Music keeps us happy, as we were found to be happiest people on Earth according to some survey. "Fact" that I was a little bit surprised I have to say. 🤣
Wow! Thanks for reviewing one of my most favorite songs! This song is a masterpiece of lyrical content as well as its musical score and vocals. And, IMHO, his growls are some of the best out there - deeply resonant and full of power.
Yeah, he's like everything you (or a woman) could wish for, in same package: beautiful singing Voice, so deep growls they go Straight through you & your soul, humble and down to earth persona (what i heard from people who somewhat know him) & well.. a man doesn't get more handsome than that 😍 🤘♥️
Esa Holopainen is Amorphis' main songwriter but he's not related to Tuomas Holopainen. Still amazing they share the same last name. I've been Amorphis fan since the beginning, and really loved Pasi's unique voice but Tomi Joutsen is one of the most talented metal singers out there at the moment and the albums with him are pretty much all brilliant. 🤘🍻
So glad Sistah enjoyed this one! The whole Queen of Time album is amazing. As you also like Nightwish, maybe you can check out (though probably you have, as this reaction was recorded half a year ago) Amongst Stars from the same album, with guest Anneke van Ginsberg, you'll hear some beautiful female vocals against Tomi's growls 😊. And the music video is quite cool. Take care!
I recommend Amorphis: From the Heaven of my Heart. Silent Waters, You I need, Amongst the Stars, or some really old stuff from their older singer the song Alone.
I enjoy listening these songs with you two. Gives me goosebumps, both the music and your reactions!! I dont have money to "patreon" you but still follow this youtube -channel!! Thank you for many many insights!! Toni from Finland!!
Greeting from Finland! Seems that you have good time ahead! ;)=== I wasn’t huge fan of Amorphis before album Eclipse. The new singer Tomi Juotsen bring so much of new energy to band. After that I am been huge fan. I specially like songs called “House of sleep” and “Perkele(the god of fire)” from Eclipse album and “ From the heaven of my heart” from skyforger album.
30 years of Amorphis. I attended the anniversary gigs 3 nights in a row at Tavastia Club in Helsinki. October 14th, 15th and 16th. They covered one particular decade each night. And they played two identical gigs each night. I attended the latter one each night. The 1st gig covered the years 2010-2019, the 2nd years 2000-2009, the 3rd years 1990-1999. The 1st gig ended with "The Bee", and the song before that was "Death of a King", one of my favorites (Official Video). I also liked "Bad Blood" with lots of clean vocals. The last name of the vocalist (Joutsen) is the Finnish for Swan. I got a little worried about Tomi's vocals on the opening song the 1st night, but his throat warmed up soon. I was impressed how good they sound live. How did you find Aleksi to help you with the Finnish pronunciation?
Thank you guys! A pleasant surprise to note your reacting to this. This studio version is stunning, but I was impressed with their 2018 Wacken gig recording of the same song. In it, Tomi’s stunning sound formation came into its own.
I've been a fan of Amorphis since the 90's, and you pretty much nailed your description of their multiple styles. I love the Tomi Joutsen era, and I think he injected some much needed energy into their sound. I've loved just about everything since the Eclipse album (first one with Tomi on vocals). Circle is the only album I don't really care for, but even that one has a few songs that will make it on to my playlist.
You really need to listen a song called Sentenced - Mourn!!! Thats Miika Tenkulas great guitar song without any lyrics, just beautiful guitar work. :) If that song wont make Sistah cry, nothing will, its super sad but also super awesome! Love from Finland :)
Let me paint a picture. Overcast skies, a stormy sea lashing a cliffside as lightning crashes and thunder roars above. From the depths rises an ancient god, clearing the surface and floating upwards, arms spreading out to the sides, chest pushing forward as the face turns skyward, letting out a continously building roar to the heavens. That's the intro to this song for me. As Wolf so succinctly puts it, "instant goosebumps"
Next song should be Amongst Stars! 💫 It's a collaboration with Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Ayreon) and it's an awesome mix of styles. Epic! 🥰🤘🏼
Awesome reaction and analysis guys...thanks for the knowledge towards the song 👍love to see people enjoying this Masterpiece from vocals to musicianship..♥️🖤♥️ be safe and keep healthy 🧡
Found a band earlier this year that kicked my ass, Swedish atmospheric death metal. Band is called Blidvinter. Joakim Lundback is the lone member, but hired Moonspell drummer Hugo Rubeiro for the session drumming. Absolutely fantastic record!! If you would like to hear what it sounds like: blidvinter.bandcamp.com/album/petrichor
this is great channel,when kai hahto likes too that tell everything :) wow i dont know you are amorphis long time listener,very cool. yeah there is so much gems this band music. thanx to this great react like always and have great day there.
