I actually had to look if they also made a cover of "Diggy Diggy Hole" due to pronounced drum beats in many portions of that song. Alas, they have not.
@@TankTheTech There is a much more increadible version of "Rebellion" from Grave Digger live at Wacken together with Van Canto (as A capella Intro) and Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian AT WACKEN
@@greenrena8503 you need to check out the live video from 2010 Wacken. Van Canto as background artists for Grace Digger's performance of their complete Tunes of War album... It was legendary.
I swear, Joakim just likes to show up to random bands when they’re recording and ask if he can do a verse - I know he randomly showed up in a Grailknights song (Pumping Iron Power), and that band gives Gloryhammer a run for its money in terms of cheese
Not gonna lie, I really had to look that band and song up as I hadn't heard of them before. Granted, much like Gloryhammer, they are not quite my cup of tea, but the video very much made me laugh, so i am grateful for you telling me that this is actually a thing.
I had never heard of Grailknights and looked them up... they give a completely new meaning to the word cheese. The He-Man vibes were strong (I'm a child of the 80's).
@@duikmans Joakim did an online chat with Indie last year & he had He-Man paraphernalia hanging up on the wall behind him. I sense the cheeze is strong with he of the armor plated vest...much to the joy of us fans. I don't remember anyone on the 80s metal scene that could remotely be described as a "cheezy macho nerd" quite like we can with Joakim.
Going down the Van Canto road i can highly recommend an original by theirs: Last Night of the Kings. It's quite old by now but it still gets me every time i listen!
I saw Van Canto live when they were a support act for Blind Guardian in 2010 I think. They were FANTASTIC live and I was very impressed with their stamina.
Thank you Tank for reacting to it! I'm glad you smiled during watching and listening to this no guitars' song :-) I like this cover very much! RAM-DIGGI-DAM-DAM... RAM-DIGGI-DAM-DAM... :-)
Listening to Battery by Metallica is quite a nightmare as well, after hearing this band's version. Just how many times can you fit the title of a song into the song itself...
A few years ago, I didn't really intend to see an a capella band, but boy was I glad I had bought tickets for the main act when they had one as support act with them. The band was pretty much just 6 dudes from close to where I live who all have regular day jobs and do this just for fun and they looked really happy to have a chance to perform that evening. They were amazing and I'm not even kidding when I say that they kinda stole the show from the main act a little. It's really impressive to watch music like this live. Bought their CD from their "merch shop" later and when this whole covid crap is over, I'd like to see them again.
One of my alltime favorite albums of them is "Tribe of force" ❤ I saw them live around '08/'09 on the SummerBreeze OA and me and my boyfriend (and probably the whole bunch of people who stood there out of curiosity as well) didn't really know what to expect, so we were highly impressed by their live show! One of the best new bands we discovered that time 👌 And the cool thing was, that we started with around 100 people and troughout the show more and more people joined, so there were at least ~1500 people having a great time at the end!
I was highly impressed with their rendition of Metallica's Battery, especially when they did the guitar solo with their vocals. I still remember my mother coming into the room while I was watching the video, looking at the screen for a while and then asking why the guitar player wasn't in the video.
Soo as regards original stuff by Van Canto (no ranking intended, just the order the songs popped in my mind; I would suggest number 3 and 2 for reacting though): 1. If I Die in Battle - not that amazing video wise, but it`s a hell of a epic power metal hymn. 2. Falling Down - first single from their recent album (from this year) with 3 lead singers (the male lead singer you seen in this video left the band due to a priority of 'real life' and family if I remember it correctly. He jumped in in these COVID Times to be a special guest on the whole album). 3. Badaboom - A hell of music video with some ... familiar elements to it, you`ll definitely LOVE this video and song idea. 4. Last Night of the Kings - a true a cappella ballad (the drummer is a vocalist too btw., he even leads an interesting group called 'In Legend' which does rock/metal without guitars but replacing it with piano / keytar - Soul Apart is a cool demonstration). 5. The Bardcall - part of their 6th album 'Voices of Fire' (which was a kind of a cappella metal musical, working with a choir and John Rhys-Davies (actor of Gimli in LOTR) as a narrator in between the songs). 6. Lost Forever - from their third album 'Tribe of Force', still one of their best songs imo. 7. Nothing to react to, but I recommend it to ya' all if you are interested in how their sound works: on the official Van Canto YT Channel you`ll find a "How to create a Van Canto Song" - Workshop which starts with composition/inspiration and gives a glimpse on everything in the recording process and even production. You may have noticed, I`m stucked with Van Canto form the the first time I listened their music (Grave Digger - Rebellion live at Wacken ft. Van Canto and Hansi Kürsch [Blind Guardian]). I totally love them for being such a unique band. You won't find a band like this twice. Btw. I've seen them live - they kick ass. ;)
That is quite the list, kudos! I would like to add a few more. - Speed of light: From the debut album. A hook that slays and shows how early on they knew how to write catchy songs without the meme-cover-stigma. - One to ten: An overall banger on par with Lost forever and IIDIB from the VC heydays - Steel Breaker: Just swag to the max from sly. Groovy song with a lot of irony and fun. (Also, I get "we do"-vibes from the Simpsons, anyone else?) - Holding out for a hero: If you have to go for a cover, this one is so well made and utilizes a lot of unique VC elements.
I would add: - To Sing a Metal song (the live version from Wacken with crowd interaction is a blast) ruclips.net/video/6WgkNAGDUaY/видео.html - A Storm to come (Peer Returns, ep 1) - ruclips.net/video/5uOhCWvovSE/видео.html
So happy you decided to check them out! I love Van Canto. I discovered Sabaton because of this cover, and funny enough I discovered Van Canto from their cover of Nightwish's "Wishmaster." There is good live video for their song "To Sing a Metal Song," but of their originals "Lost Forever" is one of my absolute favorites, it is the perfect showcase of their vocal abilities. Also the music video for their song "Badaboom" is so much fun. Run-Dun-Doo.
