Van Canto: CO-REACTION & ANALYSIS with Kardavox Academy & The Charismatic Voice "Rebellion"
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- It's time to listen to MANY metal voices join together, and what better way to analyze all of them than to invite the master of grunts and gurgles (Mark, from Kardavox Academy) to join?
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff and metalhead/pro vocal coach Mark Garrett, as they both listen to Van Canto for the first time (featuring Grave Digger!), in their music video "Rebellion."
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Performed by Van Canto & Chris Boltendahl - Words and Music by Chris Boltendahl, Uwe Lulis, Thomas Göttlich
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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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OMG. What have we done :-D
We have now been professionally analyzed - and are actually proud of it ;-)
We will ping you with some more up-to-date work of Van Canto in 2021 - stay safe and thank you!
Cool to see you guys here. You have every right to be proud of your work, keep it up!
Oh Mein Goth... can't wait to see news from you ^^
Glad to see this reached you guys! Looking forward to hearing what you have coming up!!
Ooh, new music tease?
For anyone wondering, Van Canto is pronounced as "badaboom"
Van Canto themselves said, that they tried a Beatboxer, but they couldn't keep up with the songs. The Beatboxers would run out of Breath throughout the songs.
And - when they started - they were not sure how metal-heads accept acapella and they didnnot wanted to stretch their luck 😂
first time I heard them I also thought it was a bit sad it wasn't full acapella because of the drums... and I'm glad she also mentioned that too. I understand it is almost impossible for a beatboxer to perform a metal drummer... but... what about 2 beatboxers playing together? I always thought that might be an interesting solution for it :)
Ha! My main problem currently with beatboxing (I'm learning!) is taking-in too much air. #curse of the opera singer lungs.
The story I heard from an interview with the band (which may have been an exaggeration) was that they tried to have vocal "drummers" but they kept passing out before making it to the chorus.
@@TheCharismaticVoice pro tipp, start smoking it will deal with the lungs :D
The Video was a creative idea, they asked their fans to film themself and send it to them! And as head of the official fanclub, rakka-takka e.V., I really recommend to react on their original songs PLEASE!!!
As a non-head, non-member of the official club, I second that. The band has Awesome original songs.
Thanks for the recommendation - we'll definitely be keeping an eye on their upcoming releases.
@@TheCharismaticVoice this very cool release just came out ... and its a kinda live video, so you will be able to see much clearer what's actually going on. Furthermore, they really developed their "guitar" techniques since that first albums :)
Video: ruclips.net/video/knuowEJO9YA/видео.html
Seen Van Canto performing live twice, Can confirm they do do the "guitar" solos with their voices
Hyped! Elizabeth + Mark = Epic collab. Your expression in the thumbnail says it all 😆
Yeah, great collab mix... would love them to feature some of their individual music on each others channels... love them both
The memes for this band over the years, man. "One does not simply riddely diddely into Mordor." "Hey, none of us can play instruments, but we already spent the money.......I can play drums........Ok, anybody on guitars?...........Hey, I got an idea......." People either love or hate Van Canto lol Also, stereotypical Devin Townsend plug.
"One does not simply riddely diddely into Mordor" is now one of the best quotes ever.
@@TheCharismaticVoice alas I cannot take credit for it, as it comes from the comment section of their cover of metallica's Battery.
@@affectingmandela9839 Theres even a homepage, featuring Van Canto and.... Ned Flanders....
diddlyriddly.ytmnd.com/
@@affectingmandela9839 The song it is from is Wishmaster. Which is a Nightwish cover. That bit always cracks me up.
"Last night of the Kings" is a song by Van Canto without drums but its more like a metal ballad, it was the very first song i heard from them and i was instant a fan :-)
Another song by them that i really LOVE is "Pathfinder".