Oh, wow...you've got 7 albums worth of catching up to do. I can't wait to see your faces when you hear songs from the Skyforger album. Fun fact: Tomi Kouvassari, who's still with the band was also their lead singer in the beginning. He also took care of the harsh vocals in the band when Pasi was the lead singer. Tomi Joutsen now does both harsh and clean vocals and can transition from one to the other flawlessly.
One of my all-time favourite bands...they have never made a bad album IMO. Great song, great album...I can't say "great" enough about this band and their music. Cheers! PS...for a suggestion, pick any song from any album lol! They are THAT good (mind you the first album is pure death metal with no clean singing). Cheers (again)!
I've always wanted to like Amorphis but a long time I didn't get there. I found a nice album (Magic and Mayhem, 2010) with re-recorded songs mainly from Tales of the Thousand Lakes but after that legendary album it's been a bit dull for me. One day I heard The Bee and my jaw dropped. Cold shivers hit all my body in the part "They build their castles...". Total eargasm! I checked the rest of the album and damn what a plate it is! Daughter of Hate, Heart of a Giant, We Accursed... Amazing stuff. I guess I like their bigger almost symphonic sound in this album and less those radio friendly boring songs. I got known better also to the previous album Under the Red Cloud and great album as well! I really love Tomi's growls that I consider the best in the world even topping Mikael Åkerfeld (Opeth) and Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth). He has so much power from the deep and still every word is clear. He can pull the same authority on the stage too!
YEAHHHHHHH!!!! Finally, our dreams were fulfilled and Amorphis is between us (just like Tomi said in the brazilian tour). Really happy to see Sistah enjoying them as mych as I do. They are my favorite band, and a big part of why I love metal. About the symphonic part mentioned, the Queen of Time album features the orchestra that works for Orphaned Land (you might know them Wolf), so it has proeminent use of strings and other symphonic elements, all harmonizing perfectly with the bands melodies. It even has a saxophone solo in Daughter of Hate, and a cytar solo (performed by a member of israeli power metal band Ostura) in The Golden Elk. Wolf forgot to metion, but current bassist Olli-Pekka Laine (who replaced longtime member Niclas Etelavuöri) is also a founding member of Amorphis, alongside Jan, Koivusari and Esa. They started as a four piece with Tomi K as lead singer, but after the Elegy album he deciced do step down and just be rythm guitarrist (but sometimes he still sing in the concerts. In the brazilian tour, he sang the first verse of Against Widows on th concert I attended). I have to disagree a little about Tomi Joutsen and Pasi Koskinen having similarities. Tomi voice has a better sound, and he can reach some notes Pasi couldn't. The style they use might trigger some thoughts of similarity, but I don't follow on that. And Wolf, my man, you're in for a ride, since you skipped all of the Tomi Joutsen era. You'll have a lot of monumental tracks to listen, like Silent Waters (my favorite), Into the Abyss, Silver Bride, Song of the Sage, Mermaid, Death of a King, White Night (Sistah will definitely cry when she hears this one), Wrong Direction, House of Sleep, Enigma, The Smoke, Nightbird's Song, Tree of Ages, and a lot more. PS: sorry for the long ass text, but I waited really long for this moment. Thank You and Sistah for bringing the video up, and the dud from Patreon who made this possible. I told you my time would come, and it finally came. :)
Hearth of the Giant and The Bee are two of my favs from this album. Funny thing is that I've been listening The Queen of Time the whole last week and now I see this reaction :D Kudos.
