My Favorite Book Series Turned Power Metal! Vocal ANALYSIS of Blind Guardian's "Violent Shadows"
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- Most know I LOVE the Stormlight Archives book series by Brandon Sanderson. I even have two shardblades in the back of my office. So when prepping for my interview with Hansi, I saw Blind Guardian covered my favorite character, Kaladin, and wrote a song about him. How could I NOT do this song?!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Blind Guardian performing "Violent Shadows" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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She is fangirling for Hansi so hard, it's adorable!
Easy to do though...he is so good
Her interview totally showed it, and I would of done the same.
Who wouldn't fangirl for Hansi
Supposed ruler of germany, ofc everyone would.
You can see the joyspren dancing around her.
If you like Blind Guardian up to here, you should definitely try out a song from "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" - an album based on J.R.R. Tolkiens Silmarillion. You can pick any song out of this album but my favorite is "The curse of Feanor". Blind Guardian on the peak of their songwriting. So many choirs and so many things to discover
Nightfall is a truly great album. And theres way too few reactions to it !
Mirror mirror live 🥰.
Even though
The storm calmed down
The bitter end
Is just a matter of time
Shall we dare the dragon
Merciless he's poisoning our hearts
Our hearts
This parts is epic goose bumps!
The curse of feanor is just unbelievable good. I second that
I'm still holding out hope she'll listen to The Eldar some day. Just the purest, distilled Hansi.
Edge of thorns is my fave. Definitely though the whole album is gold.
The Raven Child is a must listen! The Tobias, Hansi, and Jorn trio really take you away with their lyricism.
dream trio I swear to god...
Musical perfection! Thanks
Hansi is amazing. Nightfall on Middle Earth is a real treasure. Also his work on Demons and Wizards is outstanding; the passion in his voice is infectious... MY LAST SUNRISE...
I really liked D&W ...Fiddler on the green is a masterpiece ...
@@randominc.2251 Fiddler on the Green live at Wacken made me feel things man
It's really unfortunate D&W met it's demise with Jon-I liked that band a lot.
First D&W album was so good. Fiddler, Whistler, My Last Sunrise. Outstanding vocal work throughout. Other albums were also pretty good. Shame Jon is such an idiot and killed two great bands in just one day.
Thank you so much for mentioning Demons and Wizards. Its like no one knows about them
When people talk about how amazing Hansi is, they often gloss over Andre Olbrich. Blind Guardian wouldn't be the band they are without him and his incredibly unique style. Part of it is his tone, but he's also just different than a lot of power metal guitarists. Nice to hear that appreciation from someone who is making no secret about being mostly about the voice.
One of those rare voices that has been in top shape for about 40 years now, i mean seriously Hansi's discography is beyond impressive with Blind Guardian alone then various other projects/bands along the way too... "Demons & Wizards" in particular is worth checking out
Yea Deamons and Wizards has minimal but great output. Just a shame the other guy was a raging Nazi.
Then again he didn't really seem to provide much, so good riddance and I hope Hansi is still gonna sing "The fiddler on the green"
Yeah Hansi is a legend I remember when one of my friend made me listen to Blind Guardian for the first time, it was "time stand still at the Iron Hill" and "imagination from the Other side" and I still listen to those songs to these days
in the job im listening all albums too
Hansi's voice is sharp. It will kill.
Is that a Doug Marcaida reference or is it just me?!?!?! ⚔
KEEAL!
“Speed metal IS the music for running into war.” Former soldier and combat veteran here, I couldn’t agree more!
If you like your speed metal. Go watch the new video from Lovebites ”Judgement Day." It's an just come out. You may like it
I’d never heard of them before. THANK YOU! That was great and I’ve got a new group to enjoy :)
It often feels cliche when I say this, but it is sincere. Thank you for your service! ❤
Completely agree. For me there was also quite a bit of punk or "counter culture" kind of stuff. Loved listening to stuff like Krum Bums, Blood for Blood or Hed PE rolling out in a stryker.
@@ryanharding6962 Strykers all the way! Loved mine!
The amazing thing is that he sings like that during concerts even now in several songs from start to finish.
Love love love The Stormlight Archives. Blind Guardian have made so many of my favourite fantasy novels into songs. The whole Nightfall in Middle Earth album/Wheel of Time/Violent Shadows. They don't miss.
