I really dig Floor singing Rock and Metal. That side of her is so underrated. Flicking that switch, on a Gibson Les Paul, switches between the pickups (bridge, both, neck). Because their positions are different, they sound different. He is playing with that effect.
She could certainly burn you down with her eyes. There's a reason she's called the Goddess. You're absolutely right - there's nothing this woman can't do. She is, without a doubt, the most versatile female voice on the planet. The "up and down" thing he was doing is switching the pickup switch.
Our versatile Floor ..... love to see her also gigs like in the Swedish band *SOILWORK* with *_"Let This River Flow"_* (live in Helsinki): ua-cam.com/video/-yXB7CB6DmU/v-deo.html And singing with her sister Irene in Ayreon's *_"The Eye of Ra"_* : ua-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/v-deo.html
Nerd Corner:- The guitarist, during his solo was using a Digitech 'Whammy' pedal that is essentially a pitch shifter, creating a portamento effect of a note sliding up or down to another note as the pedal is rocked forward and backward by his foot. The staccato effect is him essentially using the guitar pickup selector switch as a 'kill switch' which makes the guitar sound go off and on as the switch is rocked upwards and downwards, in this case in quick succession, creating the staccato effect.
I dont know if you watched the virtual shows but She is better than ever ....as good as the band was ....She stole the damn shows ....Her voice , presence , looks , outfits and the energy she brought headbanging , windmilling , sass , dancing , and the hand and arm gestures , etc . Tuomas should thank his lucky stars that he got her ....she's a force of nature
I wouldn't say she stole the shows - she did what she is the only person on Earth are able to do - after 2,5 years locked out from the stage, she proved (once again) why she is the greatest lead singer in the galaxy - she lifted the band up through the skies!!! - and without any help from an audience to support her. She is the most powerful one-woman Army ever existed. And 2 nights in a row!!!!!
@@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038 exactly ....no slight to the band they are amazing BUT she is otherworldly, you cannot keep your eyes off her .....shes out there giving everything she has , even her bandmates get caught up looking at her in amazement .
@No One ive watched fridays show i think 3 times and saturday 2 times , ill watch saturday again tomorrow.....i remember that part during Nemo , in saturdays i think empuu gives her an air fistbump after that note . I wish they did shows every weekend with different set lists .
The foot pedal is a Digitech Whammy. It can either be used as a harmonizer (creates a second note so it sounds like 2 guitars) or changes the pitch of the original note either up, or down by one or two octaves (depending on the setting). As you push down on the pedal, it slides from the original note to the octave(s) above or below. He had it set to one octave above. The other thing he did was with the pickup toggle switch. On Les Paul style guitars, you can set the volume individually on the neck and bridge pickups. So he set the neck one to zero and the bridge one to full. That way, if he selects the neck pickup, there is no sound. By rapidly flicking between the two rhythmically, you can get a staccato effect. Lenny Kravitz does something similar at the very end of Are You Gonna Go My Way, for example.
The album is really good. As you will discover when looking at her pre-Nightwish stuff, she writes some great songs and collaborates with the best talents on the European metal scene. Most of the album, written years before they finally got a chance to record it, is high (and mid) tempo heavy rock, with the exception of the beautiful Ballad, Bridle Passion. Lofstad is a terrific guitarist: it's a great combination.
O Boy . Northward has a ton of awesome music on it . And like a ReVamp and After Forever they all are in my Floor Collection !!!! Love that lady!!! NWSU
Glad you got to this. The more you listen to it, the more you will like it. Jorn Viggo Lofstad is an exceptional guitarist. As I said in other comments, Floor wrote this in 2007 as a way to break into radio play for more exposure, but didn't get in the studio to record it for 10 years. We might not have 9 years of Floor with Nightwish if this had happened back then. Now we have both. Mysteries of the Universe!!
Jørn and Floor met during a festival in 2007 while she still was fronting Forever After. Had a good time backstage and shared their love for pure rock, and promised to get back together. Well... it took 10 years, burn-out and Nightwish.