Oh, the bee is one of my favorites, preferably live (Amorphis just are soooo good live!) Thanks for your reaction, I loved every bit and learned a lot again! I should be going to Amorphis as support for nightwish next month. Due to Covid the concert has been rescheduled for May next year... but I am so ready for that. You two just fixed my cold turkey quite good. I allways feel so understood and comfy, if somebody else, who is new to the music I love, also has a good experience with it. It makes me happy, to put it simply. I saw Amorphis 5 or 6 times during my days so far and they never dissaapionted. May I suggest two very different song: wrong direction and my kantele? And, yes of course the classics like silent water, alone, house of sleep, silver bride... go ahead and react to the whole tales from the thousand lakes, I would watch and enjoy it 🥰😍😇 Lots of love to you two lovelies!
I'm sure Esa and Tuomas Holopainen are related at some 'amount of removed'. Tuomas is from Kitee eastern Finland (Kitee is bordering Russia),and family names in Eastern Finland are 100s if not 1000s of years old. Western Finland had earlier a lot of Swedish names, and the Finnish names had not real family names, but people were known by their own name, father's name and then the by the name of the house they lived in. In the country side every house was named. So the last name could change many times during a person's life time, depending how often the family moved. WolfKain, you say the Finnish names very well already. The sound values of the letters are almost the same as in Czech. Every letter is always pronounced,, and has the same value in any place in a word, if they are not recent loans from English. So in these names Joutsen ('Swan') - the o as in sport, i as in pull: so it's said like soul. The e is like the e in Ben (in any place). And J is as the Y in yes. So his name sounds like 'Yo-tsen' or 'Yote-sen'. Finnish marks long sounds (vowel or consonant) by doubling the letter. So Czech writes á, Finnish aa for a long vowel, as the a in fAther (faad(h)ör would be closest Finnish spelling for that). Mother would be spelled 'mad(h)ör'. The ö is not exactly like the English neutral vowel in bird, church, her etc. - but it will do. If you don't know German or French: ö is like the German ö or French spell it eu, Finnish y is like the German ü, and French spells it u. The Finnish ä is like the English a in Action (if not said like 'ection'). The Finnish words are stressed in the beginning ('BEginning' :) - always. Finnish would likely spell the English word as 2 words: 'bi gining' if not yet learned English. Longer than 3 syllable words get a secondary stress, they come on every second syllable, some endings want it just before the last syllable (in words longer than 3 syllables). So here the band member names still not mentioned: Holopainen is like HOlo-Painen, Koivusaari as KOIvu-Saari (this second a compound - 'Birch Island'). And Koskinen as 'COS-ki-nen' (Rapidsley, Rapidsy, maybe the closest rendition).
@@WolfKain Haha! 😂👌😆 Hopefully my condition doesn't develop that far! 😶 Just since you mentioned about the pronunciation of Finnish. And I remembered you have a Czech background, so it helps a lot. Now this grammatic vaccination should be efficient enough :) I don't want you to get the language disease itself. In my case it's self inflicted. But you should still be safe and sound!
As a Finn I love my languge sooo much, but, dear Sir, You have outdone by far anything on any comment at any reaction there is! Well done.. second You on everything there! Kiitos analyysistä! Oli helvetin osuva! :)
@@jhcycling3098 Studied Finnish as my major in the university, and took basic courses of many languages at the time, and took general linguistic courses. Sometimes it spills over here on RUclips :) Especially in a company who show some interest. I'm sure Kotus (Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus) has some interesting articles at their pages, if you want to deepen your knowlegde of your mother tongue, and then some :) I hope the insitute still has that name - few years when I cheched. They have the archives of collected dialect material - could be even Lönnrot's material, but at kleast the later stull since the end of the 19th century (18oo-luku)
Hello from Finland 👋🏼 yes they are amazing!! Just saw them live. Super ! Thanks for this video🤘🏼 Tomi Joutsen (Joutsen means a swan btw) is a great singer
Saw them Live this year with Dimmu Borgir. I'm a more causal fan of the latter but hearing they would play in UK I had to go. Didn't know Amorphis at all. Checked their stuff out like... A day before the gig which got me even more excited & the show was AMAZING
Well I am of those fans digging backwards through AMORPHIS' catalogue, and I must say to these ears so far, Tomi Joutsen, Tom the Swan, is the best combination of growler+clean singer that ever existed. HIs growls are so rich, all-encompassing, majestic - and still clear! - that he alone usually manages to get my blood (and both fists) pumping. I am not usually the greatest fan (nor expert) of growls, and try to look PAST them while savoring the music. With AMORPHIS, I usually WAIT for him to kick in. And those epic, somewhat wistful cleans just add to the magic, as portrayed in this song. The other members of the group are such experts at combining that vocal storm with great and unusual soundscapes, that one never can form opinion of them too early - they will go from soft rock (and even jazzy stuff, yes) to epic world-shattering Death metal in AMON AMARTH's territory like it was nothing, with plenty of Prog in between. AMORPHIS it truly is. "The Bee" with its mesmerizing rhythms and builds, and almighty Tomi all over it, is an awesome introduction, a single picked exactly right. Not to mention crowds will be headbanging forever to probably the first Metal song in history dedicated to an insect. :)) That is the power of mythology, love of nature, love of life, and heaps of talent! I salute AMORPHIS, and you guys for coming around to them. Spread the word!
