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As many have requested, here it comes:
"You raise me up" - 1 Octave higher than the original.
It's most for fun, of course. But it really was a challenge and a different touch to one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Music by: Rolf Løvland
Lyrics by: Brendan Graham
R ...Gary Moore has always been my nr. 1 and "The Loner" has always been a huge favorite of mine.
The first song I ever recorded at the age of 14 was this song.
Maybe one day I will release that!
This is a cover of Gary Moore's version, not the Cozy Powell version.
And for the fi ..."GO THE DISTANCE"
Originally performed by Michael Bolton
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by David Zippel
Released 1997 by Walt Disney.
From the movie "Hercules" - 1997
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---- ...”The Winner Takes It All”
Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Originally performed by ABBA
From the album "Super Trouper" 1980
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If ...Last year I appeared on this cover together with Symphonic Power Metal band "Dream Ocean".
I've always wanted to do this song by myself, and finally the times has come.
Recorded in a haunted house in Italy in the summer of 2022 with a full team behind me to make this happen.
B ...As a tribute to the late Queen Elisabeth II that ruled the UK for 70 years.
"Who Wants To Live Forever" - Queen
Written by: Brian May
From the album "A Kind Of Magic" from 1986
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New year - new videos!!
First one up is an Epic Power Metal Version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler!
I wish you a great 2023 and thanks for your support here on YouTube!!
..."CIRCLE OF LIFE"
From the movie ”LION KING” 1994
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Released 1994 by Walt Disney
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Thank you!! ? ...After many requests, here it comes: "She's Gone" by the mighty Steelheart!
"She's Gone" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Miljenko Matijevic
From the album "Steelheart " - 1990
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If you like my work and wanna support me I'd be more than happy fo ...This cover of the "Disturbed" version of 'Sound of Silence' by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel is dedicated to my friend Christian Sundberg who is no longer with us.
A great friend, father, brother and son who left us too early.
This song is for you, Christian.
"Sound of Silence" ...”One of us”
Written by: Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Originally performed by ABBA
From ”The Visitors” - 1981
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If you like my wor ..."Hallelujah" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Leonard Cohen
From the album "Various Positions " - 1984
Dedicated to my dear childhood friend, Emil!
✘ Song recorded, produced and performed by Tommy Johansson
✘ Video edited by Tommy Johansson
✘ Charvel So-Cal Burgund ...Video recorded during the North American tour with Sabaton and Epica 2022.
Recorded in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Graceland, Camden, Montreal CA, Minneapolis, Detroit, Richmond, Las Vegas, LA, Hollywood, Boston to name some of the places.
A BIG thanks to tho ...”St. Elmos Fire (Man in motion)”
Written by: David Foster & John Stephen Parr
Originally performed by John Parr
From ”St. Elmos Fire” (soundtrack) - 1986
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------- ...A new recorded version of the song I sang 2009 when I won the Swedish Karaoke Championship.
I've always loved this song and it was about time to record it for real.
"Alone" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Steinberg William E / Kelly Thomas F
From the album "Bad Animals " ...The best ballads did not ONLY come from the 80's. The 90's sure had a lot of great and powerful songs for us through the years.
A giant tribute to this great band GIANT with the mighty Dann Huff in charge!
"I'll See You In My Dreams" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Alan ...This cover was first recorded back in 2009 with me, Calle Sundberg, Mattias Johansson and Christian Sundberg (R.I.P. my dear friend)
I would like to dedicate this song to my best friend Calle who sang the 2nd part of the 2nd verse in such a great way that I kept it the same wa ...Finally it's time to make this glorious song!
When I heard the end of this song on VH1 at the age of 15 I knew I wanted to become a singer and went online and BOUGHT a Skid Row album without knowing the name of the song or which album it was on.