Yeah, I hadn't heard of them until the Machine God. I didn't realize there was a SA song on it until this video, now I have to go catch up on all their music.
I'm a huge Dragonlance fan and discovered Blind Guardian, who are my favorite band, through their song The Soulforged, about the character Raistlin Majere. I am smiling because I know that I'd be reacting similarly if I was doing the same thing about that song.
Everything I've read by Brandon Sanderson has been top shelf 👌 The Stormlight Archive is epic! Also love the Mistborn series.
Nice to see metal bands branch out a bit, most have been (rightfully) obsessed with Tolkien 😁🤓
I LOOOOOVE the Stormlight Archives. I mean, I have two shardblades in the back of my office, leatherbound signed copies of two of the series, and just much more. I cannot WAIT for the 5th book!
There's basically an entire atmospheric, Tolkien sub-genre within Black Metal that's like 30years old. Branching out within metal is commonplace, if obscure.
@@townazier As well as a wealth of Tolkien inspired band/stage names
@@townazier I think OP was saying it's nice to see bands branch out and do something different to Tolkien, as he has been the main fantasy inspiration for metal bands over the years. Blind Guardian are a great example (not sure how many others there would be to be honest) of paying great tribute to the man himself, but also covering plenty of other authors/books - Otherland by Tad Williams, the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, the Witcher book series and this song just to name a few. I know there is a band called Caladan Brood who are themed around the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson as well, similar in style to Summoning (who I think is the main group you were referring to in your comment).
@@arcticus4758 There's a band named Summoning, it's (mostly) instrumental but they directly reference Tolkien as their inspiration. Albums, song names and lyrics are all taken directly from Tolkien's works.
They aren't well-known but I do suggest giving them a try if possible. I can't guarantee it'd be anyone's cup of tea but they're pretty good.
Great reaction. Blind Guardian have a lot of fantasy influences in their albums. Whether Similarion, Wheel of Time or Homer's Iliad. I recommend "And Ten There Was Silence" (Cassandra's story in the Illiad) or Wheel of Time (Another Fantasy Cycle). Both beautifully sung by Hansi.
for everybody fandoming over blind guardian: the Gamestar (german gaming magazine) made a gorgeous podcast with blind guardian because everybody exept hansi is a huge gaming nerd
The God Machine is an EPIC album with no weak spots whatsoever. Fantastic effort from Blind Guardian. Your assessment, as usual, is informative and emotional. Thank you.
Officially the coolest woman I wish I knew.
Honor is dead, but let's see what Elizabeth can do!
If Elizabeth can't do it..
It can't be done! 👍
What would Wit think of Blind Guardian? Surely he'd be a huge fan.
Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men!
@@feral_orc Sanderson has actually said once that Wit would be a metal fan once metal music is a thing on Scadrial :D So yeah, probably.
Huge Guardian fan! You should check out "The Eldar" by them. From their Nightfall in Middle Earth album. Its a piano ballad that really showcases Hansi's voice.
The Wheel of Time has Always been my favorite book and I also love the Blind Guardian song.
Been listning to Blind Guardian since the Battalions of fear album, remember that it was the best music to have in the background when i was studied my homework.
Aaahhh! More Blind Guardian and an interview with Hansi?! What a treat! Thank you!
They have so many other great songs but Wheel of Time would be my top request for a reaction.
Blind Guardian are the reason for my "Wheel Of Time" passion..
You need to react to their song Wheel of Time!!
Awesome band! Awesome song! Awesome books! (I am a few chapters into Oathbringer now)
Always down for more Blind Guardian!!!!!
You need hear to Sacred Worlds... it's a masterpiece of metal geral scene.
It's actually the song that led me to find Blind Guardian. I was playing Sacred 2, I had given up on side quests (just too many of them), but decided to do one last one because I ran into the quest giver in the middle of a crossroads. I almost gave up on the quest, because it was so long and multi-stage, but decided to see it through to the end. Who could have guessed that the main reward for the quest would be an ingame concert by a band I'd never heard of before? The song was so great I looked it up to find out who made it.
Yes! Absolute masterpiece. One of their top 5 epics, no question. Maybe the best for sake of "brevity" and accessibility? One of my favorites across the whole library either way.
