ROADIE REACTIONS | Blind Guardian - "The Bard's Song/Valhalla (Live)" [FIRST TIME EVER LISTENING]

First time listening to Blind Guardian, and I honestly thought I was gonna get Nordic metal... NOPE! GERMAN POWER METAL, BABY!!!
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Blind Guardian - "The Bard's Song & Valhalla - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016"
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[@mausewix]

The most memorable moment was a Wacken Festival that Blind Guardian wasn't there. The Bard's Song was played briefly on the video wall and 70,000 people suddenly stopped, paused and began to sing the song. Complete. Only then did everyone go their own way again. That was magical.

[@jivitasvideo]

I was there. This was insane and my absolute best wacken moment.

[@caro11_elf]

i was there, it was AWESOME!

[@user-vd5vu8lx3d]

is there any video of this awesome moment?

[@caro11_elf]

I'm not really sure what year that was to be honest...and since it happened out of the blue, i didn't even think about pulling my phone out. A couple of years ago, cell reception on the infield was still really bad, if non-existent, so there usually was no point in having your phone with you anyway... so at least for me it was a "enjoy the moment" kind of thing...

[@mausewix]

@@caro11_elf Yes man thats exactly what happened. to be honest, we did it like kid rock said, sippin whiskey, smoking funny things if you know what i mean. Remembering things from this time is, lets say, not so easy. At night at the camping grounds a random metalhead, drunk as shit, was standing somewhere on the field and yelled VALHAAAALAAAAAA. Take a guess what happened. Good times, at least 10 years away.

[@SkMrFusion123]

Funfact: There is a Train that goes through all of germany, collecting people to bring them to this festival. People started the valhalla chant on that train...

[@TankTheTech]

That's amazing!

[@Always-fd7pk]

I was on that train in 2005, it was SO much fun!

[@JuanWonOne]

@@BOOMBiggityBam dude good call! There is alot of songs off that album that are good. Dorian is Tied for first. Immigrant song and terror train are the others. The whole album is great if you read the dark tower series.

[@BOOMBiggityBam]

@@JuanWonOne yup! I read the books ages ago so when this album came out I was so stoked and not one song has disappointed!

[@Wotsefaqq]

@@mikemcchesney2555 Dude, WTF is wrong with you?

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

"The Bard's Song" is the pinnacle of a band's achievement - when you can let the audience take over the vocals for you without *any* instruction, you know you've made it.

[@thedriver133]

One of my long time fav band.

[@mrolsen6987]

It's so funny to watch every "reactor" react to the bard's song, the look in their eyes 30sec in when they realize that they are not reacting to the band, they are reacting to the crowd😂👍 Cheers from Northern Sweden 🍻

[@ArcienPlaysGames]

It's this, and that high note towards the end. So much fun to watch haha

[@HDreamer]

Hansi actually singing a lot of it in this clip, I've seen him do less. xD

[@kaynhhunch1270]

Hansi has one of the most recognizable voices in metal. He is a great vocalist. During The Bard's Song he usually has not much work to do. :)

[@clayjf]

I love Hansi

[@BOOMBiggityBam]

you absolutely can't mistake his vocals! He is just so unique.

[@TremereTT]

Ya The Bard's song is lazy time for him...

[@Draztikus]

Hansi is God

[@Jilhoa1]

I believe Arjen Lucassen describes it this way: "As if he roaring from atop a mountain"

[@Wackenlivesforever]

Y'know, I was in the crowd at that concert and The Bard's Song is like their hymn. Everybody who knows Blind Guardian knows this song and pretty much the entire crowd sang it. The band don't even have to sing it, just a few notes and all will be done by the crowd. Also the Valhalla chant goes far beyond their gig. I remember people still singing it 30 minutes after the band finished. It was an amazing night there. Keep up the good content buddy. You're one of the best "metal reactors" out there. :)

[@TankTheTech]

That is amazing. I HAVE to see these guys live. Thanks for the kind comments, man!

[@rickychau7687]

@@TankTheTech They are amazing live. I'm seen them twice in the Bay Area and we all know the words to all of their songs.

[@Wackenlivesforever]

@@TankTheTech You're welcome dude. Also I forgot some things: 1. Yes, they were headling. As usual in Wacken (and most other german festivals) the headliner plays "usually" 10pm - midnight. In Wacken day day goes up until 3am, so 2-3 other bands were after this gig. 2. Blind guardian songs are difficult, If you want fun songs, go check out their covers of for example "surfin usa" oder "barbara-ann". But personally I like nearly everthing. They have an entire album about LotR. Also "Nightfall" or "Mirror Mirror" have amazing live videos to check out. And lastly, of you want a band, which are very close friends to blind guardian, check out Heaven Shall Burn. They even did a cover of Valhalla with Hansi as a guest singer. My recommodation of HSB would be Black Tears, Endzeit or Voice Of The Voiceless. Rock On

[@Templarofsteel88]

Before, during, and after. :P

[@xSniper1982]

@@TankTheTech Seriously suggest you check out their track 'Sacred Worlds' - I honestly think you will LOVE it.

