Bo and I were truly moved by Nightwish and the unbelievable performance that they put on! There is a new Nightwish reaction in the works and will have it to you all really soon! Thanks so much for all of the comments and words of wisdom and for giving us some great knowledge and advice about the band! See ya soon! Clay
Nightwish army Arkansas here! I love seeing reactions of new NW listeners! Floor can go from growling to opera in the same song! The band is the best bar none! All songs of theirs are good! No matter where they are. Enjoy brothers!
Hello Clay & Bo [Critical Hits & Bad Misses] ! Nightwish fan here, your musical quest summoned me. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band! This live recording is from Wacken Open Air 2013, together with Floor Jansen [pronounced Yansen], the 3rd and present female singer of the band, in front of an 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. Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the [updated] 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 [pronounced Tuo-mas], the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. [Sami Vanska was the bassist of the band starting with their 2nd studio album, he was with them until 2001. Then Marco Hietala was bassist and vocals, since 2001 to 2020. He recently announced his retirement both from the band and the public life for the next year at least. Then in May 2021 Jukka Koskinen [pronounced Yukka] became the bassist of the band, for the Human :II: Nature tour - and recently, the band announced he became a permanent member] And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen [he also recorded the bass lines for their 1st studio album]. Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen [pronounced Yukka] 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 [pronounced Tarr-ya] (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 " For an extended set of suggestion (with links), I just posted 2 huge comments in the community tab in my main YT channel: www.youtube.com/@gabriel.bardac/community 🤘
I am not so long in "this Army" myself, only a few month now (sorry for not knowing them earlier), but thank you for what you are doing here. ❤ At the beginning as I was "in" I was always wondering, what that means when they talked about "Gabriels list", it sounded like some "top secret stuff" (sorry, I am an artist myself, we think a bit different, for all when you are filmmaker and doing shorts up to 25 minutes), but now I know. One more time thank you and enjoy the day. ❤
Yes Nightwish were the headliners that year. I believe the act that was on stage before them was Alice Cooper. Hope you continue with other Nightwish reactions. Like many other reaction channels you may find that each song is different and also epic and you will have a hard time choosing which one is your favorite.
Nightwish army California checking in, This entire show blew my mind! 'Song of Myself' followed this. enjoy the journey coming if you continue the Nightwish journey !!!!
Two older dudes watching greatness is a joy or me. Because I'm like you here my first time watching. A older dude blown away. I saw the last year live finally in Amsterdam (home ground to the singer) and to put it mildly it was fantastic! She is in real time just what you see here. And there are no filters as you attend a live concert as you know. Rock o and keep digging in this rabbit hole and tanks to Gabriel for the background info.
I just subscribed, knowing by your Reaction that you are going to jump down this rabbit hole without a second thought. Yes, this is an incredible band, made up of incredible musicians, with songs created by an incredible composer, Tuomas, the Metal Mozart. Welcome from the Minnesota Nightwish Army.
Meatloaf stage presence, Floor stage presence. Story-telling! Top class! Nightwish Army, Blue Mountains Corps, Australia! It is a crime that Nightwish is not more widely known and heard GLOBALLY! - watched this 11 days after release and you have 2.11K subs! For your 1000 sub gift!!!
Great reaction, Tuomas Holopainen (metal Mozart) usually creates pieces of art lyrically, melodies, tones, voices, and each song even instrumental version are gold. I suggest to try "High Hopes", "greatest show on earth", "poet and the pendulum", "creek Mary's blood", ... Welcome to the rabbit hole.
Great reaction. Nightwish is all about storytelling Thats why your next song should be Storytime....:) Please do some more because this song doesn't even make my top 10 from them!
Greetings and welcome to Nightwish and symphonic metal. Safe to say the Nightwish Army is upon you. 👍 The 6 foot, Dutch Goddess of all things vocal, is Floor Jansen (yän•sen). Here's some bonus info not many reactors get after their first reaction to this song.... Although Floor was only 10 months old with Nightwish on this performance, Ghost Love Score was always her favorite Nightwish song to sing even before she was part of the group, and it still is her favorite song to sing because it showcases a lot of her talent and versatility. What song do you follow this up with? That's a question you can ask after every Nightwish performance you react to, but you will find out soon enough. But now.... "I think it's time for a little story...... It's definitely Storytime." - Floor Jansen - Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤️🤘🤘
Welcome from the UK great reaction you've just witnessed our Queen (Floor Jansen) probably one of the best female artists in the world at the moment enjoy your in for a long ride
Welcome to our Nightwish obsession from Canada. I have seen Nightwish live in 2022. They are truly bards. Many others will fill you in on their background and song catalog. Check out thier song Edema Ruh played live acoustic on the Baltic Princess or the special fan video to see how they view themselves as a band of travelling minstrels from fantasy books. They have a Celtic folky side as well which I love.
The singer Floor Jansen was at the time of this concert was still the Temp/singer .She had been with the band 10 months at this time. None of the songs she sang at this concert were writtern for her ..Right back down the hole ..😎
Another pair of souls snagged by the Valkrye Goddess herself! Welcome to the rabbit hole! I see Gabriel's already been here to give you "the list," You'll find more critical hits on that list than you can believe right now. Give Storytime a shot, the same concert, Wacken 2013, a legendary performance. In answer to your questions, they were headlining, so no one had to follow that, but yes, that was only the 13th song on a 15-song setlist; they had 2 songs to go, both of which are terrific.