A week later it came in the mai ..."You're the voice"
Written by: Andy Qunta, Chris Thompson, Keith Reid & Maggie Ryder
Originally performed by John Farnham
From the album "Whispering Jack" - 1986
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------- ..."EMPTY ROOMS" - Gary Moore
Written by: Gary Moore & Neil Carter
From the album "Victims of the future" -- 1983
This version is based on the live version from "Live at Isstadion 1987" during the Wild Frontier Tour
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If you like my work and wanna support ...Finally the mix between Sabaton and Disney is back - DISNEYTON
I started to sing Sabaton lyrics over Disney songs on the piano back in 2017 just because Sabaton has such great lyrics and Disney has the best music - perfect match!
And now for the first time - a full length reco ...When I started to sing at the age of 15, the song "Anthem" from the musical "Chess" (originally sung by Tommy Körberg) was my first REAL goal.
I learned it and performed it at my school when we ended 9th grade infront of the whole school and from that day on this song has bee ..."Christmas Truce" - SABATON
Written by: Joakim Brodén & Pär Sundström
From the album "The War to end all wars" - 2022
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Thank you!! ...Thanks everyone a million times for watching my Christmas Calendar!!
As the last video I've chosen the song that means the most to me on Christmas, just like I did last year. But this time in English and another key.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
"O Holy Night"
Written by: Adol ...
"CANNELONI MACARONI"
Originally performed by Lasse Holm
Written by: Lasse Holm
From the album "Lasse Holm" - 1986
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If you like my work and ...GLAD MIDSOMMAR!!
According to Swedish Tradition we celebrate "Midsummer's Eve" this weekend every year.
We dance around a pole (more of a cross actually) and then we jump around the pole and sing about frogs and how small they are.
At the dinner table take a "nubbe" (small sho ...It's time for another Italian song!!
This time the all time classic "Sara perch ti amo"
Or "Var ska vi sova inatt" as it's called in Swedish!
"SARÀ PERCHÉ TI AMO"
Originally performed by Ricchi e Poveri
Written by: Daniele Pace / Enzo Ghinazzi / Dario Farina
From the album ..."I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)
Originally performed by The Proclaimers
Written by: Craig Morris Reid & Charles Stobo Reid
From the album "Sunshine on Leith" - 1988
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------- ..."LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME"
Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Originally performed by ABBA
From the album "Super Trouper" 1980
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If you ..."Nuclear Attack"
Written by: Gary Moore
Originally performed by Gary Moore
From the album "Dirty Fingers" - 1983 (recorded -81, released -83)
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Written by: Stephen Percy Harris
Originally performed by Iron Maiden
From the album "Powerslave" - 1984
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If you like my work and ...”Headless Cross”
Written by: Tony Martin, Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell
Originally performed by Black Sabbath
From ”Headless Cross” - 1989
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If you like my work ..."Africa"
Written by: Jeff Porcaro / David Paich / Karl Wolf
Originally performed by Toto
From the album "Toto IV" - 1982
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If you like my work ...”Sign of The Times”
Written by: Joey Tempest
Originally performed by Europe
From ”Out of the world” - 1988
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If you like my work and wanna support me I'd ..."Separate Ways" by Journey.
The glorious 80's is back here on the channel!
This time it's my favorite song from Journey - "Separate Ways"
"SEPERATE WAYS"
Originally performed Journey
Written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry
From the album ”Frontiers" - 1982
The original so ...To celebrate that ReinXeed (now Majestica) celebrates 20 years there will be a couple of videos on YouTube to celebrate this! Some re-recordings of some old ReinXeed songs that deserves more time in the spotlight - in my opinion.
So let's start with the first one - "The Light ...”Burning Heart”
Written by: Frank Sullivan & Jim Peterik
Originally performed by Survivor
From ”Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” - 1985
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If ...A re-recording of my old Spice Girls cover that was released many years ago.
