Metal School - Stormwitch: The Masters of Black Romantic
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Formed in 1981 and releasing their first album in 1984, Stormwitch were at the forefront of German heavy metal, pairing blistering solos with extremely catchy melodies and the soaring vocals of Andy Aldrian. While they might not have made a huge impact on the US market, Stormwitch found their own fanbase with a look and sound that managed to blend classically inspired European power metal with catchy western pop. Known as the Masters of Black Romantic by their fans, Stormwitch have released 11 albums with the most recent, Bound to the Witch, out in 2018. I take a look at all of them and do my best to tell the Stormwitch story without any English language interview footage available. Much thanks to my German metal brother, Ingo, for all of his help with this one!
Live in Geislingen (1984): • STORMWITCH - Live in G...
Live in Giengen (1986): • STORMWITCH - Live in G...
Live in Ostrava (1989): • STORMWITCH - Live Ostr...
Emerald Eye music video: • STORMWITCH - The Emera...
Eye of the Storm music video: • STORMWITCH - Eye Of Th...
Fallen from God music video: • Stormwitch - Fallen fr...
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One of the Best German Metal Bands! hail Stormwitch!
In the top ten - of German metal - in my book !
Really enjoying your videos Thanks for shining a light on some of these great uncommon(and sometimes obscure bands) that time has seemed to have forgotten, Would you be able to do 1 about 220 volt from Sweden, Trance also from Germany called mistreater From Ohio, Thanks I have a great day Jesiah.
I am the current bassplayer for Stormwitch. Thanks for giving me an insight into the band I'm playing with through your video.
Woah, that's awesome! Thank you for watching. Hope to hear some new Stormwitch soon!
@@MetalSchoolChannel
Something is probably planned, unfortunately I can't tell you if or when.
thank you for your great work!👍
See you at Keep It True
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Not me 😂
Ronny will do the Job ..
I will be there as a guest
Would love to see an episode about Heaven's Gate from Germany. They were awesome in the mid 90's but then they changed their style and split-up a few years later.
Heavens gate please! 🙏
O yeah, Heaven's Gate !!
Already followed them on Spotify. Thanks for featuring them. Good 80’s metal sound.
Spotify are the Devil for musicians! If you want to support them buy there physical product or a t shirt.
Spotify earn millions on the back of musicians talent , Congress tried to pass the " Fair Music act " in 2019 to give some money back to the artists and Spotify tried to get the act thrown out as it would require them to give one extra cent to artists whose songs get streamed ! One lousy cent !
The average income for a pro musician these days is 12 grand a year.
So don't give your money to these streaming platforms if you're a actual fan , they see none of it .
Man, this channel is so much fun. There's a few bands I'd love to see you tackle! I'll definitely be keeping my eye out for more videos! Keep rocking!
Definitely need a Rhapsody video.
Stormwitch is the single most influential band of all my projects, so much so on the upcoming Smith & Swanson record being released on No Remorse Records there is a song called "Song for Harry" which is in no obvious way whatsoever dedicated to Harold Spenglar. Without him I am nothing.
I'm surprised Razorfist hasn't mentioned these guys. I'm surprised I never ran across them. Definitely check them out. Good content!!
Alot of bands cover their songs. For example Hammerfall on their debut record.
Razor needs to get on metal mythos again!!
You’ve introduced me to another good metal band that somehow escaped me in the 80s.
They made an episode about Stormwitch :-) This is absolute AWESOME!
I can't believe you covered these guys! A doc on a band I grew up with so fucking cool my old metal ears eyes thank you when we were young people these bands so special rebellion with a soundtrack poseurs couldn't touch horns up to ya thanx you make an old heads day!
I love this band. German unique identity.
Technically, I couldn't believe an American making a video about Stormwitch, great job! Love your channel! Greetings from Bulgaria!
Stormwitch was one of my favourite Bands back in the 90th and i still love their "old" stuff.
Unfortunatelly what once was a great band has become the "Andy-Mück-Show" when Spengler and Kauffmann left the band after "Eye of the Storm".
Rumor has it, that since back then the real witch in Stormwitch is Andy Mück's girlfriend and runs their management now... It's said, that it's extremely hard to work with the management and her ideas of where the band is heading to, music wise... Hence the disbanding at the end of the 90th and the many lineup-changes that happened since their reunion in 2002...