Van Canto is fantastic. I recommend checking out their cover of Metallica's Battery. Also for an original song, "Badaboom" is the song that got me into them originally. The video is silly and has some cool homages to metal bands.
Yes, you finally get to Van Canto. They are one of my most favourite bands. Their original songs are pretty awesome as well. You can check out If I die in battle and Last night of the kings.
Finally you get to discover this amazing band! I saw them perform this song live at Sabatons own festival in august 2010 as a sort of intermission in Sabatons set list. And have been a big fan ever since! Also at that same festival Udo Dirkschneider of Accept (he butchered Into the Fire so bad I can’t even stand to listen to it today!) and Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger did Sabaton covers but not nearly as good as Van Canto. My favorite songs of them are their cover of Master of puppets and Last night of the kings, you should check them out too!
You gotta do their version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid or Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark Also, for an underrated/unknown band, can i suggest Heidevolk from the Netherlands? "Saksenland", "Wodan Heerst", "Walhalla Wacht", "Vulgaris Magistralis", or "Vinland"? Vinland is in english, the rest are Dutch
Thank you Tank for your reaction. Funny, informativ and well done as always. Seen them multiple times live its fully worth it. Like other I would mention Fear of the Dark live at Wacken as another cover or "The Bardcall" as original. As you read below Guardians Bard Song is also great. What impress me most beside their incredible skills is tha they are very down to earth. Each has a regular job and they are play in little locations as well as big stadiums and festivals. Chatting with the remaining fans after concert or helping their merch team to clean up and loading equip back to the truck. So you and you little family have fun, stay save and as always Rakka-Takka! - Mo**erf****r!
Van Canto is so damn awesome. I've been listening to their music for a few years now and it never gets old. Primo Victoria, Last night of the kings, Heading home are classics to me \,/
On the latest album they cover Thunderstruck and Stefan (the writer and creative lead of the band) said one reviewer didn't believe that they weren't using guitars for it. Very impressive vocal work!
Hey Tank, thanks for your channel. I never really listened to reactions but I really like yours. Normally I watch those during my work and it makes me feel a little bot more comfortable than just doing normal boring PC stuff. Thanks for it!
Seen them at Summer Breeze Festival about 10 years ago. The show was early day but so amazing. If you get the chance to check them out live just do it! :D
Love van Canto :) Definitely Wishmaster. and just whatever you feel after that. I really admire that drummer. He's amazing and looks like he's having a blast. :)
The drummer has another band - Inlegend (formerly known as In Legend), genre Piano Rock or hand-hammeredPiano Craft. They don´t have a normal guitar, but a bass guitar or a keytar (depending on who´s a member at the time). Like Van Canto, not your everyday music, rather something else. :D
Rakkatakka forever. They have now a vast array of their own songs which are amazing. They don't try to recreate the original instruments like a beatboxer would, but the melody/vibe and frequency they usually occupy to make it sound "whole". Great band.
Raka Taka! I saw them live in Hannover for a sort of festival of sound thing. It was a real blast and very very breathtaking to listen to them live. It's nice to see your venture into german metal is going on!
I saw these dudes live once and they said, regarding their need of a drummer: "If you guys can find someone that can beatbox sixteenth notes, call us. so long, we need him" :D And for the throathy sounds...man you should watch their kings of metal cover :D
GREAT STUFF going for Van Canto reactions! They are pretty impressive. If I were to recommend any of their songs, it would be "If I Die in Battle". One of the older ones, but an absolute banger.
Hey man, if you want, check out their covers for "battery", "fear of the dark" or "wishmaster". And yes, they also sing the guitar solos. Saw them a couple of times in Wacken and they are really cool live, especially their "celebration show" with a number of guests including Tarja, Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger). Really recommend them to you. Cheers!
Damn now I feel old again ... have been listening (on and off) to Van Canto since 2007 now (and saw them live the same year in Oberhausen...) met my (now Ex-) girlfriend on one of their shows in Cologne and ... yeah, nostalgia hits a bit there (Hell I even can see me on the stage in their Rebellion Cover ... damn those where the times)
When I watch your video of song that I have never heard before. I stop when you do first pause and I go to listen that song without pauses. Then If I like that song I will come back to your video and see your reactions
heck yeah, I absolutely love Van Canto, would love more. Be it more of their great covers (Battery, Fear of the Dark, Rebelion etc.), or their amazing original stuff (lost forever, badaboom, faith focus finish, falling down etc.)
On of the greatest colabos i hav ever seen: Grave Digger with Hansi Kirsch and VanCanto performing "Rebellion" on Wacken !! 100% goose bumps garantee for you - I bet on it
Hey man :D I love you reactions! And I wanted to ask.. Would you like to react to an other german band? They're called Soulbound and I really recommend watching their new video release "Devil" :D
Love me some Van Canto, they got some great stuff. I found them via Wishmaster riddly-diddly dum dum. Laughed my ass off when I first heard it, then considered "this actually is farkin great!'. Also how I found Nightwish, thank you Van Canto! Also they had to get a drummer, they did try beat-boxers, but no one had the endurance...
Ooooo finally some Van Canto love here :D You should check out one of their two newer songs which are very power metal-ish, either Falling Down or Focus, Faith, Finish.... There's also a lot of other covers. They covered AC/DC's Thunderstruck and Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills... But yeah, I would highly recommend Falling Down as that would probably make you bang your head :D
Was almost sure you'd enjoy this when I saw it'll premier today in my news feed. Already saw them live on a real small festival here in Germany a good while back and had a real blast then - even though I'm not a super active follower of them :)
By the way, the drummer has another metal band that replaces the guitars with a piano. There he sings and plays the piano. Look for "in Legend - Pandemonium" if you want to try it.
