This song is so iconic. And imo is completely own by Tarja. The song is so epic, and about fantasy and with her operatic voice is just perfection. I love Emppu's solo and then the drum part 10:56
Earlier Nightwish music, especially the Oceanborn and Wishmaster albums were more guitar/riff driven (newer stuff is more keys/orchestra driven) so as a guitarist I think you will enjoy that early era stuff a lot.
The song, title track to the 3rd album, is about a love of fantasy stories, including references to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance series. I knew you'd catch The Trooper intro. lol. No, they didn't play that entire song. Slaying the Dreamer was the next song in the set. Yes ,that's Marko, he joined 2001. The End of an Era DVD was recorded in Helsinki Oct 21,2005. If you think they look young here , check out their cover of Howard Blake's Walking in the Air from the 'From Wishes to Eternity' DVD in 2000. That will also have original bassist Sami Vanska.
Love this song and video. At 10:12, when you paused on Emppu...he looks about 12!!!! To think, these fans going nuts and the band playing their hearts out.....that probably within 2-3 hours, they would have handed the infamous letter over the Tarja! Tragic....but, its all history now and without it we wouldn't have seen Nightwish evolve with Annette and now with Floor. Great reaction as always!
For more Tarja with Nightwish, I suggest you check out: The Siren (live): ruclips.net/video/LUy8T_3kieI/видео.html Deep Silent Complete (live): ruclips.net/video/hrhJX2Szklc/видео.html
This was the last concert of the end of an Era the last night of tarja she was fired after this concert I have watched several songs from this concert none of the guys are real happy God bless
Troy started playing as an occasional session musician in 2007 on Dark Passion Play, the first Anette album. Marco was born in January 66 so was 39 in this video, while Emppu was 27.
Tarja was co founder in 96 with Emppu and Tuomas. This was October 21, 2005. Helsinki Finland. Marko replaced Sämi in 2001. Marko 1st heard on Century Child 4th album 2002 This was Tarja's last night with the band. This is the final date of ONCE upon a tour. There is much drama involved. She was still contracted for another album and tour. They mended fences. Tarja and Marko during a christmas concert in 2017. The others more recently. Now Floor and Tarja have been friends since 2002. Floor's band After Forever opened for NW in Europe. Floor went to Tarja for her blessing to join She got it. In 2013 Floor was Tarja's guest where she callednfor love only towards Floor. No reason for Tarja to be.upset. it was Anette she replaced . The dvd came out Aug 2006. In 2006 Tarja put out her planned solo Christmas album. Ps: keltic is how you say it.
Emppu is a great guitar player, he plays whatever is needed for the song, but the guy can absolutely get down. I am a Zak Wild, Randy Rhodes, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Malmsteen, Satriani, Steve Vai fan. Never think Emppu can't, he just does what the song needs.
@@massivemetalreactions lol, there's a long history of fans-mis-hearing-lyrics. This song gets a lot of attention, usually becuse us English-native-speakers cant understand any foreign accent... and here we have English sung by a Finn who received some of her opera-training in the German tradition (influences pronunciation and vowel-choice, etc). The masses are asses - - said T. Jefferson, constantly.
Yes, that's Marko. The biggest complaint about "End of an Era" is the cinematography. The random, unnecessary slow motion, the weird zooms, the cameras shooting the wrong thing at the wrong time, and rapid zooms in and out. Most of the DVD is good, but damn, it can get annoying at times. We play the CD more than the DVD (was it ever released on Blu-ray?).
I love how you make me listen. This song is one of my favourits. Still you pointed out new stuff. And I love all the pausing. Gives me time to take it all in.
Even though, my favourite singer is Floor, I still enjoy Tarja. I was introduced to Nightwish with Tarja and I saw her live back then and she is incredible. Nightwish with Tarja give me nostalgic feelings. But for me Floor will be always my preference. She is the only one who can sing songs written for Tarja and Anette and make them her own. The most versatile singer ever. But still, Nightwish is Nightwish, no matter who is the singer.
You are such a PRO giving back handed compliments.You just had to make your preferences known because THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.More important than Nightwish's 12 years without Floor.