🤩👌💥💯🎼 ... And already 1,4k subs less than a day after 1k subs celebration... Just bravely go ahead and explore more of this magical band guys. Nice reaction. 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙
HEY GUYS, WELCOME TO THE NIGHTWISH RABBIT HOLE. YOU ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. I BELIEVE I AM A BIT OLDER THAN YOU YOUNG FELLOWS, SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARDER FOR ME TO LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC. I THOUGHT THE MUSIC DIED AFTER THE 60'S, BUT THEN NIGHTWISH. NO I DIDNT START LISTENING TO THEM UNTILL THEY WERE AROUND FOR 20 YEARS, SO I MISSED THE FIRST TWO SINGERS, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THEM I FIGURE I DIDN'T MISS MUCH. I AM 75 AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC STARTING IN 5TH GRADE PLAYING SAX THEN DRUMS THEN GUITAR. I KNOW GOOD MUSIC WHEN I HEAR IT. THESE GUYS ARE THE BEST. HANG ON.
well. It seems that you started de Nightwish Journey, side by side with us, the Nightwish army. After this song comes: LAST RIDE OF THE DAY STORYTIME SONG OF MYSELF ELAN MY WALDEN NEMO THE POET AND THE PENDULUM THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH Thanks for your reactions men. Greetings from Argentina.
As "General Gabriel" said " NW Fan here" and "welcome to Symphonic-Metal" Greetings from NW-Army-Germany. Do more NW and The Army will come (That's why it is most reacted, because it is sooo GOOD and we are here) NW was 2013 Headliner.. ❤🔥
Wait until you meet Troy Donockley, an English musician and 6th member of Nightwish. He is as close to a D & D Bard character you will ever get. He plays Uillean Pipes, Whistles, Guitars, a Bazouki and sings.
❤ Great ❤ Thx for this entertaining reaction video. And welcome to the world of Nightwish. Hopefully you will start the journey with more Nightwish songs - and I promise you a lot of surprising moves, because Nightwish is a band with a lot of talents. Next song: Storytime (same concert: Wacken 2013) or follow the list of Gabriel… ‼️🏆👍
Nice reaction. And this was song 13 out of 15, it was followed with Song of myself and one of the best closers ever, called Last ride of the day. In fact this whole concert is pure gold. It's arguably one of the best concerts ever recorded, not a bad song or bad note in it. But as great as it is, nothing compares to seeing them live 🖤🤘🏽
Welcome to Nightwish! As to what it's like being in the crowd at one of their concerts, it's amazing - they are this good pretty much all the time! This being the most reacted-to video rather than another of theirs is largely down to the filmmaking choices getting across the atmosphere particularly well, the sound quality, and the focus on Floor (which makes it an easy "in"), plus the composition providing an opportunity to show off more of their range than some of their shorter songs from the same DVD. I recommend going with Gabriel's list for at least a few more reactions, then we can get a feel for what you like and make more tailored suggestions.
Hey ! Meatloaf. That's a first and a good one. I was already rolling my eyes, when you said: I don't want to compare', because it's followed in 90% by 'Evanescence'. So when you said 'Meatloaf', I let out a sigh of relief, LOL Greetings from lonesome commander of NW army on Maui. 😎
Hello guys from Finland. I thinkthat Nightwish got you and you are going into rabbithole and it is good 🤩😂🤗. Thx for you reaction, it was nice and good. Yeah, Nightwish was a headliner for 82000 ppl. I really wait for you next NW reaction 😊
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power of her vocals. We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard. ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!! The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready! Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
Yay! More Nightwish, please. They are an Amazing band!!! Every song is different, and all are super entertaining. This one is usually suggested because it really shows the many types of vocals Floor can sing all in one epic song. We call her our Queen, Valkyrie Goddess of Metal. 😉 Tuomas, the composer/ keyboardist, is lovingly called The Metal Mozart. He is a poet & a genius. Subbed in hopes of more.
Two more souls snatched by the Valkyrie Goddess " what do you do after a 10 minute song like that" Well if your Nightwish....you do a 15 minute song for an Encore !!
Welcome to the world of Nightwish! You're definitely right, they are a band of bards. I also see them as a party of adventurers with the members made up of different character classes. You'll soon realize that Nightwish songs are like made for D&D campaigns if you'll continue exploring them. Plus, Tuomas, the keyboardist and mastermind of the band, is a big fan of fantasy. They even have a song about fantasy titled, Elvenpath. Great reaction guys!
Hi there Nightwish Army Norway checking in. Cool that you're blown away. But this is only a tiny sliver of what Nightwish does. New sub here waiting for you to check out more. Gabriel's list is a good start. This is a deep and wide rabbit hole, and we're waiting at the bortom for you :-) Oh. BTW. Floor Jansen is pronounced Floor Yansen. And the "a" should be like the word "Darth" in Darth Vader. GLS was not the encore of this setlist. They played two more songs after this. And guess what? I'm going to see them live at the "Tons Of Rock" festival in Oslo, Norway in June. I have been a fan since 2007-ish (i knew of them before, of course), but never seen them live. They recently played at the 70.000 tons of Metal Cruise (on a ship) out of Miami, FL.