Last night of the kings is on my favourite songs, would love to see it reviewed aswell
Cannot believe that my favourite metal vocal coach teamed up with my favourite non-metal vocal coach. What are the chances? Awesome, please do more metal content! :)
Yo, thanks for the kind words! It was tons of fun and I'll tell yah, I even learned some tidbits from Elizabeth I didn't know before! So it was a net positive!
@@KardavoxAcademy Mark's awesome. I've learned lots from him already, and would definitely enjoy doing more collabs!!
So happy you both enjoyed that Band. Since you mentioned behind the scenes work, it just so happens that such footage exists for Van Canto. One example would be "Van Canto - 4 Lies About Metal" rather short and not the best quality, but worth a look i think.
Yes... they are acapella+ drums... buuuuuut!!!! They also have full acapella Songs. Like " last night of the kings" "heading home " "bard song"
Regarding the question, why they decided to use drummer. This is from FAQ on their website:
"Why do you use drums, an a-capella-band usually doesn’t have a drummer?
Well, we tried some guys imitating a double-bassdrum only with their voices, but they all collapsed after 2 minutes of “Lifetime”."
😂
But anyway, Van Canto is awesome! I like their original songs more than covers. I really love their album Voices of Fire, and it's even accompanied by a fantasy book!
And seeing this guys live was one of the best live experiences! They are even better live than in studio. 😍
This is hilarious background info. Thanks! As someone learning to beatbox - I can see why it would be quite difficult.
@@TheCharismaticVoice The double bass on "If I Die In Battle" would put a beatboxer in the morgue
That's not true their covers a fire
Yes! I was going to suggest you react to them, was so happy to see you already did!
There is also a live version of this song with Grave Digger, Van Canto and Hansi Kürsch.
I'm very interested in watching that just for funsies.
Yeah the Grave Digger original is actually really good (as well as other songs of theirs), so I definitely recommend to check that out. The Grave Digger singer also has a very unique voice which would be interesting to analyze I think.
Thanks for featuring this band to react to. I've been waiting quite a while time for someone to provide some solid insights, and I really appreciate it. Each one is a great vocalist on their own and while some can't get get the idea of heavy a capella, I was pretty impressed. I believe the solo was done by plugging a microphone into a mixer before plugging into to a guitar amp and having Stef sing the notes.
I'm hoping this won't be your last reaction to this band, the female vocalist is quite impressive. Their covers of "Wishmaster" or "Fear of the Dark" definitely give their vocalists a bit more time to shine. I did manage to find a decent "Fear of the Dark" rendition live.
Some links for Daniel Heiman, pick one you like for a reaction vid and maybe check out the rest to know what you're getting into
/watch?v=OffF0e2h4TU (I've heard people consider this the hardest song in the world to sing)
/watch?v=CpHmSdVAzKg
/watch?v=z0ri_aH8tgc
/watch?v=v7joi4dKmkM
/watch?v=aRBXRylBOLs
/watch?v=3zQOZD4qE20
I did not expect to see Van Canto here, this is really awesome!
Here are a few recommendations:
For something very energetic with an epic build up: If I Die in Battle
For some heavy Rakkatakka \m/: My Voice
For some more Riddly Diddly and more Vocals by Inga: Wishmaster (Nightwish Cover)
For more "instrumental" parts: Master of Puppets (Metallica Cover)
They chose real drums for two reasons:
1. There hardly any beatboxer who has enough wind to do a full metal gig (40+ minutes).
2. They new a pretty damn good drummer who was interested in joining.
A collab with my 2 favourite vocal analyzers?! Yes please!
best crossover
Hoping for more!
Ah you two NEED to do like a more heavy metal song. Mark could give so many good pointers and how to's.
Great to see you reacting to this!
Grave Digger is one of those underrated German power metal bands from the 80's. (In my personal opinion at least. I love them, but can see why Chris' voice may not be for everyone.:))
Van Canto is also one of those hidden gems, which I personally didn't discover until just a few years ago. Lots of interesting stuff going on, although they aren't technically all acapella.