Depending on my mood i listen to music the same way as they both individually do haha Eluveitie, Rhapsody of Fire, Amorphis, and the Hu are my favorite metal bands right now by far. I saw the Hu and Amorphis live last yr and they were both SOOOOO good live.
I weirdly love how stoic and unfazed Wolf looks while Sistah is freaking out right next to him. Then I worry "oh no, he doesn't like it, oh no" - and then he does regardless. Gets me every time.
The power of Amorphis should not be underestimated. Their last 3 albums have been nothing less than stellar. They have found something magical in their writing style that works so well. Great review.
Other songs you should check out are: Bad Blood, Under the Red Cloud, Come the Spring, Amongst Stars, Honeyflow.. well actually anything from the latest 3 albums from Amorphis are pure gold. personally im not a big fan of their older singer, but Tomi is out of this world. Anyways, great reaction \m/
🇺🇸🤘🙂🇫🇮👍 Amophis sure has changed their music style from album to album... Anneke has made some appearances on their songs and also on stage 😊. On similar lines, if you want to hear more Finnish dudes growling style singing, try e.g. Wolfheart's "Routa pt. 2" or "Flood" 🤗
Am Universum is the second last album with singer Pasi Koskinen. Koskinen never sang harsh vocals, only clean ones. There was another singer for harsh vocals at that time. New and current singer Tomi Joutsen does all the singing after album Far from the sun.
Awesome reaction to awesome band and song, sistah was flying all over the place and she should. Lemme guess? She loves crowling voice? If so, then react to Amongst the Stars by Amorphis, thats kick arse song with Anneke :)
Your comment on black metal reminded me of their singer Tomi Joutsen's side project Hallatar, with Swallow the Sun's Juha Raivio and Gas Lipstick of HIM. As you're an Amorphis fan, you probably came across their album "No Stars Upon The Bridge", but if not, check them out. It's more in the death-doom genre, but Tomi's versatility really shines on that album with him doing his usual beautiful cleans but also black metal and death metal vocals on the same song. There's a few music videos on RUclips, should be easy to find. Edited to add: I just realised that you don't even know Tomi yet if you missed 7 albums. Also, because of this I found myself getting a bit anxious when Wolf went all scrunchy-face, because I love the current incarnation of Amorphis, whereas he didn't know them yet and it gave the impression of him not liking it that much. ;-) Edit 2: Two quick suggestions from their two most recent albums, I personally love "Dark Path" (ruclips.net/video/B4gbgucV0cg/видео.html) and Daughter of Hate (ruclips.net/video/yXsmR_cvCxg/видео.html).
I love you two. Wolf sits there completely focused on the music giving nothing away as to his thoughts. Sistah the opposite, can barely contain her excitement.
My first ever gig was in 1995 I think, LIDO in Leuven. Sentenced, Amorphis (Tales...) and Tiamat (Wildhoney). It was both good and bad. Good because... what could top that? And bad because, what could ever top that? I still think about it often.