The first songs that I heard from van canto are speed of light and neuer wind. One of my favorite bands. I love their covers and own songs a lot. Hope you too😁🤘
They pop up on my spotify rando playlists from time to time, and I always jam out to them, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them. Definitely agree, though, I would pay to go see them, as they seem like they'd be amazing live.
Have seen Van Canto about 15 years ago, they just released their first album and were the openers of a smaller festival. I knew them, because a friend knew their first drummer. They came on stage and the guy next to me was like "They only sing? LAME!!!" After one song he was "I NEED THEIR ALBUM!!!" :-D You should listen to their first single "The mission", Blind Guardian's "Bardsong", "Badaboom" (superfunny video btw!),... in the end you should listen to everything they did ;-)
A Storm To Come is also a great song and story from Van Canto! If you want some more "classic" German metal, you could try out Freedom Call - Metal Is For Everyone!
@TankTheTech, I really enjoyed this reaction. Van Canto is a great band. I've actually been a fan of theirs since this video was originally released all those years ago. One of my favorite songs by them is Seller of Souls, a very catchy power metal style song. Joakim seems like a very chill, fun dude. He's all over the place with the bands he's made a guest appearance on. If you have not heard it yet, you should react to the Babymetal song that he made an appearance on called "Oh Majinai!" It's a hard hitting, uplifting folk metal song complete with Bagpipes and a small violin section. It's a really odd, but fun cross-over.
My intro to Van Canto was their cover of Fear of the Dark, and I've always thought it was really cool to see how they approached both Bruce's vocals and the rest of the song in general. I loved their cover of it, and it gave me a deeper appreciation of the original as well. And, as others have mentioned, their Wacken performances are legendary - Wishmaster, Rebellion, Fear of the Dark. Would love to see some double-reaction videos of both the originals and VC covers together!
I like Van Canto, their cover of Battery was awesome. Though this is a band, like you said, that I don't listen to on a day to day basis. But the random thing I loved most about this video from them is that their "lead singer" (for lack of a better word) actually shaved his beard just like Joakim, haha!
Just discovered you and now making my way through your playlist. You're entertaining and we even get some extra background to the song, the bands and gear. I'm german and many of my friends are listening to that band. I always struggle a bit with it, because I'm more the metalcore guy. But, you're awesome, keep going on like now. BTW, if you like to listen to 50s and 60s Rock'n'Roll, check out "The Baseballs" from Berlin.
One of their latest vids is a 9-minute song called "A Storm to Come" (not to be confused with the album of the same name) that is great from the start, but becomes *amazing* with the final verse.
If you have the chance to see them live, TAKE IT! I saw them live on a small festival in Rengsdorf (Germany) an Wacken (both 2011). Look for a song, where they filled in a "guitar solo". Seeing them perfoming a solo live, while it still sounds really familiar like an actual instrument is soooooo impressive.
If you're interested, check out some of the stuff from their record "tribe of force". "To sing a metal song" or "last night of the kings" are amazing, or "bed of nails"; "black wings of hate" for an amazing a-cappella-breakdown. And yes, those exist. :D
Hey, thanks for your Van Canto response! I love this band from the beginning and I agree with you: They are a first class life band! I've already seen them when playing before 30 or 40 people. If I got it right, you would like to hear their own music? Here are three suggestions: The Seller Of Souls, Speed Of Light, Take To The Sky. Their cover songs are also really great. And they brought me to Sabaton!!
I know there're already comments about Bastian's side band, In Legend, but I can't stress enough how awesome and almost exclusive as Van Canto they are while being so unknown to the world and HEAVILY underrated. Seems like after their 2nd album they've abandoned the band, since there's no activity on their media since 2017 or 2018, and this brings me great sadness. I really hope that you might just give them some credit in the future, they're more than deserve it.
I’m really glad you got to listen to Van Canto, and I hope you’ll react to more of their songs. I think you’ll really enjoy their music video for their song “Badaboom;” and it’s worth mentioning that all the sounds in that music video were made only by their voices and the drum kit. And here’s a teaser: the Badaboom music video features samples of other covers they’ve done. But beyond that, it’s a good song, and a really entertaining music video. Plus, there will actually be gear to talk about in that video! I also want to note that I’m not really a fan of how they mixed the album Primo Victoria is featured on, as the guitar vocals are on the weaker side. Personally, I think they have a much more impressive sound on the Dawn of the Brave album (Badaboom is on that album) and their most recent album, To the Power of Eight (Raise Your Horns, and a truly amazing cover of Run to the Hills-at least when it comes to the blisteringly fast guitar vocals). I first discovered Van Canto when I wondered if there was an a cappella cover of Metallica’s “Battery,” and I saw that Van Canto did a solid cover. Now, while I enjoy it, they were still trying to find their sound, and it’s not nearly as polished as their more recent albums. However, on the album “Tribe of Force” they unleashed an AMAZING cover of Master of Puppets, although sadly there is no music video for that one. Lastly, if you do decide to check out a song from their very recently-released album, To the Power of Eight (“Raise Your Horns!”), you’ll find Van Canto recorded an a cappella version of the sounds used in the most recent Napalm Records splash screen.
