Blind Guardian "Battalions Of Fear"

[Sathan1]

Hahaha you guys, this is Speed Metal. That's why it "sort of" sounds like thrash, and sort of sounds like power metal. It's somewhere in the middle of both

[PinguHitlerParodies]

A LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE

[irondeth2]

This song kicks your ass til' diarrhea comes out your dick \m/

[Chakalissimo]

fuck off new gay power metal , dragay force fans go play your guitar hero

[Cappencarp]

I came buckets.

[TheAnriii]

lol, why is it so important for everyone to be sure in which tiny subgenere each song fits...like it changes anything

for me music is seperated in 2 groups only:

1) Awesome music

2) not metal

[suprsonickath]

Doesthis fit to Clinton as to Bush, Reagan and Obama?

[PAPASTHEGREAT]

gamatooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooo yieahhhhhhhhhh

[vitaminanime]

this *cough* sounds like cold war era propaganda *cough*

[Guyverhoeven]

can anyone recommend me other great speed metal like this?

[TheGoldenPS1]

@Guyverhoeven Iron Angel and Warhead.

[utterlybrilliant]

@Guyverhoeven

I'm also interested. Try English Dogs - Where Legend Began

[Mr2Interactive]

@Guyverhoeven Try Helloween's Walls of Jericho album, it's like this! Also Stratovarius 'Fright Night'. Or try the next Blind Guardian album after this called 'Follow the Blind'!

[zeroxcrusher]

true is that 90 % of power metal is bullshit. just low quality repeating boring music

[Rattleheadddddd]

Jajajaja i agree. Old School Power Metal. I love old school Thrash and Power. Bands like Kamelot, Avantasia, Angra, etc are not good (in my opinion). I like that fast, not very fantastic, strong and powerful sound. Honestly, Evile, Black Tide or Trivium or Slipknot (i know that they are not even related to Power) can suck my balls.

[mrbelmont2000]

Metal Church...Destruction.....Fuele­d By Fire.......Witchhaven....Maste­r Destructor....Strike Master

[Metalpefki]

Dragonforce are technically great but they do not know how to compose good songs..their songs suck ass they sound like super mario theme songs..blind guardian are far better..and of course firewind are the technically awesome too but their songs rock!

[mrbelmont2000]

@Metalpefki Dragon force are so gay

[powermetalfreak81]

@mrbelmont2000 yes fuck studioforce

[ThePainfulStorm]

@mrbelmont2000 so damn true

[lolchina666]

29.04.2011.... in belgrade (serbia) SKC!!!!! 

[zeroxcrusher]

oh come on follow the blind is their worst album. only good thing from there is valhall and hall of the king

[FilthHoundOfHades93]

this the power metal that I like

[ZioMaraho]

This is true metal!!!

[sweetttina666]

Another great band I couldnt afford to check out, i.e. "buy the record on a gamble and find out". Thank you Wolfgang and YouTube!

[wrendon]

el mejor disco de blind!!!!

[xxAtlantianKnightxx]

One of the best bands ever.

[111spid]

This is so fucking speed metal song!! AWESOME! I LOVE IT! MY FAVORITE!!!

[grobarRS]

Be by my side

Or you have to die

Believe what I do is the right!!

[wololoadidas]

FUCK R.R.

Hail Blind Guardian \m/

[DoomSc0t]

@wololoadidas mate what is R.R?

[wololoadidas]

@DoomSc0t Ronald Reagan, the whole song talks about him...even it also fits to Bush or the Joker, I mean, Obama.

Get informed about the NWO, the Bilderberg group and other stuff,if you like Iced Earth I suggest you to check out the solo project by Jon Schaffer, Sons of Liberty.

There are other bands against NWO like Megadeth (Endgame) Gamma Ray (No World Order), Shadow Gallery (Tyranny), among others, check 'em out.

[thetruesurvive]

battalions of fear and follow the blind are there only good records in my opinion, speed metal !!

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

"Tales From The Twilight World" and "Somewhere Far Beyond" are speed metal too, just with more of a power metal leaning

[souldefier]

Also "Imaginations From The Other Side" in parts.

[guyaneserocker12]

@WolfgangVonPoserkila  edge of time is also good

[silverwolfmusic999]

you are crazy

[rudisimo666]

@thetruesurvive I also liked only the first two, 'cause I'm a thrasher and I love speed metal. BUT I recommend you give a listen to "Somewhere Far Beyond".

[mrbelmont2000]

@thetruesurvive Speed Metal??? hahahahah

Thrash!!!!

[AgentOrange921]

@mrbelmont2000 thrash?! POWER METAL!!!

[WakingTheFire]

@AgentOrange921 power metal old school .