I'm always extra appreciative of reactors who just listen to the song, actually experience it, without feeling the need to rattle on *during* all the time :)
Nightwish Army Germany reports for Duty: What you should do: Listen to Gabriel. He knows. Great Reaction !! I think our Queen captured two more souls….:-) It never gets old to see people freeze when our Queen starts to sing…. About Ghost Love Score: Standing solid as a World Pillar around which the planet revolves, Floor hits "The Note," the crowd loses their shit, the band tears a hole in the fabric of Space-Time, and 82,000 people will never, ever be the same again. Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
“MY FAVORITE NIGHTWISH SONG IS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE IVE LISTENED TOO!”. It’s been my mantra for over 20 plus years for this very old Metal rock head! Ghost Love Score was the 13th song of a 15 song set at this concert. They have no bad song in my humble opinion! I’d start with the opening song Dark Chest of Wonders and just go thru the set list but if your able to read this because the Nightwish Army will be invading your channel to give you great suggestions and help in discovering this amazing band. Their albums are masterpieces but they shine live! Good luck, God Bless Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Nightwish Army, Southwest Ohio Division reporting for duty. I am not offended at all by the comparison to Meatloaf storytelling. That being said, it's time for a little story, it's definitely Storytime. 😁
NW Atl, here. Never heard the Meatloaf comparison, yet as far as being fulling engaged in what seems similar to a theatrical performance that embodies the energy portrayed... I believe i understated and appreciate the mention. cheers, guys! congrats on 1K!
This concert is amazing from the first second to the last, just react to “Dark Chest Of Wonders” (the opening song) and “Last Ride Of The Day” ( the last song) EPIC❤
From a CoC player to D&D players: keep listening, you won’t regret! Follow Gabriel’s list, it’s a perfect order. Storytime is I think an even better way to discover Nightwish. It’s is shorter but as vocally and musically impressive. Have a great journey down the rabbit hole.
I believe that Nightwish was one of the headliners at Wacken 2013 and closed out the festival - plus this was a song performed very near the end of their set - 82,000 fans in the crowd
A big welcome to the Nightwish Universe from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 You have now open the door a little bit, to a musically universe, you probably didn't know existed. This is Symphonic Metal - the merge of symphony and metal music, often built in chapters like symphony music, deep deep poetic lyrics, often with quotes from scientists and writers - often complexed and always written to be experienced. The composer Tuomas (keyboard) is well known as the metal Mozart - and this is well deserved. The woman in front Floor - is by far the most versatile, powerful, skilled and talented storyteller in the galaxy - and I am not kidding you!! You have only scratched the surface of Nightwish's and Floor's capabilities here - not even 10 %. To follow the evolution of Nightwish since Floor joined (October 2012) - Pease look for Gabriel Bardac's brief info and suggestions, his links have some of the best audio. Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘
Thanks so much for acting on my suggestion. As I said previously, this song Ghost Love Score is one of the softer/slower songs by Nightwish. They can and usually do go harder. A good song to see a harder side would be Romanticide. But realistically, any song from the 2013 Wacken concert is a winner!
Nightwish Army North Texas division reporting for duty. Welcome to the wonderful world of Floor Jansen and Nightwish. Symphonic metal at its best. An incredible band with a vast library of unique music. They were the final act that night. They followed Alice Cooper. They followed this song (#13) with two more that night. Check our what General Gabriel has sent. Enjoy!
I'm an old guy from the USA, and I can honestly tell you that discovering Nightwish & Floor changed everything related to music. A lifetime of music---including Meatloaf---and I feel as though it was all spent waiting for Nightwish. Specifically, NW with their current singer Floor Jansen. She along with Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) are two of the most musically gifted people alive. Tuomas writes 90+% of the Nightwish music. Listen to the different layers of this music, then try to imagine creating this all from scratch. Genius. What other word is there? But it never totally reached orbit until Floor joined the band. Their combined greatness is legendary. You guys are in for a fantastic ride if you stay on this train.
Guys you have opened the gates to the Nightwish hordes. The Army is coming and I'm sure your subs will double in order for us to follow you down the rabbithole of Nightwish. You will never be disappointed ! Stick with this Wacken show first. Subscribed!!
The song that followed this was called Song Of Myself and is one of my favourite songs and I strongly recommend it. Nightwish were headlining and did a 15 song set and every one a banger. The setlist was: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders 2. Wish I Had an Angel 3. She Is My Sin 4. Ghost River 5. Ever Dream 6. Storytime 7. I Want My Tears Back (with Troy Donockley) 8. Nemo (with Troy Donockley) 9. Last of the Wilds (with Troy Donockley) 10. Bless the Child 11. Romanticide 12. Amaranth 13. Ghost Love Score 14. Song of Myself 15. Last Ride of the Day
I was very impressed with Nightwish. If that song is a staple of what they have to offer, than I will for sure be looking forward to reacting to more of their music. Thank you so much for that information. Bo
@@criticalhitsbadmisses Hello! If you liked Nightwish, you will almost certainly also like Epica, another big name in the symphonic metal subgenre! Basically, there's no one above these two bands (though Therion is close). Epica is usually heavier than Nightwish, but still very melodic, with top-notch musical compositions. Their lead singer is a classically trained goddess Simone Simons who also happens to be a friend of Floor, the lead singer of Nightwish (they've performed together as well). Unlike Nightwish, Epica also performed with a live orchestra and choir a couple times. If you'd like to see an example, check out "Epica - Unleashed (Official Live)" For one of their longer (but also heavier) epic masterpieces "Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 3" (Omega Alive) Any questions? 😁 PS: do NOT start your Epica journey with "Consign to Oblivion" unless you are into heavy music/vocals. "Kingdom of Heaven" is already heavy enough.
