THIS WAS AWESOME! Ex Metal Elitist Reacts to Beast in Black "Blind and Frozen"

[@HWaii]

On the recent tour, Beast in Black was support for Nightwish. Normally I don't like high pitched male voices, but here it is cool.

[@dakken74]

The singer does a cover of Ghost love score that's pretty epic.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

For real!?!?! I will check it out

[@brocksamson8771]

I concur

[@wishiwasforsberg05]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody here’s the direct link: ruclips.net/video/nfZxu1aQzp8/видео.html
Beast in Black spent time opening for Nightwish last year, and they definitely won me over. You should also check out Nightwish Sahara live from Tampa. Yannis has a vocal cover of this as well, and has sang it with the band live too (in Prague)

[@pete70]

Pretty awesome cover😊

[@JoeBizzle]

I concur

[@occam9986]

Beast in Black are awesome. If you want another banger from them with a corny music video, try "Sweet True Lies".

[@alter3dreality]

Saw these guys live as an opening act for Nightwish last year, and they were a blast. Great stage presence, great performance, and they really got the crowd going.

[@jasontrebilcock6496]

I've seen this band twice in concert...once in a small-ish club in Germany in 2017...and once at a festival in the Netherlands in 2023. In the case of the latter performance, they had an amazing live sound. If/when they make an appearance in or around where you live, I highly recommend checking them out.
"At one point of my musical journey, I would of been considered an Elitist. I just liked what I liked. But as I've gotten older I've realized there's alot of great music out there, and I want to find it! " I can very much relate to this statement. My music horizons really started opening up after attending a music festival in Germany in 2016 (Rockavaria)...and my journey, like yours, has been about finding great music.
And in the spirit of finding great music, I'll offer up a recommendation for a band that hasn't appeared on your RUclips channel (yet)...Beyond the Black. I discovered them at Rockavaria in 2016...and have seen them a number of times since then. (14 is a number, yes? That'd be the total number of times that I've seen them.) They are one of my favorite bands.
Beyond the Black - Wounded Healer ft. Elize Ryd (Live in Oberhausen)
ruclips.net/video/97bMOARzr0w/видео.html

[@damienmaynard8892]

What @dakken74 said. These guys are really chill and friendly too IMHO! They all signed my CD! Try their "Ghost in The Rain"?

[@Sumpula]

Here im just looking at tickets to a festival at the end of next week where Beast In Black is performing along with Amaranthe and bunch of older Finnish rock performances. I've seen them a couple of times in the same festival before and they are truly great live. One time i was alone at that festival and this 80+ year old bloke came with his electric wheelchair from his nearby retirement home to the festival. Looked like the dude had fled that place without telling anyone where he was going lol :D But we rocked to Beast In Black together. This guy even pulled a full vodka bottle from under his wheelchair and shared it with people. Who would search a wheelchair of an old bloke coming to a festival anywhay :D

[@WNYretiree]

First time for me hearing Beast in Black. More please!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

yea, they were fun!

[@eFiend]

A super fun band this, I vote to check out 'Cryout for a Hero' or their namesake song, 'Beast in Black'.

[@alexandremaireno-ni4ec]

The best (maybe the funniest) description of them I've heard: if Judas Priest and ABBA had a kid

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

haha I can see that

[@blade2814]

One of the best Bands in Power Metal and one of my absolute favorite with Unleash the Archers❤❤❤
His Voice is awesome 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Cicken3404]

Amen to that! Both beast in black and unleash the archers are my favorite bands both have fantastic melodic songs with a powerhouse vocalist.

