Old School Nerd Reacts to NIGHTWISH Ghost Love Score LIVE
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Hello OldSkuleNerd Chewie ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar..
Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience.
About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra, London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners.
As I could see, you really appreciate all the key elements of a Nightwish show: the intricate classical-structured "cinematic score" composition, the high level of musicianship of all band members, the stellar vocals and charisma of Floor Jansen, our Dutch metal queen. "Metal story tellers" - this is a quote to be remembered.
Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory):
" Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition.
Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her.
There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps.
I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol "
Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like (please consider this list of links only as "a tip of the iceberg", an indication that they have a vast and very diverse repertoire, and not as something mandatory):
"Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ua-cam.com/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/v-deo.html
"Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ua-cam.com/video/pvkYwOJZONU/v-deo.html
"Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ua-cam.com/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/v-deo.html
"Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ua-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/v-deo.html
"Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ua-cam.com/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/v-deo.html
"Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ua-cam.com/video/05eitd-EA6I/v-deo.html
"Dark Chest Of Wonders" live at Wacken 2013 (metal, the greatest show opener ever) ua-cam.com/video/OvOD6xecph4/v-deo.html
"My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ua-cam.com/video/knqeI807ZlY/v-deo.html
"Sleeping Sun" live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ua-cam.com/video/rsotlzr9wNw/v-deo.html
"Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ua-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/v-deo.html
"Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ua-cam.com/video/wA44tjaP5n0/v-deo.html
"I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ua-cam.com/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/v-deo.html
"Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ua-cam.com/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/v-deo.html
"Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ua-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/v-deo.html
"7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ua-cam.com/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/v-deo.html
And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Mexico City in 2015 ua-cam.com/video/DuwY1d-KIss/v-deo.html
Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg.html
You can also react to Floor Jansen "tapping" other musical genres in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands) here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ua-cam.com/play/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo.html
To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's YT channel (En subtitled materials): ua-cam.com/users/jenniezelf
For entire episodes of the show with En translation, you should check Denise Hofs's DM channel: www.dailymotion.com/xpinkeu/videos
In these pandemic times, Floor Jansen has decided to make covers for us, which you can find on her YT channel ua-cam.com/channels/xy4Ijz2QKXXJaREs-isxwA.html - there are already 2 covers there, the first is "Let It Go" from "Frozen" (2 weeks ago, already over 1M views) and the second - "Alone" from "Heart" (released yesterday aka Saturday) - >200K after first day ..
Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
Gabriel on point as always
Once again, thanks Gabriel
In your description if you can do a shout out to Shoemaker...
@@hynagiterra8470 I'll try, next time.
Gabriel your comments get better and better. Well done!
“Floor, what genre do you sing?”
Floor: “Yes”
Also...
Tuomas: "How long can you hold that note?"
Floor: "Yes."
*Marko* How high can you go?
*Floor* Yes.
Gabriel will be here shortly..just do what he says
All that the new NW reactor needs to know
LOL
This. Also, this is hilarious.
Gabriel liked this post.. As did I lol
Romanticide live at Wacken is definitely where you need to go next. Much heavier.
I would say Storytime bevor after this he is ready for romanticide
@@meddlmaniac if he is grown up with old school trash aka Master of Puppets and that is his preferd genre Romanticide is definitely the way to go since this is the simiar with type of music.
Yours Is an Empty Hope is good choice also ;)
I'm thinking 7 days to the wolves :-) Should be heavy enough for now!
Just a tip: Don’t think you know “what they sound like” after hearing this song. You nailed the storytelling aspect! Enjoy! 🤙🔥
If you want to hear the drummer and guitar player “push it”, check out the song “Romanticide” from the same show.
I did exactly what you said..... Dont want to spoil it but it goes up tomorrow and you and all the NIGHTWISH ARMY will enjoy my thoughts
@@OldSkuleNerd looking forward to it
Ghost Love Score is mellow. They have much heavier songs (and Floor even occasionally growls). Check for instance Romanticide live at Wacken or Yours Is An Empty Hope live at Wembley.
Floor is the third, current and last singer (as the band leader Tuomas has said that the band will stop if Floor should decide to leave).
There are hidden complexities in what you think is simple. For example, the introductory riff has a whacky 5/6 and 7/6 time signature.
Why it must be heavier especially the more opera songs are the masterpieces
@@meddlmaniac For me they don't, but for him maybe. Tastes differ. I'm just giving him tips.
Nightwish can't be judged and put into any genre by one song. They have symphonic, trash, balad, folk, power, rock... kind of songs in their catalog.
And Jazz
Their latest album really shows their versatility. I just love how everyone in the band gets their part there.
im assuming you meant thrash and i would not say they flall under that subgenre. i just group them under symphonic metal, folk metal and power metal
Wait until you hear her harmonizing with the bass player (Marco) 😉
It’s called symphonic metal there are a good amount of great symphonic metal bands.