Yeah it’s a different sound for Jørn also his band Pagan’s Mind is a progressive metal band. They got together to make a hard rock album and they both stayed so busy with their bands it basically took ten years to finally record it. Well worth the wait ! I’m pretty sure they met each other while contributing to Aryeon but someone can correct me if I’m wrong...
It was an old school hard rock project Jørn and Floor started in 2008. They wrote the songs and the music, recorded the drums - and had to put the project on hold for a decade, due to circumstances. When Nightwish took a year off and Floor had given birth to Freja - she contacted Jørn again. They looked over the songs, and then recorded singing and guitar in 2018, and released the Northward album. It's a great happy good old school sweaty hard rock album - just makes you happy and wants to dance and sing along - nothing fancing or deep. I love it. 👍 🤘 🤘
The Guitarist, Jørn Viggo Lofstad, is switching the pickup selector toggle on his Les Paul, which gives that rapid tonal-shift sound. Normally, it's just used to switch between neck, both pickups, and the bridge pickups for the different tonalities provided.
You should check Evergrey feat Floor, In orbit. Another side of Floors vocals. Thats an awsome song, and her husbond Hannes was the drummer in this band before he joined Sabaton. Evergrey are swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg and has some damn good songs. Eternal nocturnal, where august mourns, kings of errors are worth checking out. Lots of layers in their music, awsome sound and vocals from Tom just nailing it.
Drifting Islands - Floor and Irene!! Or From her After Forever days: "The evil that men do" - her cover of that Iron Maiden song is the young wild Floor on full throttle. She also did Final Countdown - a cover of the Europe song - she really gets the crowd pumped here. I have experienced both from her younger days - her power and stage performance already then, was breath taking.
Not the usual Floor, but for me every track on this album has a detail that I really like. Support of the artists, this is one of the albums that I have as CD and LP.
Comment fron the uk. Floor is a true rocker a metalhead through and through. That look in her eyes, the one that takes your soul in every song she brings to life, every movement she makes . A natural born entertainer you either have it or not, well Floors got the lot, as Marko said before last ride of the day at wacken yeah baby i agree.
It is too bad Northward kind of fell in the cracks of After Forever breaking up and then the creation of ReVamp. Took 8 years to complete but it is a pretty rockin' album.
Jørn Viggo Lofstad was also in Jørn Lande's band for 3 or 4 albums. Jørn - The Duke, is a banger of an album. Very Whitesnake-sounding, with Lofstad on guitar.
She is like chameleon. She can morf her voice to fit in every way she wants. Just think how much she had to practice to be so good in every song area. 1000hrs won't even be closely enough.
Yeah Floor just makes everything amazing. Doesn’t matter the band or side project or solo stuff... she jus brings everything to the next level . It’s no wonder why Tuomas wanted her in Nightwish .. Nightwish has always been at the top of the symphonic metal world ... but there was a band called After Forever that could actually challenge them .. and that’s because they had a similar sound , maybe a bit heavier .. and they had Floor. I’m sure Tuomas was aware of how good she was back then. Well as fate would have it After Forever broke up and their guitarist Mark Jensen formed Epica and Floor formed Revamp. Had Floor been available when Tarjia was fired I bet Tuomas would have picked her for the replacement back then. But timing is everything and eventually Tuomas was able to land the best female vocalist in our era. But if you watch the After Forever videos you can clearly see that Floor had the special talent even in her early 20’s. You need to check out the MV for After Forever ..Energize Me. It showcases a catchy song and it shows the star quality of a young Floor. It’s one of those songs that is always gonna get cranked when it pops up on my playlist. 🤟🏻
Floor doing Floor things...is there something she can not do ? Rumors are she is bad ad making tacos.....This one is cool. And we have to give credit to her partner in Crime....precise guitar work.....really nice ! All hail the Queen !
Hi Tom I like the whole album. It took them 10 yrs to get this album together. She does write her own songs just not with Nightwish. Floor's has said that her new album in not rock and not Nightwishy. In 2019 she dressed in white when she sang Ave Maria with Marco.