"Viva Forever" - Spice Girls
Written by: Emma Lee Bunton / Geri Halliwell / Matthew Paul Rowbottom / Melanie Chisholm / Melanie Janine Brown / Richard Frederick Stannard / Victoria Caroline Beckham
F ..."BLINDING LIGHTS" in a heavier version, still pretty close to the original!
Hope you'll like it!
"Blinding Lights" - The Weekend
Written by: Max Martin / Oscar Thomas Holter / Ahmad Balshe / Abel Tesfaye / Jason Matthew Quenneville
From the album "Blinding Lights" from 2019
..."Call Me" by Blondie.
We continue with the epic 80's since they have so much good music to offer us!
"CALL ME"
Originally performed Blondie.
Written by Debbie Harry and Giorgio Moroder
From the album ”American Gigolo" - 1980
The original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch ..."You're the inspiration" by the glorious Chicago!
A song that me I've listened to a lot since I was a kid!
My dear friend Chris challenged me to make an extreme power metal version of this song, and a challenge like that I would neverI decline - and here's the result.
"You' ..."Aces High"
Written by: Stephen Percy Harris
Originally performed by Iron Maiden
From the album "Powerslave" - 1984
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If you like my work and ..."Over The Hills and far away" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Gary Moore
From the album "Wild Frontier " - 1986
"Live at Isstadion 1987" version!
✘ Song recorded, produced and performed by Tommy Johansson
✘ Video edited by Tommy Johansson
✘ Charvel So-Cal Red & Wh ..."Una Canzone d'amore" by 883
After singing a small part of this song on a Sabaton show in Milano 27th of August, I decided that it's finally time to record it and release it on YouTube.
This will be my first song singing in Italian! 🇮🇹
Video used in this video:
https:// ...”Basket Case” by Green Day.
The glorious rock song ’Basket Case’ made famous by the outstanding Green Day in a way you’ve never heard it before!Super Speed Symphonic Falsetto 1 Octave Challenge Power Metal!! Yes!
⚜️ Hidden in the song is also a tribute to the la ...The anthem of Power Metal - EAGLE FLY FREE by Helloween!
A song I've played live many, many times but never recorded - until now.
As a small Easter egg you will also hear and see some Majestica in here as well ;)
"Eagle fly free" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Michael ...A cover of the Gary Moore version of Thin Lizzy's classic "EMERALD".
Also a tribute to these great Charvel guitars put together by my friend Patrik Johansson.
"Emerald" cover by Tommy Johansson.
Written by Brian Robertson, Philip Lynott, Brian Downey and William Gorham
From t ...”After The War”
Written by: Gary Moore
Originally performed by Gary Moore
From ”After the war” - 1989
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If you like my work and wanna support me I'd be mo ...After some time off it feels great to be back on YouTube again!And of course I can’t start after a long break without presenting something epic and majestic!A song MANY people have requested MANY times!”Bohemian Rhapsody”
Written by: Freddie Mecury
Originally performed b ...This is a mix between the soundtrack version from the epic and absolutely fantastic Seth McFarlane movie ”A Million ways to die in the west” and the original written by Stephen Foster back in 1864.Thanks to Reginald Pikedevant for the inspiration.
”If you only got a muo ...Time for another Gary Moore song - ”Murder in the skies”
This time I have the one, the only, the most bearded - Chris Davidsson with me on lead bass and lead vocals.
FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS 100% TRUE!!
I knew before, but I forgot that the plane crash Gary Moore sings abou ...It’s about time to explore the more modern music and turn the new hits into EPIC METAL versions!
”Sun Is Shining”
Written by: Sebastian Ingrosso, Salen Al Fakir, Axel Hedfors & Vincent Pontare
Originally performed by Axwell & Ingrosso
From the album ”More Than You Kno ...A great Swedish 90’s song - ”Highland” by ONE MORE TIME.Filmed in in the highlands of Scotland, 2023.
”Highland”
Written by: Marianne Grönvall & Peter Grönvall
Originally performed by One More Time
From the album ”Highland” - 1992
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