Thank you for all the kind words! Love your channel! ❤

@alexandrarodriguez3269

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously no one has noticed this gem?

@randomsigma2200

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrarodriguez3269 I'm shocked, but well at least it has some likes.

Kind of crazy how much Tommy has improved since joining Kamelot. It will never be the same, but everyone should be able to be objective and admit that he's a fantastic live performer now. Great video Beth! I love this song and this performance.

@mr.spongylikeaboss4987

3 жыл бұрын

Tommy is better than Roy

@m_nivon1652

3 жыл бұрын

I won't call it exactly improvement, he always was even way before joining Kamelot a fantastic singer, just check his voice in Seventh Wonder (his first band) or Ayreon project (in both cases both in studio and live), many of Kamelot songs are not in that range of dynamic or difficulty of those songs, Kamelot to this day actually did not use Tommy's voice to its full potential, specially in his first album, after that the other two album were better in using his voice but nowhere near what could have been. edit for spelling

@ghostrecon3214

3 жыл бұрын

He is a beast. He and Roy are different but both simply amazing.

@MsStecarl

3 жыл бұрын

he has always been a great live preformer, i saw them live on theyre 1st tour, 2012 i think, sacremony tour. He was great. I always prefeerd karevik with seventh wonder, but IMO he is 1 of the best replacments for Khan

@swedishgooner6339

2 ай бұрын

Hmm, I think Tommy was amazing back when he sang in Seventh Wonder…

Tommy is one of my favorite singers. Such a beautiful voice.

Charlotte is from Delain, also a band worth checking out. Especially the ones with Marco from Nightwish. :)

@dallassukerkin6878

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, Delain is one of the very few bands where I bought their debut album on the strength of half a song :). I walked into the living room where my late wife was watching MTV and this was playing ... kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWGMj5uOftiZfto.html

@Rosannasfriend

3 жыл бұрын

She sounds better with Tommy then Marco.

@tobiasfehrer5493

3 жыл бұрын

@@dallassukerkin6878 April Rain is a Classic tbh, I love Delain in general and this is perhaps my favourite song from them!

@newbiesama

3 жыл бұрын

@@dallassukerkin6878 years ago they were the opening act to kamelot. But at that time she wasn't great live. She has really uped that in the years

As much as I like Tommy in Kamelot, his vocals in his Other band Seventh Wonder and even with Ayreon are much better and more diverse and free

@prado.arielfo

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@draganakuzmanovic911

3 жыл бұрын

That's because in these two bands he is Tommy Karevik, while in Kamelot he's Roy's copy.

@086myler1234

3 жыл бұрын

@@draganakuzmanovic911 Ya, he's always tried to put on that dark mysterious Roy Khan voice in Kamelot instead of being given the freedom to sing with his more natural style seen in Seventh Wonder and Ayreon

@bslsk.o

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Kamelot made him to copy what Roy does and kinda stop him from singing his full potential.

@Kelly.sapphire

3 жыл бұрын

Got to see 7th Wonder last year. They were awesome and I do feel like he gets to use more range then in Kamelot.

"You may call me a dreamer Call me a fool" I love this song and I love Tommy's voice... 🤘🏻

Thank you for doing this. Tommy Karevik is awesome.

The vocals in this song is painfully good :-)

I love when you react to bands like Kamelot and Nightwish, especially since both have had different eras of singers.

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His name is Tommy Karevik, he's married to Kobra Paige from Kobra and the Lotus.

@RaptorMk2

3 жыл бұрын

Another band Beth should react to. Kobra is classically trained and has an amazing voice... And seems like she would be a blast to hang out with.

@pete_lind

3 жыл бұрын

Kamelot keyboardist , Oliver Palotai , is married to Epica vocalist Simone Simons .

@bslsk.o

3 жыл бұрын

I think Tommy sings with Kobra does backing vocals in Seventh Wonder - Beyond Today. Its just beautiful.

@danno5662

3 жыл бұрын

wow lets see if they do something together

I saw you did this video and I immediately liked it. This song is just so beautiful.

Your positivity has always been infectious. It's wonderfully uplifting in this video.

I'm happy to see someone finally listen to this, its one of my favorite Kamelot songs, with, in my opinion, a lot of emotion behind it.

His voice is amazing.

Hey you, congrats on hitting 500K Subscribers!!!!