Discovered them in 1998 when I bought their debut "Angels Fall First" and immediately loved them. IMO, "Wishmaster" is one of the best songs on their third album, but I hope you eventually will also be checking out songs from their second album "Oceanborn", which is still my overall favourite and also - by far - most-played album by them. I love the virtuosity on that album and especially Tarja's vocal performance. I'd also say that the song structures are overall more complex than on "Wishmaster". Here's a video of a TV-performance of "Gethsemane" from 1999 (when they were all very young and Marco hadn't joined them yet): ruclips.net/video/GzmfQzFnDRU/видео.html And here's the official video of "Sacrament of Wilderness" (from the same year): ruclips.net/video/4giSbC9BQLs/видео.html On another note: I fully second the suggestion in some of the other comments to check out the "Misheard Lyrics"-version of "Wishmaster"! Absolutely hilarious!
I love Tuomas effectively providing what would normally be the harmony guitar part alongside Emmpu @10:44. Of course, unlike Iron Maiden and most metal bands which have two or three guitarists, Emmpu for most of Nightwish's existence, has magically managed to cover both rhythm AND solo guitar roles simultaneously.
I think there's an atmospheric track in the beginning, but Tuomas is playing the keys hard there. Maybe someone knows what software he uses to create the differing key tones? I'm only familiar with the newer Majestic program.
All hale the REAL TRUE QUEEN 👑 of Nightwish and of ALL FEMALE SYMPHONIC METAL SINGERS!!!!!!!, the very beautiful looking and very unique voice of the enchanting TARJA!!!!!!!!😀👍👍👍👍🤘
Never would have gotten that Iron Maiden tribute, if you didn't say, nicely spotted. Not my favourite NW song, but I guess you got to see a lot of Emppu in this one.
I always thought Emppu might have a Whammy stowed away behind that monitor he uses as a knee prop in this song. If not, then the guy is the King of hand-wrought harmonics... that bit you manually repeated sounds like some momentary-filter as well as harmonics.... to me. (btw, I dont think the NWA will claim me as one of their own. I only bumped into them at the start of the shutdown. I used to play guitar a lot, but them family and 'real work' got in the way.... and a second round of higher-ed, blahblahblah But I can talk a long/wide streak about the technology in guitars/pedals/amps... former EE, amongst other things.)
Randall, The Nightwish Army absolutely claims you! We need you to explain all the cool tech to gear nerds like me, who loves what I hear but can't always work out how the sound is created! NA is also a state of mind, in my experience...if you *feel* the music, the lyrics...well, At Ease, Soldier!
@@amygoodson-catlady Pick out an interesting sound in one of the videos, and I will see if I can give an accurate description. Lately I've been listening to Emppu's solo on Romanticide... there's an ascending run that sounds like he applied an envelope/comparator-driven filter that snaps open/shut in under a tenth of a second and gives each triplet a bubble-like 'wow' It's just there for a part of the solo, but the sound has always intrigued me.
@@randalljones4370 And would that be achieved with a pedal, or switch? I dont.play an instrument, but I *hear* music like a musician...I'll give that a closer listen. There's a reactor on Stratelli Studios (I prolly spelled wrong) who posted a 2 part breakdown of Emppu's playing on Romanticide, but I don't think he picked up what you're talking about. Emppu's guitar sound is unique to me...I know it's his tuning and use of different gauged strings...but also the tapping and whammy use. I love how he bends and slides notes. I'm actually fascinated by the guitar sounds at the beginning of Elvenjig and Elvenpath... can you tell me anything about that? Thanks for geeking out w me!
