Have you heard all their older songs?... Its like "the" berserk band, thanks to Anton (former songwriter and founder of the band) who is a huge berserk fan..
Finland, land of the language that no one understands, Land of the Santa Claus, Land of the thousand lakes and summery midnight sun, Land of the dark and cold winter nights, lit with Aurora Borealis and most important, Land of the awesomest metal bands! Gotta love this land! Thanks for reacting!
You foretold that Noora will be picked into a game heroine character. Unfortunately not the one you suggested, but she is now Kayle in League of Legends game band Pentakill.
‘I’m not what you want but I give what you need’ - great line, also my favourite lyric from that song. The song 'Out of Control' is actually a Battle Beast song off their 2nd album. The Sabaton version is actually them covering Battle Beast. A cover Battle Beast did do was Wasps song ‘Wild Child’. It’s a bonus track on their 3rd album. I think Noora's singing is the centrepiece for sure, but good vocals with bad songs wont go very far so the fact the band write good music cannot be underappreciated. I would say their diversity of sound is also a defining feature. Most bands have their style and the just stick with that, however because of Noora's versatility, the band cover a wide array of musical styles. Here it seems you guys prefer the metal songs specifically, of which they have many. However, other people will equally prefer the rock/pop stuff over the metal stuff. However, people who have a broad musical taste will enjoy this band most as they can appreciate all the songs as opposed to restricting themselves to only a subsection of the bands catalogue.
I always thought it was Battle Beast covering Sabaton - good to know! Definitely a contender for a future Battle of the Bands showdown. I also like their cover of Powerwolf's Resurrection by Erection 😂 Definitely agree on their musical range. It's funny to watch a bunch of old, bearded metal heads rock out to their more pop-ish tracks live. But yeah, guilty as charged...I like their higher tempo stuff ⚡⚡ -Michael
and how about some Beast In Black? :) Anton Kabanen's band after Battle Beast :) I think they didn't want him in BB due to some personal issues or something, but he knows how to make a good heavy metal album, From Hell With Love is perfect :)
Well made band review! The additions into "The Eclipse" lyrics video were a nice touch, now i wish that was the official video. I just love Noora's voice and character, she pours her heart in the songs, very soulful singer. And as a person she isn't afraid to go extreme and funny, with Battle Beast the live preformances are so wild and full of energy. Well, the whole band takes the live performances as having fun. I'm gonna check more of your videos, I like this idea of band introductions. 👍 ❤️
Thanks! Totally agree, I think the band has a great sense of humor that fits nicely with their music, and makes for a great live show! Really looking forward to what they come out with next....hopefully more synth drum! 🥁🎵🤘 -Michael
@@MetalAcademix Would love for you guys to react to us!! What is the criteria? Do bands pay to be on the channel? We have played shows with unleash the archers and Visigoth etc. - totally digging your choices!!
I will always remember first time I ear and saw Battle Best , they was touring together with Sonata Arctica in 2012, so was starting the concert all the band start playing and from no where Noora jump to the stage and scream and I say Unbelieved, was in my birthday and was a fantastic concert. Battle Beast first singer was Nitte Valo she have also an incredible voice, one of my favorite song of the band is from her Iron Hand ruclips.net/video/q2HAi9vkSno/видео.html that song have one of the best keyboard solos as well you can ear here with Nora live in Rock fest Bcn 2016 ruclips.net/video/UV_0IxYdM2M/видео.html they always do the beer with the Imperial March. Anton Kabanen the co-founder, songwriter and lead guitar leave the band in 2015 few month month after they release the album Unholy Savior, so he found another band call "Beast in Black" the style really similar but with a man voice from Greek Yannis Papadopoulos you can check Blind and Frozen ruclips.net/video/2N4tXf3Ensw/видео.html really powerfull voice, also check From Hell with Love ruclips.net/video/f8qWbowzwZU/видео.html Some recommendation for the future can be Cain's Offering no so much reaction the have: Constellation of Tears: ruclips.net/video/4_islLzQIQI/видео.html Ocean of Regreat: ruclips.net/video/z7YRXSoDhcs/видео.html Antemortem: ruclips.net/video/UKIPwmwLsNU/видео.html
How have I NOT heard Iron Hand?! This is amazing - right up my alley 🤘 Will check out Cain's Offering in the meantime...looks like a stellar line-up of musicians! -Michael
@@MetalAcademix It's worth to check it out. After reading it, the song Eclipse got much deeper and sadder. Can't listen to it without goosebumps. Same goes for a lot of Beast in Black songs too.