Finally someone reacted to this song! I love this!

Tommy has done some great work in Ayreon as well. At some point you should have a listen to that project to. "The Day that the World breaks down" or "Everbody dies" could be a good place to start.

@TorIverWilhelmsen

3 жыл бұрын

Or the latest Ayreon album, _Transitus_ - here with Simone Simons: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oa6htrqhYqaoh9o.html

If you want to hear what Tommy can really do (as if this wasn't impressive enough), check out his other band Seventh Wonder. The song Alley Cat is a good place to start.

@corinna007

3 жыл бұрын

"The Promise" is really great too.

Please react to Tommys other band, Seventh Wonder, or to him in Ayreon! I guarantee you will be amazed!

@killuazoldyck6452

3 жыл бұрын

Ayreon is A-MAZ-ING

Charlotte's one of my favorites. This combo's really nice. Love your Reaction.

More Kamelot, please!!!

I love Roy, and no one can replace him. However, I absolutely love Tommy-era Kamelot as well. Tommy is such a good singer. If you listen to his other band, Seventh Wonder, you see how much he's emulating Khan's style for Kamelot.

Love this track.

One of my favorite songs. We played the album version at my wedding

Tommy has said that he's never had any singing lessons, tho that was around the time he joined Kamelot (2012). He may have had some since 🤷‍♂️

Hi Beth, I don’t know if you’ll even see this, but just wanted to say that I love your videos! You are so positive and your interpretations and breakdowns are always so fun to watch. Tommy Karevik is hands down my favorite singer in any genre. He is incredibly talented and though he is very good in Kamelot, he is outstanding in his original (and still also current) band “Seventh Wonder” as their songs use more of his range and vocal flexibility. He’s also a wonderful human being and has been a firefighter in Sweden until he moved to Canada to be with his wife Kobra. If you’re ever looking for more of Tommy’s vocals I highly recommend checking out Seventh Wonder! Either way, all the best to you and thank you for all of the great videos and reactions!

Thanks, Beth!

DELAIN - Masters of Destiny.

Yea. It's true that Tommy does get kinda overshadowed by Roy; and that's speaking from someone who's favorite singer has been Roy Khan for years. I personally like Roy more because of his versatility in the songs themselves (Each album is quite a bit different than the last) and his unique voice. With that being said, I do think that Tommy has done an amazing job thus-far, a nice change to Kamelot, and by all rights just as talented. Highly recommend anyone new to Kamelot to dive into all their albums and enjoy the different experiences. It's all good; like Nightwish XD

@maxjacoby3048

2 жыл бұрын

sorry to be so off topic but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

@maxjacoby3048

2 жыл бұрын

@Ricky Jacoby Thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@maxjacoby3048

2 жыл бұрын

@Ricky Jacoby It worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thanks so much, you really help me out !

@rickyjacoby8733

2 жыл бұрын

@Max Jacoby Glad I could help :)

@Sunedosa

2 жыл бұрын

While Khan was more brilliant at times he often had issues live, pushing it that much made his studio performances harder to replicate while Tommy nails it every time. I like them both equally but live i prefer Tommy.

Tommy, Marko & Floor (NW), Simone Simons, Hansi (Blind Guardian) with more are also singing in Ayreon - you should check that. A good introduction to Ayreon is "The Day the World Breaks Down"

@ghostrecon3214

3 жыл бұрын

Ayreon is the best, you basically get a showcase of some of the best musicians and singers in the genre.

Tommy is also one of the main singers on Ayreon’s latest album Transitus (Simone Simons also) and other albums. He also sang in the live concert Ayreon Universe Live.

Thank you for reacting to this masterpiece!!!

PLEASE REACT TO CONCEPTION!!! Roy Khan is still phenomenal! 😊🤘

Tommy is such a good person. In fact, he just quit his daytime job this year (as a firefighter in Sweden), to go full out with music. I think that he really deserves all this!

Can't believe this is the only reaction on KZread to that beautiful performance. We have to do something about that!

Of course Charlotte is Dutch. There's a bit of a theme : Simone Simons, Sharon den Adel, Floor Jansen, Anneke van Giersbergen, Zora Cock (from Blackbriar)....

@iDEATH

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is a list! I'd love to see Blackbriar and Zora get some more notice. I've really been enjoying what they've been doing. Maybe one day we'll get a full album from them (or am I confusing them with someone else?)?