[@aenorist2431]

The bards song is pretty much their anthem, if not the anthem of a large chunk of german metalheads. You'll get a willing choir on most every campgound, and reduce grown ass drunks to tears.

[@veselinjokanovic3032]

It also fascinates non rock or metal fans as well. All my friends know Bards Song even tho only 2 of us listen to metal. :D

[@A2ndVoice]

i once heard someone describe it as more akin to a hymn than a song and i've never been able to drop that thought since.

[@th3new0ne]

I was there in that crowd. This was the last song. As we went back to the camping ground people continued to sing Valhalla on and on the whole way back.

[@nighthunter3039]

@Smökje yes me too it was awsome @TankTheTech it was a crowd of 80.000 all singing together. It still gives me shivers and teary eyes just listing to it.

[@nighthunter3039]

@TankTheTech and to your question Blind Guardian was indeed not the headliner it was Iron Maiden ifrc. But thats pretty Normal for Wacken most of the big bands playing could be headlining. Normaly its five or six bands playing that could actually headline the festival. Just Last year for example. Nigtwish was headlining and than there was Slayer, Sabaton, Epica, Beyond The Black, Within Temptation, Power Wolf, Delain, Hammerfall, Deamon and Wizards (wich Hansi is part of too its a projekt with John Schaffer of Iced Earth together with wich they realy rarely play live) and the list goes on its around 30 Bands playing there over the three days

[@GAjim007]

@@nighthunter3039 Hansi isn't with the lead singer from IE in Demons and Wizards, it's the rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer

[@nighthunter3039]

@@GAjim007 oh ok my mistake

[@GAjim007]

@@nighthunter3039 All good. Although Hansi with any of the 3 main singers would be killer.

[@koroslav]

Tank speaking about crowd clapping being terrible. Most people have rythm but physics comes to play. If you play at 100m long stadium speed of sound comes into play 330 meters per second. So people in the back hear the music 0.3 seconds later than people near stage. Which in music is terribly long. Plus some of them clap to frontman clapping on stage but light is million times faster than sound and that confuses them. Eyes want to clap to visual stimulus, ears want to clap to music both are tenths of a second apart and in the end it ends up sounding like waves of claps.

[@Blashyrkh2124]

Actually it's even more complex. Your brain can compensate for some delays and stich visual and audio together. Also, speakers in such a stadium have devices between them to sync them so all audio is delayed. Then there is a phenomena where a crowd will magically and for unexplainable reason sync up their clapping. Something with phase, not sure. But the thing happening here is simply that most of the crowd cant follow along with the time.signature change without any percussion to.aid them. Props to the guitarists for.keeping in time despite that.

[@juanselainez9828]

Teaching English at a third elementary class, made my kids sing "The Bard´s Song". They loved it. Many years have passed, they still remember.

[@Norpal]

A note on the Tolkien thing: Early on, the influence would show in the occasional individual song with a Tolkien subject, or a reference here and there. But then came the shining crown jewel of their career, the album "Nightfall in Middle-Earth." It is a concept album fully based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "Silmarillion", and one of the finest metal albums ever written. The song "Mirror Mirror" that keeps getting suggested in the comments is from that album.

[@TankTheTech]

Yes! Thank you for that info! 🤘

[@tomh.8364]

In my eyes "imaginations from the other side" is their best Album

[@Norpal]

@@tomh.8364 It's a very very good second, imo.

[@jamesnewcomb9834]

i much prefer when sorrow sang. that song is so great but gets so little love =(

[@michaeld7413]

@@tomh.8364 That's the one that got me hooked as well. :-)

[@juliettemcgee9055]

Oh nooo the VALHALLA chant is going to stuck in my head for weeks.

[@caligo7918]

They chant that at Wacken hours after the gig, random people in the streets getting to their tents, in small groups, chanting Valhalla...

[@Templarofsteel88]

Some say the chanting is still carrying on. :P

[@CamaroMann]

I heard they stopped chanting this in Wacken a few weeks ago… they ran out of beer.

[@Nightykk]

Check the video of the concert, they kept on going.. well, the joke is that they're still going! Edit: I was thinking of a older concert of theirs, when Hansi still had long hair :p Still, check it out!

[@darilsteelbone1278]

The VALHALLA chant really never stops from the point you've heard it once. For me it was around the middle of the 1990s and it's still inside my head.

[@nahco3994]

I'm a simple man. I see Blind Guardian, I upvote. I really love how deliberately modest and down-to-earth their visuals are. No edgy 'metal' stuff, just them and their music. Just look at their outfits, plain black clothes, that's it.

[@TankTheTech]

Yeah, I really like that, too. No gimmicks whatsoever.

[@thecreetree3434]

100% I agree, they're so down to earth. I think it's awesome because it helps to spread the idea that people can love metal without looking edgy and be just as cool.

[@christiannystrom1120]

Blind Guardian - Mirror mirror , nightfall , welcome to Dying !

[@tatischisback]

Welcome to the show, and...

[@xSniper1982]

Sacred Worlds.