Hi, lovely couple! The first time I've heard Amorphis was about 20 years ago with the Light My Fire cover from The Doors, and frankly, didn't liked it. Now, about a couple of days I was working listening songs here with the autoplay on, and this came, and... my mind was blown! What a song, what an album! Now I just need to know Amorphis whole discography for the past 20 years to compensate all the wasted time!
To give you guys some background: in Finland, people with the last name Holopainen are generally not related. Why? Because the name comes from Russian word 'holop' mening slave, or serf. These are Finnish families that lived in Russia during imperial times, and were bound to their farms. In Finland, under Swedish rule, serfdom was not an issue, but in the eastern parts of Finland that fell under Russian rule in 1743, it became a thing although the czar had promised to maintain Swedish laws (that were more advanced than Russian laws for example for trade and industrial development purposes). So: many Finnish serfs took that noun holop as their name, and there are a lot of Holopainen's around. And these are the lucky ones! Cossacks took tens of thousands of fair haired children as slaves and sold them in slave markets in Central Asia. Dunno what name their descendants go by. Maybe you can hear echoes of that sad history in the melancholic music some of these Holopainen guys write.
More!!!! ❤❤ For all us ladies and maybe romantic men "You I need" ruclips.net/video/9rs-or7As0k/видео.html For Anneke-fans "Amongst stars" ruclips.net/video/Jg2VqUTNjsw/видео.html And, finally: where they originated, a carelian rhyme "My Kantele" ruclips.net/video/UufaC2TI7dg/видео.html (like a totally different band, this one you might remember? ❤)
This was simple: I see you reacting Amorphis, I give thumbs immediately
Bees aren’t just sacred to the Finns.They’re connected to death and resurrection across many pagan cultures. It’s why we put flowers on graves.
Warmth and flowers, short moment of joyful photosynthesis. Death of the world just months away to be woken again
Oh, really? 😯❤
There's something in the water of Northern Europe.
nope. its just clean ;)
Yep, a lot of heavy metals :))), the most clean water in the world
Yup, our water is veeeery clean & tasty :) Might explain everything
its called vodka.
I love Amorphis, go for Amongst Stars with Anneke van Giersbergen too! :)
That's an ultimate piece of music.
I would LOVE to hear that!!
Anneke was in this one too.
"Amongst Stars" is a sweet taste of honey on the tongue. A song that I can't help putting on repeat.
They should be in Kuopio Rock 2021 29-31 July , Amorphis , Amaranthe and Nigthwish , too ... but lets see how the year goes .
Tomi's voice is Life Itself.
Don't forget Amorphis classic Silent Waters if you dive deeper to Amorphis music
Silent Waters (song) is even about the same story from the perspective of Lemminkäinen's mother, and whole album is about Lemminkäinen.
From the most darkest country in the world keeps coming more & more epic music :)
Music keeps us happy, as we were found to be happiest people on Earth according to some survey. "Fact" that I was a little bit surprised I have to say. 🤣
Wow! Thanks for reviewing one of my most favorite songs! This song is a masterpiece of lyrical content as well as its musical score and vocals. And, IMHO, his growls are some of the best out there - deeply resonant and full of power.
I'm SO GLAD you like this song!!!☺️🤗😘♥️✊🏾🤘🏾
Yeah, he's like everything you (or a woman) could wish for, in same package: beautiful singing Voice, so deep growls they go Straight through you & your soul, humble and down to earth persona (what i heard from people who somewhat know him) & well.. a man doesn't get more handsome than that 😍
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It was actually Esa's guitar not synth on the chorus and intro. awesome reaction! Greetings from finland
Esa Holopainen is Amorphis' main songwriter but he's not related to Tuomas Holopainen. Still amazing they share the same last name. I've been Amorphis fan since the beginning, and really loved Pasi's unique voice but Tomi Joutsen is one of the most talented metal singers out there at the moment and the albums with him are pretty much all brilliant. 🤘🍻
I gonna change my last name to Holopainen and start a band ;)
Under the Red Cloud is also an amazing album, can thoroughly recommend!
Totally awesome album! Queen of Time is equally excellent IMO. Cheers!
Absolutely!