@darkomaric3000

3 жыл бұрын

Also Dianne van Giersbergen (ex. Xandria)

@nigeldepledge3790

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkomaric3000 - Good point. I'm not really familiar with her or Xandria's work.

@nigeldepledge3790

3 жыл бұрын

@@iDEATH - Well, I can't see inside your head, but Blackbriar have only released EPs and a solid dozen or so videos on KZread. My current faves of theirs are Beautiful Delirium, Arms of the Ocean and Until Eternity. Do these titles ring any bells?

@zacharypishock2982

3 жыл бұрын

Your wish will be granted soon! Their first full album comes out in April 2021 :)

I LOVE charlotte’s voice and she’s just an awesome person through and through (support her on Patreon y’all!!!)

Just got caught back up. To much life over the last few days! I will miss these daily gifts post advent! Thanks for. Them!!

One of my favourite Kamelot songs. ❤ Tommy is an amazing singer. And he can actually hit higher notes, too; Check out "The Promise" by his other band Seventh Wonder. Also, in addition to fronting two bands, he was a firefighter in Sweden for many years. (He lives here in Canada now, so I don't know if he found another firefighting job or not.)

@kmacgregor6361

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of funny Tommy's high note is in The Promise and Roy Khan's high note is in The Promiser. They actually have almost identical vocal range over their careers - Roy has one tone lower than Tommy. Of course Roy is 12 years older than Tommy and doesn't have the same high range anymore.

He's a wonderful singer 😍

Charlotte Wessels is awesome! Check out Delani - The Gathering Masters of Rock 2017 with Marco Hietala

Hi Beth, check out Tommy along with Simone Simons from Epica in the new Ayreon project 'Transitus' very theatrical, but fantastic: Ayreon - Daniel’s Descent into Transitus Medley (Official Video)

Please react to Delain - Master of destiny

Charlotte is my favorite singer from my favorite band. Also one of the most authentic person I have ever met

Finally! I've been waiting for you to hear Charlotte. Delain is one of my favorite bands, and their work with Marko and Alissa White-Gluz is just fantastic as well. Also, Phantom Divine and Sacrimony from this show are great listens as well. (feat. Lauren Hart and Elize Ryd & Alissa White-Gluz, respectively) Edit: Charlotte has both classical and jazz training. She's said that she finds purely classical techniques to be too limiting.

I really enjoyed your reaction and analysis, I don't know how I haven't found your channel earlier. It would be awesome to see you react to some other major symphonic metal bands such as Therion or Xandria

What about some Within Temptation in the future?

@Beth Roars, I am curious about what you think about Charlotte's breathing here. You can hear almost a gasp when she breathes in, and I am curious if this is something that the music mixers normally edit out, or if she is breathing in more quickly than usual? Or something else entirely? I agree, they are both amazing singers, and they sound so good together.

I wonder why you are using the names for them that you are using? Charlotte Wessels is not known as Johanna even if that is actually one of her first names. Also, Tommy Karevik's name is not Paige, it's either Karevik(as he's known) or "Karevik Paige" as his civilian name goes. Paige is his wife('s middle name, not even her family name). It's just as confusing, as if I told you that Richard Tiffany was good in "Pretty Woman" - yes, technically Tiffany is part of his family name, but everyone knows him as Richard Gere... I know it might sound harsh towards you, but it is a lot more confusing for us... we don't need to know them by their private names that they don't use professionally, it's none of our beeswax... wanna dox them too? Otherwise, keep up the good work, I love your content.

Tommy is singing a bit like Roy Khan when he is singing for Kamelot, but he has more colourful voice when he is singing for Seventh Wonder. I hope Beth will encounter one of the Seventh Wonder songs and will see some differences.

finally a kamelot one again!

Hi Elizabeth his name is Tommy Karevik

This was great! I would love to see you react to some Delain songs, Charlotte is wonderful :) can highly recommend Masters of Destiny and Burning Bridges.

So when are you going to do some Delain? Suggest either "Masters of Destiny" or "Burning Bridges" .. How about ......................... BOTH!

Interesting, I'll check them later 👍

great choice of singer!

I think you would really enjoy listening to Dan Vasc. He has an amazing range and covers all kinds of genres. One of his most recent songs is 'I'll make a man out of you' from Mulan.