Too bad you didn't pick Black Ninja. It´s probably still my favorite cut by BB... I happened to stumble across the band and that song when I searched for fresh Power Metal on the Tube sex or seven years ago. Black Ninja is certainly a catchy track, but what really got to me was Nooras voice. It kills - end of story! Talking about particular traits in a culture... I also got the impression that, while all other countries have folk music, Finland has Metal. And, thank Lucifer, not just Power..! The Fins have some excellent Doom, Black and Folk bands as well. But that's another story, as your channel is about Power. Keep up the good work! 🤘🖤🤘
Hey Rob - thanks! Black Ninja was my entry point into them as well (from Spotify I think) and was a close contender. Figured I'd mix it up a bit. There's some Finnish folk metal coming up in a couple weeks. Hint: not Korpiklaani :) -Michael
The Eclipse was a good pick up too. Black Ninja gets lots of reactions, everyone will soon see it if they check Battle Beast. Yeah metal is a big genre here in Finland, but pop still comes bigger. And folk, got that too, I'm actually into Finnish folk, so started listening metal first by checking folk metal bands like Ensiferum, Verjnuarmu and Korpiklaani.
Maybe when checking Wiki pages about Finnish metal bands or reading, you've come across word "Kalevala." Pagan age poem singing and mythology is behind of many bands and musicians get to know it if not before, in the music academy. The ancient poems of the Finns is actually the largest poem collection in the world, 85 000 were published in the world's biggest poem collection "Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot" and 65 000 more were lft out of it.
Skill of writing is actually more like a curse. So much oral traditions were lost in the world with it. Most places, people didn't think of writing down oral tradition before it disappeared. In Finland the tradition was fast dying too, before they started collecting oral tradition. In the "civilized" parts it was mostly gone already, most poems came from the periferia with scarce population. And in couple of generation that was gone too. And even though poem singing metrics is still done by poets and musicians, the tradition is dead, everything is nowadays passed to next generations in writing. Video could be media passing old tales forwards, but that wasn't available back then, maybe video media will become a new oral tradition.
Great reaction. Noora is definitely one of the best female metal singers, and BB is great band, even now without Anton Kabanen. This is somewhat like Metallica-Megadeth situation, where Mustaine got kicked out of Metallica, and now we have two excellent bands =) I see you haven't done any Nightwish yet? I would suggest, that you might want to start with huge epic "Ghost Love Score" (Live at Wacken 2013) or shorter and little heavier "Storytime". That whole concert is incredible, so if you like to do something else, be my guest. But do only official videos, or use this link, because there are tons of slowed down versions of this Wacken concert: ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html
Thanks! We're getting alot of requests for Nightwish, so we'll put it into the pipeline for sure. Also Beast in Black - Yannis will be making an appearance soon in another video coming up in a few weeks. Stay tuned! 🤘 -Michael
Yup! We saw them open up for Amon Amarth last year...super powerful voice but it's not for me. The instrumentals were great though - do you have any recommendations of your favorites to check out? -Michael
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Is that a Pioneer head phones on the lady? If it is, really good sound quality.
Hey guys! Super awesome review!! Just tagged you in my channel posts! Would be an honor to have a Reaction Video for my Leatherjacks songs! Super cool!! Thank you guys!! All the best from Brazil! 🇧🇷 Mauro Cordeiro.
These guys USED to be awesome till they kicked out founding guitarist, Anton Kabanen.... He went on to form Beast in Black who blow these guys away now, AMAZING vocalist Yannis Poppadopoullis... probly mangled that name...lol... But check them out next!!!