@@amygoodson-catlady The 'filter-like' sound I'm talking about happens fairly early in the solo, and can be heard on that ascending run. There's a near-instantaneous 'wuh' at the beginning of each note which is characteristic of opening a filter which sweeps the each note individually., then re-triggers on the next note's attack. I'm listening to Stratele's commentary right now..... So far I haven't heard when he talks about the whammy...Do you know if he is referring to Emppu's use of the Tremolo bar (aka "whammy bar", altho it is a pitch-modifier, not an amplitude modifier as with true tremolo...but I digress) OR if he is claiming that Emppu is using a Whammy pedal (by Digitech) to alter pitch and harmonics? I'm pretty sure Emppu used pinch-harmonics and the Trem-bar for the pitch-dive. Huh. I just finnished (pun intended) Stratele's Part 2 and I didn't hear anything about the solo. And I did a YT -search for Part 3 but came up empty handed. I''ll do some more listening later. Right now, it's an 80 degree day and I have a couple outdoor projects that need attention. AAAAND, listening to that solo for the 400th time (probably accurate) I'm hearing it a little different.... basically I'm treating this like I was trying to do a PhD Verbal Thesis Defense, and the entire Nightwish Army is staring me down: so anyway, in the latter portion of the rise of the initial run-up, there is a VERY prominent note which, anytime if is played it some more fuller than the others...Either the amp-model (unlikely) or PA (unlikely) has an overbearing resonant harmonic ORR, there's something like a compressor/parametric-EQ that is emohasizing a narow frequency range (I have an old Akai Hexacomp that can do this)... it makes it sound like an auto-wah is being played. Hopefully, this kinda/sorta makes sense. If not, I apologize in advance.
@@randalljones4370 ah, Randall that was cool as hell! Your ear is trained to recognize sounds not natural to a plain guitar tone. I think Jeff at Statele was just talking tremolo bar...your knowledge of extra gear seems beyond his. He never posted a part 3...but he answers all.of his comments, I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. And we're just focused on one solo in one song! The only place I've seen any gear set ups for Nightwish is in a portion of the making of Endless Forms Most Beautiful documentary...near the end...I know someone has it segmented out on RUclips. Natemares channel reacted to it. I wouldn't have recognized any gizmos you name tho. You remember during lockdown when the Nightwish tour crew made covers of their songs and sold an EP under the name Crewish? I would hunt them down and find out if the guitar tech could answer some questions! Worth a shot! I hope you keep me posted on your research...I'm riveted!
🤩👌💥💯 The 'list' provided by Gabriel B. is gathered on as a guidance for the best versions of their videos here on Utuub. ... That's what I've understood from General Bardac's words when he explained the reason/meaning of that list to someone. Anyways... Priceless help to reactors + for the people who are getting interested about this musical genre called Nightwish... 🤘😎🇫🇮💙
His list is very 'Floor heavy' though, so people will need to go off list if they want to check out more Tarja era stuff or Annette. Floor is fantastic of course, so it's understandable, but I find it a little bit of a shame that most new fans or reactors don't realise that the original album versions of Ghost Love Score, Ever Dream, Dark Chest Of Wonders, Sleeping Sun, Nemo etc are all Tarja sung and tracks like Storytime, Poet And The Pendulum, 7 Days To The Wolves, Ghost River, The Last Ride etc were all Anette sung.
More from Queen Tarja please... Slaying the Dreamer!!!
This song is so iconic. And imo is completely own by Tarja. The song is so epic, and about fantasy and with her operatic voice is just perfection. I love Emppu's solo and then the drum part 10:56
Oooh yesss! 🖤 Good old Nightwish! 🖤 I loved NW with Tarja! 🤘 I hear them since 1997!
Earlier Nightwish music, especially the Oceanborn and Wishmaster albums were more guitar/riff driven (newer stuff is more keys/orchestra driven) so as a guitarist I think you will enjoy that early era stuff a lot.
Nightwish were, are and will always be a great band.
love the coven of witch fan girls in the front
The song, title track to the 3rd album, is about a love of fantasy stories, including references to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance series.
I knew you'd catch The Trooper intro. lol. No, they didn't play that entire song. Slaying the Dreamer was the next song in the set.
Yes ,that's Marko, he joined 2001. The End of an Era DVD was recorded in Helsinki Oct 21,2005.
If you think they look young here , check out their cover of Howard Blake's Walking in the Air from the 'From Wishes to Eternity' DVD in 2000. That will also have original bassist Sami Vanska.
Love this song and video. At 10:12, when you paused on Emppu...he looks about 12!!!!
To think, these fans going nuts and the band playing their hearts out.....that probably within 2-3 hours, they would have handed the infamous letter over the Tarja! Tragic....but, its all history now and without it we wouldn't have seen Nightwish evolve with Annette and now with Floor.