All that said, this isn't exactly the best song to showcase the latter of them (though it's one of Grave Digger's most famous). Hope you take some time to check out a few more songs with Van Canto after listening to this one! :)
Yes, I agree. As a GD fan myself, going back to 2005 or so, Chris's voice is a bit hard to get used to. However, GD's music is quite good.
Funfact: They made a really good version of "bards song" and "fear of the dark" too!
God i love Van Canto, first saw them life on a small open air 5 minutes away from my home town, around 800 people back than in... wow... 2008...
I couldn't stop laughing when they got on stage, said "Instrument Check" und just "rakataka" in the mics XD
was it Dong Open air or Rage against Racism at the "Mühle"? :D
@@Hipp0campus_1 Summers End Open Air, JUZ Andernach ;P
These guys have turned into an art form something all metal-heads do when describing a track to a friend.
DOMs and DANs = a palm-muted chord
DAAAN = open chord.
WOOAH = a volume-swell after hitting a chord or note.
You can explain most Metallica with DOMs and DANs
"kamelot liar liar ft. alissa" -i believe that it's one of the best kamelot songs with great vocal technique.
Could you make video for this song please?
YES!!! Shell be enjoying this ^^ Especially after Jinjer
Personally, I like Memento Mori more, but Liar Liar is a great song and I would highly recommend it.
Yes please. This would be nice!
My favorite Kamelot song has to be The Great Pandemonium
Oh no.. you picked Rebellion.....
One of their covers, but a pretty pretty old song. I like it, but its not as fast or voicely mature as some of their other songs.
For Van Cantos own content i suggest the following songs:
If i die in battle, Bards Call or Firevows...
And for Covers: Fear of the Dark, The Bard Song or Wishmaster ^^
yep .. you´re right. Sadly it´s one of their "weakest" songs. I have to tell the guys anyhow that their song was choosen to react on. (Basti was actually the drummer of one of my bands in the 2000s) :-D
@@Strubbelvader Pls do ;)
Kings of Metal would have been another good choice. The lead singer is impressive on that one.
@@luisnunes2010 Yeah, Sly does an awesome job!
Agree. Their version of Wishmaster is better than original (for me).
I love that ddue. perfect co-host to have.
Yeah. Mark is awesome. We'll definitely do more.
Fun fact about the singers in this group, all of the vocalists-except for Ike on the bass-were solo vocalists in various bands before they formed Van Canto.
Please do react to more Van Canto! I recommend Lost Forever, If I Die in Battle, Wishmaster, Badaboom, and Primo Victoria.
The reason they have a drummer rather than a beatboxer was because a lot of metal songs require very fast drums that go on for a long time. They tried different beatboxers when starting the band but people would pass out during try-outs. So they went for a real drummer instead.
Discussing the Burp topic:
People that lost their larynx due to a sickness (eg cancer) can learn, how to talk through burping...
That technique exists and is used....
!!!!!!!! Further proof that I must do a deep-dive into the mechanics of burping for the channel.
@@TheCharismaticVoice You definately should ^^
so for the guitar solo, its him singing, with just a bit of "normal" vocal distortion, but the voice is run through a guitar distortion effect, thats why it sounds so close to an actual guitar. but it is digitally altered to get that sound
You really should react to Scar Symmetry with Christian Alvestam as a vocalist. Songs like "Morphogenesis", "The illusionist" or " Deux ex Mechina"
I definitely asked for the illusionist!
Lost Horizon - Highlander. Daniel Heiman is one of the greatest power metal vocalists. :)
Seconded
Van Canto songs to react to:
1 to 10
To sing a metal song
Speed of light
Last night of the kings
Wishmaster ft Tarja Turunen(nightwish cover)
That is quite a good list.
For me there are a few more standouts:
- The Mission (that hook/transition!)
- If I die in battle (this is why there is no beatbox)
- Fear of the Dark (great cover and everyone gets plenty to do/sing)
Also Lost Forever! Great bass intro, and great breakdown!