And Wintersun (from which The drummer Kai Hahto came from, and later The new basist Jukka... Mmmm. Something [cannot remember now, a total blackout] ) E.g. Time - If you want a bit softer And Sons of winter and stars - If you manage More serious growling an prog-elements
I've been a Nightwish fan since 2001 or 2002, I saw them live in 2004 and even now I haven't bothered to listen to them, especially since Floor is with them. Nightwish Army from Romania welcomes you!
I understand Meatloaf. The story telling, the theatricals. Oh how I love Nightwish! They're so good, you just want to share them with other people. So sad people are missing out because they never heard of the band.
I was always a meatloaf fan and meant nothing but praise by the comparison. Thank you for your comment and I do believe we will be reacting to more Nightwish songs. Bo
That was song #13 of a 15 song set, headlining 82,000, I have been to about 100 Live shows in my life many of them the greats, but this Wacken 2013 NW is the BEST Live show I have ever seen and thats from a YT video !
Hey guys. New Nightwish Army subscriber here. Welcome to our 6'1" Valkyrie goddess, Floor Jansen (Yan-sen) and our beloved Nightwish. You have just scratched the surface of what this band does on a nightly basis. Every song is so different and epic. This was the thirteenth song in their 15 song setlist and Nightwish is still killing it until this very day. Congrats on hitting 1K subscribers but, may I say, you are also just scratching the surface of this Nightwish rabbit hole. Every Nightwish song is so different that you will find yourselves saying, over and over again, "This is my new favorite Nightwish song." I highly recommend that you read all of Gabriel Bardac's comment and follow his link at the end to Gabriel's List of amazing Nightwish live performances. NIghtwish is one of the rare bands whose live performances are even better than their studio productions. Thank you both for this reaction and I hope to see you back again soon reacting to more Nightwish live performances with Floor.
Welcome to the nightwish world, Gabriel will give you a list if you wish to continue your journey, great reaction. Believe me there are many songs which will impress you just as much🇬🇧
Welcome guys, this band, Nightwish will blow you away, they have so many songs that will blow your mind. They are known as symphonic metal, but every new song is a new story with a different path. Tremendously talented all of them, Tuomas the keyboardist writes almost everything and he is known as the Metal Mozart. Floor Jansen is the lead singer, she has classical as well as years of vocal training, also vocal coach. She is the best I have ever heard, vocally she can do whatever she chooses. Gabriel Bardac should be along with plenty of info on the band and suggested songs, he is like Nightwish Army's Greeter and General. I hope you continue on this path, I will like and sub in hopes you do check out more.
You’ve heard the beauty side of Nightwish. Now check out Ghost River and Romanticide from the same concert to hear the beast. Floor Jansen covers all the basses.
Now you've gone and done it ! 😂. First thing to say - let yourselves be guided by " General " Gabriel - he knows what he's talking about and he'll keep you on the right track . This IS one of Nightwish's more mellow tracks - they can be MUCH heavier ( and darker ) - but also lighter , such is their versatility . BTW - thanks for NOT saying they remind you of Evanescence ( I suppose Meatloaf will do 😉 ) Enjoy the ride - it's worth it !
Bo and I were truly moved by Nightwish and the unbelievable performance that they put on! There is a new Nightwish reaction in the works and will have it to you all really soon! Thanks so much for all of the comments and words of wisdom and for giving us some great knowledge and advice about the band! See ya soon!
Clay
Nightwish army Arkansas here! I love seeing reactions of new NW listeners! Floor can go from growling to opera in the same song! The band is the best bar none! All songs of theirs are good! No matter where they are. Enjoy brothers!
Hello Clay & Bo [Critical Hits & Bad Misses] ! Nightwish fan here, your musical quest summoned me.
Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band! This live recording is from Wacken Open Air 2013, together with Floor Jansen [pronounced Yansen], the 3rd and present female singer of the band, in front of an 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.
Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the [updated] 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 [pronounced Tuo-mas], the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. [Sami Vanska was the bassist of the band starting with their 2nd studio album, he was with them until 2001. Then Marco Hietala was bassist and vocals, since 2001 to 2020. He recently announced his retirement both from the band and the public life for the next year at least. Then in May 2021 Jukka Koskinen [pronounced Yukka] became the bassist of the band, for the Human :II: Nature tour - and recently, the band announced he became a permanent member] And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen [he also recorded the bass lines for their 1st studio album]. Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen [pronounced Yukka] 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 [pronounced Tarr-ya] (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 "
For an extended set of suggestion (with links), I just posted 2 huge comments in the community tab in my main YT channel: www.youtube.com/@gabriel.bardac/community
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Ten-HUT! General Gabriel is in the house! Guys, he is the resident authority on all things Nightwish. What you want to know, he knows.
I am not so long in "this Army" myself, only a few month now (sorry for not knowing them earlier), but thank you for what you are doing here. ❤ At the beginning as I was "in" I was always wondering, what that means when they talked about "Gabriels list", it sounded like some "top secret stuff" (sorry, I am an artist myself, we think a bit different, for all when you are filmmaker and doing shorts up to 25 minutes), but now I know. One more time thank you and enjoy the day. ❤
German Division south-west reporting in General Gabe \o7
GENERAL GABE!!! I feel Honored to be a part of this Milestone! These Guys seem to "Get It", so they're getting a Like & Sub from me!
Just go and get everybody Gabriel. The whole world needs t know the greatness of Nightwish, Floor and al the other great music in this genre.
Welcome to the Nightwish Army!!! YOU TWO WERE NOT READY FOR THE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!
Just watched them live in Amsterdam and Vienna, it was epic!