You are judging Nightwish music from one song? Oh my man, you have so much to learn!
But i would say this is probobly one of there top ten best preformance...
Ghost Love Score is the gateway "drug" song. 😉
@@dragonballbw3 Exactly. It's so unique, and it definitely helps make Nightwish stand out.
Not all of their songs are like this, some are actually really heavy. Try "Song Of Myself" from the same Wacken show. By the way, I was in that crowd... awesome!
I envy you that experience!
Jealous!
Is it OK that I hate you a little bit?!
I know that envy is a sin, but if it turns out I’m wrong and there is a heaven/hell, I wanna go to hell, cause that’s where the metal will be, lol.
Ingo Bordewick You lucky bast...LOL
I concur with being jealous!
nice reaction, more information will come as our chief Gabriel hops in, my fav. ? glad you asked, lol start with the opener of this gig Dark Chest of Wonders and see how Nightwish sets the mood for a 82.000 plus crowd... pls stay safe, btw i shared your reaction to our Nightwish Nightdreamers Discord, where your future reactions will be shared too... grts from a dutch cheesehead in Germany
I guess this is where "Symphonic Metal" sits, but the writer doesn't care about genres. You will constantly be surprised about how different it gets. It can get darker, happier, heavier, lighter, personal, dark -- whatever. Keep going please, we'd love to see you take the journey.
You really need to check out more Nightwish. Every song is different; some much heavier with growls, some just bangers, some ranging with even folk elements. They have no "defining" genre - They are Nightwish!
They are epic and such a supet group of talented musicians can only be found once in a lifetime I think.
Let the Nightwish Army guide you if you choose to go on a really great musical journey.
If you want to hear some of their 'heavier' metal's songs check out Romanticide and Song of Myself, and Empty Hope from the same show.
"Empty Hope" was not done at Wacken 2013. There are 3 good versions: 1) Nightwish Cruise 2015, 2) Wembley Arena 2015, 3) Mexico City 2015. I love Yours Is An Empty Hope, however it might be best to stick to Wacken...at least for a few songs. Romanticide and Song Of Myself are very good recommendations. I would add Storytime and Dark Chest Of Wonders (the show opener.) Peace. 🤘🔥🤘
@@amax1229 ah my apologies haven't watched it lately. Thank you! \../,
I think Yours is an Empty Hope was the first insight into Tuomas writing a song for Floor as vocalist. The little growling teasers and some of the other unique vocal adventures within that song were not in Tarja’s wheelhouse, nor in Annette’s universe……
You cracked it! All the band menbers do what the song needs. They never try to outshine the other ones.
If you want to see their heavy side with Floor's death metal growl then "Yours is an empty hope" is for you. Live of course.
In my humble opinion, The Greatest Show On Earth and Pit And The Pendulum are two of their very best and most EPIC songs!! But LOVE them all!!
Dude, check out Nightwish - Devil and the deep dark ocean (live in buenos aires) if you wanna see some metal.
Love that one, such an epic mash up of metal and theatrical music
They don't call her queen for nothing, she controls the crowd just like Freddie Mercury did.😎
The valkyrian queen commands her army and sends them off to the world to tell the message.
john f EXACTLY. Her stage presence, vocal skills, and command of the crowd rivals Freddie (CHURCH OF FREDDIE!!! 👏👏🙌). Compare Nightwish at Wacken 2013 with Queen at Wembley 1986 (or even Live Aid) and she rivals him (which years ago I had thought impossible for anyone to achieve). All hail the Valkyrie Queen!
@@Ovrkyl If they ever need a new ''part time of course'' 🤔vocalist for Queen... well, who would be better suited than queen Floor.
Been saying that for years. The only other front person I can think of that controls a crowd like them is Till Lindemann from Rammstein.
Ironically, Floor’s number one answer for who she would want to duet with……
There is only one Metal Goddess and that is Floor. Full title is the Valkyrie Goddess of Metal.
Floor's name is derived from the Roman Goddess of Spring, Flora.
Why Valkyrie, well look at her, 6 feet 1,leather outfit, commanding the Nightwish Army. Stage presence out of this world.
Goddess, beautiful from the inside and outside.
High notes, low notes. Death growls, mesmerizing as a Siren and beautiful as an Angel.
She can do it all and with her Brothers she captures our soul and we wouldn't mind at all.
Hail Nightwish
Well, this is just a one song, so don't lock your (needless) cathegorizing yet. But anyway, wellcome to the wonderful world of symphonic metal and Nightwish. This is one of the most epic live performances ever. And you are absolutely right that they are storytellers. But they can do it in many styles and also with multiple vocalists. If you continue, you'll see and maybe get surprised more. Greetings from Finland! ⛄👍
Hey Pekka you are 100% on the money... any Artists from Finland I should check out?