Bed of Nails is kinda cool, too :D
There's a 5 part "metal workshop" on their channel that explains how they do it.
The solo guitar is just head voice going through a guitar amp.
The rhythm guitar is just throat singing (kargyraa) :D
Behind the Scenes: There is a video documentary by the "Guitarguy" of Van Canto, Stefan Schmitt, where he shows, how a Van Canto Song is made.
Also, for the Live experience: To sing a metal song from Wacken
@The Charismatic Voice here you can find this documentary: vancanto.de/en/media/videos/ and click on the Button "WORKSHOP"
@@andreasgoggerle2553 Thx for the Backup here!
We're getting close to Christmas, I NEED you to checkout Valhalleluja by Nanowar of Steel. Please don't research anything about the band or the song. Your reaction to it will be incredible.
Oh Yes!
No prep, just go!
OMG, I love mark, I so glad to see my two fave voice professionals colabing
Hey all! Having so much fun in the premier! This Sunday Elizabeth will pop on over to my channel for a listen to IGORR - IeuD. It was super weird, and super fun! Don't miss it!
I don't know what a "cow squeal" is, but now I wanna hear one!
My mother, who has a degree in musicology, assures me that Van Canto still counts as a capella. A Jamaican steel drum, now, a xylophone or tubular bells, would disqualify them. But not a standard drum kit like they're using here. That's because such instruments aren't pitch-shifting elements, so you can't play a tune on them. You can play rhythms; quite complex rhythms sometimes, but not a _tune._ Thus, you can't accompany singers. You can _back_ them, but not _accompany_ them. Thus, Van Canto, as far as I'm concerned, is one or more backing drummers and five unaccompanied voices. That's plenty a capella for me.
YOU ACTUALLY DID IT! I love this band, so happy to see ppl reacting to them!
Edit: please collab with Kardavox again! This was so much fun to listen to 🤘
Thank you! It was fun to do as well. :-D
For the pronunciation of Van Canto, imagine how a German would say the name (the band is German, after all), but in this case, the V is still a V [v] sound, not an F [f]. So the pronunciation would turn out as “vahn cahnto.” The current lineup for the band are two lead vocals, high guitar, low guitar, two basses, and drums. In this Rebellion video, the lineup consisted of two lead singers (male and female), high guitar, low guitar, bass, and drums. As a few people have already said, they did try using a beat boxer, but the people they auditioned didn’t have the stamina necessary for metal drumming, which demands a lot more than what beat boxers may normally do in an a cappella group.
I think their song “Lost Forever” is a better representation of the Van Canto sound, but I’m glad you gave them a listen nonetheless. I do recommend reacting to “Lost Forever” as well. They also have a GREAT cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,” but there is no music video nor a good live video (bad sound mixing) for that song. The guys singing the guitar parts add a bit of grit to their sound (one of the band members describes it as a “crunch”) to better mimic the distortion of a guitar. The guy who sings the lower guitar part also sings the guitar solos, and he uses electronic distortion during those solos.
They also have a great cover of “The Final Countdown,” come to think of it. I think you’d really enjoy it.
Thank you, Kekoapono. This post is a treasure trove of information for me, for future Van Canto reactions.
@@TheCharismaticVoice Yes, Lost Forever would be my recommendation as well. Rebellion is a nice tune and great cover but not representative. As you noticed in the reaction it sounded like it Power Metal coming up but then it wasn't exactly Power Metal. That's because their originals usually are Power Metal but this cover is not. So for full display of their vocal abilities checkout an original. Also, a few years ago their male lead singer quit and the new one has a pretty different voice. Which I just can't get into, unfortunately. So I recommend the older stuff generally, ie. older then the last album. :)
OMG I love Grave Digger(their original), this is their original... you should react to that live @ Wacken!