Yes definitely! It is actually my favorite album from Amorphis, there is no bad song in it I think.
Under the Red Cloud and Queen of Time are just perfect albums imo. Love this band! Should react to all their songs really =p
So glad Sistah enjoyed this one! The whole Queen of Time album is amazing. As you also like Nightwish, maybe you can check out (though probably you have, as this reaction was recorded half a year ago) Amongst Stars from the same album, with guest Anneke van Ginsberg, you'll hear some beautiful female vocals against Tomi's growls 😊. And the music video is quite cool. Take care!
Finally you reacted to this!
I hope you enjoy!
@@HalfLifeSistah Yes indeed! I always love to watch your reaction videos especially when you react to finnish music! 😘
@@mirvatauriainen3524 wonderful 🙃♥️
I recommend Amorphis: From the Heaven of my Heart. Silent Waters, You I need, Amongst the Stars, or some really old stuff from their older singer the song Alone.
Having that first roar on top of that End Game scene was awesome. Chills.
You guys did the band and song a great service with this video, good job! - loved the intro / outro
Masterpiece! From Russia with love ❤️
Privit! 🤗♥️
I enjoy listening these songs with you two. Gives me goosebumps, both the music and your reactions!! I dont have money to "patreon" you but still follow this youtube -channel!! Thank you for many many insights!! Toni from Finland!!
Greeting from Finland! Seems that you have good time ahead! ;)=== I wasn’t huge fan of Amorphis before album Eclipse. The new singer Tomi Juotsen bring so much of new energy to band. After that I am been huge fan. I specially like songs called “House of sleep” and “Perkele(the god of fire)” from Eclipse album and “ From the heaven of my heart” from skyforger album.
Same. Although, I did like Elegy album very much, still do, but I agree that Tomi brought the band to the next level
Check out Death of a King from their previous 2015 album! Less synth, but similar catchy sound and you can see the guys playing on the video...
That Sitar sound on the guitar...
30 years of Amorphis. I attended the anniversary gigs 3 nights in a row at Tavastia Club in Helsinki. October 14th, 15th and 16th. They covered one particular decade each night. And they played two identical gigs each night. I attended the latter one each night. The 1st gig covered the years 2010-2019, the 2nd years 2000-2009, the 3rd years 1990-1999.
The 1st gig ended with "The Bee", and the song before that was "Death of a King", one of my favorites (Official Video). I also liked "Bad Blood" with lots of clean vocals.
The last name of the vocalist (Joutsen) is the Finnish for Swan.
I got a little worried about Tomi's vocals on the opening song the 1st night, but his throat warmed up soon. I was impressed how good they sound live.
How did you find Aleksi to help you with the Finnish pronunciation?
Thank you guys! A pleasant surprise to note your reacting to this. This studio version is stunning, but I was impressed with their 2018 Wacken gig recording of the same song. In it, Tomi’s stunning sound formation came into its own.
Under the red cloud = one of the best albums from the 2000's :)
I've been a fan of Amorphis since the 90's, and you pretty much nailed your description of their multiple styles. I love the Tomi Joutsen era, and I think he injected some much needed energy into their sound. I've loved just about everything since the Eclipse album (first one with Tomi on vocals). Circle is the only album I don't really care for, but even that one has a few songs that will make it on to my playlist.
I was waiting for this reaction. 🙂
Thanks! 🤟🏻
you get my sub right away thinks to this song and how awesome you 2 are
You really need to listen a song called Sentenced - Mourn!!!
Thats Miika Tenkulas great guitar song without any lyrics, just beautiful guitar work. :)
If that song wont make Sistah cry, nothing will, its super sad but also super awesome!
Love from Finland :)
Let me paint a picture. Overcast skies, a stormy sea lashing a cliffside as lightning crashes and thunder roars above. From the depths rises an ancient god, clearing the surface and floating upwards, arms spreading out to the sides, chest pushing forward as the face turns skyward, letting out a continously building roar to the heavens.
That's the intro to this song for me. As Wolf so succinctly puts it, "instant goosebumps"
Awesome reaction, thank you. Subscribed!