You wanna see yet another side of Floor? Try this: ua-cam.com/video/ym1Wc5dmUYc/v-deo.html Or this: ua-cam.com/video/uzW1jDAt69Q/v-deo.html Or this: ua-cam.com/video/iNSf64M9uA0/v-deo.html Or this: ua-cam.com/video/UeTyAZtV5wI/v-deo.html I could go on - and on.
Your joking. This sounds like everyday rock. Nobody sounds like floor. And dont get me wrong im not obsessed by her. I like a lot of bands but she is awesome
It would be great if you finally met the first band Floor Jansen After Forever, I suggest these songs, if you react to them, I will write others. After forever - Dreamflight Live ProgPower USA VIII (2007). After Forever live in Bibelot 2003 - Intrinsic - Vilin Music. After Forever - Leaden Legacy. In this group, Floor sings a lot with opera vocals. You will be very surprised when you listen to these songs.
Must be nice to wake up everyday, and your only problem is, what role am I gonne play today, opera dive, metal queeen.....nah lets be a rock chick today.
Everyone dropping a comment about Floor, so I’ll write something different. The solos are really cool on the album. Not a million notes but always something unique in the solos.
Just imagine you "give 5" to Floor onstage!!! Awesome!!! For me, the best "role" that Floor has done Is at Revamp. My opinion Is that sounds better, More natural. Floor performs rocks and "angry músics" with lots More expression.
Saying Floor can't sing that is a mistake. Queen Floor will say, "Hold my wine." Go out and slay it. Have you seen her collab with Evergrey yet? "In Orbit"
![[Floor got that Helicopter Hair going again!] Nightwish - Devil and The Deep Dark Ocean Reaction](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/W2iWZFdJUuM/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Floor got that Helicopter Hair going again!] Nightwish - Devil and The Deep Dark Ocean Reaction](/img/tr.png)
I really dig Floor singing Rock and Metal. That side of her is so underrated.
Flicking that switch, on a Gibson Les Paul, switches between the pickups (bridge, both, neck). Because their positions are different, they sound different.
He is playing with that effect.
She could certainly burn you down with her eyes. There's a reason she's called the Goddess. You're absolutely right - there's nothing this woman can't do. She is, without a doubt, the most versatile female voice on the planet. The "up and down" thing he was doing is switching the pickup switch.
This song is so catchy and Floor is so badass
Floor was certainly having lots of fun in that performance!
“Storm in a Glass” is another great Northward song.
Our versatile Floor ..... love to see her also gigs like in the Swedish band *SOILWORK* with *_"Let This River Flow"_* (live in Helsinki): ua-cam.com/video/-yXB7CB6DmU/v-deo.html
And singing with her sister Irene in Ayreon's *_"The Eye of Ra"_* : ua-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/v-deo.html
Nerd Corner:- The guitarist, during his solo was using a Digitech 'Whammy' pedal that is essentially a pitch shifter, creating a portamento effect of a note sliding up or down to another note as the pedal is rocked forward and backward by his foot. The staccato effect is him essentially using the guitar pickup selector switch as a 'kill switch' which makes the guitar sound go off and on as the switch is rocked upwards and downwards, in this case in quick succession, creating the staccato effect.
Northward is just another gem to be enjoyed.
"Northward - Drifting Islands" features Floor's sister Irene. 🤘💜
I dont know if you watched the virtual shows but She is better than ever ....as good as the band was ....She stole the damn shows ....Her voice , presence , looks , outfits and the energy she brought headbanging , windmilling , sass , dancing , and the hand and arm gestures , etc .
Tuomas should thank his lucky stars that he got her ....she's a force of nature
I wouldn't say she stole the shows - she did what she is the only person on Earth are able to do - after 2,5 years locked out from the stage, she proved (once again) why she is the greatest lead singer in the galaxy - she lifted the band up through the skies!!! - and without any help from an audience to support her.
She is the most powerful one-woman Army ever existed. And 2 nights in a row!!!!!
@@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038 exactly ....no slight to the band they are amazing BUT she is otherworldly, you cannot keep your eyes off her .....shes out there giving everything she has , even her bandmates get caught up looking at her in amazement .