Blind Guardian offer so many great songs for fantasy lovers: Somewhere far beyond, Mordred's Song, the whole Nightfall in Middle-Earth album, Fly, Sacred Worlds, Wheel of Time and many more
in the rpg "Sacred 2" from 2008/2009 Hansi is an NPC and you have to find their instruments- finally the band will be able to perform the song "Sacred Worlds" - love it :)
I just started re-reading the Stormlight Archive two weeks ago. Just into Oathbringer now. Kaladin and Dalinar are my inspiration.
Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still on the Iron Hill, or literally anything off the Nightfall in Middle-earth album. it is, to my knowledge, their only concept album, telling much of the story of the Silmarillion. Fantastic
this one of the best hooklines ever recordet. this " hide in the underground" line is eargasm. im so hyped because my band will open for blind guardian in august and for me as a singer in basicly the same gerne its an honor.
I must say that this reaction video was a truely awesome piece and thank you for this. I know that Blind Guardian will always have my heart in their band and you know that Hansi is a vocal God and he genuinely has a voice that still remains on point which is amazing.. I get the chills everytime seeing him and hearing his voice and it never disappoints. I did a drum cover of this song and many other BG tunes but yea this song as well as the whole album The God Machine is a true masterpiece. Thanks for this! Cheers! 🤘🏻⚡️👊🏻
Thank you Elizabeth! I'll be looking forward to the prize! 🤘🏻⚡️🤘🏻
This song is not one I've heard before, but boy! does it kick serious donkey!
I'm super-stoked about Blind Guardian because, even though I discovered them only recently, I have tickets to see them live next May at the Dominion Festival in north-east England.
Your sweater "I drink and I know (things?)" - the Tyrion Lannister quote? Totally amazing!!! If it can be bought for money anywhere please give me a hint how to get it.
You have no idea how much I love that you are helping to spread the word of Blind Guardian! Hansi, your music has meant everything to me for many long years! I personally believe Blind Guardian’s greatest triumph is And Then There Was Silence… a 14-minute masterpiece about the Trojan War. Ear-melting vocal layering in this song: th-cam.com/video/HcRIGCmCoZA/w-d-xo.html
+1 That whole album is amazing imo, one of my all time favourites
Wheel Of Time too
Yes PLEASE this song. Favorite song to this day. Made at least 2 school reports on it.
@@Thane9991 The whole At the Edge of Time album.
"Nightfall on Middle-Earth" is my favourite Blind Guardian album. It follows Tolkiens "Quenta Silmarillion".
I was wondering why you haven't covered Blind Guardian before, and I come to realize that I'd missed them.
You really, really, need to see his side project "Wizards and Demons." "Fiddler on the Green" would be perfect for you. It's a tear-jerker for me, and it goes all out.
I love the idea that the somewhat unconventional melodies and emphasis on rythms is alluding to the Parshendi!!!
This album is sooo great. I've talked about this album to my metal friend for about year, since Deliver Us from Evil premiered
Interview with hanzi??? When? HELL YEAH
Tomorrow right after this premiere!
@@TheCharismaticVoice I got into Blind Guardian because of LOTR, a friend gave me a cd and I was hooked. It's been almost 20 years and I appreciate them even more. I was gutted I missed them in Athens this summer, I do hope they return soon. Love your channel, keep up the good work!
I love the stormlight archives, Brandon Sanderson is one of the greatest fantasy authors ever, in my opinion. Blind guardian also has a song about the wheel of time.
I've been into Brandon Sanderson ever since he finished "Wheel of Time ".
one of my favorite bands crossing over with my current favorite book series, amazing!
Man Blind Guardian is my favourite band. At some point to need to listen to and then there was silence and a wheel of time either on your own or for a video
I have already watched a couple of dozen of your videos and I absolutely admire your approach to detailed analysis of music and vocals, and your genuine emotions! I also saw your analysis of Phantom of the Opera performed by Floor and Tarja and would like to suggest you this composition performed by the one who played the role of Christine Daae at the very beginning. There is a video of an absolutely gorgeous (IMHO) performance of this song by Sarah Brightman and Chris Thompson.
P.S. Sorry for my imperfect english :)
We need a reaction to Mirror mirror, my all time favorite song!
My favorite is still his cover of Led Zepplin's "Immigrant Song" with Jon Schaffer.
But "Mordred's Song" was also awesome. And his cover of "Mr. Sandman" was also amazing.
I love the sound of Blind Guardian, but I admit, I'm not too into the fantasy genre, so a lot of the subjects go over my head. Though I am familiar with Arthurian legend, and they've covered that subject matter a lot.
