Metal Dude (REACTION) - Blind Guardian - "The Bard's Song & Valhalla" - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016

[@sebth5165]

Love to see Reactions to this Masterpiece Thanks Bill

[@stephanjulich8094]

BG is maybe the only band that supports the audience and not the other way. And if you pass Wacken and be really quite, you can still hear them sing.

[@BemusingBill]

That's the best comment! 🤘❤️🤘

[@ShadowhispersBand]

Wacken atmosphere is unparalleled. You have to know the Bard‘s Song by heart, otherwise you’re not allowed on the Holy Ground of Wacken 😜

[@BemusingBill]

Well, I better get started memorizing it then! 😁🤘❤️🤘

[@svenjensen9770]

​@@BemusingBill I concur 😉

[@stephanjulich8094]

So true.

[@lisasnyder5597]

Thanks for your reaction! I love Blind Guardian and this clip from Wacken is just incredible!

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you so much! 🤘❤️🤘

[@WNYretiree]

Blind Guardian is so good. They have been on tour in the US. I follow them on Facebook and it looks like they have been playing to full capacity crowds. Though, it astonishes me that the venues are relatively small, compared to what they would probably play in Europe. If only the music industry didn't have such a stranglehold on what we do, and do not, hear in the US.

[@BemusingBill]

I'm glad they are touring here in the US. Yeah, we suck. It's not just the industry but the mentality here. Iron Maiden is one of the biggest bands in the world. They typically play venues of 80 to 120,000 all over the world- except here. Lady Gaga has famously said she wishes she was like Maiden to be able to draw crowds of that magnitude. The music scene is much more vibrant in Europe and Japan than here.

[@svenjensen9770]

It's the same the other way round. Lynyrd Skynyrd never hit the big stages in Germany. Sad enough.

[@Brendo2386]

I went to a show of Ensiferum, Pain, Eleine and Ryujin in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on a Tuesday night and the place was packed! It was crazy ​@@BemusingBill

[@VelouriaLaRue]

I've been at concerts where the crowd sings along, but nothing like that! So powerful! Very cool! Love & thanks to you & Nancy ❤❤

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you! Yeah, that blew me away! You could see the pure joy on Hansi's face! Our love to you, Velouria! ❤️❤️

[@alexdoorn234]

Yeah no Blind Guardian live is just magical, I was able to sing the Bard's Song with the bards last sunday. Finally made my dream come true and after coming home I felt like the concert was just a dream.

[@masterkill9542]

I was there 8 Years ago. I was standing in the crowd in front of the stage. One of the best moments in my life. This year they will be back at W:O:A - me too. See you at Wacken - Rain or Shine! 🍻

[@BemusingBill]

Aw man, that is awesome! Back to Wacken! That's really cool, especially since the show will probably be on YT at some point. 🤘❤️🤘

[@TheQuendel]

We shall meet at the Holy Land. Same band, same song

[@mortuos557]

I've been there. that year. the crowd took a while to get warmed up and Hansi was saying something along the lines of the crowd being shocked at the loss of his hair. 😂 but as you can see, the energy got there in time for the hymn of Wacken. you can just start singing the song on the campground, whether guardian plays this year or not, and the people around are going to join in.

[@BemusingBill]

That is so amazing! I've gotta get to Wacken at some point in my life. Thank you, my friend! 🤘❤️🤘

[@mariomelms7902]

I was there! My last big festival/concert I attended. BG are the gods of Power Metal. Best served live, so much better than the often sanitized studio versions!

[@BemusingBill]

A band performing live is like a wild animal let loose! They feed off the crowd which adds so much more than any studio recording. Thank you, my friend! 🤘❤️🤘

[@fenrisulfur842]

This brings back so many memories! I first listened to TBS in the early 90s in a school bus, when a friend brought his Discman and a new CD🖤🖤🖤 Somewhere far beyond is still one of their best Albums! Hansi is just so amazing!

[@BemusingBill]

That's awesome, my friend! That reminds me of listening to Celtic Frost on the bus whit my friend who had a cassette player! I'll have to check out that album. Thanks for the recommendation! 🤘❤️🤘

[@fenrisulfur842]

@@BemusingBill Its from the time, when Tolkien was the key to Blind Guardian! I realy loved that era!