@No One ive watched fridays show i think 3 times and saturday 2 times , ill watch saturday again tomorrow.....i remember that part during Nemo , in saturdays i think empuu gives her an air fistbump after that note . I wish they did shows every weekend with different set lists .
Video director Ville Lipiäinen directs most of Nightwish live videos. Great to hear Floor Jansen singing real rock 'n'roll.
Literally can do anything. From growling to this to opera. Amazing.
In an interview she got the question what she couldn't do. Her answer: 'maybe French Rap'.
Ok, time for After forever and Revamp. Please "monolith of doubt" by After Forever and "Disdain" by Revamp!
Dreamflight by AF for sure too
"Wild card" as well
@@silverblack5475 ua-cam.com/video/GBLke4zeZuI/v-deo.html
Yes!!!!!! What UUeyeAm suggested is must see for any Floor fan. Otherwise you're just a poser. :)
@@geuseliohulk8661 yes incredible performance one of Floors Best
The foot pedal is a Digitech Whammy. It can either be used as a harmonizer (creates a second note so it sounds like 2 guitars) or changes the pitch of the original note either up, or down by one or two octaves (depending on the setting). As you push down on the pedal, it slides from the original note to the octave(s) above or below. He had it set to one octave above.
The other thing he did was with the pickup toggle switch. On Les Paul style guitars, you can set the volume individually on the neck and bridge pickups. So he set the neck one to zero and the bridge one to full.
That way, if he selects the neck pickup, there is no sound. By rapidly flicking between the two rhythmically, you can get a staccato effect.
Lenny Kravitz does something similar at the very end of Are You Gonna Go My Way, for example.
The album is really good. As you will discover when looking at her pre-Nightwish stuff, she writes some great songs and collaborates with the best talents on the European metal scene. Most of the album, written years before they finally got a chance to record it, is high (and mid) tempo heavy rock, with the exception of the beautiful Ballad, Bridle Passion. Lofstad is a terrific guitarist: it's a great combination.
LOL. Check out her ReVamp. That is very different from what you have heard from her so far )
O Boy . Northward has a ton of awesome music on it . And like a ReVamp and After Forever they all are in my Floor Collection !!!! Love that lady!!! NWSU
The "What If we turned the tide will it matter" part reminds me of "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters.
Glad you got to this. The more you listen to it, the more you will like it. Jorn Viggo Lofstad is an exceptional guitarist. As I said in other comments, Floor wrote this in 2007 as a way to break into radio play for more exposure, but didn't get in the studio to record it for 10 years. We might not have 9 years of Floor with Nightwish if this had happened back then. Now we have both. Mysteries of the Universe!!
Jørn and Floor met during a festival in 2007 while she still was fronting Forever After. Had a good time backstage and shared their love for pure rock, and promised to get back together. Well... it took 10 years, burn-out and Nightwish.
Yeah it’s a different sound for Jørn also his band Pagan’s Mind is a progressive metal band. They got together to make a hard rock album and they both stayed so busy with their bands it basically took ten years to finally record it. Well worth the wait ! I’m pretty sure they met each other while contributing to Aryeon but someone can correct me if I’m wrong...
That would make sense -
It was an old school hard rock project Jørn and Floor started in 2008. They wrote the songs and the music, recorded the drums - and had to put the project on hold for a decade, due to circumstances. When Nightwish took a year off and Floor had given birth to Freja - she contacted Jørn again. They looked over the songs, and then recorded singing and guitar in 2018, and released the Northward album.
It's a great happy good old school sweaty hard rock album - just makes you happy and wants to dance and sing along - nothing fancing or deep.
I love it. 👍 🤘 🤘
@No One
Morty Black, bass
Jango Nielsen, drums
Stian Kristoffersen, drums
The Guitarist, Jørn Viggo Lofstad, is switching the pickup selector toggle on his Les Paul, which gives that rapid tonal-shift sound. Normally, it's just used to switch between neck, both pickups, and the bridge pickups for the different tonalities provided.