Bitte im Netz keine halbgaren Gerüchte verbreiten. Danke
It is so great that you all review more fringe bands, because there is not much to add to the success and pride for the big bands of those times. Those reviews are done. keep going. Get German Band Steeler and Axel Rudi Pell. One of my favorite German acts.
Steeler would be a great choice. Or the german Talon!!!
“ Black Romantic “ - perfect description. Awesome CDs in October.
The other day, I was listening to the albums you recommended, while I was protesting in the streets of France ! The perfect soundtrack !
Hope you cover Edguy, one day!
Would love to have a Metal Schoolm about Rage, the great German heavy Metal band
That'd be amazing! My second love, together with Stormwitch. Actually I wouldn't know, whom to put first... Maybe 80s/90s Rage by a bit.
Rage is a good idea!
Awesome band!! Another hidden gem of this genre…. Randy - beast in the night
I Like watching the videos of Bands i don't know much about, Ive heard of Stormwitch But never really heard their Music
until 3 years ago.
wow back in the days i Love them, and i love to listen to their albums until today, fantastic German Metalband \oo/
Of all the bands this channel introduced me to in greater detail, I'd have to rank Stormwitch as my favorite so far. Eclectic mix of elements from Iron Maiden, Running Wild and Helloween, which worked together surprisingly well most of the time.
@@LarsOfTheMohicans glad to hear it! I love Stormwitch
Man !! Awesome documentary. Long live stormwitch. Great band , first 3 albums are my favorite. Thank you !!!!!
Thank you for watching!
Same here I love the first 3 albums as well
I will include the four release too but it's true their first álbums are the best
Great channel. So much fun. Thanks for spending so much time putting them together. Love your commentary too. ...Standing in front of a fire and wielding a double mace...I wouldn't change anything!
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Another perfect video. All around incredible. Love the content! Some of the best acts of the 80s... Keep them coming!!
I discovered them in the early 90s, listening to The Beauty and the Beast all day long and after that to the newly released War of the Wizards (it had a strong Lord of the Rings vibe to me). After Shogun, I lost interest, didn't like the way it developed and focused on my favorite 5 albums - all those you named as the Homework ;) And then my music taste changed more to the heavier parts of the metal genre.
In the early 2010s I heard they were still around and bought their 2002 and 2004 albums without hesitation - but didn't like them and forgot about it once more.
And now you come along and rekindle my 'a teenagers first step into metal' feelings and bring back old memories...
Thank you for that 😌
I got walpurgis night 8 years ago and my brother got Stronger than heaven. But we have listened all their 80's álbums and some of the 00's too. It was one of more favorite bands for me. I love their music
Pure metal. I had the opportunity to watch them live
I'm not into metal that much but these profiles are so well done I keep coming back to watch another! I owned a short-lived little record store in 1983-84 and got into the metal wave due to popular demand. I remember Stormwitch being one the bands we carried, along with Witchfynde and Witchfinder General.
Hey thanks! Glad you’re digging the videos! I miss little record stores. I’ll probably do a Witchfynde video one of these days!
Tokyo Blade and Pretty Maids maybe? And Vengeance and Wild Dogs and and and...you get the picture.lol
"Eye of the Storm" and "Beauty and the Beast" are my favourite albums from this great band.
I'd love to see episodes on Shok Paris, Hittman and Warlord.
I always felt the easiest way to describe Stormwitch was early Iron Maiden + the fantastical lyrics of Dio + catchy rock fused with Yngwie's baroque playing and (eventually) female backing vocals.
The Album „Eye of the Storm“ is legendary just because of the Song „Rondo ala Turca“. A brilliant Metal-Version of Mozarts „Rondo ala Turca“. For me this was the reason to buy this Album.
I used to think I knew metal till I stumbled upon this channel. Talented AF you are!
All their albums are great, including Dance with the Witches and Witchcraft, which I also consider great. The first metal album that I got on vinyl was Eye of the Storm (simply because it was one of the first metal albums to appear in the local record shops)
. Also they were quite popular in the former socialist block as they were the first western metal band to play in my country (it was such a remarkable show with more than 5000 or even 10 000 visitors. There were many great German bands back then- Running Wild, Helloween, Stormwitch, Heavens Gate, Chroming Rose, Scanner. Axxis ...