[@blade2814]

simply magnificent. I love melodic songs with a great voice.
I have other bands to suggest ;-)@@Cicken3404

[@galadballcrusher8182]

Beast in Black (name us a recerence to manga and anime Berserk) was founded by Anton Kabanen who had iriginaly founded Battle Beast and write the songs for first 2 albums if the band then because if creative differences left and created BiB. He is one ofthe 2 guitarists doing solos and singing almost as high as Yannis. He has a deep love for anime and especialy Betserk so in both bands almost 1/3 of the songs were about it. In Battle Beast songs like the Black Swordsman, Iron Hand, Band of the Hawk, Golden Age/Kingdom and My name us Madness area about it and roughly 1/3 songs of the rest in the first albums are sorta about the fictional emblematic lionheaded mascot of the band the eponymous BattleBeast. In BiB songs like Berserker, Zodd the Immortal, Die by the Blade, The fifth angel,Broken survivors are about Betserk but their latest album called Dark Connection us xoncept cyberpunk sci-fi album inspired by specific mangas like Armitage III and movies like Blade Runner. I suggest the songs Blade Runner, One Night in Tokyo, Moonliight Randevous and Hardcore (a bit explicit vid).

[@Will-ug5rs]

Man that dude has a high voice. I think I saw him do a cover of female vocalist but I forget which song. Anyways, not a bad video.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Ya dude, it was sooo high

[@goranelez9956]

Saw them live as opener band for Nightwish in Wien, december last year, they can really perform this live.

[@snappy6132]

They toured with Nightwish last year. I saw them live twice and they were great.

[@sagebooker]

Yannis Papadopoulos is very particular, and something rare. He's got a YT channel, where he has posted some interesting covers.

[@JariJuslin]

Obvious recommendation, if you haven't checked them yet, is Battle Beast. They share history with Beast in Black because Anton Kabanen who writes Beast if Black music was originally in Battle Beast but they parted ways.
However, that's not important. Important is that is you liked this, Battle Beast is going to hit too, and then some.
Noora Louhimo, Battle Beast's current lead singer, is one of the few extant female vocalists that can cover Janis Joplin and not sound ridiculous (and she did, with Steve'n'Seagulls in a session) and her voice that can go all the way from clean metal belts to super raspy rock sound is a treat.
"Where Angels Fear To Fly", official music video, might be a good place to start, but honestly, they have tons of good songs and collabs.

[@JariJuslin]

Steve'n'Seagulls is a Finnish hillbilly band that does bluegrass covers of famous metal and rock songs, sometimes with guest vocalists. They are *really* good at what they do. It's not easy to find the essence of a song so you can meaningfully transform it to a very different genre and they often play with makeshift or semi-toy instrumens with makes it even harder to keep it all together. Like, how do you even *acquire* an anvil that's tuned right to the correct pitch when hit?

[@amazonit99]

Beast in Black is amazing as Battle Beast, which I also recommend. It is a finnish metal band with a great female vocalist.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

I think it would be more accurate to say Battle Beast is another Finnish metal band. Nightwish and Beast in Black also come from Finland. Some additional bands worth checking from Finland (some are rock instead of heavy): HIM, Poets of the Fall, The 69 Eyes, Amorphis, Children of Bodom, Wintersun, Apocalyptica, Sentenced, Sinamore, To/Die/For, Suburban Tribe and Sonata Arctica. And an old band called Waltari is also worth checking out but they have even bigger variance between songs and albums than Amorphis so you might need to check quite a few songs to get overall feel of the band.

[@amazonit99]

@@MikkoRantalainen Agree, there are plenty interesting and excellent bands coming out of Finland, and the Nordic countries in general, many of which you mentioned.

[@dizzyrick7653]

I have a hard time recommending Battle Beast considering they fucked over their founding member… who founded Beast in Black afterwards.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@dizzyrick7653 You're talking about Anton Kabanen, right? They had disagreements about the musical direction of the band and Anton was the only one disagreeing with the rest of the band.
Do you think it would have been more fair for everybody else to resign from the band and leave Anton alone in the band?
As I see it, Anton is doing pretty fine in Beast in Black and the only thing he really lost was the name of his old band. It he had considered that as the most important part, surely he would have acquired a trademark for the name, right?
The way I see it, now we have two bands making music instead of just one band with Anton.

[@bobsuisse2]

Short history lesson. The castle you have seen in the beginning of the video is "Castle Neuschwanstein" in Bavaria. It is the castle that inspired Walt Disney ;)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

ohhh thats sooo cool!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

...and the castle where the video was filmed is just an old ruin in southern Finland.