@@OldSkuleNerd You should at least check out Epica and Within Temptation from the Netherlands.
EPICA - Abyss of Time (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
ua-cam.com/video/sTbk3SfUq9Q/v-deo.html
Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show
ua-cam.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/v-deo.html
Within Temptation Ft. Tarja - Paradise Live at Hellfest Festival (2016)
ua-cam.com/video/8vsKQTfxf80/v-deo.html
there you also have the first Nightwish Singer Tarja who is at least finnish
@@OldSkuleNerd I'm not Pekka but I am a compatriot of his, so I'll jump in here to recommend a couple of tracks by Finnish artists (besides Nightwish, who are 3/5 Finnish).
1. The Bee by Amorphis. There are no good live versions of it on UA-cam, but the official lyric video is nice and not too distracting from the music.
2. Time by Wintersun. Most reactors do Sons of Winter and Stars first, and it's certainly a great track, but I like Time better personally.
Symphonic metal is their genre. If you want gutteral growls listen to 'Yours is an Empty Hope". More straigtforward harder metal, "Romanticide". A combination of Ghost Love Score with Romanticide, "Ghost River". If you want more of a wider vocal range, "Song of Myself". If you want something along the lines of hard rock or power pop, "Everdream" and "Storytime". All from this same concert.
By the way, today is the 7th anniversary of this concert.
Greetings.
I hear the marching feet of the Nightwish Army!!!
Welcome to Nightwish and symphonic metal.
Founded in 1996 by the keyboard player, Tuomas, Nightwish acquired Floor (yan•sin) Jansen as a fill in singer in 2012 after their previous singer, Anette, left the band while on tour on September 29. Despite the short notice, Floor was given only 48 hours to learn the set before her debut on October 1st in Seattle, Washington.
The 6 foot 1, Dutch Goddess of all things vocal remains the current singer, and for good reason.
Floor was trained in and teaches opera as well as is a vocal coach.
She studied 4 years at the Music Academy in the Netherlands, graduated and studied 2 years of musical theater and 1 year of opera. She is a huge fan of Dutch opera singer, Henk Poort, who is her influence for singing opera and played the role of the "Phantom" in the Dutch adaptation of Phantom of the Opera for many years.
Floor Jansen will be the most versatile singer you will ever hear. She sings opera, chest belts, mixed belts, soft singing, distorted voice, and she lets her demon out to growl. 🤘
I'm glad you started the standard introduction to Nightwish, and to continue this introduction, I recommend "Romanticide" from this same venue, Wacken 2013 for your next reaction.
We want you to have the best Nightwish experience you can, so we will guide you in a way that will make every reaction better than the last.
You are going to love your journey. The rabbit hole goes deep, so buckle up and enjoy the ride.
The rest of the band....
Emppu- Guitar
Jukka- Drums
(Left the band in 2014 from health problems due to insomnia)
Close friend Kai Hahto replaced him and recorded the Drums on Floor's first studio album in 2014, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". He became a permanent member after Jukka announced in 2015 that he would not be returning as the drummer but will continue to help the band behind the scenes.
Troy Donockley- multi instrumentalist and vocals
Troy was offered the permanent position on October 9th 2013 after the Wacken Open Air Festival, same as Floor.
Marko Hietala- Bass/Vocals
Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤🤘🤘
very cool reaction,
greetings from the Nightwish Army from Germany :-)
He comes the Nightwish Army...I can here the marching as we speak. Southern California battalion reporting in. ✌🤘
Thanks for the video! Nightwish are categorised as a symphonic metal band. This song is a great introduction song to the band, but it doesn't even scratch the surface of what they can do. Floor isn't an opera singer, but she is classically trained. Though I have heard her do a few FULL ON opera songs before...it's obviously just not her preferred choice, as she loves metal, not opera. For your next Nightwish video, can I please request the following: 'Storytime' (for something super catchy), 'Romanticide' (for something heavier), or 'Yours is an Empty Hope' to hear a verrrrry different side of Floor ;)
@oldschool, from this same epic concert Wacken 2013, Ghost River, Romanticide, Dark Chest of Wonders, Song of Myself, Everdream , Storytime, all different all epic. Your just scratching the surface, trust me they can metal with the best. From Tampere live Weak Fantasy, from Wembley live Yours is an Empty Hope, from Buenos Aires live Slaying the Dreamer, Devil in the Deep Dark Ocean two name a couple. Their catalogue is impressive and vast. There’s nothing like Nightwish with Floor. 🤟🤟✌️✌️🇨🇦
Just keep in mind that Floor had been a member of nightwish only for a few months previously when they did play this show at Wacken. The Song originally was performed by Tarja Turunen, with a way more operatic, classic aproach, but I feel, Floor did bring the feels into that very Song. Tarja never sang the last part live, the Album Version also doesn't have it, but Floor made this Song her own in an awesome way. I can't stop listening to it!