Next song should be Amongst Stars! 💫 It's a collaboration with Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Ayreon) and it's an awesome mix of styles. Epic! 🥰🤘🏼
Black winter day, the song that will always remember me that Amorphis made me a metal head
Awesome reaction and analysis guys...thanks for the knowledge towards the song 👍love to see people enjoying this Masterpiece from vocals to musicianship..♥️🖤♥️ be safe and keep healthy 🧡
Thank you. I hope you stay safe, as well!🤗♥️✊🏾🤘🏾
Love how you did your reseach about Kalevala. Thank you! Great reaction!
Thank you!!
Found a band earlier this year that kicked my ass, Swedish atmospheric death metal. Band is called Blidvinter. Joakim Lundback is the lone member, but hired Moonspell drummer Hugo Rubeiro for the session drumming. Absolutely fantastic record!! If you would like to hear what it sounds like:
blidvinter.bandcamp.com/album/petrichor
this is great channel,when kai hahto likes too that tell everything :) wow i dont know you are amorphis long time listener,very cool. yeah there is so much gems this band music. thanx to this great react like always and have great day there.
From The Heaven Of My Heart, another Amorphis masterpiece! 🤘🤘
Oh, wow...you've got 7 albums worth of catching up to do. I can't wait to see your faces when you hear songs from the Skyforger album. Fun fact: Tomi Kouvassari, who's still with the band was also their lead singer in the beginning. He also took care of the harsh vocals in the band when Pasi was the lead singer. Tomi Joutsen now does both harsh and clean vocals and can transition from one to the other flawlessly.
I bet she would cry listening to Silver Bride, White Night and Song of the Sage.
One of my all-time favourite bands...they have never made a bad album IMO. Great song, great album...I can't say "great" enough about this band and their music. Cheers!
PS...for a suggestion, pick any song from any album lol! They are THAT good (mind you the first album is pure death metal with no clean singing). Cheers (again)!
Everything in the Joutsen Era is a banger, quite honestly.
One of my fav bands. Tomi Joutsen has such a unique voice...so beautiful but then: his Master's Voice from sooo deep! 🤘😈🤘
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I've always wanted to like Amorphis but a long time I didn't get there. I found a nice album (Magic and Mayhem, 2010) with re-recorded songs mainly from Tales of the Thousand Lakes but after that legendary album it's been a bit dull for me. One day I heard The Bee and my jaw dropped. Cold shivers hit all my body in the part "They build their castles...". Total eargasm! I checked the rest of the album and damn what a plate it is! Daughter of Hate, Heart of a Giant, We Accursed... Amazing stuff. I guess I like their bigger almost symphonic sound in this album and less those radio friendly boring songs. I got known better also to the previous album Under the Red Cloud and great album as well! I really love Tomi's growls that I consider the best in the world even topping Mikael Åkerfeld (Opeth) and Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth). He has so much power from the deep and still every word is clear. He can pull the same authority on the stage too!
YEAHHHHHHH!!!! Finally, our dreams were fulfilled and Amorphis is between us (just like Tomi said in the brazilian tour). Really happy to see Sistah enjoying them as mych as I do. They are my favorite band, and a big part of why I love metal.
About the symphonic part mentioned, the Queen of Time album features the orchestra that works for Orphaned Land (you might know them Wolf), so it has proeminent use of strings and other symphonic elements, all harmonizing perfectly with the bands melodies. It even has a saxophone solo in Daughter of Hate, and a cytar solo (performed by a member of israeli power metal band Ostura) in The Golden Elk.
Wolf forgot to metion, but current bassist Olli-Pekka Laine (who replaced longtime member Niclas Etelavuöri) is also a founding member of Amorphis, alongside Jan, Koivusari and Esa. They started as a four piece with Tomi K as lead singer, but after the Elegy album he deciced do step down and just be rythm guitarrist (but sometimes he still sing in the concerts. In the brazilian tour, he sang the first verse of Against Widows on th concert I attended).
I have to disagree a little about Tomi Joutsen and Pasi Koskinen having similarities. Tomi voice has a better sound, and he can reach some notes Pasi couldn't. The style they use might trigger some thoughts of similarity, but I don't follow on that.