Yet another comment here about Nightfall. You need to hear this entire album. There are story beats in between the songs. Having said that, as far as vocals go, my favorite songs for those layered vocals are Battlefield and And Then There Was Silence. The latter being their (imo) magnum opus. Love their new stuff too. They're just the top tier power metal band.
Hansi is a legend! Great voice and songwriting! Great reaction! once again you really get what this band is all about!!! Good job Elizabeth 👍
You **definitely** wanna hear Age of false innocence. No live version cause he didn't dare do that one bit live as it's damn impossible, but it's still worth checking out.
A Bard meets the Blind Guardian...🎶👈🧠 Sounds like the Start of a Charismatic Christmas D&D Campaign
Letsgettoit 🙂🙃🙂
As always, great reaction video Elizabeth, thanks.
Merry Xmas for the whole family!!!
Greetings from Poland/Italy!!
This is making me dig out all of my old Bind guardian CD's! BRIDGE FOUR!!
Keep those Guardian reactions coming! :D My only complaint is that because of Christmas family stuff, I probably won't be able to watch the interview for another three days. Thanks anyway for a wholly unexpected Christmas present from your side
You should really check out their album Nightfall in Middle Earth. The entire album is based on The Silmarillion and has some of the best songs they've ever made. The song "Nightfall" is in my opinion Hansi's best performance and the song is epic. Another interesting song is "Fiddler on The Green" made with his side project "Demons & Wizards" an amazing ballad with really emotional lyrics.
No, what? I LOVE the Stormlight Archive, it's so good 😱 If I hadn't loved you before you definitely have my heart now
Yep, metal and fantasy. BG is the band of my heart. They are fantastic in all senses of the word.
I didn't notice this was a song about the Stormlight Archives until my third or fourth listen (I usually have trouble following along with lyrics at first). I was very excited when I found out.
Bridge 4 is such fantastic inspiration for a metal epic. This is my first time hearing this also and some of the lyrics gave me chills!! I am also so JEALOUS of your leather-bound copies!! Thanks for making my night.
I read Storm Light also! He is a very good writer.
Love the music/voice and reaction... and honestly... I have soo many books I have yet to read, but now I am so hooked on reading the stormlight archive... oh well 😁
I love your reactions 😋, your face is so expressive 🤩, sometimes it's like a little girl discovering her daddy's music, I lived it with mine (Deep Purple, Led Zepelin, Rainbow, Pink Floyd...) I'm soon 54 years old, and you awaken the "teenager" in me when I watch your videos on all the music that bathed my teenage years, and the following years. Thank you very much, and this song you chose from Blind Guardian, is one of my favorites from the last album, huge title and huge album. Thank you, can't wait to see your next reactions 🥰 (sorry for my English, I'm French!)
I'm so pumped for this interview
Good music, your voice and fantasy. I'm sold here.
I've been going in and out of your videos for years now. I really appreciate how you are not necessarily a big metal music fan (at least you maybe weren't before getting so engulfed in it through your channel), but can still listen to anything thrown at you and objectively even! \m/
You MUST get into Bad Omens, Elizabeth!!
Noah Sebastian’s range and what he can do is beyond incredible. It will probably take you a good 3 to 4 songs to get a full idea of what he is truly capable of. He goes from harsh vocals to a HUGE clean sound to almost a falsetto?? If you will. However he is hands down the most underrated frontman in the game right now! Those who don’t know haven’t hopped on the bandwagon yet. I would start with these.
The Death Of Piece Of Mind
Dethrone
Just Pretend
Limits
AND YES….trust that it will take all 4 if not more to get into what Noah can really do. I truly think you’ll be in love! This is a MUST for someone like you who gets so into what vocalist are doing because what they are doing is unrivaled in this industry right now!!
They are a band that every single song almost sounds like a different band entirely……but it ALL sounds like Bad Omens if that makes any sense.
Merry Christmas!!
This would be a good. The radio station I listen to introduced me to them through their new album. Really like Like a Villain and Just Pretend. The way he sings in that male falsetto reminds me of someone else and I just can't put my finger on it.
@@emerje0 do you like heavier or more rock anthems? Limits is a huge favorite of mine. Dethrone is also a big favorite…..but that songs a whole different beast!
100 percent agree
@@darkslayer366 they can’t write a bad song! We need to keep the Bad Omens comments up for sure until we get her into them!