Great song & video by Floor & Jorn👍🏼
You should check Evergrey feat Floor, In orbit. Another side of Floors vocals. Thats an awsome song, and her husbond Hannes was the drummer in this band before he joined Sabaton. Evergrey are swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg and has some damn good songs. Eternal nocturnal, where august mourns, kings of errors are worth checking out. Lots of layers in their music, awsome sound and vocals from Tom just nailing it.
Great as usual.
Love this song....😇😇
More Floor is always a good thing. Cheers!
Fantastic album
Nice job, I haven't seen this, awesome!
Floor is from another planet she is an enigma
That's some awesome old skool hard rock.
Her 'cat hisses' in this tune get me every time! 🔥
Drifting Islands - Floor and Irene!!
Or
From her After Forever days:
"The evil that men do" - her cover of that Iron Maiden song is the young wild Floor on full throttle.
She also did Final Countdown - a cover of the Europe song - she really gets the crowd pumped here.
I have experienced both from her younger days - her power and stage performance already then, was breath taking.
Not the usual Floor, but for me every track on this album has a detail that I really like. Support of the artists, this is one of the albums that I have as CD and LP.
Comment fron the uk. Floor is a true rocker a metalhead through and through. That look in her eyes, the one that takes your soul in every song she brings to life, every movement she makes . A natural born entertainer you either have it or not, well Floors got the lot, as Marko said before last ride of the day at wacken yeah baby i agree.
I just noticed - that is the same jacket she wears on Aryeon's video - (the faux fur)
Try also Evergrey with In Orbity feat. Floor
Nice reaction! I love Nightwish, but when i drive in my car i go fast on Nortward!! 😃
Thanks
A jewel for humanity....
Floor doing plain rock n' roll!!! How could that go wrong?
That is pretty much a perfect hard rock song
It is too bad Northward kind of fell in the cracks of After Forever breaking up and then the creation of ReVamp. Took 8 years to complete but it is a pretty rockin' album.
I love the sassy side of floor too!
Jørn Viggo Lofstad was also in Jørn Lande's band for 3 or 4 albums.
Jørn - The Duke, is a banger of an album. Very Whitesnake-sounding, with Lofstad on guitar.
Ark - Burn The Sun with Jorn one of my favorite albums.
Check out Floor’s Band, Revamp live at Graspop 2010, Distain, Trial of Monsters or Millions to start! Stay Safe Rock On!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
What we really want to hear is how you enjoyed the concert.
My favourites from Northward are Big boy and Timebomb. I wish there were videos for all tracks from their album.
"Don't you EVER say goodbye to me again Floor!"
Rewinds video, makes her say it again.
She was in
Revamp-disdain
ReVamp-wildcard
She is like chameleon. She can morf her voice to fit in every way she wants. Just think how much she had to practice to be so good in every song area.
1000hrs won't even be closely enough.
Floor Fighters.😊
Yeah Floor just makes everything amazing. Doesn’t matter the band or side project or solo stuff... she jus brings everything to the next level . It’s no wonder why Tuomas wanted her in Nightwish .. Nightwish has always been at the top of the symphonic metal world ... but there was a band called After Forever that could actually challenge them .. and that’s because they had a similar sound , maybe a bit heavier .. and they had Floor. I’m sure Tuomas was aware of how good she was back then. Well as fate would have it After Forever broke up and their guitarist Mark Jensen formed Epica and Floor formed Revamp. Had Floor been available when Tarjia was fired I bet Tuomas would have picked her for the replacement back then. But timing is everything and eventually Tuomas was able to land the best female vocalist in our era. But if you watch the After Forever videos you can clearly see that Floor had the special talent even in her early 20’s. You need to check out the MV for After Forever ..Energize Me. It showcases a catchy song and it shows the star quality of a young Floor. It’s one of those songs that is always gonna get cranked when it pops up on my playlist. 🤟🏻
After Forever and Nightwish toured together - there Tuomas heard Floor - but Marko knew her well already from Ayreon and The Gathering..