My favourite songs from them are "Last night of the kings" and "Seller of souls" and apparently they already checked your video :D
Oh dear, they have so many excellent songs in their library, both covers and originals. I really hope we can do one more since this one is really not what shows their potential.
What is this two of my favorite reactors reacting to my second favorite song from my favorite metal band? Well, don't mind if I do but I'll watch this video at least 3 times.
Woohoo!
So weird to see those guys on your channel. I've drank some beers with them on festivals in germany before they even released their first album.
If you want to see someone perform the mouth guitar, than you should check out Michael Winslow.
He is the godfather of beatbox and played Larvell Jones in the Police Academy Films, back in the 80's.
A good performace would be his imitation of Jimi Hendrix
ok, now it's official: we need a how to burp tutorial
Yes! Was really hoping you would look at this Band.
End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage would also be a great piece to look at.
Van Canto, another one of my favorite bands. I first saw them on a Blind Guardian show and for their first song I just didn't notice that there were no instruments on stage other than drums.
There's also a whole Workshop series on their YT channel explaining how they create their sound.
It's 11 years old and they greatly improved since then. One of my favorite songs is "Neuer Wind", the first and so far only song they did in german.
ruclips.net/video/CYg0uDhAj50/видео.html
Now this is a colab I can’t wait to see!
Thanks for listening to Van Canto. If you want to have a Workshop...ok...an Workshop for their early Songs, Stef did one and it is on RUclips.
Search for "Van Canto Workshop" if you like to learn more ;)
Oh man...the next co-reaction you should do with Mark is a Cattle Decapitation song! Travis Ryan might blow your mind and Mark's expertise would be great to have. Plus they really care about the environment :)
I love Van Canto such a different and cool concept.
If you liked them, then I would recommend reacting to their cover of "Battery" by Metallica 😊👍
Here's a suggestion for a video: Rhapsody of Fire - The Magic of the Wizard's Dream
The guitar sound is produced through singing amplified through a guitar-amp with distortion - whole 'secret' :) and Van Canto explain it themselves in one of their 'how to sing Metal A Capella' - Videos (have a look, not hard to find)!
Funny you should mention the desire for a behind the scenes video. There is an ancient list of videos Stef (founder and "guitar(ist)" of Van Canto) uploaded in 2009 where he talks in depth about their concept of Metal A-Capella and their techniques etc.
This is part 1 : ruclips.net/video/CYg0uDhAj50/видео.html
Whenever you want to do a collaboration again, it was awesome for me :)
Thanks!
Listen Last Night Of The Kings next time.
That guy doing the higher notes towards the end has a "normal" metal band named Heavatar where he's the main vocalist
I just found this. If you like Van Canto you should check out their cover of Battery. Great cover and some wicked vocal stuff.
Inga Scharf is the lead vocalist, the female you see in the video.
I'm surprised you haven't done a King Diamond video yet! You need to check him out, his voice is out of this world and band and is tight! Welcome home or Sleepless nights live from Fillmore!
I'm back with love from Sweden! I would love if you reacted to some swedish bands! We have the basics as, sabaton and in flames but I would love to see you react to something in swedish like Grimer - eldhjärta (fireheart).
And in the future, if you need swedish translations I'm your guy!
Watch Van Canto's cover of Kings of Metal or Battery. You get to see the "guitarist" use the mic to make the sounds.
Please react to Falling in Reverse "Popular Monster"
I got the lyrics here.
Rebellion (Grave Digger cover)
The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
Rumours know
that rebellion will break out
Bonnie Prince Charles is in the highlands
to claim his crown no doubt
He raised his Standard at Glenfinnen
calling to our pride
The Jacobites are gathering
I'll be at their side
Armed and ready stand
My rights I must defend
Steel is in my hand
The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
The town of Edinburgh
fell soon in our hands
Defeated the English
at the Battle of Prestopans
Armed and ready stand
My rights I must defend
Steel is in my hand
The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind
"...a video that discusses the mechanics of burping." That's what made me push the Like button this time around.
gravedigger had a liveshow performing rebellion with van canto and hansi kürsch^^
btw, there has to be a video on youtube where it is shown how he does the guitarsounds
may I suggest another interesting band? I'd love to know what you say about Peccatum. Unfortunately there are only very few videos of them performing life.