[@jdtesch86]

Nightfall is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@DarkAngel89]

Mirror Mirror live is really good

[@bartvandemortel]

Usually don’t see people recomending welcome to dying, But that is a great song too. Personally i would add majesty as well

[@seangrover6101]

The crowd at the end of Valhalla is always amazing. There is a video of the 10 best crowd moments somewhere on KZbin and there was a concert that the song ended the band said goodnight and the crowd continues to sing for like 10 minutes so the band came back out and played the song again.

[@cheesepie72]

"I was expecting Nordic sounding, but this is POWER METAL" Ya, Blind Guardian is one of the grandfathers of Power Metal! They've been around since the mid 80's \;;/

[@HellBrYnger]

i remember being drunk on the summerbreeze campground just roaming around trying to get some food/more booze, and at some point i just started screaming "VALHALLA! DELIVERANCE!" and everyone around just started to sing along :D loved every second of it

[@TankTheTech]

That is amazing. 😂

[@snorri0411]

just for the record, Bard's Song is the highlight that everyone at every single Blind Guardian show is looking forward to because everyone knows full well they're going to collectively make sure Hansi can just take a break...

[@maartenprehn3960]

It’s funny to see that while BG is an averagely well known metal band in the world, they’re absolutely legendary in Germany. Whenever they play a German festival they are headliners. There are only a few bands that would be listed higher on a German festival. You could even argue that while there are more well known German metal bands worldwide, like Kreator, Helloween or Rammstein, that they are considered to be THE German metal band by many German metalheads.

[@thecreetree3434]

That's great! I wish more people in my community listened to Blind Guardian, or even just metal in general. I might have to make some more German friends lol.

[@kevinpiacente3456]

Kreator is amazing.helloween also amazing

[@martenwolff426]

Both Songs are around 30 years old now. Nowadays their Musik is much more complex. "wheel of time", "sacred... " or "and the there was silence"(this one has the greatest drumming of All time in the originell Version) are really big Orchester peaces. Kind of nightwish with choirs. The mid 90s stuff is maybe their best time with 4 killer albums in a row. "Nightfall in middle earth" and "somewhere far beyound" are my all time favourits. "Imagination..." has a lot off cool Songs to, but the Sound is Kind off strange and muddy. All in all they are my first love in metal and made a big impact in folk-, speed-, and powermetal.

[@kevboard]

yeah they became more and more prog over time, with plenty of older songs also having strong prog influences and now IMO they are basically a full on Prog/Power Metal hybrid with tons of folk stuff. but again even older songs like I'm Alive are very prog and people always looked at me weird when I brought up how Guardian is basically Power Prog Metal, but in a recent interview even Hansi was like "yeah I don't know why people call us a power metal band" and also said he always through of guardian to be more of a progressive and power metal mix with tons of other little influences here and there

[@clumsyturtle8544]

Some say the crowd is still singing Vallhalla.

[@TheLuftpolsterfolie]

I am

[@ShadowhispersBand]

If you don't know the Bard's Song by heart, you're not allowed onto the hol ground of Wacken 😉

[@65Bardy]

Thats absolutely true

[@martenwolff426]

"river of time" - live by Ayreon. Hansi of Blind Guardian and Marco of nightwish singing a duett. Ayreon with "the day that..." has to be on your List. Lot of cool stuff in the Video (making of and Great Song with lot of "surprise" vokals)

[@adambates4436]

The Day That The World Breaks Down video is a great watch with the behind the scene info. Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017 is another great mix of Hansi, Marco, and Floor.

[@mariaelenasanchezyanez690]

Yes amazing song

[@jordanlindsey4299]

Some Ayreon reactions need to happen

[@sirfistaslit]

I have " in the world of tomorrow dreams our future lies, in the world of tomorrow dreams our hopes will rise" tattooed on the back of my neck because of the way hansi sings it.

[@nathanberry4849]

With Floor and Hansi out of the way, there is a small but increasing crowd that'll be suggesting Ayreon. I'm one of them. However, the Blind Guardian rabbit hole is worth diggin into by itself, as you noted, they have a fantasy element inspired by tolkien and plenty of other authors. Hansi is a Tolkien fanatic. Early blind guardian, that a lot of people will recommend is essentially heavy metal fanfiction. Well written stuff, and there's a reason they have the following they do. Ever since the time he guested on Ayreon though, (There's that other dutch rabbit again!) I've noticed he's been very heavily favouring his own writing. Beyond The Red Mirror is entirely self contained and also does something interesting with one of their earlier albums, which is it redirects the content into that same story. All the original allusions are there, but now, something else. Also they released an orchestral album last year that basically expands the story of Imaginations/Red Mirror and ties in Demons and Wizards as well. Which is a side project he shares with Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer. I don't recommend Iced Earth. I would very happily have done so couple years ago... but not at the moment. Way Too Long, Definitely Skipped version: Demons and Wizards - 2 Songs - Wacken 2019. The backing choir also ties to that other rabbithole...