Hi from the UK 🇬🇧 check out Soilwork let this river flow with floor jansen live 😀
Evergray in orbit with floor jansen
Hallo, she can many styles, but no french Rap she say with a smile Hihi🤗
Check out her collab with evergrey "in orbit"
Floor is a vocal cameleon ♣
Floor doing Floor things...is there something she can not do ? Rumors are she is bad ad making tacos.....This one is cool. And we have to give credit to her partner in Crime....precise guitar work.....really nice !
All hail the Queen !
Hi Tom I like the whole album. It took them 10 yrs to get this album together. She does write her own songs just not with Nightwish. Floor's has said that her new album in not rock and not Nightwishy. In 2019 she dressed in white when she sang Ave Maria with Marco.
The phrase you are looking for is "The swiss army knife of vocalists"
You wanna see yet another side of Floor? Try this:
ua-cam.com/video/ym1Wc5dmUYc/v-deo.html
Or this:
ua-cam.com/video/uzW1jDAt69Q/v-deo.html
Or this:
ua-cam.com/video/iNSf64M9uA0/v-deo.html
Or this:
ua-cam.com/video/UeTyAZtV5wI/v-deo.html
I could go on - and on.
As a big fan of Stone Temple Pilots, this song reminds me a lot of them.
If you want to see Floor do yet another style, check out Slow, Love Slow from when she first joined Nightwish. ua-cam.com/video/Ol9VbuKKZ5U/v-deo.html
She made this as a 'rock' project -
Your joking. This sounds like everyday rock. Nobody sounds like floor. And dont get me wrong im not obsessed by her. I like a lot of bands but she is awesome
Floor said she can't sing French rap but I think she is just too humble.
It would be great if you finally met the first band Floor Jansen After Forever, I suggest these songs, if you react to them, I will write others. After forever - Dreamflight Live ProgPower USA VIII (2007). After Forever live in Bibelot 2003 - Intrinsic - Vilin Music. After Forever - Leaden Legacy. In this group, Floor sings a lot with opera vocals. You will be very surprised when you listen to these songs.
You don't have seen nothing yet. Others have pointed to After Forever and Revamp. Go for it!
You should check out Disdain live when she was with Revamp if you REALLY want to see a different side of Floor...
Must be nice to wake up everyday, and your only problem is, what role am I gonne play today, opera dive, metal queeen.....nah lets be a rock chick today.
Hihi, yes. A great problem 🤗🤣🤗
👍👍👍
WWonder would she do hiphop? Because with that kind of 😁 HEAVY (USA standards)😁 Northward song she'd be top 10 in US commercial channel lists...
Everyone dropping a comment about Floor, so I’ll write something different. The solos are really cool on the album. Not a million notes but always something unique in the solos.
To answer your question.....as asked she questions her ability to do french rap...:)
Sassy you say ! Revamp Disdain it's the angry sounding side of floor it might shock you a bit.
Next: Revamp - Disdain
Just imagine you "give 5" to Floor onstage!!! Awesome!!!
For me, the best "role" that Floor has done Is at Revamp. My opinion Is that sounds better, More natural. Floor performs rocks and "angry músics" with lots More expression.
Saying Floor can't sing that is a mistake. Queen Floor will say, "Hold my wine." Go out and slay it. Have you seen her collab with Evergrey yet? "In Orbit"
Please react to CLUTCH (the best band you've never heard of ©). I suggest for your first go, either Electric Worry (their most well-known song), Burning Beard, 10001110101 or A Quick Death In Texas.
FYI...this same comment will appear ONLY if I have watched your reaction video. I am not here to spam your channel...I just want to help get a great band some much deserved recognition. P.S....I will always give your reactions a thumbs-up, even if I don't care for or like the band or song you react to...because I like you and your channel.
Cheers!
Again, where's Sarah ?
Want more sassy Floor? ReVamp - Disdain.
😅 oh dear...you got Spotify? Find the 2 albums of ReVamp. That's different.
What can't she do.......errm......clap one handed? I got nothing else.
The only thing i havent heard The Valkyrie Goddess do is Rap ....and lets face it that would be a piece of cake for her .
Get hold of the album, its great
You really ain’t seen nothing yet lol.