[@Latexi_LMX]

Batlle Beast is also worth checkin out, BiB's guitarists ex-band. Songs like Master of Illusion & Eye of the Storm. Great great female fronted finnish metal band!

[@Perrrkeles]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮hahahaaa. Yet again, finnish band! Told ya!💪💪💪🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@rianavermeulen4316]

Amazing Beast in Black ❤ Greetings from South Africa ❤🇿🇦❤️

[@zannebrazeau]

yannis has a hell of a set of pipes on him his vocal range be mad crazy

[@johndreessen7335]

Good reaction. Great band. Did see and hear them for the first time as opening act for Nightwish last year. Was impressed immediately how good they are live. Go to see them live in January next year. Thanks for this reaction.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude, I can't wait to go out and see these bands!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

I saw them twice opening for Nightwish in 2018 and 2022 in Amsterdam.

[@metalviking6476]

This is one of my favorite bands. 3 amazing cd's. Yannis (Vocals) are amazing singer. He have the whole register. Check more videos .... i guess you gonna be surprised. Party Metal :)

[@oasisfani8353]

Welcome to Finland. Land of metal and rock😂❤❤❤

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Been a fan of music from Finland for years

[@oasisfani8353]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Yeah? It's nice we are good at something😂. What are your favorite bands from Finland?

[@victoreem2]

i know this song i have listened to this song but somehow i have totally missed the lyrics untill now and i thank you

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Oh much love

[@rossmudie9298]

Great band, great live too 🤘🤘

[@Erfedwe]

I saw Beast in Black when they opened for Nightwish last year. They are not my favorites, but they did put on a fun show.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I dont see me listening to them alot, but they are fun

[@Erfedwe]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody agreed. I like seeing bands like this as an opener, since you get to see something you would otherwise have passed on. Same thing with festivals where there are a lot of unknown acts before the headliners come on later in the day.

[@ikilledsanta2]

His cover of ghost love score is so good

[@Starlingus]

If u ever go to a BiB concert, it'll make u smile the whole time.

[@Luca-games007]

Oh man, I didnt know this band too, but I was introduced to them at my Nightwish concert in 2022, they were a support of Nightwish. What a powerful bunch of cool looking dudes they are !! and Yannis !! COME ON. This guy has a voice sooooo unexpected when You see the guy walking on stage and You dont know what to expect.
I instantly got they Dark Connection album and I cannot stop listenin to them. Expecially when its late night and im driving my city bus at work and all I do is to turn on my headphones full with Beats in my CD player :D no coffee nor energy drink is needed then :D

[@eslightium]

Thank you for your reaction! I see you've read my last comment. I'm not quite understand you, because English isn't my first language. But you reminded me about Shallow. Floor sang this song on Beste Zangers show in 2019. You might want to check this out.

[@eva1842]

BIB❤

[@paisa20]

Thanks from Colombia

[@richardgoddard37]

They did a whole album based on the "Berserk" manga. Beast in Black are cool😎
Zodd the Immortal is my favourite track by them (so far)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I got some more coming

[@richardgoddard37]

@thecosmicwolffreacts The latest album is fantastic too.

[@Heike-r2o]

Saw them Live with Nightwish in Berlin. This Guys are awesome! I'd like to reccomend Sabaton "The last Stand" (Funfact: The Drummer - Hannes van Dahl - is Floors Husband :) )

[@turtlesmusicthoughts]

this tasty

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Bro right!?

[@fabrizio_prina]

Nightwish Army Italian Division reporting. Beast in black is a very good band. I've seen them live as a Nightwish backing band. The singer is a beast ..... great voice ! You can also search RUclips for a live performance of Ghost Love Scores sung in duet with Floor during a Nightwish concert.

[@billtbodger]

And they can really perform it live, I saw them last year supporting Nightwish, fantastic set from them, if you can find it Yannis sings Ghost Love Score in the same key as Floor

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

thats insane that he sings that high, It was so good!