[@maximus_siberius]

I still remember watching the video of "The Bard's Song" in GORGEOUS 240p as a kid. Two men playing acoustic guitars, another man in front of the microphone with a voice I never heard before. Needless to say, I was in awe and until this day this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. This version with 70000+ beautiful people singing along Hansi made me love this song even more.

[@janeswitthake1836]

If you react to Mirror Mirror next I'd say you got the holy Blind Guardian trinity. But there really are a lot of awesome songs by them for you to react to: Mirror Mirror Lord Of The Rings (yes the LOTR) Wheel of Time (another great fantasy tribute to a book series. A TV show is currently being produced by Amazon) And Then There Was Silence Bright Eyes Nightfall Time Stands Still I'm glad you enjoyed Bard's song and Valhalla. The crowd picks back up after they ended valhalla and force them to continue the song by pure crowd energy. In Germany we know it continues to this day. If you are metal enough you can still here it.

[@tackle47]

Time Stands Still along with The Curse of Feanor are my favorite Blind Guardian Songs.

[@Flweem]

A hundred thousand people, all singing the Bard's Song. Nothing like it.

[@christianemmler6496]

Nightfall on middle earth, whole album in the right order

[@lacapsuladeltiempo9040]

Amazing album

[@tackle47]

My favorite album from any band ever

[@frutti_di_marius]

One of those magical summer nights in Germany...man I hope all the festivals will be back this summer, if there is anything that I am patriotic about then it is exactly this stuff. Great people, freshly brewed beer and some of the best metal live acts out there. Just hits you right in the feels

[@CamaroMann]

Recommendations for this band? It's pretty simple: actually every single song, every recording, everything. Because: even the bad ones are still so damn good that you want to scream it out. Works for me every time.

[@karlosairsoft]

You should DEFINITELY look into Demons & Wizards - The fiddler on the green live at Wacken!!! Crazy performance

[@skullair52]

Hansi and Jon Shaffer of Iced Earth have Demons and Wizards, two albums in 2000 and '05 and III came out this year 🤘 BG are superior live to most bands I've seen 🤘😎🤘

[@kumikey]

There is a great video from Wacken (2010 i believe) which incorporates three german metal bands collaborating: It starts with cover version of the song by Van Canto an then goes into the real song. Only the singer is accompanied by Hansi Kürsch (lead singer of Blind Guardian). Thats german metal dating back to 1980 right there :) The video is called: GRAVE DIGGER - Rebellion feat. Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Van Canto And yes, there ARE kilts involved...

[@metalhead4827]

Please do a reaction of the band "Demons and Wizards", it's a side-project between the singer of this band and the guitarist of another band called "Iced Earth", I highly recommend he songs "Fiddler on the Green", "Diabolic", "Blood on my Hands", "Wicked Witch" and "Seize the Day"

[@kagesaikin83]

Fiddler on the Green is one of my favorite songs of all time!!

[@BotShox]

Fiddler on the Green !

[@judywise3494]

Fiddler on the Green is awesome! I've loved the band for years - I have the hoodie with the album cover, and it's so washed out and holey but I'll never throw it out...

[@Templarofsteel88]

you forgot to mention Terror train. :P

[@ilon99]

I love Demons and wizard I had huge pleasure to see them in Chicago. They play fiddler and was so amazing. Anytime I watch my small recordings. Makes most shitty day to happy moment. Stupid covid. I hope I’ll see concerts of blind guardian and demons and wizards.

[@teddyenragedvocalcovers1020]

"Mirror mirror" is a great song by them 😁

[@rancidraldur4342]

not a great song By far the best they‘ve ever written My opinion😉

[@AGDinCA]

About clapping off beat... I seriously don't understand why there hasn't been a KZbin video about this yet... It's not that the world is full of tone-deaf people. Humans possess the ability to clap or respond on the beat, a trait that typically shows up in infancy. So, why does a crowd seem to start clapping on the beat, only to then clap offbeat with a few seconds? This is due to simple physics. Audiences are actually always clapping to the beat, it's just that they are hearing the beat at different times as the sound waves propagate to the back of the venue, and then back to the stage. And if the audience tries to mimic a performer who is clapping on stage, they will be in time with him or her, but they will not be clapping with the beat they are hearing. This is because light travels faster than sound, so you see an action before you hear it.

[@tuomas2611]

Ensiferum - token of time plz :) react

[@jonathonvargas3476]

Saw them live 14 years ago, after the show went to Denny’s and a bunch of fans there were still chanting Valhalla. The look on the people eating there who didn’t come from the concert was priceless.

[@TankTheTech]

Hahahahaha

[@NukedBird]

Hey, i think this wasn´t the sendoff. Most of the time the sendoff is "Mirror, Mirror". Love that reaction. If you want more recommendations: And then there was silence (Long epic telling of the trojan war) Punishment Divine (Song about a scientist going crazy) or of course the usual sendoff, Mirror Mirror. (Niche picks if you want to listen to more unknown stuff ive never seen youtubers react to would be : Banished from sanctuary, last candle or another insanely good song : Majesty) ... Think those are enough :D Greetings from Germany.