This is symphonic metal. She has also sung full operas, musical theatre, pop, Latin, Disney, everything. Watch more of Nightwish or watch her singing Phantom of the Opera with Henk Poort on the Beste Zangers programme (he sings that part in theatres in Holland). Storytellers is a great description.
Your framing of the band is fairly accurate generally speaking, but I think you'll be surprised if you keep listening to them. This song is always recommended first because it's a vocal showcase for Floor more than anything, who is the current singer. She had only been with them a little over a year when this was recorded. The band is excellent as always, but this is very much about Floor showing off a bit. This is not a criticism at all - I love this song, but it's just one facet of them musically. You should go with Romanticide next if you want a bit harder edge.
Marko plays Warwick basses, and this one is a Custom Shop Buzzard, which was originally designed for John Entwistle of The Who.
Actually, Floor had been with the band only about 8 months at this point in time.
In fact it is somewhere in the middle. Wacken 2013 concert was on August 3rd. She started out as a substitute for Annette in Seattle October 1st 2012. So just over 10 months.
She joined the band on October 1, 2012 in Seattle. This was about August 1, 2013.
Night are a Symphonic Metal band. This was the 13th song in this concert. And Floor still sounds fresh as can be. She's awesome. This song barely scratches the surface of that she can so. The musicians in this band leave any egos backstage, and play only what the song requires. Whey they need to bring it, it's brought. Don't let this mellow song fool you. They can get heavy.
They do have heavier songs. Symphonic metal is the best description. Wait till u hear the bass player Marco sing, he is very metal. Floor can also growl, especially in Yours is An Empty Hope. Each song is so different and they are super live! Welcome to the journey.
"Just you wait Henry Higgins." You've just 👻 opened the rabbit hole to plenty more variety & surprises. 👍💖💥
I'm old too. A '59er!! Love your screen. Enjoy this Nightwish journey. ☺️⭐
Btw. I just subbed to your channel. 🤘👍
Nightwish is a Finnish Symphonic Metal band and here are the members currently:
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards & main composer/arranger - Finnish
- Floor Jansen - Main Vocals - Dutch
- Marco Hietala - Bass & Vocals - Finnish
- Emppu Vuorinen - Guitarist - Finnish
- Kai Hahto - Drums - Finnish (In the video you just watched it was still Jukka Nevalainen, he left as the drummer in 2014 and is now with the band's management team)
- Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bouzouki, etc. - English
The backing tracks are recorded with the London Philarmonic full orchestra and choir. This is the main reason they are classified as Symphonic Metal, but in reality they cannot be classified, as they cover a very wide range of genres.
They had 2 previous singers Tarja Turunen 1996-2005 and Anette Olzon 2007-2012.
Best method for reacting to Nightwish that I figured from watching reactors and discovering them recently and exploring their catalog myself:
Keep the particularly long and complex songs listed below, if you have not watched them already, for after you have seen all the more standard ones from the 4 live shows mentioned in the numbered list:
- Ghost Love Score (Wacken) 10 minutes
- The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembley) 14 minutes >>> Doing some research on the background story for this song is very important to be able to appreciate the meaning of the lyrics.
- Greatest Show on Earth (Tampere) 21 minutes
1- Just do all the Wacken 2013 songs, they are all great.
2- Then the Wembley 2015 ones that are not part of the Wacken show.
3- Then the remaining songs from Tampere 2015 that were not in the previous 2 shows mentioned.
4- Then the older songs from Buenos Aires 2018 that were not in the previous 3 shows mentioned.
5- To see what they can do with a cover and if you like Marco's singing, watch their interpretation of Pink Floyd's High Hopes.
6- Then you can explore Floor's versatility with her band ReVamp's live performances of the songs Disdain at Graspop and Wild Card at Bloodstock.
7- And finally go in the deep end of the Floor talent pool by reacting to her performances on Beste Zangers in the order the episodes aired.
For the first 4 steps, you can alternate between shows, but I would recommend to still only take songs that are not performed in the previous shows mentioned, as they are ordered in audio quality from best to worst.
From watching a lot of reactions, in my opinion this is the most efficient order to discover the rabbit hole that is Nightwish and Floor Jansen.