Honestly, I feel like listening to Van Canto the first time through a cover of a song you know is the best way to appreciate how well done this whole concept is, even if someone doesn't like the sound of it itself. And god damnit, seeing your first time reaction gives me massive nostalgia, as Van Canto was one of the three bands that got me into rock/metal along with Powerwolf and Saltatio Mortis. Since you want to check them out more, here's a list of songs I'd suggest for that matter (All from Napalm Records and the Van Canto RUclips channel): - If I Die In Battle -> Original Song and my personal favourite *wink wink* - Lost Forever -> Again an original song - Last Night of the Kings -> Original song and more of a ballad - To Sing a Metal Song (Wacken 2011) -> Original Song and a live version with good quality - Dead by the Night -> Original Song from their newest album. This album features the original singer "Sly" and their current one "Hagen" - Fear of the Dark (Wacken 2014) -> Obviously not original, but a cool collab version of Van Canto, a background choir and several guest artists performing one of the best known metal songs in the world. And a little fun fact: Van Canto teamed up with Christoph Hardebusch (German fantasy author) to work on a book-album combo, "Voices of Fire". So if anyone is into reading fantasy books and wants to listen to an a cappella song after each chapter, go for it.
Actually didn't know this particular group, but i do enjoy a few Vocal Bands. What struck me most was Joakim's appearance on just a screen, I actually heard "Oh! MAJINAI!" in my head :P It seems he does like to appear in digital form.
Also a great cover and epic live collab is Grave Digger plus Hansi of Blind Guardian and Van Canto at Wacken singing Rebellion. There's a clip at the Napalm Records Channel
They don't take themselves too seriously :D and are really worth experiencing live. You should definitely check out a live performance. 'To sing a metal song' is a good example for that. I think they are also open to interviews if you want to know how they do it. You cannot do without additional technology. ;)
I know that this really fits as a "special one-time thing" to feature on your channel, but even if it's just in your own time, you should check out "Lost Forever" by these guys. Spoiler alert - KILLER guitar solo. As always, great content man.
I know the first time that I heard Van Canto, I was like what is this, and why the hell do I like it. And it's awesome that you watch the same vocal reactions that I do.
Hey Tank, since I don´t know (might mave missed that) where to suggest you some songs you´re might interested in reaction to, I just do it here and hope will recognise it. The first Band I´d love you watch reacting to is "Elvenking" with either their song "Loser" or "Invoking the woodland spirit". And my second guess would be "Nocturnal Bloodlust" with their song "Malice Against". After all I´d wanna thank you for making these videos and brighten up my days.
I remember catching part of an interview about why they have a drummer and not a vocal percussionist. They basically said that everyone they tried out for it would pass out
The female vocalist, Inga Scharf, also appears on the song "Evil Roots" by Dark Sarah, another band you need to check out. Also I love the whole Max Headroom thing they have Joakim doing in this video.
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RAM-DIGGI-DAM-DAM Is gonna stuck in my head for days now
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Wasn't that "RAKKATAKKA, M....RF....R“?
I actually had to look if they also made a cover of "Diggy Diggy Hole" due to pronounced drum beats in many portions of that song. Alas, they have not.
It is official called the higher (guitar) and lower (bass) rakkatakka voice.
@@DargorHSK so it says on my vancanto-shirt
There's an incredible cover from an Canto of Blind Guardian's "The Bard's Song."
No way! Gotta see that too!
And Grave Digger´s Rebellion...
@@DargorHSK Yes! I don't say that lightly, but I like version even better!
@@TankTheTech There is a much more increadible version of "Rebellion" from Grave Digger live at Wacken together with Van Canto (as A capella Intro) and Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian AT WACKEN
@@greenrena8503 you need to check out the live video from 2010 Wacken. Van Canto as background artists for Grace Digger's performance of their complete Tunes of War album... It was legendary.
I swear, Joakim just likes to show up to random bands when they’re recording and ask if he can do a verse - I know he randomly showed up in a Grailknights song (Pumping Iron Power), and that band gives Gloryhammer a run for its money in terms of cheese
Not gonna lie, I really had to look that band and song up as I hadn't heard of them before. Granted, much like Gloryhammer, they are not quite my cup of tea, but the video very much made me laugh, so i am grateful for you telling me that this is actually a thing.
I had never heard of Grailknights and looked them up... they give a completely new meaning to the word cheese.
The He-Man vibes were strong (I'm a child of the 80's).
@@duikmans Joakim did an online chat with Indie last year & he had He-Man paraphernalia hanging up on the wall behind him. I sense the cheeze is strong with he of the armor plated vest...much to the joy of us fans. I don't remember anyone on the 80s metal scene that could remotely be described as a "cheezy macho nerd" quite like we can with Joakim.
I would LOVE to see Tank reacting to Pumping Iron Power by Grailknights
@@blubberblau5875 been suggesting it a couple weeks now, we can get it on his radar, let's do it youtube
Going down the Van Canto road i can highly recommend an original by theirs: Last Night of the Kings.
It's quite old by now but it still gets me every time i listen!
I saw Van Canto live when they were a support act for Blind Guardian in 2010 I think. They were FANTASTIC live and I was very impressed with their stamina.
Van Canto and Blind Guardian on the same stage.... that show must have been something amazing!
And I still wear the tourshirt sometimes.
I saw them too, in Munich
@@herbertherbertson7892 same here, Munich it was...
@@herbertherbertson7892 same but it was in Bamberg
You have to see the Van Canto's Cover of Iron Maidens Fear of the Dark in Wacken (live) feat. some Guest Musician.
You mean Rimi dimi dimi di don? Great song!
Wishmaster also from Wachen 2014 with Tarja is also worth checking out.
Thank you Tank for reacting to it! I'm glad you smiled during watching and listening to this no guitars' song :-) I like this cover very much! RAM-DIGGI-DAM-DAM... RAM-DIGGI-DAM-DAM... :-)
If you listen to them for to long, you will sing the background in other songs as well :)
This is true. Can't sing along properly to Fear of the Dark or Wishmaster anymore
@@Karldin83 everyone else when fear of the dark starts: "ohoohoohooh..."
me when fear of the dark starts: "dan dan dan dan dan..."