I saw Delain and Kamelot (and Eklipse!) in 2013 and got to meet the members of Delain after the show. Charlotte was super nice and funny and put her arm around me for a photo. I apologized if I was sweaty and stinky, and she laughed and said, "Don't worry, I am too. That's the reason for this!" and she gestured to the hoodie and her pulled back hair. Big fan of her and Delain.

I like both Karevik and Roy Khan. But Roy singing just gives different emotion to Kamelot song. And hey if everyone misses Roy Khan, he has returned with his first band Conception!!! Ps. I would like to hear you analyse my favourite contralto, Magali Luyten. And maybe Taylor Momsen too.

You really should react to her band, delain! Charlotte is amazing

Pliss rearct to delain - masters of destiny

@RaptorMk2

3 жыл бұрын

I think We Are The Others would be better for Beth, considering she's UK based. The story would probably be extra meaningful for her.

Beth, pretty please listen to Ayreon Hopelessly slipping away. It's Tommy and Cammie Gilbert in a duet. With spoken words from the fourth Doctor Tom Baker. It's from Ayreons latest album Transitus, released this year. Or Daniels decent into Transitus medley with Tommy as Daniel and Simone Simons as the angel of death with Marcela Bovio and Caroline Westendorp as Furies. I think you'd love both of them. And Arjen, the genius behind the music, usually drops in in the comment section when he notice that someone had done a reaction video.

Your videos always make me smile, specially when you feel so touched for metal music! Beth, I kindly suggest you to check GEORG NEUHAUSER, from band Serenity. I'm pretty sure you will love his voice, trust me! Best regards

Beth, "Gamma Ray-Last Before the Storm live at Wacken 2003" pleeeeease!

May i suggest another great song from them? Sacrimony live

Honestly, after Roy chose to leave Kamelot all those years ago I don't think they could have found a better replacement than Tommy. Both great singers

Love your videos! Could you do a reaction/analysis to the song Missing by Everything But The Girl? She has my favorite singing voice ever. Thanks!

You should listen to Tommy with seventh wonder, Break the silence live. Such an experience...

I know there are not enough people around, who even remembers that Band, butt if you want to hear a masterpiece, please check out the Band: >Menhir Hildebrandslied

Please do a review of Tommy with his other band, Seventh Wonder, if you wanna here him i think in his true form.

Please check out Sleep Token - Blood Sport (From the Room Bellow) . Possibly my most favorite vocalist out there.

Here is another from Devin Townsend called Mountain Top, with Ché Aimee Dorval. If you have not heard it, I would love to see your reaction to it. It is very different to the other songs of his you have reacted to.

Would love to hear you discuss Louis Armstrong.

man you gotta check out Seventh Wonder now! Tommy really gets to show off with that band

Hey Beth. I'm not losing my mind... you did have a reaction to a Delain video at one point? Or did youtube make it disappear?

Although Charlotte's first name is actually Johanna, referring to her at the start 0:21 as Johanna is like going up to Elton John and saying "Oi Reg". Sadly I think I was the only person (judging from other comments) who picked up on this. I think I have seen a video of her stating that she finds it weird when people call her Johanna as she is so used to people using her stage name.

OK you need to check out Charlottes the diveint hearts.

You should check Tommy Karevic's work on his band "SEVENTH WONDER", it's just mindblowing... So much higher range than Kamelot, check the "Welcome to Atlanta" DVD.

0:20 who's Joanna? 1:40 who's Tommy Page? 😅

😎✌️🏻

I got a real deep cut request, Toby Driver's "Gamma Knife".

Not to mention, these vocalists are under huge pressure. They are performing, how some can only perform in private. It's a gigantic feat.

You should check out chad gray from mudvayne/hellyeah his song hush is great!!

Tommy Paige?....Tommy Karevik...is a swede....🇸🇪 Do Sacremony with Tommy live in Quebec.....

Check out Let all Despair by Ashes of Ares

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8:29 Holy shit is that good

Charlotte and Tommy are great. This song is beautiful. On the the studio version, Troy of Nightwish is also featured. Like Nightwish, it’s hard to compare the vocalists of this band. So I just enjoy each era instead

You MUST react to Seventh Wonder, Tommy Karevik's band...

please please please do Ana Carolina e Seu Jorge - É isso aí (the blower's daughter)

You should listen to seventh wonder.. Best tommy band for far..