That should keep you busy for a while. 😀
Thank you for that entertaining reaction. I am also "Old School" (I think older than you/65+). I caught up with this "band" a few months back after watching Floor Jansen (pronounced Yansen) perform on a show called Beste Zangers from the Netherlands (She killed it there). Listen to or react to any of their performances (live of course). i promise that you won't be disappointed. They are hands down the most versatile and entertaining group of musicians I've ever seen or listened to. You're in for a great ride if you follow them. Peace and long life!
Symphonic Metal... Amazing
Southeast Legion of Finland reporting in, SIR! 🤘🇫🇮🤘 #SELF
Welcome to the Nightwish Army and the world of symphonic metal! Floor is the queen!
Marko, the bass player is playing a Warwick Vulture here. He's an exclusive Warwick player. Just wait until you see "the Beast" hid 45lb double neck bass/guitar.
Welcome to the Nightwish party 😁 I see the army has arrived and you are cordially invited to join the Nightwish family👍"Romanticide" or "Song of Myself" from the same concert for a heavier side of Nightwish 🤘 I hope you check out more Nightwish! Stay safe and stay healthy and greetings from Florida
Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 checking in,
Welcome to the world of Nightwish - as you said yourself, you have only scratched the surface of Nightwish's capabilities.
And by the way - the top 3 in Symphonic Metal - there are more like 10 really great bands and none are comparable, and they support each other - singers guests the different bands, to promote the genre. Symphonic Metal are Symphonic music melted into metal in different degrees, and it's not songwriters but composers, that creates often very complexed music, with deep lyrics and extremely difficult singing - therefore are the people in Symphonic Metal some of the most skilled, talented and versatile musicians, composers and singers - and this can be heard and felt by the listener. Many songs are emotional epic stories based on fact, feelings, wonders of the world and Nature - and the combination of such skilled people working together to created experiences - are something you haven't experienced before.
I am older than you and also an old school nerd, having seen and experienced many of the former great bands and performers - but this is different - the best of the best have merged through evolution...😉
Enjoy your experience and journey into the wonders of the Nightwish Universe 😉 👍🤘🤘
One of the most impressive things I've read is that this was something like the 13th of 15 songs in their setlist at that festival which is *crazy* to think about.
Symphonic metal. Nightwish is an amazing talented group of people (friends), enjoying what they are doing, and going on your nightwish journey you will learn that this is just the epic beginning , you will be surprised after each song. See you at your next nightwish reaction. Thanks
Yeah, not only live, but third to last song of the set, nearly 90 minutes into a headline show in front of 82,000 people. The whole band are BEAST-mode.
Nightwish army arrived, trust me, Nightwish got many styles in the songs. FLOOR can sing pop,metal,rock,opera,grawl you name it and she deliver. Romanticide next pls :). Greetings from the Netherlands.
Welcome to your first stop of a probably long, surprising always awesome Nightwish journey.
This band is from Finland.
Tuomas is the keyboarder, Songwriter, composer.
Marco is playing the bass and doing also the vocals. He is very versatile and an awesome singer as well. You might watch „The Islander“ from Tampere to experience this.
Emppu is playing the guitar. He can shred it but he always does exactly that much, that is required by the song.
Kai (also Wintersun) is now at the drums and replaced the original drummer Jukka (whom you saw here) who had stop playing the drums due to health issues. But he still is with the band. Julka was a perfect drummer and showman, Kai is a perfect drummer and a machine and beast at the drums.
Then there is Troy, a multi instrumentalist from England who in older performances supported the band at some tracks but became luckily a full member of the band after this tour. He‘s a great singer as well.
Last but not least there is Floor, the Dutch singer. She is the bands third singer after Tarja (operatic) and Annett from Sweden (pop/rock). She can sing really everything from opera over pop/ rock to growls
Here are some suggestions for your next stops:
-> There are only great songs from Wacken: „Story Time“ and "Ever Dream" are catchy in a very positive way. "Song of Myself" starts catchy and ends with everyone headbanging. "Romanticide", "Last Ride of the Day" and "Ghostriver" are the heavier ones.
-> "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" (Buenos Aires) will give you a metal and power blast: Maximum speed and Marco (the singing bass player) becomes Hannibal Lecter ;-)
-> "Yours an Empty Hope" from Wembley (have a good look!! at the growls. You'll be surprised.)
-> „Dead Boys Poem“ from Buenos Aires (so amazing and emotional)
-> „Weak Fantasy“ (Tampere): Kai the beastat the drums, Troy joins in, great duets with Floor and Marco, …
-> Elvenjig / Elvenpath (Buenos Aires): Awesome intro and it continues on that level
-> "The greatest Show on Earth" (Tampere) is one of the two most epic songs. The title is not about the gig, but about the topic of the song: The evolution of mankind.