Felt like the luckiest girl alive ❤
Yes Nightwish were the headliners that year. I believe the act that was on stage before them was Alice Cooper. Hope you continue with other Nightwish reactions. Like many other reaction channels you may find that each song is different and also epic and you will have a hard time choosing which one is your favorite.
Nightwish Army the Netherlands here 😊
Welcome to this wonderful and magical band.
Thanks for the reaction.
Explore and enjoy 🤘🎶😛
Nightwish army California checking in, This entire show blew my mind! 'Song of Myself' followed this. enjoy the journey coming if you continue the Nightwish journey !!!!
Two older dudes watching greatness is a joy or me. Because I'm like you here my first time watching. A older dude blown away. I saw the last year live finally in Amsterdam (home ground to the singer) and to put it mildly it was fantastic! She is in real time just what you see here. And there are no filters as you attend a live concert as you know. Rock o and keep digging in this rabbit hole and tanks to Gabriel for the background info.
I just subscribed, knowing by your Reaction that you are going to jump down this rabbit hole without a second thought. Yes, this is an incredible band, made up of incredible musicians, with songs created by an incredible composer, Tuomas, the Metal Mozart. Welcome from the Minnesota Nightwish Army.
Meatloaf stage presence, Floor stage presence. Story-telling! Top class! Nightwish Army, Blue Mountains Corps, Australia! It is a crime that Nightwish is not more widely known and heard GLOBALLY! - watched this 11 days after release and you have 2.11K subs! For your 1000 sub gift!!!
Nightwish Army South Germany reporting on duty.
This band is alot, they are extremely versatile and good musicians as well as one of (if not the) best singers right now.
Great reaction, Tuomas Holopainen (metal Mozart) usually creates pieces of art lyrically, melodies, tones, voices, and each song even instrumental version are gold.
I suggest to try "High Hopes", "greatest show on earth", "poet and the pendulum", "creek Mary's blood", ... Welcome to the rabbit hole.
Hello from Michigan. Welcome to the rabbit hole.
Great reaction.
Nightwish is all about storytelling
Thats why your next song should be Storytime....:)
Please do some more because this song doesn't even make my top 10 from them!
Greetings and welcome to Nightwish and symphonic metal.
Safe to say the Nightwish Army is upon you. 👍
The 6 foot, Dutch Goddess of all things vocal, is Floor Jansen (yän•sen).
Here's some bonus info not many reactors get after their first reaction to this song....
Although Floor was only 10 months old with Nightwish on this performance, Ghost Love Score was always her favorite Nightwish song to sing even before she was part of the group, and it still is her favorite song to sing because it showcases a lot of her talent and versatility.
What song do you follow this up with?
That's a question you can ask after every Nightwish performance you react to, but you will find out soon enough.
But now....
"I think it's time for a little story...... It's definitely Storytime." - Floor Jansen -
Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed.
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Every Nightwish song is a different story
Greetings from The Netherlands, Welcome into the rabbit hole.
The singer is Floor Jansen. She did a great cover of the Lady Gaga song Shallow. Enjoy
Welcome from the UK great reaction you've just witnessed our Queen (Floor Jansen) probably one of the best female artists in the world at the moment enjoy your in for a long ride
Nightwish Army, Regiment from Poland 😎
Have fun with the nightwish rabbit hole!!!
Welcome to our Nightwish obsession from Canada. I have seen Nightwish live in 2022. They are truly bards. Many others will fill you in on their background and song catalog.
Check out thier song Edema Ruh played live acoustic on the Baltic Princess or the special fan video to see how they view themselves as a band of travelling minstrels from fantasy books. They have a Celtic folky side as well which I love.
Nightwish army AZ division checking in, buckle up and enjoy the musical adventure that is Nightwish.
The singer Floor Jansen was at the time of this concert was still the Temp/singer .She had been with the band 10 months at this time.
None of the songs she sang at this concert were writtern for her ..Right back down the hole ..😎
Nightwish Army Florida division reporting in
Another pair of souls snagged by the Valkrye Goddess herself! Welcome to the rabbit hole! I see Gabriel's already been here to give you "the list," You'll find more critical hits on that list than you can believe right now. Give Storytime a shot, the same concert, Wacken 2013, a legendary performance. In answer to your questions, they were headlining, so no one had to follow that, but yes, that was only the 13th song on a 15-song setlist; they had 2 songs to go, both of which are terrific.
Over 14 000 000 clicks without drums! - Freeland!❤
Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 division of the Nightwish army welcome to your first floorgasam lol 😆
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... And already 1,4k subs less than a day after 1k subs celebration...
Just bravely go ahead and explore more of this magical band guys.
Nice reaction.
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HEY GUYS, WELCOME TO THE NIGHTWISH RABBIT HOLE. YOU ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. I BELIEVE I AM A BIT OLDER THAN YOU YOUNG FELLOWS, SO IT WAS A LITTLE HARDER FOR ME TO LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC. I THOUGHT THE MUSIC DIED AFTER THE 60'S, BUT THEN NIGHTWISH. NO I DIDNT START LISTENING TO THEM UNTILL THEY WERE AROUND FOR 20 YEARS, SO I MISSED THE FIRST TWO SINGERS, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THEM I FIGURE I DIDN'T MISS MUCH. I AM 75 AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC STARTING IN 5TH GRADE PLAYING SAX THEN DRUMS THEN GUITAR. I KNOW GOOD MUSIC WHEN I HEAR IT. THESE GUYS ARE THE BEST. HANG ON.
well. It seems that you started de Nightwish Journey, side by side with us, the Nightwish army.