I haven't gotten around to listening to them yet, but I've seen their name all over tour posters. Will definitely check them out, and I didn't know the "Beast" in "Beast in Black" was more than a coincidence! -Michael
@@MetalAcademix Hmmmm... I dont think comparing just 2 songs would be a fair heads up comparison... I think comparing 2 albums like Battle Beasts last album and Beast in Blacks ifrst album, hell I would say their latest album too... Personally, I think Battle Beasts last album was dreadful.... I was just comparing that to Battle beasts albums when Anton was in the band... such a difference.... But Check out both of Beast in Blacks albums, they will blow you away, such great stuff...
@@MetalAcademix I guess both bands released songs about heroes. BiB had a song called ‘Cry out for a Hero’ and Battle Beast had a song called ‘The Hero’. That’s probably about the closest possible comparison you could get.
As a Berserk fan The Eclipse is hands down my favorite of their songs, it captures the feeling of despair and anger of that event very well.
Have you heard all their older songs?... Its like "the" berserk band, thanks to Anton (former songwriter and founder of the band) who is a huge berserk fan..
Finland, land of the language that no one understands, Land of the Santa Claus, Land of the thousand lakes and summery midnight sun, Land of the dark and cold winter nights, lit with Aurora Borealis and most important, Land of the awesomest metal bands! Gotta love this land! Thanks for reacting!
Haha! More Finnish bands coming up in the very near future 🤫🇫🇮🤘 -Michael
That intro into the start of straight to the heart gave me goosebumps
And Noora is definately one of the best in metal, well have to add one name here.. Floor. No one can top that!
i saw battle beast opening for kamelot last september. Noora has such an amazing stage presence
oh yeah and the guitarist is even taller in real life than he looks in the video
She sure is awesome in live performaces, gives all she got, not afraid to go funny and/or wild.
Noora is one of my all time favorite singer what come to metal.
I love battle beast! I just haven’t really noticed how much synthesizer is in this band. I’m just so enamored by The lead vocalist!
In my hometown Battle Beast's gigs are always sold out a months before.
You foretold that Noora will be picked into a game heroine character. Unfortunately not the one you suggested, but she is now Kayle in League of Legends game band Pentakill.
Hey ya from America. Great reaction. You earned a sub
very nice selection again, i like Nooras strong voice, and her look too ;-) Powerwoman!
‘I’m not what you want but I give what you need’ - great line, also my favourite lyric from that song.
The song 'Out of Control' is actually a Battle Beast song off their 2nd album. The Sabaton version is actually them covering Battle Beast. A cover Battle Beast did do was Wasps song ‘Wild Child’. It’s a bonus track on their 3rd album.
I think Noora's singing is the centrepiece for sure, but good vocals with bad songs wont go very far so the fact the band write good music cannot be underappreciated. I would say their diversity of sound is also a defining feature. Most bands have their style and the just stick with that, however because of Noora's versatility, the band cover a wide array of musical styles.
Here it seems you guys prefer the metal songs specifically, of which they have many. However, other people will equally prefer the rock/pop stuff over the metal stuff. However, people who have a broad musical taste will enjoy this band most as they can appreciate all the songs as opposed to restricting themselves to only a subsection of the bands catalogue.
I always thought it was Battle Beast covering Sabaton - good to know! Definitely a contender for a future Battle of the Bands showdown. I also like their cover of Powerwolf's Resurrection by Erection 😂 Definitely agree on their musical range. It's funny to watch a bunch of old, bearded metal heads rock out to their more pop-ish tracks live. But yeah, guilty as charged...I like their higher tempo stuff ⚡⚡ -Michael
and how about some Beast In Black? :) Anton Kabanen's band after Battle Beast :) I think they didn't want him in BB due to some personal issues or something, but he knows how to make a good heavy metal album, From Hell With Love is perfect :)
Battle Beast: "Bastard Sons of Odin." One of their best songs. Also, "King for a Day"
Well made band review! The additions into "The Eclipse" lyrics video were a nice touch, now i wish that was the official video.
I just love Noora's voice and character, she pours her heart in the songs, very soulful singer. And as a person she isn't afraid to go extreme and funny, with Battle Beast the live preformances are so wild and full of energy. Well, the whole band takes the live performances as having fun. I'm gonna check more of your videos, I like this idea of band introductions. 👍 ❤️
Thanks! Totally agree, I think the band has a great sense of humor that fits nicely with their music, and makes for a great live show! Really looking forward to what they come out with next....hopefully more synth drum! 🥁🎵🤘 -Michael
Great Reactions Guys!!! Congratulations!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it - let us know if you have any other band suggestions for our reviews. - Anamaria
Finland land of metall
One of their chief influences is Beserk the Anime. LOts pf jherpocs and wariors. And yes, that connection to the Japanese.