-> "The Poet and the Pendulum“ (Wembley) is my personal absolute masterpiece of Nightwish. Be sure to know the background of this song ahead (short version see below *)
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From the new album there are for obvious reasons no live sessions so far. For all songs there are lyric videos, except for „Noise". But maybe you'll give some songs a try as well. It's an awesome album. Definitely not an "easy" one with a lot of really unique songs, different from what is "typical" for Nightwish. Floor said that she was really challenged to sing the songs that Tuomas wrote for her. Knowing her abilities, you can imagine that they are "special“. It‘s a good idea to hear the album in the given order, but nevertheless here are some of my options to some of the songs.
-->"Noise" is probably the most "typical" song and the only one with "real video". The video is great as the song itself
--> "Tribal" is the heaviest one and Kai, the drummer, had to change his normal setup to be able to play it.
--> "Shoemaker" (about Eugene Shoemaker) is such a heavenly and epic song with the possible epic ending.
-> „Pan“ is just an amazing ride. When it starts you for a moment think you‘re listening to Floors husbands band „Sabaton“. In the song you‘ll be reminded to „Tribal“ and „Noise“.
-> Procession“ a rather calm song with so amazing vocals by Floor
--> "Harvest" is so different with Troy singing, that you will wonder if you're listening to Nightwish.
-> „Endlessness“ is Marcos song and shows his great voice.
--> "Music", „How's the Heart", ... are really cool songs as well. Of course.
The album challenged Floor as singer, which is not easy to do, as she is one of the best and most versatile singers in the world.
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If you'd like to Explore Floor on her own:
Beste Zangers Just in case (which I can really recommend) you're going to do "Beste Zangers" make sure you take the clips posted by "jenniezelf" on UA-cam as she has also included the talking / interviews before and after with english subtitles. The concept of the show is, that on one day all singers sing a song for one of them.
It's a song that is by that singer or a song that means a lot for him / her. So it is very interesting to get to know the story behind each song. And it will help to understand the reactions of the other singers. Floor is singing there in German, Dutch, Spanis and English. Her "Phanom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort is legendary.
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* Backstory for „Poet and the Pendulum“
Tuomas (the keyboarder and songwriter) was in depression after the split from their first singer Tarja. He was in the position to either commit suicide in real real life or to write a song about it and die within that song. Luckily he choose the latter option. He is the poet, "killed" by the pendulum. And afterwards there is darkness, silence and just a fading heartbeat. It gives me a shiver every time.
As this song is so emotional for him all the others have an eye on him. He even had his the vocals turned off in his in ears.
One detail showing the ingenuity of Tuoams: Exactly three minutes after the words "Now I have only three minutes and counting" he is "killed" by the pendulum. And then everything becomes dark and there is just this fading heartbeat of the dying poet.
Here is the open letter Tuomas / the band wrote towards Tarja:
nightwish.fandom.com/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Tarja_Turunen
And here is her response:
nightwish.fandom.com/wiki/Open_Letter_from_Tarja_Turunen
From what I have heard, her husband/manager was (from the bands point of view) the core of the problem. There is one song addressing him: "Master Passion Greed"
They never played it live and will never do so. It is maybe their heaviest song, but for sure the most angry one. You should definitely listen to it.
Greetz from a German-Dutch concert photographer
Aaaaannnd here comes the army. Good reaction, keep them coming!
Nightwish's songs are not just songs it's also a experience.
The voice, the stage presence, and charsima no one else in the world is like Floor Jansen. She is amazing.
Welcome to Nightwish. I enjoyed your reaction to this song.. Especially when you just sit back and enjoy the final. You will love romanticide or any other song that Gabriel is suggesting
Hi mate from the UK, Floor can sing everything, classical, operatic, metal, rock, and growls, to see her growl watch Yours Is An Empty Hope from Wembley, she is amazingly versatile, keep reacting to this great band, not only will you thoroughly enjoy it but the Nightwish army will soon find you and give you a boost too, subbed too to see more of your reactions to the exceptional band, cheers
Nightwish: performing great music by night, kickstarting YT subscriber numbers by day.
just a point to remember, this in fact, is the 15th song out of an 18 song set. During that set she growled, belted and soared. The rest of the band are as always totally on point, Tuomas, on keys also writes/composes the material, there are no stars in this band all together they are NIGHTWISH!
NW "Song of Myself" "Romanticide" for heavier selections
Run fool....run while you still can ....listening to another song will get you enlisted in our Nightwisharmy...:)
The bass is a Warwick Buzzard made famous by John Entwistle of The Who in 1985. Marco has always played Warwick basses and Framus (a Warwick company) guitars on his double-neck.
Right...you wokeup the Nightwish army so get ready for a fantastic NIGHTWISH experiance !