I feel like walking down somewhere totally undiscovered..most of the bands you've covered is totally new to me..Thank you.. and more power to you..✌️♥️🤘
One of my weirdest gig moments was in Hungary (I was on holiday) when I went to see Stormwitch play with a friend I was staying with. It was a pretty good gig (in the open air). The weird bit was the band covered the Doors song "Roadhouse Blues" but for some reason did the live version that is on Status Quo's live album from Glasgow which features (for the Scottish audience) music to do a Scottish Highland Fling. So there I was watching a German band in Hungary do a Doors song from a Quo live album with a Scottish jig! I danced a Highland type jig to it to the general bewilderment of the Hungarians around me! I suppose it proves that music is truly international.
If it hadn't been for Hungarian friends I would never have heard of these guys or indeed seen them live. They were as I said pretty good, tight and had some decent melodies. The singer danced like a loon which I did find amusing (well he was enjoying himself...).
Nice video and a great way to introduce a little known band to more people. Good work!
Wow, thanks for this one.
Classic Stormwitch is a Top5 metal band for me, I loves them as a teenager, and still do after 30 years.
You can't really go wrong with the first 4 records, and I also like Eye of the storm, even though a couple of songs are too cheesy on that album. Also, War of the wizards is great, because each song has an infectious hook, a chorus, a bridge, or twin guitar harmonies.
Shogun was miserable, as is the rest of their discography.
High Roller Records did a terrific job with the vinyl reissues of the first 4 records and they did sell like hot cakes.
God, how I love their early stuff, thanks again.
You should do some other obscure middle 80s acts you'd find in the indie metal section of our record stores back in the day.
Great content man, thank you for sharing these obscure 80's metal classics with people that haven't heard about them!
You just got a new subscriber
I love your youtube channel cause you give German bands which are underrated an platform.
Thanks! Yeah it’s kinda crazy how many great 80s German metal bands are out there. I’ll have to make a playlist just for them at some point haha.
Glad somebody finally broke theses guys down for me. Loved the video. Love the channel. Keep up the great work!
they were huge behind the Iron Curtain!!! One of my first metal faves!
I never heard anything after Eye of the Storm. Stronger than Heaven was my favorite. I like that songs Rats in the Attic. This is a cool retrospective. Nicely done. Thanks for posting!
Possuo os 6 primeiros discos do Stormwitch e trata-se de uma banda que musicalmente foi experimentando, mudando seu estilo musical, mas com competência no que se propôs a fazer. Pena que aos poucos as formações foram mudando tanto que acabou por desfigurar demais a banda, mas vale a pena essa fase inicial, sem dúvida.
Pra mim o power metal começou com eles e serviram de referência pro Helloween
I actually love Shogun!!! I didn’t want to at first but I definitely think it’s really great!
I've heard of these guys but dont recall ever hearing any of their music. They sound alright.
Man! I LOVE IT! Thanks so much for your amazin work!
This channel rocks. Keep up the work. Very informative.
i remember when i was 12 - 13 i loved stormwitch a lot , i still have an og copy of walpurgis night and tales of terror on vinyl
I love the album Shogun which is in my opinion underappreciated. Most bands go through a certain experimental period within their development. I also like the albums The Beauty and the Beast, Stronger Than Heaven, Walpurgis Night
Hey Metal school, you should do one for SAVATAGE! Highly underated, great metal band!
Agreed! SAVATAGE is a must!!!
Done!
@@MetalSchoolChannel It was fantastic!!! Very much appreciated 🙏
For me, Witchcraft has the sound they were tirelessly looking for, but for some reason something is missing, the best tracks Sinister Child, Witchcraft and Blood Lies In My Hands, on the other hand Shogun has the best guitar playing of their career making it the best album for me, because I'm into neoclassical just too much, (by the way The Armada the band from Damir has a similar sound to Symphony X firsts albums) ... And the first 4 albums are deep in me, I just love them... You Are Bound To The Witch...
Awesome band! Thanks for share🤘🤘🤘
I am not a metalhead,but this show is done really professionally. Never heard of this band but i enjoyed watching it
Their first two albums are top-notch NWOBHM. You'll definitely notice a difference on everything after those albums.
But they aren’t British…
Phenomenal video. I am loving your channel so far. Your work on Running Wild was remarkable! If you accept requests, I think you should give the band ADX a chance: they are one of the oldest French Metal bands, going all the way back to the 80s, and they have an extremely consistent discography. Worth your time.
I will definitely check them out! Thanks for the suggestion 🤘🏻🤘🏻
@@MetalSchoolChannel no problem!
Never heard them before but that was interesting and I definitely gonna give them a try.