After this song comes:
LAST RIDE OF THE DAY
STORYTIME
SONG OF MYSELF
ELAN
MY WALDEN
NEMO
THE POET AND THE PENDULUM
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Thanks for your reactions men. Greetings from Argentina.
As "General Gabriel" said " NW Fan here" and "welcome to Symphonic-Metal"
Greetings from NW-Army-Germany.
Do more NW and The Army will come (That's why it is most reacted, because it is sooo GOOD and we are here)
NW was 2013 Headliner.. ❤🔥
Nightwish Army Italian Division here. Welcome to the family 🤟🤟🤟 BTW Nightwish are always headliner during metal festivals 😎
Wait until you meet Troy Donockley, an English musician and 6th member of Nightwish. He is as close to a D & D Bard character you will ever get. He plays Uillean Pipes, Whistles, Guitars, a Bazouki and sings.
Dudes you must do Epica "Sancta Terra". These two women are the most highly trained female vocalists in the rock world. No one compares.
❤ Great ❤ Thx for this entertaining reaction video. And welcome to the world of Nightwish. Hopefully you will start the journey with more Nightwish songs - and I promise you a lot of surprising moves, because Nightwish is a band with a lot of talents. Next song: Storytime (same concert: Wacken 2013) or follow the list of Gabriel… ‼️🏆👍
the army has arrived. now your subscriptions will climb. Dave south africa
Nice reaction. And this was song 13 out of 15, it was followed with Song of myself and one of the best closers ever, called Last ride of the day. In fact this whole concert is pure gold. It's arguably one of the best concerts ever recorded, not a bad song or bad note in it. But as great as it is, nothing compares to seeing them live 🖤🤘🏽
I have seen them twice live in Finland🤘Pure ear/eye candy.
Nightwish Army, Vermont Division, reporting for duty.
Great reaction guys. Just follow Gabriel's list and You will be more than happy.
Greetings from Serbia.🤘
Welcome to Nightwish! As to what it's like being in the crowd at one of their concerts, it's amazing - they are this good pretty much all the time! This being the most reacted-to video rather than another of theirs is largely down to the filmmaking choices getting across the atmosphere particularly well, the sound quality, and the focus on Floor (which makes it an easy "in"), plus the composition providing an opportunity to show off more of their range than some of their shorter songs from the same DVD.
I recommend going with Gabriel's list for at least a few more reactions, then we can get a feel for what you like and make more tailored suggestions.
Hey ! Meatloaf. That's a first and a good one. I was already rolling my eyes, when you said: I don't want to compare', because it's followed in 90% by 'Evanescence'. So when you said 'Meatloaf', I let out a sigh of relief, LOL Greetings from lonesome commander of NW army on Maui. 😎
Greetings from Finland, homeland of NW. Rabbit hole is deeb, but its warm and cozy. Welcome.
Hello guys from Finland.
I thinkthat Nightwish got you and you are going into rabbithole and it is good 🤩😂🤗.
Thx for you reaction, it was nice and good.
Yeah, Nightwish was a headliner for 82000 ppl.
I really wait for you next NW reaction 😊
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she
got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power
of her vocals.
We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard.
ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready!
Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
Discovering Nightwish is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Their music is literally life-changing! Enjoy the ride.
Hi, from Holland!
Yay! More Nightwish, please.
They are an Amazing band!!!
Every song is different, and all are super entertaining.
This one is usually suggested because it really shows the many types of vocals Floor can sing all in one epic song. We call her our Queen, Valkyrie Goddess of Metal. 😉
Tuomas, the composer/ keyboardist, is lovingly called The Metal Mozart. He is a poet & a genius.
Subbed in hopes of more.
Do you hear the stomping sound? That´s the Nightwish Army approatching. This entire show is epic.
Storm is rising....no...no...its the army. NW army.
Was wondering wth my table was trembling... 🙈💥 🤘😁
Two more souls snatched by the Valkyrie Goddess
" what do you do after a 10 minute song like that"
Well if your Nightwish....you do a 15 minute song for an Encore !!
Welcome to Nightwish family o7
Followed by a 24min song Greatest Show on Earth in later years but that's for another day. So much to explore before getting there LOL.
Welcome to the world of Nightwish! You're definitely right, they are a band of bards. I also see them as a party of adventurers with the members made up of different character classes. You'll soon realize that Nightwish songs are like made for D&D campaigns if you'll continue exploring them. Plus, Tuomas, the keyboardist and mastermind of the band, is a big fan of fantasy. They even have a song about fantasy titled, Elvenpath. Great reaction guys!
Hi there
Nightwish Army Norway checking in.
Cool that you're blown away. But this is only a tiny sliver of what Nightwish does. New sub here waiting for you to check out more. Gabriel's list is a good start.
This is a deep and wide rabbit hole, and we're waiting at the bortom for you :-)
Oh. BTW. Floor Jansen is pronounced Floor Yansen. And the "a" should be like the word "Darth" in Darth Vader.
GLS was not the encore of this setlist. They played two more songs after this.
And guess what? I'm going to see them live at the "Tons Of Rock" festival in Oslo, Norway in June. I have been a fan since 2007-ish (i knew of them before, of course), but never seen them live.
They recently played at the 70.000 tons of Metal Cruise (on a ship) out of Miami, FL.