I'm going to push back a bit on the "female fronted metal" thing. I think it is a bit of it's own subgenre, and why shouldn't it be? Men and women have different sounding voices (see the video above for two wonderful examples), and what are those voices but the singers instrument, right? Saying a band is "female fronted" is just a short-form, like you might say "three piece", "chamber quartet" or "choir", because it gives you some relevant information about the band and the way they are going to sound. This can certainly make a difference to the listener, such as myself, because I prefer the sound of the female voice. There are a lot male vocalists I absolutely adore (like Tommy here), but all other things being equal, if you asked me to choose between a male and female vocalist the latter is going to get my vote at least 9 times out of 10. So if you want to sell me on a band I've never heard, saying "female fronted" is a sure way to get my attention. End of the day, like anything else, "female fronted metal band" is just a collection of words. It'd be awful if some talented young women out there let themselves be shamed into thinking that somehow diminishes them or their talent in any way. I suggest taking ownership of it instead.

@fountainPoison

3 жыл бұрын

The point is that "male fronted" shouldn't be seen as the default. If you're going to say a band is "female fronted", you should be calling the alternative "male fronted". Plus female fronted bands and their singers voices vary so much, it doesn't make sense to use male or female fronted as the defining characteristic. We don't seem to do this in other genres, so why do it for metal?

@iDEATH

3 жыл бұрын

@@fountainPoison Why shouldn't male fronted be seen as the default when those bands are the vast majority? Until that changes, what's the inherent harm? I think there's even an argument to be made that "female fronted" as a term is a net benefit as it does call special attention to those bands. In the long run, perhaps that will inspire more women to get into making metal music because the women who are already doing it aren't hidden among the vast ocean of male fronted bands? Being the minority, atypical or even abnormal is not synonymous with bad. It's not inherently a negative, they all just mean "not the majority". Someone has to _make_ it negative, has to consciously make that determination. I'm saying don't do that. Let the changes happen organically. Think about the medical profession. You hardly ever hear "female doctor" anymore because it's just not unusual (and a doctors sex never was relevant to what they do). Women even outnumber men in many specialties. But doesn't the sex of their OB-GYN matter to a lot of women? In that case, wouldn't it be appropriate to say when recommending a certain doctor to someone that they are "a male OB-GYN"? People need to stop going out of their way to take offence to things.

@fountainPoison

3 жыл бұрын

@@iDEATH you're really over complicating this. Is it that big of a deal to you to keep using "female-fronted" metal band? A number of women singers in metal have expressed they don't like it and explained why. Is it so hard to respect that? It's not saying to never mention or point out that the singer in the band is a woman but a band being labeled as "metal but female-fronted" is othering rather than inclusive. A lot of times these bands with women vocalists don't get to be in the same category as other bands for no other reason than having a woman vocalist despite being otherwise identical.

@fountainPoison

3 жыл бұрын

@@iDEATH also no one says "so-and-so is a male ob-gyn". Like, that's not part of their title. People just say "so-and-so is an ob-gyn".

@iDEATH

3 жыл бұрын

@@fountainPoison No, it's not othering. Taking it that way is a conscious choice. Offence is always taken, never given. Also, as I think I was clear on in the OP, men and women singers are not "otherwise identical". Their voices, their instruments, are undeniably different. You wouldn't ask for a chello when you wanted a violin. Who doesn't put these bands in the same category? I don't even understand that. The standards are the standards, full stop. End of the day, nothing matters save for the talent and skill of the instrumentalists and vocalists. If they can't cut it, if they aren't good, then who cares about them at all? It doesn't matter what they've got between their legs, really, it only matters how they sound.

She kinda loves that pause button on this video

Don't know any other way to get in touch, but you should check out a song called "Raining On The Sky" by a band called NAKED. Actually, the entire album is awesome. Not really recommending for the vocals only. Just great songs.

Please react to Death Blooms by Mudvayne

you should hear him with seventh wonder

A reaction for soda stereo, génesis unppluged please.

Glad you got to #Charlotte_Wessels. When rounding out the catalog of clean singing metal frontwomen don't miss #Sabine_Edelsbacher #Chiara_Tricarico #Clementine_Delauney #Nicolette_Rosellini and so many other Italians #Maria_Mar #Elise_Bojise?

You should react to Tommy singing "Into the Black Hole" with Ayreon.