Albion - Power of the Laser Dragon Fire (Gloryhammer cover)

[@guilhermeioshuabelmont7326]

you did the chorus feels more epic than the original song, and I thought it was impossible to do.

[@DavidXNewton]

Wow, thanks :) One of the reasons I chose to cover this song was that I really wanted to put tons of layers of choirs on to the chorus!

[@toainsully]

I can imagine Albion being the sidekick of Angus McFife XIII in "Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex"

[@littleoni0]

I just went to a Gloryhammer concert last week. They didn't play this, went with more of their older stuff, it was still nice (they shared a stage with Avantasia, and there is no way in hell for them to best Tobias, but they still did well). I hadn't realised you have a decent voice and know how to use it. Really good job on the cover. (This ended up sounding more condescending than anything ... Know I mean no evil, I'm just bad at praise)

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks! I'm an amateur but I'm trying to gradually learn how to sound more professional in both my voice and production :) And how amazing to see them with Avantasia! It's rare for many of the European metal bands to come over to America and the venues tend to be much smaller.

[@patrickardagh-walter6609]

I'll admit, I wasn't initially convinced... but that final chorus, my dude, you smashed it with the power of Hoots!

[@Idlusen]

Totally unexpected for me… this was great! Heaps fun.

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks so much, glad you liked it :)

[@papersilverstar4471]

thank you new ringtone

[@DestineyWiggins]

This cover is so freaking good!! You killed it!!

[@DavidXNewton]

@@DestineyWiggins Thanks so much, glad people still like this one :)

[@shineichietsu6509]

This cover transmits an epicness difficult to describe, well done

[@DavidXNewton]

Haha, thank you!

[@theironpill9296]

Glorious Albion! I'm an instant fan.

[@charlottewillis5738]

A really good cover,

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks so much :)

[@FoxiFyer]

this turned out great!

[@WilderManize]

a great version of my favorite Gloryhammer song

[@KarlKartzer]

Nice , happy to have found this cover

[@joeltrekwars2162]

I came for the cover, was disappointed when I didn't see hands flying across the screen, but just as I was about to click away, the lyrics came on -- and I'm glad I stayed. This is most epic, and I agree with the others, you somehow managed to outdo Gloryhammer on this one. Any chance you could do more of these? I want to hear your lyrical take on Hootsforce and Gloryhammer, not necessarily in that order.

[@DavidXNewton]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'd love to do more covers, among my original music - will definitely take your recommendations on board :)

[@RathTheNomad]

I love the original as I love this cover, really well done!

[@DavidXNewton]

RathTheNomad Thanks so much!

[@Aevasrealm]

I don't care if I am late. I love your unique accent and voice. And the small changes. It's perfect. And I kinda like it better than the original. Thank you for making this. Idc how you look or what you have done, I love you just for this

[@samqwerty]

I'm obsessed with this. Thanks for the cover! PD: I like how you dropped 1 octave at 4:00. Now I miss that when I listen to the original!

[@DavidXNewton]

Thank you! It’s fun to experiment with small changes like that :)

[@derrenlodge6502]

Why can't we have this as a ringtone,eh?👍👍👍😎 I would!

[@DavidXNewton]

Derren Lodge Thanks so much :) Download link is in the description!

[@derrenlodge6502]

@@DavidXNewton You're welcome! 😄😄👍👍👍😎👏

[@ChrisVallance]

Awesome job man! My favorite song by them by far - and you did it justice

[@DavidXNewton]

Chris V Thanks so much! For the eternal glory of Dundee :)

[@CFurlough]

Holy Hoots this is awesome

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks so much :D

[@syndikate_void]

Super cool cover!

[@DeltaLightTSFH]

*GREAT WORK BRO*

[@charrllss7763]

COMPLETELY AMAZING!!!!!! Im now your Fan!!

[@DavidXNewton]

Charrllss Thanks so much! :)

[@Aerial_Dash]

Glad this got to my recommended. Easiest way I can put it, if this song was post-produced similar to how the original was, it'd very likely beat it out of the park from how the chorus was arranged. Great work!

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks so much! I've been exploring talking to some music producers recently instead of just handling it all myself, so we'll see :)

[@derrenlodge6502]

This ROCKS!!👍👍👍😎

[@fritzpeter8852]

Thank you so much for this! Best present I received from 2019 :D

[@juliaogorzaek36]

You made my day

[@johannfowl8653]

This is GREAT, dude. Greetings from Brazil!

[@DavidXNewton]

Thanks so much! :D Greetings from the wild lands of Scotland!

[@ritsukaxansongs9419]

dude... XD i prefer your version than the original!!! is super amazing!

[@FirebrandFA]

EPIC! EPIC! EPIC! #allcapsnoregrets

[@derrenlodge6502]

Onto Albion....WE RIDE!!😄😄

[@DevilMaster]

Are you planning to make more Gloryhammer covers?

[@DavidXNewton]

I’d love to! I’ve got an original album coming out soon on albion.bandcamp.com but I’ll do more covers after that :)

[@DevilMaster]

@@DavidXNewton That's great! Will you also release the instrumental versions?

[@DavidXNewton]

@@DevilMaster That's a nice idea :) I went back and rendered out the instrumental for this one - with backing vocals only, and no vocals! I started off with the orchestral version from the bonus CD and then recorded on top of that. files.teamouse.net/albion/karaoke/powerofthelaserdragonfire-noleadvocals.mp3 files.teamouse.net/albion/karaoke/powerofthelaserdragonfire-novocals.mp3

[@DevilMaster]

@@DavidXNewton That's awesome!

[@coach6514]

3:33

[@nuclearpeanuts4285]

you sound like a eugene. no offense though...i like this cover but your voice kinda throws me off but on the other hand i really like it... i cant really explain it.

[@DavidXNewton]

I'm not sure if I can take offense at being called a eugene because I don't know what a eugene is

[@nuclearpeanuts4285]

Hey i just came across this comment from 3 years ago and i want to apologise. Don't know why i took the time out of my day to write that shit, you absolutely killed it with this cover and you diserve all the praise you got for it

[@Mussetrussen]

Don't quite see the point in a cover that's so similar to the original, but whatever. Still better than 95% af music out there today.

[@DavidXNewton]

Brian Henneberg Really for my own practice at listening to the parts of a song and being able to transcribe and reproduce them... but I’m glad the result is so convincing :)

[@Mussetrussen]

@@DavidXNewton Makes sense. It's pretty a impressive feat being able to do that. Must be fun to have those skills.