[TheGoldenPS1]

@mrbelmont2000 Speed metal (not power metal like Stormwitch, Helloween with Kai & Kiske, Scanner, Heavens Gate, Mania, Attack). And I hope for your own sake that you were kidding when you mentioned thrash because if you believe this is thrash then you are really retarded! As much backward as the other retro thrashers outhere who believes Helloween and Iron Angel are thrash.

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

@TheGoldenPS1 If you don't think theres any thrash on Iron Angel's "Hellish Crossfire" then I'm sorry my friend, but you are stupid.

[zazatoto]

are you deaf "supmayne1"?

[supmayne1]

Best Power Metal??

1.Helloween

2.Blind Guardian

3.Gamma Ray

4.Grave Digger

5.Stratovarius

[goheklikaplunco]

@supmayne1

Blind Guardian

Helloween

Iron Savior

Stratovarius

Labyrinth

[TheDruggedGamer]

I FUCKING LOVE this band.

[ZachValkyrie]

This is the only political song BG ever wrote.

And it STILL kicks ass!

\m/ Hail from the USA \m/

[hilltoprocks]

hails to you too dude and this is a great song!

Hail from the USA as well!

[Volta4401]

It sure is power metal!!.. and the most kick ass one

[Deathkill06]

his voice is so kai hansen influenced in this song lol.

[LeeWanderer]

Man, they sure did have a different sound back in the day, eh?

[lastdaysofhumanity6]

mighty old power metal

[hankaligali]

Just classic. Pure gold must say. Just got their A twist In The Myth album and it fuckin rocks...even that this album is much better on my opinion, maybe because I like more Thrash and Speed Metal but still. My order of music goes: Thrash, NWOBH, Power, Death, Black.

[ThrashTillDeath322]

@hankaligali those are all my favourites, except possibly in a slightly different order, and i'm not really into black metal, but blackened thrash like witchtrap is sweet.

[ultimatemanofwar]

this is how true power metal sounds !!!!!!!!! old school power metal !!!!! blind guardian along with gamma ray ,running wild , rage and grave digger are the best power metal !!!

[MrLeo666rock]

and you forgot manowar :D

[turyon]

Man! I totally agree with you,this is old school power metal.I got almost all the records of all the bands you named and play them once and again and I never get tired of´em.Got the oportunity to see them live and can´t even describe the energy those guys set on stage,the fury,the joy,the POWER!!!...

Simply a great band.

[turyon]

So,ultimatemanofwar finally rest to say "...If you like metal,you´re my friend..." I think you know where this come from...

A BIG HAIL TO METALHEADS EVERYWHERE!!!

[ultimatemanofwar]

and a big hail to you as well my friend !!!!!!!

[TheGreatDuck]

You forgot Helloween,Accept and Stormwitch.

[arkonastriborg123]

@ultimatemanofwar this is not power metal its speed with a bit of thrash power is slower with high pitch vocals

[Soulman706]

@ultimatemanofwar Dont forget Helloween during the Hansen era.

[theblackendone]

@ultimatemanofwar

you forgot iced earth lol

[mrbelmont2000]

@ultimatemanofwar this sounds like thrash to me

[Ishykawa]

This is so badass. How can you not like this song?

[JamesIsMyNamo]

I normally don't like the vocals of Blind Guardian, which is why I don't really listen to them, but this is great!

[l2yanthegreat]

power thrash + singing vocals > trash thrash

[hankaligali]

fuck you. ever heard of Iced Earth, mostly I dont like it but some songs are pure gold because they sound so thrash and still so power metal.

[l2yanthegreat]

yeah.. i'm saying that blind guardian and iced earth are better than just pure thrash for those reasons

[BDaniel3]

LOL Are you better than Hansi, sucker?

[guillotinedeath]

Listen to Helloween Walls of Jericho

a badass album from Gamma Rays

lead singer/guitarist

[KROMEXICAN]

wow this is early power metal, just the way i prefer it.

[l2yanthegreat]

seriously

[TheSymmachus]

This was a pretty cool song; I need to listen to some more old Blind Guardian. I already own their album Somewhere Far Beyond, so that's cool.

[MrRenakin]

I learned about Blind Guardian, and its just amazing. DragonForce, is cool, but they waste their talent on repeated songs.

[irondeth2]

@MrRenakin dragonforce are posers ad rhapsody wannabes.

[taismagah]

Nuss como v6 conseguem

[batatathecarrier]

nos somos mais desenvolvidos q vc

[Hellstormenter]

Kinda sounds like thrash metal

[ensiferum886]

thought the same xD

[Hellstormenter]

nothing wrong with that tho thrash is awesome!