I think the Golden Horde was the best of the three songs. I will now have to get it
Golden Horde is definitely the Battle Best! 😆 Glad you liked it -Michael
The Bon Jovi tune is “shot” through the heart but you likely were thinking “you give love a bad name”
You are totally right. Ha ha, what a mash-up of Bon Jovi songs in my head 🥴 - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix Would love for you guys to react to us!! What is the criteria? Do bands pay to be on the channel? We have played shows with unleash the archers and Visigoth etc. - totally digging your choices!!
I will always remember first time I ear and saw Battle Best , they was touring together with Sonata Arctica in 2012, so was starting the concert all the band start playing and from no where Noora jump to the stage and scream and I say Unbelieved, was in my birthday and was a fantastic concert.
Battle Beast first singer was Nitte Valo she have also an incredible voice, one of my favorite song of the band is from her Iron Hand ruclips.net/video/q2HAi9vkSno/видео.html that song have one of the best keyboard solos as well you can ear here with Nora live in Rock fest Bcn 2016 ruclips.net/video/UV_0IxYdM2M/видео.html they always do the beer with the Imperial March.
Anton Kabanen the co-founder, songwriter and lead guitar leave the band in 2015 few month month after they release the album Unholy Savior, so he found another band call "Beast in Black" the style really similar but with a man voice from Greek Yannis Papadopoulos you can check Blind and Frozen ruclips.net/video/2N4tXf3Ensw/видео.html really powerfull voice, also check From Hell with Love ruclips.net/video/f8qWbowzwZU/видео.html
Some recommendation for the future can be Cain's Offering no so much reaction the have:
Constellation of Tears: ruclips.net/video/4_islLzQIQI/видео.html
Ocean of Regreat: ruclips.net/video/z7YRXSoDhcs/видео.html
Antemortem: ruclips.net/video/UKIPwmwLsNU/видео.html
How have I NOT heard Iron Hand?! This is amazing - right up my alley 🤘 Will check out Cain's Offering in the meantime...looks like a stellar line-up of musicians! -Michael
ha i saw battle beast and sonata arctica together in 2019. they were the 2 bands with Kamelot on their 2019 NA tour
In fact it is triple combo, the song is based on a manga called Berserk
I did not know that. Whenever I think of Berserk, I think of Amon Amarth :) -Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix It's worth to check it out. After reading it, the song Eclipse got much deeper and sadder. Can't listen to it without goosebumps. Same goes for a lot of Beast in Black songs too.
Too bad you didn't pick Black Ninja. It´s probably still my favorite cut by BB... I happened to stumble across the band and that song when I searched for fresh Power Metal on the Tube sex or seven years ago. Black Ninja is certainly a catchy track, but what really got to me was Nooras voice. It kills - end of story!
Talking about particular traits in a culture... I also got the impression that, while all other countries have folk music, Finland has Metal. And, thank Lucifer, not just Power..! The Fins have some excellent Doom, Black and Folk bands as well. But that's another story, as your channel is about Power.
Keep up the good work! 🤘🖤🤘
Hey Rob - thanks! Black Ninja was my entry point into them as well (from Spotify I think) and was a close contender. Figured I'd mix it up a bit. There's some Finnish folk metal coming up in a couple weeks. Hint: not Korpiklaani :) -Michael
Please let it be Amorphis ❤
The Eclipse was a good pick up too. Black Ninja gets lots of reactions, everyone will soon see it if they check Battle Beast. Yeah metal is a big genre here in Finland, but pop still comes bigger. And folk, got that too, I'm actually into Finnish folk, so started listening metal first by checking folk metal bands like Ensiferum, Verjnuarmu and Korpiklaani.
Maybe when checking Wiki pages about Finnish metal bands or reading, you've come across word "Kalevala." Pagan age poem singing and mythology is behind of many bands and musicians get to know it if not before, in the music academy. The ancient poems of the Finns is actually the largest poem collection in the world, 85 000 were published in the world's biggest poem collection "Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot" and 65 000 more were lft out of it.