Romanticide Next ..... metal one ;) NIghtwish army is here ;)
welcome to the world of Nightwish :) you will get a trip of your life, just follow the road :) you will LOOOVE poet and the pendulum , dead boy's poem and SOOOO many more ;)
Welcome to the Nightwish Army and to your first Floorgasm!!!
Floor Jansen is a vocal athlete with incredible range, agility, versatility, vocal stamina, and stage presence. It is apparent when listening to her sing that she has spent the better part of her life fine-tuning her instrument with help from several vocal coaches. Floor can sing in multiple languages and genres and was a vocal coach herself. It is incredible how she is able to take any song and make it her own. This woman is a true gift to her craft and an incredible addition to a band that has always been great until 2013 when they officially hired the undisputed Queen of Metal Floor Jansen, making Nightwish the greatest band on the planet.
Yours is an Empty Hope. Is right up your alley 😁
Nightwish Army incoming...Alaska US Division reporting...it's Symphonic Metal. You have only scratched the surface...they will always surprise you and they are better live. Floor is the current singer and she is our Metal Goddess...welcome to Nightwish! Hope to see you continue this journey...
Subbed for more Nightwish! You have only scratched the surface of what this band is capable of! This is not one of their harder songs. You have many other songs to explore to see their heavy side
And to think that Floor was still a stand in when this concert was played... she is amazing.
Today I just found out about this quite new (2016) band called "Lovebites" Check their official live video of the song "Holy war" (and have the lyrics ready!)
All female heavy metal band from Japan... this song and performance... just purest of pure heavy metal!
They blew my mind.
This song was #13, she and the band had already done 12 other songs. Each song takes you on a journey and they have a lot of kick ass ones too. The bass player sings to, they are so many I don't know what to recommend. Newer song released December 6 2019,recorded in 2018, DEVIL AND THE DEEP DARK OCEAN. Live at Buenos Aires.
I just want to point out a fact that the "Army" never says and especially for this Wacken gig is essential to really judge the power of this particular gig. Remember that on this Wacken performance Floor was still new to the band and the audience, who eventually bought the tickets basically to see Nightwish with Anette Olzon. Floor replaced her in the middle of the tour and really didn't have a lot of time to learn and adapt the songs, joining the band coming from a burnout. This Wacken gig was a true turn point - not only she completely knocked down and convinced even the hard core fans, but also you can feel the motivation of the band growing from song to song with this exceptional performance (especially Tuomas being really in a "depressive" phase after losing 2 vocalists. And all this under pressure - new to the band, not yet alot of experience/rehearsals with the band, an audience being here for another singer, AND the pressure of a live DVD production under all this circumstances! Checkout the documentary "Please learn the Setlist in 48 hours" which tells the story from the Denver debacle to the beginnings with Floor ;)
If you watch the full show it starts rather "reserved" and with an introduction of Floor to the audience. From song to song you can read the motivation and exitement on the bans members faces and the show gets better and better. It's known that keyboarder/songwriter Tuomas had the vocals muted in his monitors, because he didn't support to hear the songs again with another singer. But - and this is purely speculative and my personal interpretation - at 1:00:26 you see him throw something like a headset away. Kinda like "Hell what I am doing, I am about to miss the best gig of my life".
Great reaction and very happy to sub. Most reactors always start with this 'BIGGIE' , which I don't quite understand as most of the NW army advise to leave the biggies until they've seen a little more. GLS is of course an epic and a cracking song but there is so much more to them - I noticed you tried to put them into a genre which of course we all like to do, but Nightwish are so diverse it makes it difficult to find them a home! They've got some of the most beautiful haunting quiet songs such as 'Kiss while your lips are still red' - 'Sleeping Sun', and 'Dead Boy's Poem' - but also some extremely heavy stuff too (Slaying the Dreamer', 'Romanticide' etc) reminiscent of Metallica and Megadeth . Tuomas (keyboards) is the brains behind the music and some people refer to him as a modern day Mozart! I'm not certain, but I think they headlined Wacken this particular evening?! Love to hear more NW reactions from you. Btw, Father Christmas' elder Brother is Markko, Empu is the guitarist, in 2013, the drummer was Jukka but is now Kai and a fellow Englishman called Troy who plays all manner of Celtic like instruments including tin whistles, Irish bagpipes and guitar. Floor Jansen is the current singer still!
Well, good sir, through this reaction you got yourself another subscriber. Great reaction. Keep these nightwish reactions coming, and ill be right there with you!!
This band doesn't only have an amazing female singer but also a very good male vocalist. If you're old school you might wanna listen to their cover of high hopes from Pink Floyd to get an idea of his abilities. Floor just uploaded a brilliant cover of Alone from Heart, where she clearly shows that besides her amazing voice she also puts all her emotions in her performances.
Great meeting you here btw, I really enjoyed your reaction.