[EvanMcMillan]

yeha they do, a good mix of speed and power

[metalmind1000]

why you hate power metal , saying that is blasphemy ....power metal is the best genre along with heavy , death and thrash

[MetalForBlood666]

I really hate power metal but the early Blind Guardian is awesome and i fucking like it!

I love old school metal and stuff!

But i prefer Blackned Death Metal

[Blacktrain22]

Fuck, forgot a period after the first shit in the last comment ANYWAYS, BLIND GUARDIAN!!!!!!

[Blacktrain22]

fucking heavy metal to the max this the fucking shit i hate most of whats considered todays metaal aargghh most of that guttural crap or all pisses the shit out me real stuff that really does make you fucking bang your head and kill someone HELL yeah power fucking metal and THrash the real metal that once existed in the 80's KICK IN YOUR FACE RAPE AND MURDER YOUR WIFE!!! BANG YOUR GODDAMN HEADS RAISE YOUR GLASS TO TRUE METAL.

[caosenelsotano]

All songs and riffs in this particular album are fucking amazing!! true german melodic speed metal!!!

[FabinhoBlue]

"holy shit they sound so different then the nwest album"

Yes.....here it´s better \o/

[KaraZyJohnny]

holy shit they sound so different then the nwest album

[veenhuizen101]

remember that this album was recorded 20 years ago

[PiemanV2]

damn i love these guys..they are so fast paced

[drummerinSD]

THIS is how power metal is supposed to be =D hell yeah! i just started listen yo these guys, and they sound alot like helloween back in the 80`s, wich is GREAT! fucking awesome metal!

[thunderdeth]

tHIS is A Very Power Song

[Tomossj]

@thunderdeth its speed....

[super7fanboy]

i love the cover

[Nikos74gr]

After all these years, still sounds perfect power kicking ass !!!

[delarge84]

This is what I call epic! BG's best album. period.

[brutalictesku]

Just Awesome!

[samgong222]

Ronald Reagan

[Dav5bg]

it is true.

[relampagoazu]

Ok thanks.

[relampagoazu]

What is R.R?

Excellent song.

[Jen32484]

I LOVE Blind Guardian! Every album they've put out owns.

[meiahehe]

Power Metal Old School Rules!!!!!!!

[PresidentBagel]

Blind Guardian has always ruled.

[Gunsnrosesgal]

Can someone explain to me the difference between power metal and thrash?

[dhysbvj]

thrash is more in n. america and power is more in europe the deifference is that thrash is more similiar to speed but more harder and lyrically is more about social issues while power is more lighter in music more melodic and the lyrics are often epics

[skatt18]

as well thrash is more aggresive in violent you could say, power metal is big and epic, where as thrash is more crude and abrasive.

[weekendwarrior333]

One of the best speedmetal songs

All the new songs of Blind Guardian sucks!!!

Only the first two albums have the power

[xYuki7]

No their new songs own too

[judgemaster9999]

A great song as you said agreed, actually just fucking brilliant. But some albums after the first two are great such as Imaginations from the other side.

Your last statement is a bit off, some of the other albums do have power, but they do lose the great speed. Hence why theyre more commonly just called Power not Speed metal now.

[metalson66]

great track

[DeathMetal244]

this is just plain metal

5 star

[bogeyrogue]

CONCURED

[dominic508]

Prefer their more recent stuff (like Nightfall in middle earth) Cos it's more like power metal than thrash

[DraegonSpawn]

I must agree with Dominic the more recent music by BG is much better especially their most recent album A Twist In The Myth

[hansisammet]

Damn they've changed alot over the years. Still a graet band anyway.

[LaCometaRossa]

già storia, peccato che la russia continui a essere una merda

[HaloTrooper1]

radio should air great thrash like this

[masterblaster2700]

stupid ass motha fuka

[jacksonthrasher]

i wouldn't say so much thrash as speed metal. because its more melodic, though there isn't much difference between the two genres, still they should have aired this!

[war6ensemble]

You can't call this thrash lol.. nice speed riffing though

[Possessed420]

there ok...Nothing compared to Helloween.

[jacksonthrasher]

nothing compared to helloween? they're as good or better.

[IlzeRoIl]

Solo from 2:14 - 3:05 kicks so much ass.

[robertplant3]

STORIA

[indianabos]

MITICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Raffatheironmaiden]

The Solo kick some fucking ass

really nice effects

[kwpower29]

Battalions of Fear is great. One of their best.

[DemonicScreams666]

I found this albume in FYE the other day, it's fucking great \m/

[masterblaster2700]

D-BAG

[shitkore]

thats fucking kickass

[metalhead6900]

\m/