Man, hearing Hansi sing in German is not something you hear every day

Thank you for your reaction :) A bit of background: It's the first single from Saltatio Mortis' upcoming concept album Finsterwacht, an hommage to German tabletop RPG Das Schwarze Auge (DSA)/The Dark Eye (TDE) for it's 40 years aniversary. The box contains the CD, a novel, a tabletop adventure book (choose your own adventure style) and dice. Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval rock band, but they also mix in different music styles. Finsterwacht are a line of towers/beacons in the mountains of Finsterkamm, as last line of defense between the lands of humans and orcs at Heldentrutz, a part of Weiden in the Middenrealm at the continent of Aventuria. Their function is to warn the people as seen in the video. The video took 4 days of shooting, with a lot of LARPers - which is why they have such good costumes. The choir at the beginning and end is from Prague. Hansi from Blind Guardian sings at the chorus, sometimes alone, sometimes with Saltatio Mortis' lead singer Alea.

Saltatio Mortis do more medieval folk metal, while Blind Guardian are quite known for power metal. And both bands have a knack for fantasy-related themes, hence the collab. - I think they merged their respective styles for this song quite well. Saltatio Mortis have two bagpipe players (one of whom also is a builder of bagpipes), and one hurdygurdy, so, yep, what you hear here are very most likely bagpipes. The video was actually shot in only 4 days. Some of the band members are doing LARP (live action role playing) and medieval reenactment, so all the people seen in this video, including the orcs, were from that background, bringing their own stuff along. Sadly, Blind Guardian had no business going LARPing, so they can only be heard in this video, not seen.

This Mittelalter Metal (Medieval metal) There is a huge scene in Germany With Saltatio Mortis, Feuerchwanz and In Extremo leading the charge. These bands all make heavy use of traditional instruments like Bagpipes, Violin, whistles and Hurdy Gurdies. The Finsterwacht CD ships with a D&D type game called DSA for Das Schwarze Auge (DSA, The Dark Eye)

@Kullioking

Ай бұрын

do not forget Subway to Sally and Schandmaul.

Yes, they have also cooperation with the game Industrie. You should react to " Pray to the hunter" "The dragonborn comes " and "My mother told me "

@M-und-M

Ай бұрын

“Pray to the Hunter” definitely, that’s a little more epic than “Dragonborn Comes”

you have to watch and react to Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song & Valhalla - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016 the them with 80.000 metalheads ^^

Saltatio Mortis - Folk / Medival Metal. Blind Guardian - Power Metal

Great Reaction! All Members are in the Video. The Singers Name is ,,Alea der Bescheidene,, (Alea the Humble One), the Guy with the arrow in the Neck is ,,Luzi das L,, (Luzi the L) he is one of the Bagpipes Player, the one who dies on the tree is ,,Bruder Frank,, (Brother Frank) is the Bass Player, the Guy who sacrifices himself for his comrade is Till Promill (Till Alcohol Level) is the Guitarist, the with Bald Head is ,,El Silbador,, the Second Bagpipe Player (Funfact the Bagpipe Player is make your own instruments), the Guy with black Hair is ,, Jean Méchant,, the Drummer of the Band (and exzellent Guitar Player to), and last not least the Guy with the Long Hair is ,,Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein,, (Falk Irmenfried from Bunny-Eatstone) he is the Hurdy Gurdy Player (and Bagpipes to). The Song are from the Upcoming Album ,,Finsterwacht,, comes out in May, and ist a Art of concept Album and Homage to the German Pen&Paper/Table Top Game ,,Das Schwarze Auge,, (The Black Eye).

@dick_darlington

Ай бұрын

Rondra zum Gruße!

This video is the first release of what is called "Finsterwacht" - an insane project by the very well known "folk/medival metal" Band Saltatio Mortis, the german fantasy writers "Bernhard Hennen" & "Torsten Weitze" (two of the biggest names in German Fantasy writing") and the pen & Paper game "Das Schwarze Auge" - the german version of Dungeons and Dragons basically. Band and writers met to layout a story places in aventurien, the world of Das Schwarze Auge - the band made the audio album and the writers wrote a book, in which the bandmembers play mayor roles. The video here combines the meaning of "Finsterwacht" - which is a group of watchmen, who guard the realm of men from the evil side of orcs and other monsters. Whenever the monsters attack, the watchmen light up "Die Feuer der Finsterwacht" - a chain of watchtowers to warn the humans of the approaching thread. The dude with the curly hair handing in the scroll, is actually Bernhard Hennen - the German Tolkien - who is a lifetime friend of Hudry gurdy player Falk (the guy who throws the torch into the watchtower)... Its a pretty insane project of friends who in their respected areas they all became experts.

Thank you Geebz

my mother told me by saltatio mortis and the dragonborn comes/pray to the hunter also gamebased tracks.. one with a valhalla theme the other 2 from elder scrolls

I mean, you are a very nervous reactor

Imminence with song “Continuum”……

Too Vicking~esk😂sorry, can't take it seriously

@marge2548

2 ай бұрын

Well, the song and the video were made for the 40th anniversary of a a German D&D-style game, so all the "epicness" is definitely to be taken with a grain of salt. Read, it is more derived from the game than from the usual style of the band. It suits the RPG campaign the song is associated with very well, though. Which is essentially what the video was made for. The band have done several gaming-associated videos so far (next to many more conventional ones) because they just have fun with these shenanigans. One song (Pray to the Hunter) was even officially requested by Bethesda and was used for Elder Scrolls Online, and they went completely for the look of the ESO game in that one. But I see where this sort of stuff might actually seem a bit weird if one is not into that kind of things at all.

@Muschelschubs3r

Ай бұрын

You can't even spell Viking correctly. Who should take YOU seriously?

This is the universe of "Das Schwarze Auge" (The Black Eye), a pen and paper rpg I played back in the days (the 90s) Rondra is the goddess of battle and thunderstorms. Rondra is assigned to the pantheon of the twelve gods. Her color is blood red, her sacred animal the roaring lioness. The number consecrated to the goddess is two. The aventurian Rondra temples are usually heavily fortified, the consecrated are well armed with chain mail, tunic and sword and the ecclesiastical ranks are reminiscent of military ones. The consecrated are very proud and spare no challenge to prove themselves worthy before their prove themselves worthy before their mistress. Cowardice and deceit are the most most despicable things a devotee of Rondra can imagine. Rondrians greet each other by bringing the sword fist to the heart. Sry I am a nerd 😂