Thankz..never heard of them, cool stuff
season of the witch sounds like an instrumental song by Steve Vai in the album Passion and warfare named "LIBERTY"
Phenomenal band, loved them for a long time. Very good Priest influenced band.
Thank you soo much for this video and your channel!!! Didn't know for this band until i watch this video.I relly like Stronger than heaven album and for me it's All Killer no filler !!!! I will listen tho rest od Discographi of this super band 😃😃Kepp on doing man 😃😃
Good band...Amazing video.😀👍
Love the doc.
excelent!
Walpurgis night is the best album !, followed by tales of terror and stronger than heaven !
Walpurgis Night(1984) and Stronger than heaven are brilliant well executed albums.
Just started watching your stuff today, lovin your stuff so far it's nice to see videos about metal that aren't just from the more extreme genres. Did you ever think about doing a rock school video, like maybe UFO or The Almighty?
UFO kicks ass.
How about UDO?
Missed my favourite song "Russia's on fire" and the amazing Mozart instrumental "Turkish March" in this. Plus they got a live album (recorded in Hungary) from the "Beauty and the Beast"-Tour with all the "hits". Cheers from germoney
I really enjoy all of your videos! Well researched and presented 🤘🏼 Just throwing it out there, a Metal School doc on Cacophony would be pretty epic. Interesting history of the band as well as the guitarist Marty Friedman and Jason Becker each having their own story that takes many turns! Just a thought, thanks for all you do Mr Metal School, I sincerely enjoy your content 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Really high quality videos.
Great video thank you
Masque of the Red Death is probably my favorite song by them. Priest of Evil is a good one too. Tears by the Firelight is one of my favorite ballads (along with Strawgirl by Virgin Steele). Always thought they had surprisingly good lyrics despite some of the cheesiness. Great band.
Virgin Steele would be a great band for him to cover.
Bound to the witch is decent stuff, thanks STORMWITCH
Nice memories !! Good work
Awsome band my favorite album by them are their debut walpurgis night 🤘💀🤘
Almost reminds me of real early Queensryche.
Love the videos and I love how obscure these bands are keep up the good work cuz these bands need some limelight "Axewitch"!
Nice! Reminds me of Angeles del Infierno. Basically Spains Stormwitch, and they formed around the same time
Cool band..never herd of them!I may see if I can find a CD.
"It feels very German" If only we could say that about all things.
as a German - no. just no.
@@immanuelkantholz9033 😂🤙
Do one for RAVEN! That band was awesome! \m/
Good stuff
I first found out about these guys when Hammerfall did a cover of Ravenlord...
Funfact: "Masque of the Red Death" was giving name to at least one of the "Vampire: The Masquerade" novels :)
Underrated!
I will allways enjoy people trying to pronounce german words and names
Haha, did I butcher a couple? I tried to get the pronunciations correct but it was hard to find examples!
@@MetalSchoolChannel Yes, but it's okey. The Video was great like always
@@MetalSchoolChannel The “W” is pronounced as a “V” for some reason. Listen to the lyric “at VALPURGIS NIGHT”
The first 12 seconds of "Cave of Steenfoll" is a "borrowing" from Toy Dolls' "Dig That Groove Baby", check it out.
I'd wish to see TYRANT and SINNER on your channel
Harald Spengler is a Cousin of mine ...although i have not seen him since the 80s ...he got my Uncle guitar !!
Very cool! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Wow didn't know Stefan Kaufmann played guitar too. I just know he was the Drummer of Accept for quite a while
Different Stephan Kauffman, believe it or not!
Do one of Piledriver!!
Did Stormwitch have a big following in Europe? I didn't recall ever hearing of the band back in the 80's in the U.S.
Since you did sw,please do sortilege.
Among the bands that are OK these guys sound really OK. They are really, really OK, even though they are sometimes more than adequately OK. I would say the are just plain OK, no matter if somebody were to say, "OK, yeah... I suppose they're pretty OK." I'm positive they would do great at the OK Awards, easily grabbing whatever the judges deem OK. They'd cinch OK album of the year, OK song and inner sleeve of the year. And you can bet the after party will be OK, right to into the morning light.
I love this RUclips channel... lol keep showing could bands most people have never heard of. Shit if ur band is in a rut just watch one of these videos for a shot in the arm. I bet one of these bands or riffs that uve never heard of will chop that writers block in half.
You forgot to mention lee tarot’s solo album odyssey !! To me one of the greatest albums of allllll time
Love this band discovered them last year.
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It's like Iron Maiden meets Helloween