[@caligo7918]

Back in the day, i fell in love with this band through "Script for my Requiem", it grabbed me but it seems to be really niche these days...

[@Cartis88]

They played all of their older stuff at the weird wacken gig the other week! I was in pleasant shock, haha.

[@NukedBird]

@@Cartis88 Yeah i watched all of the online wacken. Was my first in 10 years i didn´t go to :( Was quite nice of them to do the online concert thing.

[@ayrie09]

Majesty and Banished from Sanctuary are two of my absolute favorites! So happy they keep slipping back into their set!

[@sugoruyo]

All I'm going to say about this before it releases is: VALHAAAAAAAAAALAAA DELIVERANCE!

[@FlameDancer]

Why've you ever forgotten me? =))

[@TankTheTech]

DELIVERANCE!

[@sugoruyo]

@@FlameDancer WOOOOOOOOAAAA VALHAAAAALAAAAA!

[@MB-co6qj]

Die Leberwurst!

[@TheMajanor]

@@MB-co6qj und das passiert wenn man es einmal falsch gehört hat 😆

[@janhoffmann599]

I am always surprised, how American metal heads, even proper music fans like Tank, don't know the big European metal bands. Blind Guardian is huge for more than 25 years. Personally I think, their live performances are way better than their studio albums. The studio is missing the audience participation... ;-)

[@TankTheTech]

Yeah man, it kind of blows me away too. We're so sheltered from it over here. Don't get me wrong, there are definitely fans, but it's such a smaller scene. I loved diving into their background when I was editing this video and I can't wait to hear more from them.

[@luisnunes2010]

Don't want to be a downer, but american metal publications tend to be notorious power metal haters. Now the internet and the north american power metal wave led by Unleash the Archers are finally washing that away...

[@JeffreyBezeau]

@@luisnunes2010 and again, Unleash isn't even an American band, but a Canadian one. The U.S.A audience always has been snobish and haters to the power metal scene and yet...the power metal scene probably have amongst the most talentuous and *TIGHT* musician of the whole metal scene. I'm not a big power metal lover, i really dig more into the melodeath bands from Sweden and Finland...but i just can't ignore the musicianship behind almost every big power metal bands. They're just out of this world man, especially the guitarists and that's what i like the most about power metal.

[@luisnunes2010]

@@JeffreyBezeau Yeah. I mentioned the Archers because there's quite a few U.S. bands coming in their wake. As for the melodeath scene, well, it was Wintersun, Amon Amarth and Ensiferum that finally got me into harsh vocals...

[@ixachilanca]

@@JeffreyBezeau is AMERICAN because is from the fricking AMERICA the continent. If you are going on a global scale you have to understand that, globally, AMERICA is a continent.

[@KalloSkull]

More songs from Blind Guardian I'd suggest would be "Mirror Mirror", "Bright Eyes" or if you want a long, epic track, you should try "And Then There Was Silence". And since you mentioned about the guitars being really forefront in this band, you might find it interesting to know that's because really the only full-on members of the band are the guitarists, drummer and vocalist. The bass and keyboard players are only long-time touring members. Before they got a bassist in the mid-90s, Hansi the vocalist used to play the bass. Speaking of him, he might just be one of the best metal vocalists ever. For any future reactions, I recommend you check out slightly older lives from them, to see how truly amazing of a vocalist he was when he was a bit younger. :)

[@lindseyliang9523]

I completely second all these suggestions and especially "And Then There Was Silence". Another absolutely epic song that I can't get enough of.

[@KelbenArunsun]

Different Power Metal Band, thats a bit different... I reccomend to you VAN CANTO. They do accapella Hero Metal. They have a few covers of their favorite songs like The Bard Song, Wishmaster, Fear of the Dark, but also have an awesome lineup of their own songs, like If i die in battle, BardsCall or To sing a Metal song.. To Sing a Metal Song is one of the videos i would reccomend for starters, cause its live from Wacken. There you can see them in all of their epicness and cheesyness :P and know what youll get. If you want an awesome music video id reccomend If i die in Battle (cause i was part of that video ;) ). For Blind Guardian: Nightfall in Middle Earth is an awesome album full of lord of the rings related topics, and A night at the opera for more bombastic sounds with an orchestra...

[@rileymoore2967]

I'd say take to the sky is the song to start with, especially since it features hansi 👌

[@KelbenArunsun]

@@rileymoore2967 For a familiar voice, take to the sky would be awesome, youre right

[@zulawoo]

A bard's job is to entertain the people, but when I was at this show at wacken, the crowd entertained the bard. It was insane. Will never forget that evening

[@jsimsgt96]

Blind guardian is the most underrated band in the world. It’s not my normal genre but man they just rock so hard

[@lacapsuladeltiempo9040]

Songs to react: Majesty Mirror Mirror Banished From Sanctuary Imaginations From The Other Side Script For My Requiem I'm Alive Lost In The Twilight Hall

[@GFish360]

at last someone recommended Lost in the twilight hall ...what a song

[@aenorist2431]

I will always plead for "Time stands still" and "Curse of Feanor" .... as much as that is an epic and a half.

