Nightwish in Kraków( Poland)! This band is incredible!
3:46 is a good summation of every Yannis reaction. Doesn't matter who you are, what you're into, this dude's pipes make you... feel... things.
You had me with the double of Nightwish and east in Black.
Where do they come from?
HELSINKI! 😋 Yannis is Greek, by the way.
Other singers who do this:
Michael Kiske & Kai Hansen (both ex-Helloween)
Micheal Mills (Toehider and Ayreon)
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
Marc from DragonForce
I want to hear you do it now! 💜
Yeaaaassss more to listen to!!! :D I want to cover it as well now! :D
Tommy Johansson Majestica....
@@ElvannReacts keeper of the seven keys playd by helloween with mickael kiske, is a good place to start. btw many of the metal singer realy do it, just listen to kamlot both roy khan and tommy karevik does it. dont forget King Diamond and jeff tate.
"Men can sing like that", yeah, some. I'm a bass, I might make it up to B4 cleanly. :p (guessing, haven't really had that tested).
They opened for Nightwish in 2018 and were fucking amazing.
Glade your back miss ya your real passionent about your music
I wasn't gone anywhere! :D I've still been posting consistently since :D
Maybe it's just youtube being silly
i would suggest reacting to a Band called Amaranthe they have three singers all with different vocal style
Thx for the great vids, they where the support for Nightwish in Gothenburg/Partille sweden in 2018, you could listen to a very old song with queensryche "take hold of the flame" or "silent lucidity"...
I had to ask my daughter (25) if this song was too "weak" for lack a better term, for me to be so in love with. Even though I don't really care but it brings home the point about us guys being timid about this style of vocals.
You should react to Majestica - Above the Sky. I just discovered them recently and the singer is really something. Would be curios to see what you think of them.
I noticed the Nightwish like 10 seconds on the video and I want it
you'd love Daniel Heiman. He sings even higher than this and with more power. Technical god in metal vocals. Lost Horizon-Highlander(The One)
I mean, I like it, but "sings even higher" isn't right. He extends his singing by yelling in high notes. It's nice, but it's just regular power metal.
@@ScarFearz if that were true, he wouldn't still be singing as high in his current age because yelling notes like that would have damaged his voice a lot. He's actually doing it perfectly right, it's yannis who's using a more unhealthy distortion type, plus is a smoker. I don't expect him to be able to sing BiB stuff in 20 years
@@blazejecar I don't mean screaming, you might misunderstand what I mean. Yannis can align more than a single syllable in high notes. I haven't heard Daniel say a full word in high notes, just ending verses with "AAAAAAAAAAAAA" really high. I don't really care about if it's healthy or not tbh, I just pointed out that yelling a final syllable of a verse really high doesn't mean singing in high notes.
@@ScarFearz he has sung word phrases up to C6 and melodic phrases up to Eb6 so I don't get your point. I can't even tell what songs you listened to because almost every song I can think of has sung phrases from him in it. I guess highlander is the most single-vowel high note song i can think of. Otherwise, i guess check this. I linked part of the high note section, there's plenty of examples of him singing phrases really high up (there's a longer version that's more updated but this is enough to get the point across) /Y2BXX2jK0ic?t=535
The first Lost Horizon is a masterpiece, funny that these two singers are being compared now that Daniel has replaced Yanni in Warrior Path. Can’t wait for that.
Hi Evann..love all of your truly heartfelt presentations..you say it as it is without any pre judgement....i myself am a big follower of Nightwish but must confess i was also a big fan of Kamelot..another symphonic metal band who back then had a Finnish lead singer by the name of Roy Khan.....if you have time i would recommend that you give a reaction to a live video album " One cold winters night " 2006 in Oslo..it also features Simone Simons of Epica singing with him on one track " The Haunting"....his falsetto is quite something....if you haven't heard him before just give him a try you may be pleasantly supprised.....he's a natural just like Floor. P.S Elizabeth 1 and 2 is just on of many great tracks.
For another great male vocalist check out Devin Townsend
His in my "to react to next" list. Some Devin is coming! I absolutely love his voice!
I would love to learn how to sing like that. I am aware of how these tones ca
i was stunned when i saw this wow
The singer, Yannis Papadopoulos, has a homonymous TH-cam channel, where he explores all kinds of covers, mostly from well-known metal bands. As mentioned in another message he did a cover of Ghost Love Score (th-cam.com/video/nfZxu1aQzp8/w-d-xo.html), which in itself is already quite impressive for a male singer to try. Itshould be a prime candidate for you to react to. On his channel you'll also find more covers that are worth listening to, e.g. a cover of the Kamelot song "The Haunting" (th-cam.com/video/O6VwazU2pcQ/w-d-xo.html) together with Vicky Psarakis ("The Agonist" singer). The other songs he recorded with Beast in Black are all worth a try, too.
beast in black lead singer, that can sing "Manowar" songs... now that takes skill.
I love "Beast in Black"
Thundersteel - riot and ghost love score - nightwish covers are the best ranges of Yiannis' voice.. he has become my no1 vocalist after hearing them!
Now that you've heard this, you should react to "Black Ninja" by Battle Beast.
Beast in Black, Battle Beast and Nightwish are my top 3, historie voice Is stunning. Every song is difernent. And Yannis Ghost love score ;)
Wow que linda me encantó pero que chica tiene un carisma cute es bella más con su cabello corto color violeta le queda espectacular es hermosa.
so, weird comment maybe but I have the same desk as you do (gotta love Ikea) and people seem really confused that I dont use the cupholders on the corners. So glad to see someone else that uses a coaster instead xD
As per the actual video... These guys are just classic power metal and it scratches that itch for when you want something melodic, powerful and that little bit cheesey. I havent really gotten into their back catalogue but this song is great in and of itself
But those cup holders are at such inconvienient spot! Who would use them???? It's a receipe for disaster to use them, and their location is just not where you would naturally want to put a cup anyways XDD
Oh, and I love the good old cheesy :P It's my guilty pleasure
I train my vocals singing Kamelot. But one day... I want to sing like this.
Have you heard Dan Vasc sing this one? His synth is a little different. However, for the rest of the song, I really enjoy Dan's voice tones to be more palatable. These guys are good, too. Dan's voice is inherited from his father's side of the family. Yannis' better in the "raw" range, a little.
Couldn't agree more! Love Dan's cover of this!!
The gods put Yannis on the planet with cheat codes active.