I did not know that Blind Guardian has broached the topic of Sanderson's works. This is my favorite contemporary series. I have been no-lifing any books by him since he finished the Wheel of Time Series. I wrote this before even watching the video. Time to watch it.
another band that is one of the greatest in the metal scene, Hansi always over the top, i don't know how he can do this. great review as always
Saw them live this summer at Rock the Castle in Verona (IT)!!! Amaizing experience!! Cheers from Italy
BlindGuardian..."Lord of the Rings...Wheel of Time..Elric...Sanderson"..and Demons and Wizards..."The Gunslinger"....My Kind of Nerds!
so until now i liked this channel for the analisys and the funny parts, but hearing she is a Brando fan, now i love this channel
Stormlight is so good, it should reach legendary status with WoT
I was out on a run listening to "Nightfall on Middle Earth" for the first time in years. It's been one of my favorite albums since it came out when I was in high school. I kept thinking "Man, I wonder if Charismatic Voice has a Blind Guardian video. She'd love Hansi's voice so, so much!" I came home and immediately looked this up. Makes me a little teary-eyed to see how happy this makes you.
I NEED to see your reaction to Seether’s cover of Careless Whisper!!! In my humble opinion one of the best covers of all time. Vocalist Shaun Morgan has insane range and is one of my favorites in the entire rock/metal genre. I guarantee you will be very impressed!!
I've started to follow them on FB. Quite a band. This song is cool. Guess I'm now gonna have to look for books? Music and books. Love this place. Best channel, best community on YT.
As someone that just fall into the beautiful and absolute beast that is Blind Guardian, through diving deep into Tolkiens Silmarillion… I’m loving everything they do, and Hansi’s unparalleled emotion through his voice. I must ask, from a very bias place, please please please react to The Curse of Feanor, by them. There isn’t a reliable live version, but is worth the listen!
Just when I thought I couldn't like this channel more...love for Brandon Sanderson!
Happy holidays! Happy New Year! Hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday. I’ve been watching your analyses for a while now. I think it would be awesome if you could make a video on Motionless in White, Nothing More, Bad Omens, and Dayseeker.
First off, great reaction as always. I also didn't know Blind guardian have songs about fantasy books, so thank you for that.
Your enthusiasm for music and more specifically any genre of music never fails to amaze me and make me smile. You are my favourite reactor to begin with but now after learning that you love fantasy your spot as my favourite reactor is rock solid 😊.
The stormlight archive series is a series I'm waiting to be completed to start reading it as bitter experience with other authors (Rothfuss for example) has thought me to wait for the series to be finished before I start it. I know Sanderson is very profilic and he finishes his series but still... I've read his other books btw and I loved them.
If you want to hear more of Hansi , I'd like to suggest the song Fiddler on the green by demons& wizards. The group is a side project of Hansi and Iced earths's guitar player as far as I can remember. It's a great song with great story and Hansi came up with the story after events in real life.
Lastly for a fantasy series to read I'd like to suggest The Malazan Book Of The Fallen by Steven Erikson. It is truly monumental in scale, the world is absolutely huge and the characters even more so. You have quite a few races, God's(that actually are actively involved in the world and can be manipulated, killed or used for a character's benefit against their will), dragons that are actually sentient and have a huge impact on the world and story and the world including some characters are 400 000 years old. The main series is 10 huge , lengthy books although the series at the moment is 20+ books as Erikson and the co-creatot Esselmont are still writing books about it. As a disclaimer of sorts quite a few people are out off by the series as it is very complex and both authors do Not spoon feed you information and there is quite a bit of ambiguity in the series but at the same time the story is soo massively rewarding , if you persist and read through it and the best part is it becomes better and better on rereads as there is so much information and things going on at any given time . Also one of the things I love the most about all of it is that the main theme of books is compassion.
This comment has turned out way too long but I really hope you read it .
If no one has recommended it yet, it would be neat to see your insight on the band Volbeat. I think the singer has a very unique sound and it would be cool to see your reactions to it.
This is awsome I love BLIND GAURDIAN
The Way of Kings in leather-bound from the Kickstarter, woman of culture indeed!
This is the same way I feel about The Soulforge. It's about the character Raistlin in the Dragonlace Saga. My all time favorite character from anything.
BLIND GUARDIAN!!!! For another book reference they did, Ride into Obsession is based on the Wheel of Time!