[@tolkienismaster]

The Script for my Requiem might well be my favorite BG songs. Such an amzing solo!

[@tolkienismaster]

@@aenorist2431 The Curse of Fëanor is fantasic. The first BG song I heard.

[@puckoster]

i like how you got teary eyed talking about crowd participation. i'm not a musician myself, but seen tons of concerts and being at a concert where literally everyone sings every word to songs is... amazing to say the least. seeing shows like this one live or on computer screen always makes me teary eyed too, it's the essence of music for me. thats why i dont understand people that go to the show and just stand (or ever worse) sit there for the whole gig not moving a muscl or even get angry at other people enjoying the music and singing / moving along.

[@everett880]

I, represent the 12 realms of Asgard, came down here to give this video 👍 before the premiere even starts.

[@TankTheTech]

🤘💪

[@hamakavula8]

Heaven Shall Burn actually did a cover of Valhalla which is as awesome as the original. Highly recommend it.

[@roykliffen9674]

If you just heard Valhalla you would suspect this is a German band, simply by hearing the accent of Hansi singing. Don't get me wrong, Hansi speaks English fluently but somehow never managed to lose traces of his German accent. They're veterans in their field celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024 and it shows; they're magnificent.

[@adambates4436]

Requesting please... - 'Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down' or Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017 Both have guest appearances from Hansi from Blind Guardian and singers from Nightwish, plus others....

[@TankTheTech]

Aryeon is gonna happen soon for sure!

[@TonyMontanaCA]

Tank let me bring this in the right context. Wacken 1992. First time Blind Guardian had a gig at Wacken. 2 months after the release date of the "Somewhere far beyond" album, where the Bard's Song is a part of it. I was there in the crowd. And everybody sang this song like in this video. I have tears in my eyes thinking back at this amazing experience. It's hard to describe, it's already getting dark and hearing and singing this song is like sitting with your friends at a campfire, to hearing/feeling this crackling in the air. It's magic.

[@65Bardy]

This is exactly the reason why Blind Guardian is called *The Kings Of The Crowd*. They are also named as the most influencial Band in speed and Powe Metall. Recommendations? There are so much: Mirror Mirror, Imaginations from thge other side, Fly (i love that song) Prophecies.for the high speed thing....Game and Film Music? Curse my name, Sacred World and Children of the Smith....Prog Rock? And Then There Was Silence, Wheel of Time, Grand Parade...Ballads and smoother Songs? Spread your Wings, Born in a Mourning Hall, The Maiden and The Ministrel Knight, Miracle Machine...or would you like tolisten To The singer Hansi with an Full Orchestra? Try BLIND GUARDIANS TWILIGHT ORCHESTRA with their song Point of no Return or the Song This Storm...i bet you will love it...So long Speech short sense: Blind Guardian is very diverse and allways take you for a Journey.

[@randiminer8621]

Love Blind Guardian!! Demons & Wizards - Fiddler on the Green live at WoA 2019 next, please!

[@rogerbehrendtz9750]

This is by far the best reaction i have seen on youtube your comments hit perfectly and are on spot. Being a big fan of New wave of british heavy metal i got a unusual request. I love Saxon as they are a very big part of my interest in music. People seem to have forgotten them but the singer Biff Byford is a god amongst entertainers and a beast. Still active being over 60 touring and bringing it. Metallica has a special invititation to Biff to honor him to sing with them. That is so legendary. I would love it if you would give it a listen. YOU ROCK MAN!

[@TankTheTech]

Man, thank you so much for the kind words! Means a time!

[@brodiegriffith3107]

The WackenTV channel recently released a 3 song performance of them on a CGI Wacken stage. Its a mix of live and CGI. Its kinda strange visually but the performance is top notch if you wanna check it out.

[@TankTheTech]

Nice! Thanks!

[@luisnunes2010]

@@TankTheTech Includes an unreleased song, Violent Shadows. Left a link. 😉

[@ralflukas9695]

They played "Valhalla" there too and after the song was over Hansi said:"I think this was the sadest Valhalla we ever experienced", because they performed it on the XR-Stage, the Wacken organizers built in a secret studio and there was no audience except a few technicians, because Wacken 2020 festival itself had to be cancelled due to this virus. Usually their motto is "See you at Wacken - rain or shine", this year they added "or online" to it, because they wanted to give the metalheads around the world at least something. There were live performances of Sabaton, Beyond the Black on the XR (mixed Reality) Stage and some shows that other bands recorded just for this event (like Body Count) and some archived shows from past Wacken festivals.

[@ayrie09]

The Bard's Song is like an unofficial metal hymn in Germany. I really do believe that every Metalhead in Germany knows it by heart. I have been at two of their concerts and this was always the best 3 or so minutes. So many goosebumps. And Valhalla is just a fan favorite all together. It's so awesome and sometimes the crowd keeps chanting for 5 to 10 minutes or so

[@Marschu77]

4:15 The Offtiming from the Crowd is caused by the Time Signaturechange from 6/8 to 8/8 and back to 6/8

[@AgeKurita]

check out "Roter Stern" by InExtremo, it's the only song where Hansi sings in german.