[@stefanb4375]

Great stuff dude🤘 Greatings from germany👍🙌

[@BemusingBill]

Danke freund! Greetings from NY! 🤘❤️🤘

[@SensibelchenPrime]

Thank you for turning up volume 😊

[@BlazingDrag00n]

Sir, i really like your style, your vibe and your energy. Very nice reaction. Have a good time, stay healthy, stay happy and best wishes for the future.

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you so much, my friend! Much more Blind Guardian to come! 🤘❤️🤘

[@AchimE]

One of the best videos to show the special atmosphere of the Wacken Open Air! Do you know that The Warning is invited and will play at Wacken this year? Awesome! Thanks for your reaction 👍🤘

[@BemusingBill]

Yes, I did see that The Warning would be there. I hope there will be some great videos from that! Thank you, my friend! 🤘❤️🤘

[@damienmaynard8892]

THE Wacken anthem. Hansi still looks like my dentist. :P but THAT voice!

[@BemusingBill]

Dentist! 🤣🤣🤣Love Hansi's voice! Discovered him through Ayreons' The Source and had to go and check out his band. And what a band! 🤘❤️🤘

[@THE_JOURNEYMAN_PAN]

Hi pal, nice reaction as always! I've been in a similar festival with BLIND GUARDIAN two yrs ago in Athens. They were great but he did not sing this song, at all, because we did! And you know, just to be jealous (haha), before them was EPICA and after them SABATON! Cheers from Greece!

[@BemusingBill]

Now I am jealous, dude. What an amazing lineup right there! WOW! Thank you, buddy! 🤘❤️🤘

[@TimoArula]

"The Bard's Song", unofficial anthem of the Holy Land of METAL, that is Wacken !!!! ALL HAIL to Blind Guardian 🤘😎🤘. NWSU/FloorFan/Epican/Ayreonaut/TWA .

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you my fellow NWA/Floor/Epican/Ayreonaut/TWA 🤘❤️🤘

[@Simon-jh1hf]

Viele Dank mein Freund :)

[@BemusingBill]

Danke freund! 🤘❤️🤘

[@MrRedhunter123]

Wacken ist the best Metal festival in Germany...A little Tipp.....Another great Song with another Band was....Avantasia - Scarecrow Live in Wacken....very Great...."Sorry my bad English"

[@BemusingBill]

No worries, my friend! Your English is better than mine! 😁In fact, most American's suck at English! I haven't covered Avantasia yet, but I've been making a list for when I do. I've added your recommendation. 🤘❤️🤘

[@MrRedhunter123]

@@BemusingBill you will not regret it

[@Niphredil02]

❤❤❤

[@Nikioko]

Some nice entries for Blind Guardian: And Then There Was Silence: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpS1enp5oqiikKM Wheel of Time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXvXd4uKfqqqj7M The Ninth Wave: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ25eIVmf7-gmck Tanelorn: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OZhI2Bo8ipars War of the Thrones: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHPcip18aMyjl9k Traveler in Time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5nNoIR4YpyEj5I The Eldar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6Wve2R9rNeCmJI Sacred Worlds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2e8Y6R9gJJghKs

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you for the recommendations, my friend! I have them all down. I wonder, is The Eldar off of Nightfall in Middle Earth? I'll give you a shout out when I do that one! 🤘❤️🤘

[@Nikioko]

@@BemusingBill Yes, it is indeed. But the best-known track of this album are Time Stands Still and Nightfall. My favourite album is At the Edge of Time, though.

[@karolbartos8869]

It's so cool that you are checking out more Blind Guardian. If you want to start with the Nightfall in the Middle Earth album, there are cool short spoken parts in between the songs, narrating parts of the story. So I would recommend listening to them too. It's all on the Blind Guardian channel. Here is the link to the first short spoken part "War of Wrath": kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5ecpp1_fdCAg8ksi=47DUoUYkFXJSAsO- And right after it, here is the first song - "Into the Storm": kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6mUgXaNoLSVabssi=_SrjDCusKLSYJR7r "Into the storm" is a great song, as this entire album to be honest.

[@BemusingBill]

Thank you, my friend! I am planning on covering this whole album from start to finish. I don't think there are any live clips from it so it will be all studio which is fine with me!

[@alexdoorn234]

Ah Nightfall In Middle Earth my beloved, I finally read The Silmarillion because of that album and I adore the album even more now. I got to Túrin's chapter and just played Harvest of Sorrow on loop as soon as I realised which song connected to the story.