Skill of writing is actually more like a curse. So much oral traditions were lost in the world with it. Most places, people didn't think of writing down oral tradition before it disappeared. In Finland the tradition was fast dying too, before they started collecting oral tradition. In the "civilized" parts it was mostly gone already, most poems came from the periferia with scarce population. And in couple of generation that was gone too. And even though poem singing metrics is still done by poets and musicians, the tradition is dead, everything is nowadays passed to next generations in writing. Video could be media passing old tales forwards, but that wasn't available back then, maybe video media will become a new oral tradition.
Actually "Out of Control" is a Battle Beast song that Sabaton did a cover on.
Someone else pointed that out too, my mistake! I always thought it was the other way around, so good to know! :) -Michael
That screams Battle of the Bands to me! :D
@@NorthgateLP Will definitely do it at some point! :) ⚔️
BEAST IN BLACK
Great reaction. Noora is definitely one of the best female metal singers, and BB is great band, even now without Anton Kabanen. This is somewhat like Metallica-Megadeth situation, where Mustaine got kicked out of Metallica, and now we have two excellent bands =)
I see you haven't done any Nightwish yet? I would suggest, that you might want to start with huge epic "Ghost Love Score" (Live at Wacken 2013) or shorter and little heavier "Storytime". That whole concert is incredible, so if you like to do something else, be my guest. But do only official videos, or use this link, because there are tons of slowed down versions of this Wacken concert: ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html
Thanks! We're getting alot of requests for Nightwish, so we'll put it into the pipeline for sure. Also Beast in Black - Yannis will be making an appearance soon in another video coming up in a few weeks. Stay tuned! 🤘 -Michael
Have,u ever listen to Arch Enemy?swedish melodic death metal??? they have had 3 singers,true all years.
Yup! We saw them open up for Amon Amarth last year...super powerful voice but it's not for me. The instrumentals were great though - do you have any recommendations of your favorites to check out? -Michael
Is that a Pioneer head phones on the lady? If it is, really good sound quality.
No, these are Sennheiser Momentum. I am quite satisfied with the quality, but I have never tried Pioneer so cannot compare. - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix Ah, okay. Looked like my Pioneer SE-MS9BN. :)
They do look similar!
Did they put the studio recordings on the video? Sad..
Hey guys!
Super awesome review!!
Just tagged you in my channel posts!
Would be an honor to have a Reaction Video for my Leatherjacks songs! Super cool!!
Thank you guys!! All the best from Brazil! 🇧🇷
Mauro Cordeiro.
Sabaton is ones of the best too
Минус под видео положен с альбомной записи. Зачем?
It's a playback, not a real live sound, but ok...
These guys USED to be awesome till they kicked out founding guitarist, Anton Kabanen.... He went on to form Beast in Black who blow these guys away now, AMAZING vocalist Yannis Poppadopoullis... probly mangled that name...lol... But check them out next!!!
I completely disagree. 'These guys USED to be awesome' - all three songs featured in this video sound awesome. All are from the bands last two albums.
I haven't gotten around to listening to them yet, but I've seen their name all over tour posters. Will definitely check them out, and I didn't know the "Beast" in "Beast in Black" was more than a coincidence! -Michael
Which two songs between the bands would you say are the most similar for a heads-up comparison? I'm thinking Beast in Black vs. Speed and Danger...
@@MetalAcademix Hmmmm... I dont think comparing just 2 songs would be a fair heads up comparison... I think comparing 2 albums like Battle Beasts last album and Beast in Blacks ifrst album, hell I would say their latest album too... Personally, I think Battle Beasts last album was dreadful.... I was just comparing that to Battle beasts albums when Anton was in the band... such a difference.... But Check out both of Beast in Blacks albums, they will blow you away, such great stuff...
@@MetalAcademix I guess both bands released songs about heroes. BiB had a song called ‘Cry out for a Hero’ and Battle Beast had a song called ‘The Hero’. That’s probably about the closest possible comparison you could get.
Battle Beast is more better than Beast in Black!!!
A very bad job voice over. Not a live recording