And the third last song of a two hour set....yep Epic only begins to describe them!
Oh boy! Nice reaction..... you definitely need to do Romanticide next.... so you can see just how powerful they can be!!! Then... Storytime.... Song of Myself.... all from the greatest concert ever... Wacken 2013!!!! And.... that is just the beginning!
I did and it was GREAT!!!!
.. they call me "yes, mam!" - so accurate 😂 Welcome to the world of a very special member of the Symphonic Metal genre. They do whatever the heck they want, because they can. 😁And yes, storytelling is one of the things they do best. Enjoy the ride. Just trust Gabriel's recommendations if you want a little guidance on your journey.
Already subscribed. Oh and with Nightwish fans you usually can expect not to get many (if any) negative comments, because the fans fit the band. So we are pretty nice people. 😊
Operatic, Poetic, Folk, Storytelling, magical band........
One of the most impressive things with this performance is that Floor only joined the band about 6 months before this, in the middle of the tour when they fired their previous singer. You should watch the entire show from Wacken, it's spectacular and goes through many different types of metal. This was most likely the first time many in the audience heard Floor live (in nightwish, she been in other bands before) and what an first impression to make.
Don't categorize a band on one song brah....you will eat your words :D
Fun reaction though!
Check out the whole set from this show. Epic epicness. Im so obsessed with this band these days. Cheers brother... channel looks great btw. 🤘😎
When Floor joined, she was suffering from some major burnout. This band gave her back the joy of it all. I should also say follow Gabriel's list. He's got it together.
Are you ready.. NW Army is coming! Great reaction.. lesssgooo!
Nightwish army now marching in. I think you will have several more great songs to react to! "Romanticide", from this same show, as some have already said, is a great one to see how Nightwish goes pretty much from one extreme to the other. And to see that Marco, the bass player, is also a great singer himself.
Nice! Nightwish is very diverse band. They have many type of songs. If you want check more heavy one, suggest,: Your is an Empty hope(live mexico city 2015), Romanticide(Wacken 2013) or Devil and Deep dark Ocean(live Buenos aires 2018).
Great comment ...and Your Right ...Floor is AMAZING
most legendary performance ever alongside Elvis back in the late 60s
Now you've met the queen keep em coming. Thankyou subbed for more.
Welcome to the world of Nightwish.
The Nightwish Army is coming.
There were 82,000 people there.
What you've heard here is just the tip of what this band can do.
How can you tell me what kind of band this is you've only heard one song?
Try Romanticide or something else from this band.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
82,000 in the crowd and they could have filled it many times over. The whole of the band are expert musicians, Floor - the goddess - is just the icing on the cake. Floorgasm time.
🤘🇫🇮 Nightwish army Finland Stay safe and Take care of Your loved ones...
Good reaction! It’s gonna be interesting to follow your journey down this rabbit hole. The Nightwish army will come knocking and more knowledgeable people than me will guide you on this road. Listen to their advice and you’ll enjoy the experience even more.
Great reaction man! Always fun to see someone experience Nightwish for the first time. Subbed, and got your other NW/Floor reactions queued up.
I’ve never been able to find the reason but Nightwish has always made me tear up
Give this a listen a few more times and then do a reaction to Nightwish the greatest show on earth... you won’t be disappointed....
nightwish greatest show on earth live tampere its good and you will be surprised
I saw Nightwish in Louisville Ky in 2015, maybe? It was in like an old hangar/garage with maybe 300 people. They do not draw in the US like they do elsewhere. It is too bad because they are AWESOME. That show also had Sabaton and Delain. It was unforgettable.
A storytelling breed they are. ;-) You want something faster, Nighwish's got you covered (Storytime or Last Ride of the Day, both Wacken 2013). You want something hard and heavy, Nighwish's got you covered (Weak Fantasy, Tampere 2015; 7 Days to the Wolves, Wembley 2015; Song of Myself, Wacken 2013). You want your heartstrings pulled, Nighwish's got you covered (While Your Lips are Still Red, Wembley 2015). Other than that, you can also just pick randomly from the Wacken 2013 show, can't go wrong with any of that. The rabbit hole is deeper and wider than you probably think. Let us join you on the ride! :-)
I also do believe this was the 13th song out of their 15 song set. So think of that as well. Her voice never waivers.
OldSkuleNerd: "It's not elaborate, it's not layered"
me: **laughs in Poet and the Pendulum**
Hey, it seems that Gabriel already gave you his usual introduction to reactors on Nightwish, so all I ask you is please, go down this rabbit hole and share it with us... your reaction was on point and your comments were awesome. And that's the tip of the iceberg buddy... I love this band for along time and I still get surprised by them as by their members individually. All of them are masters on their craft. Greetings from the Nightwish Army, Brazil showing for duty!