A poor choice... i'm afraid. They have way better songs to react to. But Mark is a beast and a pro on how to growl properly. Ask him about that. As always and above all, stay healthy.
Very funny reaction and review of you both. I enjoyed it a lot !
I highly recommend to have a listen to 'Last Night of the Kings' of them.
It was my introduction to them many years ago and is i.m.h.o. one of their most awesome songs so far and I miss Sly's voice in the band so much.
Wanna hear more high vibrato from Sly? Check out their cover of Manowar's "King's Of Metal". It was the cover that introduced me to them and it it's amazing!
for a true vocal athlete, check Arch Eneny with the second vocalista, Angela Gossow, she only could do what she did because of the sear power in pushing air.
You should react to Stratovarius - Visions live at Tuska Open Air 2003
The higher note at the end actually reminds me of Matt Barlow from his Iced Earth Days.....what a voice he had, from the deepest, menacing growls to the highest screams!
Van Canto - Lost Forever , official video. You'll get to see who does what and this song is an original.
Nice...I actually played in one band with the the Van Canto lead singer, from 2002 to 2005...Long time ago...
Now I´m 41, only playing on an E-Drum Kit in my basement...was a great time 20 years ago...
I'd love to see what you think of Beast in Black's song Blind and Frozen. Their singer Yannis Papadopoulos is phenomenal. He's also done a cover of Ghost Love Score which is on par with Floor's rendition on his solo youtube channel.
They did a collab with Joakim from Sabaton with the song "primo victoria" - I think that's also very interesting to listen to. They did a very good cover of the "Bard's Song" too, but their own songs are good too. for instance: The Bardcall - ruclips.net/video/IvajtyyAN-s/видео.html
The guitar solos are one of backing singers using a guitar distortion pedal hooked up to their mic.
I've seen a few other crowd-sourced music videos like this, that are just montages of clips sent by fans. They're great, I love seeing people just goofing off having a good time. Also, I'm pretty sure that girl with the black vest and tie was in another one that I saw.
I’m a new fan of Charismatic Voice, and a long time fan of Van Canto... this video just made my day. Thank you so much Elizabeth! I loved this!
Thanks for reacting to Van Canto, and the technique discussions, you and Mark worked pretty well together :) Rebellion is a very fun song, but there are others that show off what they can do a lot better, especially Inga Scharf, their female singer:-
Wishmaster (Nightwish)
- there's a live version of this at Wacken with Tarja, though the sound quality isn't great
Master of Puppets (Metallica)
Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden)
Speed of Light (their own song)
Nice channel but You really go with Muse and Matt Bellamy, for example "Survival" :)
Hello from Tenerife (Spain). Can you react to Diana Navarro "El Perdón"?
Thanks
A couple of comments and maybe to answer some of your questions:
1. As some already pointed out, when Van Canto started as a project they tried beatboxing. One of the more humorous explanation they gave for using a drumset instead was that "you need the lung volume of a sperm whale to beat box the double base drum of a fast metal song" (free translation from german)
2. For the "solo guitar" performed here by Stefan Schmidt he stays actually mostly in his headvoice and they use guitar amplifiers and effect boards. He explains that here: ruclips.net/video/UED4B5JnJno/видео.html This is part of a longer series where Stefan explains how they create their sound. But take everything there with a pinch of salt since this is only representative for the early Van Canto albums - they learned and changed a lot over the years.
3. Concerning behind the scenes studio footage - we got you covered here: ruclips.net/video/XX6JMY_E3aw/видео.html It is a humorous compilation of footage from the recording of their second album where you can see (and here) them sing in isolation. Also Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian has a cameo there while recording his line for the song "take to the sky".