Hail to the Queen, the Poet, the Riff-maker, the Groove master, the Piper of Heaven and to the Beat Lord ! Nightwish Army Italy present !
The Wizard, the Pirate, the Viking, the Hobbit, the druid and of course the Valkyrie 😉🤘🏽
Well put
I'm always extra appreciative of reactors who just listen to the song, actually experience it, without feeling the need to rattle on *during* all the time :)
Welcome to the Nightwish family! This is what a master class in Symphonic Metal sounds like! Nobody better then NIghtwish!
Nightwish Army Germany reports for Duty:
What you should do:
Listen to Gabriel.
He knows.
Great Reaction !! I think our Queen captured two more souls….:-)
It never gets old to see people freeze when our Queen starts to sing….
About Ghost Love Score:
Standing solid as a World Pillar around which the planet revolves, Floor hits "The Note," the crowd loses their shit, the band tears a hole in the fabric of Space-Time, and 82,000 people will never, ever be the same again.
Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
“MY FAVORITE NIGHTWISH SONG IS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE IVE LISTENED TOO!”. It’s been my mantra for over 20 plus years for this very old Metal rock head! Ghost Love Score was the 13th song of a 15 song set at this concert. They have no bad song in my humble opinion! I’d start with the opening song Dark Chest of Wonders and just go thru the set list but if your able to read this because the Nightwish Army will be invading your channel to give you great suggestions and help in discovering this amazing band. Their albums are masterpieces but they shine live! Good luck, God Bless Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Totally see the Meatloaf feel xD Insane musical ability, huge performance style, deep storytelling. I get it!
Nightwish Army, Southwest Ohio Division reporting for duty. I am not offended at all by the comparison to Meatloaf storytelling. That being said, it's time for a little story, it's definitely Storytime. 😁
NW Atl, here.
Never heard the Meatloaf comparison, yet as far as being fulling engaged in what seems similar to a theatrical performance that embodies the energy portrayed... I believe i understated and appreciate the mention. cheers, guys! congrats on 1K!
This concert is amazing from the first second to the last, just react to “Dark Chest Of Wonders” (the opening song) and “Last Ride Of The Day” ( the last song) EPIC❤
From a CoC player to D&D players: keep listening, you won’t regret! Follow Gabriel’s list, it’s a perfect order. Storytime is I think an even better way to discover Nightwish. It’s is shorter but as vocally and musically impressive. Have a great journey down the rabbit hole.
Welcome to the best rabbit hole ever - Nightwish. They are totally amazing live. Just saw them last August, amazing.
I believe that Nightwish was one of the headliners at Wacken 2013 and closed out the festival - plus this was a song performed very near the end of their set - 82,000 fans in the crowd
Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish
A big welcome to the Nightwish Universe from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪
You have now open the door a little bit, to a musically universe, you probably didn't know existed. This is Symphonic Metal - the merge of symphony and metal music, often built in chapters like symphony music, deep deep poetic lyrics, often with quotes from scientists and writers - often complexed and always written to be experienced. The composer Tuomas (keyboard) is well known as the metal Mozart - and this is well deserved. The woman in front Floor - is by far the most versatile, powerful, skilled and talented storyteller in the galaxy - and I am not kidding you!! You have only scratched the surface of Nightwish's and Floor's capabilities here - not even 10 %.
To follow the evolution of Nightwish since Floor joined (October 2012) - Pease look for Gabriel Bardac's brief info and suggestions, his links have some of the best audio.
Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘 🤘
Great stuff guys. I can assure you that you haven't seen anything yet. Gladly subscribed.
Thanks so much for acting on my suggestion.
As I said previously, this song Ghost Love Score is one of the softer/slower songs by Nightwish.
They can and usually do go harder.
A good song to see a harder side would be Romanticide. But realistically, any song from the 2013 Wacken concert is a winner!
Fortunately for the other bands Nightwish were in fact headlining the festival that evening.
in d&d terms this entire concert is a party-wide critical hit on performance rolls, trust me!
That's excellent terminology! Ha! Thanks for that!
Hi guys , check out "Romanticide" from them it is a heavy metal earthquake.
Hello from NW Sweden , great song !
Nightwish Army North Texas division reporting for duty. Welcome to the wonderful world of Floor Jansen and Nightwish. Symphonic metal at its best. An incredible band with a vast library of unique music. They were the final act that night. They followed Alice Cooper. They followed this song (#13) with two more that night. Check our what General Gabriel has sent. Enjoy!
I like your reaction. Symphonic Metal is so cool. Greetings from nothern Germany Northwest Division 🤘🤗🥂
I'm an old guy from the USA, and I can honestly tell you that discovering Nightwish & Floor changed everything related to music. A lifetime of music---including Meatloaf---and I feel as though it was all spent waiting for Nightwish. Specifically, NW with their current singer Floor Jansen. She along with Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) are two of the most musically gifted people alive. Tuomas writes 90+% of the Nightwish music. Listen to the different layers of this music, then try to imagine creating this all from scratch. Genius. What other word is there? But it never totally reached orbit until Floor joined the band. Their combined greatness is legendary. You guys are in for a fantastic ride if you stay on this train.
Guys you have opened the gates to the Nightwish hordes. The Army is coming and I'm sure your subs will double in order for us to follow you down the rabbithole of Nightwish. You will never be disappointed ! Stick with this Wacken show first. Subscribed!!