On top of that (you might not know yet), even the song 'Wheel of Time' is based on Wheel of Time ... ;)
it would be hillarious if it werent
Hansi is a wonderful human, as are the band!
I was crew chief on mainstage at Bloodstock 2009, Blind Guardian was subheadline on Saturday (and thanks to some audience members being awful and firing large heavy projectiles at Cradle of Filth, BG effectively headlined that night!)
I distinctly remember mistaking Hansi for one of their crew, because he was walking around wearing a tour crew t-shirt and had the look of a guitar tech 😅. Hansi thought it was hilarious and we had a good laugh, we kept in touch for a while afterwards, but it was an absolute pleasure to work with him and the band.
And their actual guitar tech and I spent the entire show singing side of stage complete with cheesy power metal hand gestures.
Hands down the most fun I had all weekend was with this band. Hansi learnt all my stage crew's names and personally thanked everyone individually after the set, which is rare for musicians to acknowledge the stagehands and monitor engineers at a festival!
I’m glad you’re giving blind guardian a try, it’s an awesome band and Hansi is an unbelievable vocalist. You should try some classic songs like Time Stands Still, Imaginations for the other side…
Blind Guardian is Amazing adaptating Books to songs, even they got the interpretation of the message right (they even do it with John Baptist and Jesus in Banish from Sanctuary). Their way to just dig in the spirit of the message in the original books is just somthing more than special
Highly recommend the band Stratovarius! Lots of great songs to choose from. Destiny is a must listen if you enjoy 10 minute epics!
You are going to freaking appreciate ...And Then There Was Silence so much.
I originally discovered Blind Guardian because of their Wheel of Time songs - The Wheel of Time, and Ride Into Obsession - the former is one of my favorite songs ever, it is truly as epic as the series it is about. Stormlight is definitely among my top 4 series, paired with Wheel of Time, Cradle, and Worm. I'm glad they're finally doing homages to Stormlight, it deserves all the highlighting and advertising there can be.
Anyway, my initial reason for writing this comment is to shill Worm by Wildbow, it's a web series that ascends its genre.
That whispered "Nice!" at the end is so epic. 😂
Favorite band ever, and favorite Singer. Looking forwars
I've been watching this channel for years and had no idea you were a Sanderson fan. You're now officially my all time favourite youtuber.
Life before Death!
Strength Before Weakness!
@@feral_orc Journey before Destination!
The first demons and wizards album is a masterpiece.
So glad you covered this. Great song and great album. I’m guessing if you cover anymore Blind Guardian, Nightfall would be next. But if you wanna hear Hansi in a softer, more somber style you should check out Fiddler on the Green by Demons and Wizards. It’s a beautifully sad song and Hansi sounds amazing as always in it.
I haven't listened to a lot of Blind Guardian, I had no idea they could get so thrashy. I've been missing out
Their live albums have the most wonderful thrashy sound even on the performances of new songs that don't sound thrashy on the recording. They're all great, you can't go wrong! Their earlier albums have the most thrashy sound on the recording, especially Somewhere Far Beyond.
Love this song.. Love Blind Guardian.. I wish one day someone reacts to or does analysis for Ensiferum's Lai Lai Hai .. I know youtubers generally react to most suggested or what's currently trending. But there are so many gems that are forgotten and waiting to be discovered.
I'd like to call myself a Blind Guardian fan, but I've only heard the album "Imaginations From The Other Side". However, that album blew me away, and I listened to it over and over for months. I don't really know why I never checked out their other stuff, but my goodness that album has some amazing songs.
Hansi has managed to recapture his voice from the 90's in recent years, he was singing more reserved for a long time, singing the more intense notes in a lower key or in a calmer voice live, and things like that. But he's not holding back anymore, even when the band was playing the entire "Somewhere Far Beyond" album from 1992 this year, he was singing everything just like on the album.
No joke. I've been blown away by his recent live stuff. He hadn't sung that intensely in 20 years.
Hello Elizabeth I may or may not have requested on another platform with another name that you should check out Warrel Dane of Nevermore! BUT I am elated to see you reacting to another Metal treasure of a vocalist! Awesome! But yes more Blind Guardian please and Nevermore! Looking forward to your chat with Hansi. His work in Demons & Wizards is also amazing. Lots of fantasy/book influences there as well.
More Blind Guardian please, Time Stand Still live is amazing, that would be a cool one.