Listening to Battery by Metallica is quite a nightmare as well, after hearing this band's version. Just how many times can you fit the title of a song into the song itself...
Good, so it's not just me. Can't listen to Rebellion without singing everything I can fit in 🤣🤣
Hell yes, pumped for more Van Canto. :)
A few years ago, I didn't really intend to see an a capella band, but boy was I glad I had bought tickets for the main act when they had one as support act with them. The band was pretty much just 6 dudes from close to where I live who all have regular day jobs and do this just for fun and they looked really happy to have a chance to perform that evening. They were amazing and I'm not even kidding when I say that they kinda stole the show from the main act a little. It's really impressive to watch music like this live.
Bought their CD from their "merch shop" later and when this whole covid crap is over, I'd like to see them again.
That is an amazing cover. Van Canto is great and it shows how good a voice our man really has. You're gonna love it.
One of my alltime favorite albums of them is "Tribe of force" ❤
I saw them live around '08/'09 on the SummerBreeze OA and me and my boyfriend (and probably the whole bunch of people who stood there out of curiosity as well) didn't really know what to expect, so we were highly impressed by their live show! One of the best new bands we discovered that time 👌 And the cool thing was, that we started with around 100 people and troughout the show more and more people joined, so there were at least ~1500 people having a great time at the end!
I was highly impressed with their rendition of Metallica's Battery, especially when they did the guitar solo with their vocals. I still remember my mother coming into the room while I was watching the video, looking at the screen for a while and then asking why the guitar player wasn't in the video.
First time I have Seen them was 2010 as a pre Band from Blind Guardian. They had a Shirt with the line RackaTackaMotherF*****
You discovered Van Canto.
Awesome man, awesome band🤘
Soo as regards original stuff by Van Canto (no ranking intended, just the order the songs popped in my mind; I would suggest number 3 and 2 for reacting though):
1. If I Die in Battle - not that amazing video wise, but it`s a hell of a epic power metal hymn.
2. Falling Down - first single from their recent album (from this year) with 3 lead singers (the male lead singer you seen in this video left the band due to a priority of 'real life' and family if I remember it correctly. He jumped in in these COVID Times to be a special guest on the whole album).
3. Badaboom - A hell of music video with some ... familiar elements to it, you`ll definitely LOVE this video and song idea.
4. Last Night of the Kings - a true a cappella ballad (the drummer is a vocalist too btw., he even leads an interesting group called 'In Legend' which does rock/metal without guitars but replacing it with piano / keytar - Soul Apart is a cool demonstration).
5. The Bardcall - part of their 6th album 'Voices of Fire' (which was a kind of a cappella metal musical, working with a choir and John Rhys-Davies (actor of Gimli in LOTR) as a narrator in between the songs).
6. Lost Forever - from their third album 'Tribe of Force', still one of their best songs imo.
7. Nothing to react to, but I recommend it to ya' all if you are interested in how their sound works: on the official Van Canto YT Channel you`ll find a "How to create a Van Canto Song" - Workshop which starts with composition/inspiration and gives a glimpse on everything in the recording process and even production.
You may have noticed, I`m stucked with Van Canto form the the first time I listened their music (Grave Digger - Rebellion live at Wacken ft. Van Canto and Hansi Kürsch [Blind Guardian]). I totally love them for being such a unique band. You won't find a band like this twice. Btw. I've seen them live - they kick ass. ;)
That is quite the list, kudos! I would like to add a few more.
- Speed of light: From the debut album. A hook that slays and shows how early on they knew how to write catchy songs without the meme-cover-stigma.
- One to ten: An overall banger on par with Lost forever and IIDIB from the VC heydays
- Steel Breaker: Just swag to the max from sly. Groovy song with a lot of irony and fun. (Also, I get "we do"-vibes from the Simpsons, anyone else?)
- Holding out for a hero: If you have to go for a cover, this one is so well made and utilizes a lot of unique VC elements.
I would add:
- To Sing a Metal song (the live version from Wacken with crowd interaction is a blast) ruclips.net/video/6WgkNAGDUaY/видео.html
- A Storm to come (Peer Returns, ep 1) - ruclips.net/video/5uOhCWvovSE/видео.html
Nice list! Would only replace Falling Down with Faith, Focus Finish. Falling Down is rather dull and slow
Would also like to add Speed of Light
Not "Rebellion"? :(
Last Night of the Kings, for sure.
So happy you decided to check them out! I love Van Canto. I discovered Sabaton because of this cover, and funny enough I discovered Van Canto from their cover of Nightwish's "Wishmaster." There is good live video for their song "To Sing a Metal Song," but of their originals "Lost Forever" is one of my absolute favorites, it is the perfect showcase of their vocal abilities. Also the music video for their song "Badaboom" is so much fun. Run-Dun-Doo.
Van Canto is fantastic. I recommend checking out their cover of Metallica's Battery. Also for an original song, "Badaboom" is the song that got me into them originally. The video is silly and has some cool homages to metal bands.
not to mention Berny Hoecker being in there
so weirdly, RUclips sugjested VanCanto to me (wishmaster actually) that lead me to find Primo Victoria, and that is actually how I found Sabaton.
For a great original, I recommend “If I Die in Battle”
Just be ready for the low-budget LARPing fun of the video!
Yes, you finally get to Van Canto. They are one of my most favourite bands. Their original songs are pretty awesome as well. You can check out If I die in battle and Last night of the kings.
Finally you get to discover this amazing band! I saw them perform this song live at Sabatons own festival in august 2010 as a sort of intermission in Sabatons set list. And have been a big fan ever since! Also at that same festival Udo Dirkschneider of Accept (he butchered Into the Fire so bad I can’t even stand to listen to it today!) and Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger did Sabaton covers but not nearly as good as Van Canto.