Great reaction as always!
Great song and great energy! Emppu shines in this one :)
For more Tarja with Nightwish, I suggest you check out:
The Siren (live): ruclips.net/video/LUy8T_3kieI/видео.html
Deep Silent Complete (live): ruclips.net/video/hrhJX2Szklc/видео.html
Yes, these two are incredible with Tarja. Also, ”Slaying the Dreamer (live)” with Tarja is soul-shaking (especially the second half of the song). 🙌🏼
GODDESS TARJA = NIGHTWISH...🤩🤩🤘🏻
Tarja was a founding member of the band. She and Tuomas were childhood friends I believe
I wish people did more of Tarja's era.
This was the last concert of the end of an Era the last night of tarja she was fired after this concert I have watched several songs from this concert none of the guys are real happy God bless
One of my favourite Tarja tracks. Have you heard The Siren yet?
And a rarity, short, Kuolema tepee taiteilijan?
Lol. I’ve just watched again the misheard version and it’s hilarious.😂
I concur !!
More proof of how consistently great NW has been through the years.
Yup, nice camera angle, showing Emppu's hands. My beloved Emppu needs nore love!
Troy started playing as an occasional session musician in 2007 on Dark Passion Play, the first Anette album.
Marco was born in January 66 so was 39 in this video, while Emppu was 27.
Troy was already working with nightwish in the background some how, but front stage.
Tarja was co founder in 96 with Emppu and Tuomas.
This was October 21, 2005. Helsinki Finland.
Marko replaced Sämi in 2001. Marko 1st heard on Century Child 4th album 2002
This was Tarja's last night with the band.
This is the final date of ONCE upon a tour.
There is much drama involved. She was still contracted for another album and tour.
They mended fences.
Tarja and Marko during a christmas concert in 2017.
The others more recently.
Now Floor and Tarja have been friends since 2002. Floor's band After Forever opened for NW in Europe.
Floor went to Tarja for her blessing to join
She got it. In 2013 Floor was Tarja's guest where she callednfor love only towards Floor.
No reason for Tarja to be.upset. it was Anette she replaced .
The dvd came out Aug 2006.
In 2006 Tarja put out her planned solo Christmas album.
Ps: keltic is how you say it.
I saw them in a small venue in Toronto on this tour, maybe a couple of hundred people!
Emppu is a great guitar player, he plays whatever is needed for the song, but the guy can absolutely get down. I am a Zak Wild, Randy Rhodes, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Malmsteen, Satriani, Steve Vai fan. Never think Emppu can't, he just does what the song needs.
I really enjoy your reacts and genuine comments. Thank you once again !
Greets from Finland. Take care.
THANKS for some TARJAWISH !!!!!!
In love with the divine TARJA'S vast diverse brilliant solo career !!!!!!!
💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
Another great reaction from one of my favourite reactors 👍🤘Keep 'em coming!
Younger Nightwish would be the From Wishes to Eternity" DVD. So many great songs from that one so please react to some of them
"Hamster.. a dentist.. hard pron.. seven seagulls.."
I will always hear these lyrics 😂
@@marinamucic908 Haha, same here. Great way btw, of motivating fans to learn the lyrics by heart..
Ok. What am I missing here?
@@massivemetalreactions look for Wishmaster- misheard lyrics, you can make a reaction to that, it's hilarious
@@massivemetalreactions lol, there's a long history of fans-mis-hearing-lyrics. This song gets a lot of attention, usually becuse us English-native-speakers cant understand any foreign accent... and here we have English sung by a Finn who received some of her opera-training in the German tradition (influences pronunciation and vowel-choice, etc).
The masses are asses - - said T. Jefferson, constantly.
Yes, that's Marko. The biggest complaint about "End of an Era" is the cinematography. The random, unnecessary slow motion, the weird zooms, the cameras shooting the wrong thing at the wrong time, and rapid zooms in and out. Most of the DVD is good, but damn, it can get annoying at times. We play the CD more than the DVD (was it ever released on Blu-ray?).
Ohno, you missed one crucial point. Emppu is NOT playing his purple EV-1 ! 😄
Crucial !