Nice reaction guys, i expect the rest off the Nightwish army will flood your channel soon😁greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
The song that followed this was called Song Of Myself and is one of my favourite songs and I strongly recommend it. Nightwish were headlining and did a 15 song set and every one a banger. The setlist was:
1. Dark Chest of Wonders
2. Wish I Had an Angel
3. She Is My Sin
4. Ghost River
5. Ever Dream
6. Storytime
7. I Want My Tears Back (with Troy Donockley)
8. Nemo (with Troy Donockley)
9. Last of the Wilds (with Troy Donockley)
10. Bless the Child
11. Romanticide
12. Amaranth
13. Ghost Love Score
14. Song of Myself
15. Last Ride of the Day
I was very impressed with Nightwish. If that song is a staple of what they have to offer, than I will for sure be looking forward to reacting to more of their music. Thank you so much for that information.
Bo
Love song of myself as well❣️
@@criticalhitsbadmisses Hello!
If you liked Nightwish, you will almost certainly also like Epica, another big name in the symphonic metal subgenre! Basically, there's no one above these two bands (though Therion is close).
Epica is usually heavier than Nightwish, but still very melodic, with top-notch musical compositions. Their lead singer is a classically trained goddess Simone Simons who also happens to be a friend of Floor, the lead singer of Nightwish (they've performed together as well).
Unlike Nightwish, Epica also performed with a live orchestra and choir a couple times.
If you'd like to see an example, check out "Epica - Unleashed (Official Live)"
For one of their longer (but also heavier) epic masterpieces "Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 3" (Omega Alive)
Any questions? 😁
PS: do NOT start your Epica journey with "Consign to Oblivion" unless you are into heavy music/vocals. "Kingdom of Heaven" is already heavy enough.
And Ayreon. Musically really ambitious composer & musicians. Eg their Everybody dies
And Wintersun (from which The drummer Kai Hahto came from, and later The new basist Jukka... Mmmm. Something [cannot remember now, a total blackout] )
E.g. Time - If you want a bit softer
And Sons of winter and stars
- If you manage More serious growling an prog-elements
I've been a Nightwish fan since 2001 or 2002, I saw them live in 2004 and even now I haven't bothered to listen to them, especially since Floor is with them. Nightwish Army from Romania welcomes you!
I understand Meatloaf. The story telling, the theatricals. Oh how I love Nightwish! They're so good, you just want to share them with other people. So sad people are missing out because they never heard of the band.
Great reaction..being compared to Meatloaf is a compliment in my mind , please more Nightwish and try some Epica , similar genre.
I was always a meatloaf fan and meant nothing but praise by the comparison. Thank you for your comment and I do believe we will be reacting to more Nightwish songs.
Bo
Greetings from Nightwish army Finland 🇫🇮
That was song #13 of a 15 song set, headlining 82,000, I have been to about 100 Live shows in my life many of them the greats, but this Wacken 2013 NW is the BEST Live show I have ever seen and thats from a YT video !
1000 subs PLUS GLS. What a day for you.
Welcome to the world of Symphonic Metal!
Hey guys. New Nightwish Army subscriber here. Welcome to our 6'1" Valkyrie goddess, Floor Jansen (Yan-sen) and our beloved Nightwish. You have just scratched the surface of what this band does on a nightly basis. Every song is so different and epic. This was the thirteenth song in their 15 song setlist and Nightwish is still killing it until this very day. Congrats on hitting 1K subscribers but, may I say, you are also just scratching the surface of this Nightwish rabbit hole. Every Nightwish song is so different that you will find yourselves saying, over and over again, "This is my new favorite Nightwish song." I highly recommend that you read all of Gabriel Bardac's comment and follow his link at the end to Gabriel's List of amazing Nightwish live performances. NIghtwish is one of the rare bands whose live performances are even better than their studio productions. Thank you both for this reaction and I hope to see you back again soon reacting to more Nightwish live performances with Floor.
Dungeons & Dragons and Nightwish. Two passions of mine together. Instant subscriber here!
Nightwish army Denmark reporting in 🤘
Thanks guys. I haven't had a Floor- Gasm in a few months. Congratulations on 1k subs (count me in too) . Good luck on future endeavors.
Enjoy these talented musicians!
Welcome to NIGHTWISH guys....enjoy your journey.... I guarantee your minds will continue to be blown! 🤯🤘
Welcome to the nightwish world, Gabriel will give you a list if you wish to continue your journey, great reaction. Believe me there are many songs which will impress you just as much🇬🇧
Welcome guys, this band, Nightwish will blow you away, they have so many songs that will blow your mind. They are known as symphonic metal, but every new song is a new story with a different path. Tremendously talented all of them, Tuomas the keyboardist writes almost everything and he is known as the Metal Mozart. Floor Jansen is the lead singer, she has classical as well as years of vocal training, also vocal coach. She is the best I have ever heard, vocally she can do whatever she chooses. Gabriel Bardac should be along with plenty of info on the band and suggested songs, he is like Nightwish Army's Greeter and General. I hope you continue on this path, I will like and sub in hopes you do check out more.
You’ve heard the beauty side of Nightwish. Now check out Ghost River and Romanticide from the same concert to hear the beast. Floor Jansen covers all the basses.
Now you've gone and done it ! 😂. First thing to say - let yourselves be guided by " General " Gabriel - he knows what he's talking about and he'll keep you on the right track .
This IS one of Nightwish's more mellow tracks - they can be MUCH heavier ( and darker ) - but also lighter , such is their versatility .
BTW - thanks for NOT saying they remind you of Evanescence ( I suppose Meatloaf will do 😉 )
Enjoy the ride - it's worth it !