My favorite songs of them are their cover of Master of puppets and Last night of the kings, you should check them out too!
You gotta do their version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid or Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark
Also, for an underrated/unknown band, can i suggest Heidevolk from the Netherlands? "Saksenland", "Wodan Heerst", "Walhalla Wacht", "Vulgaris Magistralis", or "Vinland"? Vinland is in english, the rest are Dutch
Heidevolk is a great Suggestion!
@Enlightened Pigeon Vulgaris Magistralis is just lyrically badass even though its a cover. The original is awesome too
Oh yeah! Tank should check out Heidevolk. Sakseland is so epic
Tank, thank you so much for reacting to one of my favourite Bands. If youever get the Chance to see them live...Use it...you will be very impressed.
Thank you Tank for your reaction. Funny, informativ and well done as always. Seen them multiple times live its fully worth it. Like other I would mention Fear of the Dark live at Wacken as another cover or "The Bardcall" as original. As you read below Guardians Bard Song is also great. What impress me most beside their incredible skills is tha they are very down to earth. Each has a regular job and they are play in little locations as well as big stadiums and festivals. Chatting with the remaining fans after concert or helping their merch team to clean up and loading equip back to the truck. So you and you little family have fun, stay save and as always Rakka-Takka! - Mo**erf****r!
Van Canto is so damn awesome. I've been listening to their music for a few years now and it never gets old. Primo Victoria, Last night of the kings, Heading home are classics to me \,/
Great reaction Tank. 🤘🇸🇪🤘
"The Mission" from van canto Was the First one. It is about 14 years old, but it is the First release. So Start at the beginning.
On the latest album they cover Thunderstruck and Stefan (the writer and creative lead of the band) said one reviewer didn't believe that they weren't using guitars for it. Very impressive vocal work!
Hey Tank,
thanks for your channel. I never really listened to reactions but I really like yours. Normally I watch those during my work and it makes me feel a little bot more comfortable than just doing normal boring PC stuff. Thanks for it!
Thank you for watching!
Seen them at Summer Breeze Festival about 10 years ago. The show was early day but so amazing. If you get the chance to check them out live just do it! :D
Love van Canto :) Definitely Wishmaster. and just whatever you feel after that. I really admire that drummer. He's amazing and looks like he's having a blast. :)
The drummer has another band - Inlegend (formerly known as In Legend), genre Piano Rock or hand-hammeredPiano Craft. They don´t have a normal guitar, but a bass guitar or a keytar (depending on who´s a member at the time). Like Van Canto, not your everyday music, rather something else. :D
Rakkatakka forever. They have now a vast array of their own songs which are amazing. They don't try to recreate the original instruments like a beatboxer would, but the melody/vibe and frequency they usually occupy to make it sound "whole". Great band.
This is a band you definitely have to see live. I've seen them 2 times and they are way better live than on album. They just blew me away
Raka Taka! I saw them live in Hannover for a sort of festival of sound thing. It was a real blast and very very breathtaking to listen to them live.
It's nice to see your venture into german metal is going on!
You need to see them alive, the video is like "weak tea", as it is said....Saw them once, years ago, and still shaking, listening to this ;)
I saw these dudes live once and they said, regarding their need of a drummer: "If you guys can find someone that can beatbox sixteenth notes, call us. so long, we need him" :D And for the throathy sounds...man you should watch their kings of metal cover :D
There is NOTHING like pummeling drums skins with those big soft mallets. Primal.
Thanks for intro'ing me to YET ANOTHER group I had never heard of.
GREAT STUFF going for Van Canto reactions! They are pretty impressive.
If I were to recommend any of their songs, it would be "If I Die in Battle". One of the older ones, but an absolute banger.
Primo victoria- yes! I like your Channel! interesting things about the instruments and other stuff used in a concert ! thx
Hey man, if you want, check out their covers for "battery", "fear of the dark" or "wishmaster". And yes, they also sing the guitar solos. Saw them a couple of times in Wacken and they are really cool live, especially their "celebration show" with a number of guests including Tarja, Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger). Really recommend them to you. Cheers!
My favorite cover would be "Rebellion"
Wishmaster aka the Ned Flanders song XD
I'm sure it's already been mentioned, but the video for their Badaboom is phenomenal. There is also a lot more gear shown throughout the video.
Very interesting group. I'm intrigued!
Damn now I feel old again ... have been listening (on and off) to Van Canto since 2007 now (and saw them live the same year in Oberhausen...) met my (now Ex-) girlfriend on one of their shows in Cologne and ... yeah, nostalgia hits a bit there (Hell I even can see me on the stage in their Rebellion Cover ... damn those where the times)
This is how I was introduced to Sabaton lmao
When I watch your video of song that I have never heard before. I stop when you do first pause and I go to listen that song without pauses. Then If I like that song I will come back to your video and see your reactions
Their wishmaster cover has been memed to hell, but the stuff they do in that is still pretty impressive. Including the "guitar solo".
heck yeah, I absolutely love Van Canto, would love more. Be it more of their great covers (Battery, Fear of the Dark, Rebelion etc.), or their amazing original stuff (lost forever, badaboom, faith focus finish, falling down etc.)
On of the greatest colabos i hav ever seen:
Grave Digger with Hansi Kirsch and VanCanto performing "Rebellion" on Wacken !!
100% goose bumps garantee for you - I bet on it
Hey man :D I love you reactions! And I wanted to ask.. Would you like to react to an other german band? They're called Soulbound and I really recommend watching their new video release "Devil" :D
oh yes! that would be great, Soulbound is hot like hell! I would love to see your reaction. Greetings from Switzerland ;)
Yes pls! Soulbound are awesome ❤
Soulbound are fantastic ❤️
Yeah man, that will be awsome. Nice Industrial Metal from germany.