I love how you make me listen. This song is one of my favourits. Still you pointed out new stuff. And I love all the pausing. Gives me time to take it all in.
Even though, my favourite singer is Floor, I still enjoy Tarja. I was introduced to Nightwish with Tarja and I saw her live back then and she is incredible. Nightwish with Tarja give me nostalgic feelings. But for me Floor will be always my preference. She is the only one who can sing songs written for Tarja and Anette and make them her own. The most versatile singer ever. But still, Nightwish is Nightwish, no matter who is the singer.
Much much prefer TARJA 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
Tarja = NIGHTWISH... 🤩🤩🤘🏻
You are such a PRO giving back handed compliments.You just had to make your preferences known because THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.More important than Nightwish's 12 years without Floor.
@@jaanahedemaki6993 You pegged it !!!! THANKS !!!! 💘💘💘💘
Discovered them in 1998 when I bought their debut "Angels Fall First" and immediately loved them. IMO, "Wishmaster" is one of the best songs on their third album, but I hope you eventually will also be checking out songs from their second album "Oceanborn", which is still my overall favourite and also - by far - most-played album by them. I love the virtuosity on that album and especially Tarja's vocal performance. I'd also say that the song structures are overall more complex than on "Wishmaster". Here's a video of a TV-performance of "Gethsemane" from 1999 (when they were all very young and Marco hadn't joined them yet): ruclips.net/video/GzmfQzFnDRU/видео.html And here's the official video of "Sacrament of Wilderness" (from the same year): ruclips.net/video/4giSbC9BQLs/видео.html
On another note: I fully second the suggestion in some of the other comments to check out the "Misheard Lyrics"-version of "Wishmaster"! Absolutely hilarious!
Emppu is world-class 🤟🏻
I love Tuomas effectively providing what would normally be the harmony guitar part alongside Emmpu @10:44. Of course, unlike Iron Maiden and most metal bands which have two or three guitarists, Emmpu for most of Nightwish's existence, has magically managed to cover both rhythm AND solo guitar roles simultaneously.
Maaaster!!!, aprendist!!...sooooooo mithic
I think there's an atmospheric track in the beginning, but Tuomas is playing the keys hard there. Maybe someone knows what software he uses to create the differing key tones? I'm only familiar with the newer Majestic program.
All hale the REAL TRUE QUEEN 👑 of Nightwish and of ALL FEMALE SYMPHONIC METAL SINGERS!!!!!!!, the very beautiful looking and very unique voice of the enchanting TARJA!!!!!!!!😀👍👍👍👍🤘
sounds like the white one is tuned lower
waiting for Crypta live wacken 2022 bunch of songs out now pick one
Never would have gotten that Iron Maiden tribute, if you didn't say, nicely spotted. Not my favourite NW song, but I guess you got to see a lot of Emppu in this one.
Whatever you do, DO not watch the Misheard Lyrics of Wishmaster video, it will ruin this song for you. ;)
Fishmaster
white EV1
I always thought Emppu might have a Whammy stowed away behind that monitor he uses as a knee prop in this song. If not, then the guy is the King of hand-wrought harmonics... that bit you manually repeated sounds like some momentary-filter as well as harmonics.... to me.
(btw, I dont think the NWA will claim me as one of their own. I only bumped into them at the start of the shutdown.
I used to play guitar a lot, but them family and 'real work' got in the way.... and a second round of higher-ed, blahblahblah
But I can talk a long/wide streak about the technology in guitars/pedals/amps... former EE, amongst other things.)
Randall, The Nightwish Army absolutely claims you! We need you to explain all the cool tech to gear nerds like me, who loves what I hear but can't always work out how the sound is created! NA is also a state of mind, in my experience...if you *feel* the music, the lyrics...well, At Ease, Soldier!
@@amygoodson-catlady Pick out an interesting sound in one of the videos, and I will see if I can give an accurate description. Lately I've been listening to Emppu's solo on Romanticide... there's an ascending run that sounds like he applied an envelope/comparator-driven filter that snaps open/shut in under a tenth of a second and gives each triplet a bubble-like 'wow' It's just there for a part of the solo, but the sound has always intrigued me.