[@chrisko7529]

pls do JBO "ein guter tag zum sterben" @ wacken 2004 this is crowd reaction :') edit... last band @wacken 2004 3 am @ sunday mornin after 3 days festival and the edit of the edit; if that is not enough just do jbo with sepultura - roots bloody roots (2007 live)

[@LunaBianca1805]

HSB did a cover of Valhalla on Godiva. And Hansi Kürsch is on that one, too 🥰 I'd say Blind Guardian is like one of the German spearheads of Power Metal, so you'd definitely get their name thrown in your face here ^^'

[@Tarackgul]

Blind Guardian Wacken -Imaginations From The Other Side Live at Wacken 2011 I love this Song ;-)

[@PaganGamersDE]

For more heavier stuff: into the storm, Mirror Mirror, Welcome to Dying For newer games where Hansi´s Voice really shines: Sacred Mind, Doom But there are not a lot of bad picks from BG, even when some of the fanbase don´t like the newer stuff (i personally love it). Great Video as always!

[@maximenadeau5354]

Another band for you to discover is Avantasia. Scarecrow or Lucifer are good song to start. For another blind guardian song i would go with the soulforged

[@ne.laser_jon]

Check out the song Diabolic by demons and wizards. It’s a frikken awesome compilation of iced earths frontman and blind guardian. Super cool

[@js0988]

Ayreon Everybody dies! Your mind will be blown!

[@martenwolff426]

Do it. Do it now! 😁

[@MsStecarl]

@@martenwolff426 do it yesterday :D lol

[@michaeld7413]

@TankTheTech This can't be seconded enough. If you don`t know Ayreon, the whole project will blow your mind (..and then you'll have a look at Arjen, and what else he's done and THAT will blow your mind even more Star One -Into the Black Hole to name just one example). Everyboy dies! is such a fun metal song:-) And a good staring point imho :-D You won't stop there.

[@js0988]

@@michaeld7413 Uhm... He already did this.

[@michaeld7413]

@@js0988 Haha, Sorry, happens when you stumble across a new channel and see a comment that speaks to you. -And thanks to you, i know what i'll be watching next ;-)

[@angussharington2374]

Fantasy? There are some guys from Italy, but I think they are actually from the Erebor. Maybe try something not everyone knows: "Wind Rose - Wintersaga" :)

[@korvik933]

If you're into Vikings and stuff, how about some Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God?

[@jagababavioleta]

Did you know that in game Sacred 2 you had a quest line, where u had to get Blind guardian members their instruments? And for quest ending you got concert of their song Sacred? For me personally still the greatest moment in gaming history...you can chech concert clip from game on you tube.

[@MetalBurger]

Definitely casting another vote for Fiddler On the Green from Hansi's side project, Demons and Wizards. One of the most moving and emotional metal songs I have ever heard, and they did a fucking amazing version of it at Wacken in 2019!

[@jol1190]

try "Skalds and Shadows" from the movie a dungeon siege tale starring Jason Statham.. epic!!!

[@Cha0sRising90]

I got to see them in SoCal a few years ago, and the audience was one of the best experiences I've ever had! It was a small, comparatively, show, but I will never forget the audience. It was just die hards (and a few newbs) and they sang along with EVERYTHING, even the opening band. It still sends chills down my entire body. I think we made the opening band, Grave Digger, cry. So much emotion just from one night!

[@Cha0sRising90]

metalassault.com/gig_reviews/2015/11/24/blind-guardian-grave-digger-conquer-anaheim/ Here's a great article about that night. So much fun!

[@avendani7642]

You should react to Bright Eyes - Blind Guardian, that's my favourite song from theme

[@BigeggsBlackPen]

Legendary band, you should try "And Then There Was Silence" very long (15 min) EPIC song.

[@exiledkopite5127]

Was there. Blind Guardian are my favourite band and it was this Wacken that I met my wife-to-be. Incredible night, life changing week. The guitar melodies of Bards Song will play her down the aisle.

[@Agk3los]

Holy shit when the song started I realized I knew Bard Song but I have no idea why. That's such a trip.

[@burake.2440]

You should definitely check out Powerwolf (another German power metal band). And they have the same crazy crowd interactions.

[@musiktaxi]

He is so right! Join the "holy heavy metal mass" and check the wolves! They are a blast live! Try "Let there be Night": kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2bYh2ukgtV0laM

[@musiktaxi]

Or "Werewolves of Armenia" if you want more power and a crowd going crazy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2bYh2ukgtV0laM

[@razzledazzleist]

Oh hell yes!!!! Especially when Attila does the Armata Strogoi bits

[@TheColonelCommisar]

Oooo you gotta check out Demons and Wizards. Hansi sings for them too! Fiddler on the Green is incredible!

[@carpaholic70]

The best live choice after Bard`s Song ,will be Mirror Mirror from their DVD Imaginations through the looking glass... My favourite songs from studio: Imaginations from the other Side and Banished from Sanctuary! Greetings from Germany!