4. Concerning the high screams by Sly (male lead vocals) that Mark seem to like a lot: Just from the top of my mind I think he uses them more as highlights and to emphazise, so I can not think of a particular song where he does that a lot. I would have to think about that.
5. A closing fun fact for you: The only "non-singer" of the band is the drummer Bastian Emig. But actually he is the lead singer for his other band InLegend. Several of the members are actually also singers in other bands/projects. Stefan Schmidt (who does most of the arangements for Van Canto and is kind of the brains of this whole crazy idea) for example has a project called HEAVATAR where he does more "traditional" powermetal lead vocals - and he is awesome at that too.
I hope that was interesting and/or helpfull to someone. I will not even try to recomend specific songs now without thinking about it. It would anyways depend a little bit on what you would be most curouis about concerning them.
There is a awsome Live Version of this Song from Wacken. Grave Digger played it together with Van Canto and Hansi Kirsch. Check this out ;)
Can we please have a reaction to "Johnny Cash - Hurt" the official music video?
Please more Van Canto. Last Night of the Kings is awesome. Also, you need to listen to their cover of Master of Puppets. And the way they do guitar solos in they hook a mic just up to an amp I believe.
Would love to to another colab with you two reacting to a Jinjer song. Both of you have reacted to Jinjer before, but together you'd would "feeding" off each other's comments...
One of the things I like about aCapella is the precision of the harmonies. I am not hearing that here. What am I missing?
Yes go for swords!!
I'm honestly not quite sure. There is a LOT going on in this, so maybe the additional layers obscure the cleanliness? ::considers::
Well.... Van Canto once did a cover of Sabaton along with Joachim Broden......... just saying you should do a bit of Sabaton.
Hi Elizabeth! Could you also add to your list: "Morissette - Home (The Wiz) Live Stages Sessions. This was one of the first Broadway Musicals I heard back in the mid 70's. I know your list is growing by the minute but at your convenience. Thank You!!! #StagesSessions #Morissette #Morissette - RUclips
Hi! Yet another superb Spiritbox reaction!
If I may, please react to:
CARRY STRESS IN THE JAW or RETROVERTIGO or Squeeze Me Macaroni or ...
Artist: Mr. Bungle
Edit: Rightly, you called them out on the inclusion of drums. Thank you for exposing the lies. Fat Boys might be looking for work? Just sayenz
You should definitly listen to Magic Taborea from Van Canto
ruclips.net/video/pYdoFtPtFKU/видео.html
or If I Die In Battle
ruclips.net/video/-f8V1QSf7yg/видео.html
thinking of someone actually doing Instrument-like Noises live, there actually is one Group that did it and it´s called Naturally 7 if anyone knows of them^^ They had an appearance at Madison Square Garden and i absolutely would LOVE to see how you react to their vocal capabilities :)
And sidenot, i just rewatched it, i cannot explain how Warren "The Drummer of th Group" does it, but he does Blastbeats RIGHT at the beginning actually :) ruclips.net/video/XU0Zq2vYKjM/видео.html
Did they get Eric Adams in to do the high belt near the end? and if Ms Voice doesn't know who that is, I suggest she ask Mark to suggest some appropriate Manowar track, for ye olde schoole metale vibe-e
Check out the metal a capella workshop by Van Canto on how to sing metal a capella, also including sung "guitar" solos and the more iconic "rakataka" sound that they did not use in this song:
ruclips.net/video/CYg0uDhAj50/видео.html (part 1: lower guitar sounds)
ruclips.net/video/m9EEBmp6AaI/видео.html (part 2: higher guitar sounds)
ruclips.net/video/zzPVeJmma2E/видео.html (part 3: bass)
ruclips.net/video/s42orj9PGp4/видео.html (part 4: choirs)
ruclips.net/video/UED4B5JnJno/видео.html (part 5: guitar solos)