@@randalljones4370 And would that be achieved with a pedal, or switch? I dont.play an instrument, but I *hear* music like a musician...I'll give that a closer listen. There's a reactor on Stratelli Studios (I prolly spelled wrong) who posted a 2 part breakdown of Emppu's playing on Romanticide, but I don't think he picked up what you're talking about. Emppu's guitar sound is unique to me...I know it's his tuning and use of different gauged strings...but also the tapping and whammy use. I love how he bends and slides notes. I'm actually fascinated by the guitar sounds at the beginning of Elvenjig and Elvenpath... can you tell me anything about that? Thanks for geeking out w me!
@@amygoodson-catlady The 'filter-like' sound I'm talking about happens fairly early in the solo, and can be heard on that ascending run. There's a near-instantaneous 'wuh' at the beginning of each note which is characteristic of opening a filter which sweeps the each note individually., then re-triggers on the next note's attack.
I'm listening to Stratele's commentary right now.....
So far I haven't heard when he talks about the whammy...Do you know if he is referring to Emppu's use of the Tremolo bar (aka "whammy bar", altho it is a pitch-modifier, not an amplitude modifier as with true tremolo...but I digress) OR if he is claiming that Emppu is using a Whammy pedal (by Digitech) to alter pitch and harmonics? I'm pretty sure Emppu used pinch-harmonics and the Trem-bar for the pitch-dive.
Huh. I just finnished (pun intended) Stratele's Part 2 and I didn't hear anything about the solo. And I did a YT -search for Part 3 but came up empty handed.
I''ll do some more listening later.
Right now, it's an 80 degree day and I have a couple outdoor projects that need attention.
AAAAND, listening to that solo for the 400th time (probably accurate) I'm hearing it a little different.... basically I'm treating this like I was trying to do a PhD Verbal Thesis Defense, and the entire Nightwish Army is staring me down: so anyway, in the latter portion of the rise of the initial run-up, there is a VERY prominent note which, anytime if is played it some more fuller than the others...Either the amp-model (unlikely) or PA (unlikely) has an overbearing resonant harmonic ORR, there's something like a compressor/parametric-EQ that is emohasizing a narow frequency range (I have an old Akai Hexacomp that can do this)... it makes it sound like an auto-wah is being played.
Hopefully, this kinda/sorta makes sense.
If not, I apologize in advance.
@@randalljones4370 ah, Randall that was cool as hell! Your ear is trained to recognize sounds not natural to a plain guitar tone. I think Jeff at Statele was just talking tremolo bar...your knowledge of extra gear seems beyond his. He never posted a part 3...but he answers all.of his comments, I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. And we're just focused on one solo in one song! The only place I've seen any gear set ups for Nightwish is in a portion of the making of Endless Forms Most Beautiful documentary...near the end...I know someone has it segmented out on RUclips. Natemares channel reacted to it. I wouldn't have recognized any gizmos you name tho. You remember during lockdown when the Nightwish tour crew made covers of their songs and sold an EP under the name Crewish? I would hunt them down and find out if the guitar tech could answer some questions! Worth a shot! I hope you keep me posted on your research...I'm riveted!
🤩👌💥💯
The 'list' provided by Gabriel B. is gathered on as a guidance for the best versions of their videos here on Utuub.
... That's what I've understood from General Bardac's words when he explained the reason/meaning of that list to someone. Anyways...
Priceless help to reactors + for the people who are getting interested about this musical genre called Nightwish...
🤘😎🇫🇮💙
His list is very 'Floor heavy' though, so people will need to go off list if they want to check out more Tarja era stuff or Annette. Floor is fantastic of course, so it's understandable, but I find it a little bit of a shame that most new fans or reactors don't realise that the original album versions of Ghost Love Score, Ever Dream, Dark Chest Of Wonders, Sleeping Sun, Nemo etc are all Tarja sung and tracks like Storytime, Poet And The Pendulum, 7 Days To The Wolves, Ghost River, The Last Ride etc were all Anette sung.
Gabriel actually gave me also a complete list of both Tarja and Annette songs. This was on his list.
@@massivemetalreactions ah excellent. Must have been an older version of his list I saw before then.