Yay! Please react to „Devil“ from the fantastic Industrial Metal Band #Soulbound from Germany! 🖤🤘🏻
van canto is so awesome, i love there stuff
Love me some Van Canto, they got some great stuff. I found them via Wishmaster riddly-diddly dum dum. Laughed my ass off when I first heard it, then considered "this actually is farkin great!'. Also how I found Nightwish, thank you Van Canto! Also they had to get a drummer, they did try beat-boxers, but no one had the endurance...
Ooooo finally some Van Canto love here :D You should check out one of their two newer songs which are very power metal-ish, either Falling Down or Focus, Faith, Finish....
There's also a lot of other covers. They covered AC/DC's Thunderstruck and Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills...
But yeah, I would highly recommend Falling Down as that would probably make you bang your head :D
Can we just appreciate her background Vocals, I would love having this in other Sabaton Songs.
Was almost sure you'd enjoy this when I saw it'll premier today in my news feed. Already saw them live on a real small festival here in Germany a good while back and had a real blast then - even though I'm not a super active follower of them :)
By the way, the drummer has another metal band that replaces the guitars with a piano. There he sings and plays the piano. Look for "in Legend - Pandemonium" if you want to try it.
Ive been waiting and trying to get reactions to them from a few reactors for a while now.
oh you finaly found van canto, i am looking foirward to your reaction to them
The first songs that I heard from van canto are speed of light and neuer wind. One of my favorite bands. I love their covers and own songs a lot. Hope you too😁🤘
btw, their first ever original song "The Mission" is pretty much a must to listen to. it's SOOOOOOO frickin great.
Actually this cover introduced me to Sabaton. And I love both bands.
This is one year ago and sadly I don't find any other Van Canto reaction. That's really sad 😢 because they are amazing and totally underrated.
They pop up on my spotify rando playlists from time to time, and I always jam out to them, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them. Definitely agree, though, I would pay to go see them, as they seem like they'd be amazing live.
Cover wise, Van Canto has done Nightwish's 'Wishmaster', Iron Maiden's 'Fear of the Dark' and Blind Gardian's 'The Bard's Song'
I love "fear of the dark", "battery", "last night of the kings"....a LOT...Give them a try!
I feel like Badaboom would be a really fun video of theirs to react to, not the most serious thing, but it might be interesting to see
Have seen Van Canto about 15 years ago, they just released their first album and were the openers of a smaller festival. I knew them, because a friend knew their first drummer. They came on stage and the guy next to me was like "They only sing? LAME!!!" After one song he was "I NEED THEIR ALBUM!!!" :-D
You should listen to their first single "The mission", Blind Guardian's "Bardsong", "Badaboom" (superfunny video btw!),... in the end you should listen to everything they did ;-)
I saw them live maybe about 10 years ago, that time they did only Covers. It was probably the best concert I ever went to.
A Storm To Come is also a great song and story from Van Canto!
If you want some more "classic" German metal, you could try out Freedom Call - Metal Is For Everyone!
@TankTheTech, I really enjoyed this reaction. Van Canto is a great band. I've actually been a fan of theirs since this video was originally released all those years ago. One of my favorite songs by them is Seller of Souls, a very catchy power metal style song. Joakim seems like a very chill, fun dude. He's all over the place with the bands he's made a guest appearance on. If you have not heard it yet, you should react to the Babymetal song that he made an appearance on called "Oh Majinai!" It's a hard hitting, uplifting folk metal song complete with Bagpipes and a small violin section. It's a really odd, but fun cross-over.
I haven't seen the video yet, but I hit the like button!! 😝
My intro to Van Canto was their cover of Fear of the Dark, and I've always thought it was really cool to see how they approached both Bruce's vocals and the rest of the song in general. I loved their cover of it, and it gave me a deeper appreciation of the original as well.
And, as others have mentioned, their Wacken performances are legendary - Wishmaster, Rebellion, Fear of the Dark. Would love to see some double-reaction videos of both the originals and VC covers together!
I like Van Canto, their cover of Battery was awesome. Though this is a band, like you said, that I don't listen to on a day to day basis.
But the random thing I loved most about this video from them is that their "lead singer" (for lack of a better word) actually shaved his beard just like Joakim, haha!
You should absolutely react to their song „to sing a metal song“ there is a live version from wacken 2011 on the napalm youtube channel
I have been waiting for this one.
Same!
Just discovered you and now making my way through your playlist. You're entertaining and we even get some extra background to the song, the bands and gear. I'm german and many of my friends are listening to that band. I always struggle a bit with it, because I'm more the metalcore guy. But, you're awesome, keep going on like now.
BTW, if you like to listen to 50s and 60s Rock'n'Roll, check out "The Baseballs" from Berlin.
One of their latest vids is a 9-minute song called "A Storm to Come" (not to be confused with the album of the same name) that is great from the start, but becomes *amazing* with the final verse.
If you have the chance to see them live, TAKE IT!
I saw them live on a small festival in Rengsdorf (Germany) an Wacken (both 2011).
Look for a song, where they filled in a "guitar solo".
Seeing them perfoming a solo live, while it still sounds really familiar like an actual instrument is soooooo impressive.
If you're interested, check out some of the stuff from their record "tribe of force". "To sing a metal song" or "last night of the kings" are amazing, or "bed of nails"; "black wings of hate" for an amazing a-cappella-breakdown. And yes, those exist. :D
Hey, thanks for your Van Canto response! I love this band from the beginning and I agree with you: They are a first class life band! I've already seen them when playing before 30 or 40 people. If I got it right, you would like to hear their own music? Here are three suggestions: The Seller Of Souls, Speed Of Light, Take To The Sky. Their cover songs are also really great. And they brought me to Sabaton!!