[@ryanjs20]

Haha we like a lot of the same things. Middle Earth is one of my favorite fantasy universes. Blind Guardian is awesome, they have a cool song based off a video game too called Sacred Worlds, and they were actually in as well as some of that song, the game Sacred 3.

[@amandag1337]

The gods may strike me down, but I think I liked this more than your Nightwish reactions! Don't get me wrong, Nightwish is amazing, but this just hits differently!

[@erpho]

yes...their last Song....at least u will go to Walhalla ....the Champions Club when ur dead^^

[@smp7077]

Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror from Imaginations Through The Looking Glass show

[@adlerweb]

Since you seem to care about bands and their stories a suggestion if you have a lot of free time: You might already have heared of *Bloodywood* - a band from New Delhi mixing indian folk with metal. (If not: Watch em ;)). They started as a 2-man band in a small appartment recording metal covers for KZbin and somehow got a spot at Wacken - without having ever played a single live gig. They released a long (1h30) video documenting their progress, failures and how they managed to pull of a tour whith nearly no preparation. I know, it's long, but IMO well worth it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnrZq5mLgbR9bZI

[@rafaelroxostrack2558]

Please react to "Mirror Mirror", "Fly" or "A past and future secret"

[@savagehawk8852]

Mordred's Song - great song about Ling Arthur's son and the emotions he feels about being the incestual son of the king

[@martinarnold2189]

I'm a huge fan of Blind Guardian since nearly 30 years, and i recommend you to listen the to the "Somewhere Far Beyond"-Album. On this you can find "The Bard's Song" that was life performed at your video reaction. And the song that i would like to see a reaction from you (especially MY favorite song ever of BG for all time) is the Album title "Somewhere far beyond". For me is this song like a one god-dammn-sanctuary for ears 😁🤘🏻

[@martinarnold2189]

...i forgot...😱..."Ashes to Ashes" is a great song on the same album (Somewhere far beyond)...so just listen...and then you understand... I know that the two Songs that i recommended to you are "the old stuff" from the 1990's, but for me are this songs the ones which have really high emotion...

[@MisterJ56]

It's no Wacken (well, you will hear Hansi from Blind Guardian), so please react to these TOP VARIETY 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) 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 instrument 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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c

[@frittenfett2932]

I had been to that concert. Believe me Tank: you made me getting goosebumbs. Thank so much. 🥺

[@loadedcouchpotato6567]

Hansi (lead vocals) was also lead vocals in a little band called Demons and Wizards backed by members of Iced Earth with songs influenced by Stephen King's Dark Tower book series.

[@humanoctopode]

Tank: I hope it will go heavy. Me, a german: you have no idea. In fact, i like how your reaction to Blind Guardian is the same mine was long time ago when i was like 13 or 14 years old. touched and fascinated! Cool vid, m8

[@Ben_Demon_Hunter]

My first video of your's I've come across... ABSOLUTELY LOVED your reaction to both the Bard Song & Valhalla! Watching your reaction to Valhalla- specifically- I was grinning ear-to-ear for almost all of it! Found Blind Guardian, thanks to my best friends, an Austrian; back in 2002! This was an EXCELLENT introduction to your channel, Sir! NEXT up... (my second video) is Nightwish Ghost Love Score! ->NEXT one after that, will be... Jinjer Pisces! METALHEAD FOR LIFE 🇩🇪🇨🇦🤘🤠🤘🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@hannah9419]

It's been a year but if you want more blind guardian and love fantasy you should absolutely check out their song 'children of the smith'! It was written as part of a soundtrack for Markus Heitz' series The Dwarves and it's absolutely fantastic!

[@rbenn5]

If you want to laugh look up NANOWAR OF STEEL - Valhalleluja

[@gerdokurt]

They had better crowds, even on wacken. I saw them there 2007. But you always have to keep in mind that this is a festival performance, not everyone there is a die hard fan. It`s pretty amazing to conquer festival audiences like that, not just your own crowds.

[@KaiStrohscher]

Blind Guardian - Banished from Sanctuary - Goodbye My Friend - Hall of the King - The Last Candle

[@peterichards3261]

This happened in London on the 2014 tour as well. We would not stop singing and Hansi joked that we cheated ourselves out of another song. The band even posted on their Facebook page the following day to thank The London Forum audience. Wacken has about 80,000 we were only about 2,000 but man we made some noise

[@aaronlimebeer1829]

Reccomendations? Alright, here's mine (to start with): Bright Eyes, Another Stranger Me, The Throne, And Then There Was Silence, Theater of Pain, Time What is Time, Mirror Mirror, A Voice in the Dark, and Miracle Machine

[@nilswibben4651]

"Orphaned Land - like orpheus" Is featuring Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian! It is absolutely worth to have a look at that Video!!!

[@mariaelenasanchezyanez690]

The viking music is amazing ...please recomendation ..WARDRUNA FEAT AURORA....EINAR SELVIK FEAT FAUN (Odin)...AND HELIUN ...KALANDRA....