[@callumwright36]

The more you listen to these guys the better they get his vocal range is incredible hes like a younger rob halford with his range

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I really loved his voice in this!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

He also had more hair (long time ago) than Rob.

[@Luca-games007]

Oh and yeah, they video clips are ment to be not so serious as they may look like :D This is my opinion after seein a few :D They just makin fun doin this obviously

[@VXGaming]

Should check out the songs Berserker and Zodd the immortal. Much more heavier than most of thier 80s style dance metal.

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

Moonlight rendezvous is a cool track and vid from these guys.

[@draug7966]

For more power metal i would recommend Blind Guardian from Germany, a.ka the bards of power metal. "The bard's song" and "Valhalla" (in the same clip) would be a nice start.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I have the Somewhere Far Beyond Album and its sooooo good

[@tribblefluffer]

Just watched Yours Is An Empty Hope and now I'm here. Haven't watched this one yet but I have a feeling you'll like it. I'll see if I'm right afterwards. 😉

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

hahhaa Yesssss

[@GaryWain]

Another great reaction, Yanis may be Rob Halfords Greek son..
As a suggestion, and don't let the name put you off, Battle Beast " Familiar Hell" Is a great song and Noor the lead singer didn't do metal until she joined this band, mainly jazz.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I still need to see Battle Beast! I got you Gary!

[@WoWsadistic]

YES you found Beast in Black,,, ive seen them live and trust me... he is a BEAST live ;)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I need to see more!

[@WoWsadistic]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody you really do

[@jamesnelson1968]

Somebody else mentioned Battle Beast and Back in Black is also an interesting band. After the major symphonic metal bands there are so many good ones with smaller catalogs, some of which no longer exist. You are digging yourself a thirty year hole, but since you are add Lacuna Coil to the list.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

hahaha I'm falling deep! lol

[@Battletoads2]

Watched many of your Japanese reactions, Babymetal, Hanabie., etc. I did not expect you to react to one of my favorites of all newer metal bands. Im sure your going to like them!! Yannis is an amazing singer. I paused at 1:10 to type this, let's see what happens!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Your too kind for watching Battle! Thank you so much!

[@jukkahelminen9071]

The next good Finnish band! 😊
You dive deeper and deeper into Finnish metal!
Good! 😉😊
BTW. Beast in Black and Amorphis have both been Nightwish's support band on tours a few times. - Likewise also in the past, for example Sabaton, Delain, Arch Enemy...
The Beast in Black singer has made two Nightwish cover songs on RUclips, of which "Ghost Love Score" is really good (Floor cover).
Beast in Black was founded by guitarist Anton Kabanen after leaving his previous band Battle Beast.
He found the singer for both bands on RUclips! Yannis (Beast in Black) and Noora (Battle Beast since the second album) !!!
Noora is an absolutely amazing singer, you should get to know her as well.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I'm loving it all!!!!

[@nightwishlover8913]

Like you said, what a voice! You might want to watch another of their tracks "Ghost in the Rain" ruclips.net/video/NAkEfIb99rU/видео.html. Yannis' cover of "Ghost Love Score" ruclips.net/video/nfZxu1aQzp8/видео.html (original key!!) isn't too shabby, either!!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I really do need to see this cover. Thanks fam❤

[@howlandgrowl]

Just watched GLS, not for me, sounds like someone's squeezing 'em. This song can only ever be Tarya and Floor, IMO.

[@nightwishlover8913]

@@howlandgrowl Agree, but still not too bad for a guy...

[@BibsBPunkt]

Please, have a look at this. Just for yourself, because it's a private video wirh mediocre quality. But it shows, how awsome they are togerher ❤

[@user-xp5cz2dp8w]

Hi Cosmic Wolf! Can you listen Dan Vasc? He sing power metal, symphony metal and opera. He sing Nightwish's songs, The Witcher's songs (metal version), ... He is epic amazing. ❤ Rio-Brazil

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

sounds awesome

[@SirKen-v1r]

Moonlight rendezvous or one night in toyko are great songs by them