I have seen them live several times here in Germany and during their concerts they do awesome guitar and base solos just using their microphones.
I know there're already comments about Bastian's side band, In Legend, but I can't stress enough how awesome and almost exclusive as Van Canto they are while being so unknown to the world and HEAVILY underrated. Seems like after their 2nd album they've abandoned the band, since there's no activity on their media since 2017 or 2018, and this brings me great sadness. I really hope that you might just give them some credit in the future, they're more than deserve it.
I’m really glad you got to listen to Van Canto, and I hope you’ll react to more of their songs. I think you’ll really enjoy their music video for their song “Badaboom;” and it’s worth mentioning that all the sounds in that music video were made only by their voices and the drum kit. And here’s a teaser: the Badaboom music video features samples of other covers they’ve done. But beyond that, it’s a good song, and a really entertaining music video. Plus, there will actually be gear to talk about in that video!
I also want to note that I’m not really a fan of how they mixed the album Primo Victoria is featured on, as the guitar vocals are on the weaker side. Personally, I think they have a much more impressive sound on the Dawn of the Brave album (Badaboom is on that album) and their most recent album, To the Power of Eight (Raise Your Horns, and a truly amazing cover of Run to the Hills-at least when it comes to the blisteringly fast guitar vocals). I first discovered Van Canto when I wondered if there was an a cappella cover of Metallica’s “Battery,” and I saw that Van Canto did a solid cover. Now, while I enjoy it, they were still trying to find their sound, and it’s not nearly as polished as their more recent albums. However, on the album “Tribe of Force” they unleashed an AMAZING cover of Master of Puppets, although sadly there is no music video for that one.
Lastly, if you do decide to check out a song from their very recently-released album, To the Power of Eight (“Raise Your Horns!”), you’ll find Van Canto recorded an a cappella version of the sounds used in the most recent Napalm Records splash screen.
Speaking of Sabaton and covers, they’ve just realeased a fantastic cover of the classic Manowar song “Kingdom Come”.
Honestly, I feel like listening to Van Canto the first time through a cover of a song you know is the best way to appreciate how well done this whole concept is, even if someone doesn't like the sound of it itself.
And god damnit, seeing your first time reaction gives me massive nostalgia, as Van Canto was one of the three bands that got me into rock/metal along with Powerwolf and Saltatio Mortis.
Since you want to check them out more, here's a list of songs I'd suggest for that matter (All from Napalm Records and the Van Canto RUclips channel):
- If I Die In Battle -> Original Song and my personal favourite *wink wink*
- Lost Forever -> Again an original song
- Last Night of the Kings -> Original song and more of a ballad
- To Sing a Metal Song (Wacken 2011) -> Original Song and a live version with good quality
- Dead by the Night -> Original Song from their newest album. This album features the original singer "Sly" and their current one "Hagen"
- Fear of the Dark (Wacken 2014) -> Obviously not original, but a cool collab version of Van Canto, a background choir and several guest artists performing one of the best known metal songs in the world.
And a little fun fact: Van Canto teamed up with Christoph Hardebusch (German fantasy author) to work on a book-album combo, "Voices of Fire". So if anyone is into reading fantasy books and wants to listen to an a cappella song after each chapter, go for it.
Actually didn't know this particular group, but i do enjoy a few Vocal Bands. What struck me most was Joakim's appearance on just a screen, I actually heard "Oh! MAJINAI!" in my head :P
It seems he does like to appear in digital form.
Holy crap. I never expected Tank to review Van Canto.
"Lost forever" is an awesome original song of theirs with a KILLER guitar solo.
Also a great cover and epic live collab is Grave Digger plus Hansi of Blind Guardian and Van Canto at Wacken singing Rebellion.
There's a clip at the Napalm Records Channel
They don't take themselves too seriously :D and are really worth experiencing live.
You should definitely check out a live performance. 'To sing a metal song' is a good example for that.
I think they are also open to interviews if you want to know how they do it. You cannot do without additional technology. ;)
King of metal van canto
You gotta love Joakim. Doing things like this and Babymetal's Oh!Majinai. And next year on their European tour they bring along The Hu as support.
I think it's less of a surprise when it's a Sabaton song than when he shows up together with a band that doesn't do Sabaton.
@@darkiee69 I wouldn't call anything of those things as a surprise. More like Joakim likes to do fun stuff. He doesn't take himself too seriously.
Don't forget "Pumping Iron Power" by Grailknights feat. Joakim! Such a great song
Van Canto also has an awesome crowd-sourced cover of Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching) by Grave Digger.
I know that this really fits as a "special one-time thing" to feature on your channel, but even if it's just in your own time, you should check out "Lost Forever" by these guys. Spoiler alert - KILLER guitar solo. As always, great content man.
These guys are awesome, their cover of battery is amazing!! "
I know the first time that I heard Van Canto, I was like what is this, and why the hell do I like it. And it's awesome that you watch the same vocal reactions that I do.
Hey Tank, since I don´t know (might mave missed that) where to suggest you some songs you´re might interested in reaction to, I just do it here and hope will recognise it.
The first Band I´d love you watch reacting to is "Elvenking" with either their song "Loser" or "Invoking the woodland spirit". And my second guess would be "Nocturnal Bloodlust" with their song "Malice Against". After all I´d wanna thank you for making these videos and brighten up my days.
I remember catching part of an interview about why they have a drummer and not a vocal percussionist. They basically said that everyone they tried out for it would pass out
The female vocalist, Inga Scharf, also appears on the song "Evil Roots" by Dark Sarah, another band you need to check out. Also I love the whole Max Headroom thing they have Joakim doing in this video.