And Wolf, my man, you're in for a ride, since you skipped all of the Tomi Joutsen era. You'll have a lot of monumental tracks to listen, like Silent Waters (my favorite), Into the Abyss, Silver Bride, Song of the Sage, Mermaid, Death of a King, White Night (Sistah will definitely cry when she hears this one), Wrong Direction, House of Sleep, Enigma, The Smoke, Nightbird's Song, Tree of Ages, and a lot more.
PS: sorry for the long ass text, but I waited really long for this moment. Thank You and Sistah for bringing the video up, and the dud from Patreon who made this possible. I told you my time would come, and it finally came. :)
Amorphis is my favorite band for years - they are most unique - very insightful analysis like always
They are a truly unique band; so diversifiable and talented musicians. Each album they do takes you on a musical journey
Hearth of the Giant and The Bee are two of my favs from this album. Funny thing is that I've been listening The Queen of Time the whole last week and now I see this reaction :D Kudos.
Haha. I haven't even started the reaction part but cool WTF-moment when I saw my name in the video! :D
You knew this day would come 🤣✊🤘
Thank YOU! This is number one band on my list. And I love The Queen of Time album.
I’m totaly agree with your comments. This band is amazing and deserved more success!
Oh, the bee is one of my favorites, preferably live (Amorphis just are soooo good live!) Thanks for your reaction, I loved every bit and learned a lot again! I should be going to Amorphis as support for nightwish next month. Due to Covid the concert has been rescheduled for May next year... but I am so ready for that. You two just fixed my cold turkey quite good. I allways feel so understood and comfy, if somebody else, who is new to the music I love, also has a good experience with it. It makes me happy, to put it simply. I saw Amorphis 5 or 6 times during my days so far and they never dissaapionted. May I suggest two very different song: wrong direction and my kantele? And, yes of course the classics like silent water, alone, house of sleep, silver bride... go ahead and react to the whole tales from the thousand lakes, I would watch and enjoy it 🥰😍😇 Lots of love to you two lovelies!
The faces you make must be universal 😄 That's exactly how I looked, too!
I looove this song and the whole album, how she reacts is how I feel inside when I hear it I wish I could express my feelings so freely!!! 💜
I'm sure Esa and Tuomas Holopainen are related at some 'amount of removed'. Tuomas is from Kitee eastern Finland (Kitee is bordering Russia),and family names in Eastern Finland are 100s if not 1000s of years old. Western Finland had earlier a lot of Swedish names, and the Finnish names had not real family names, but people were known by their own name, father's name and then the by the name of the house they lived in. In the country side every house was named. So the last name could change many times during a person's life time, depending how often the family moved.
WolfKain, you say the Finnish names very well already. The sound values of the letters are almost the same as in Czech. Every letter is always pronounced,, and has the same value in any place in a word, if they are not recent loans from English. So in these names Joutsen ('Swan') - the o as in sport, i as in pull: so it's said like soul. The e is like the e in Ben (in any place). And J is as the Y in yes. So his name sounds like 'Yo-tsen' or 'Yote-sen'.
Finnish marks long sounds (vowel or consonant) by doubling the letter. So Czech writes á, Finnish aa for a long vowel, as the a in fAther (faad(h)ör would be closest Finnish spelling for that). Mother would be spelled 'mad(h)ör'. The ö is not exactly like the English neutral vowel in bird, church, her etc. - but it will do. If you don't know German or French: ö is like the German ö or French spell it eu, Finnish y is like the German ü, and French spells it u. The Finnish ä is like the English a in Action (if not said like 'ection').
The Finnish words are stressed in the beginning ('BEginning' :) - always. Finnish would likely spell the English word as 2 words: 'bi gining' if not yet learned English. Longer than 3 syllable words get a secondary stress, they come on every second syllable, some endings want it just before the last syllable (in words longer than 3 syllables).
So here the band member names still not mentioned: Holopainen is like HOlo-Painen, Koivusaari as KOIvu-Saari (this second a compound - 'Birch Island'). And Koskinen as 'COS-ki-nen' (Rapidsley, Rapidsy, maybe the closest rendition).
Great info, thanks 🤗 I hope there isn't going to be a test on this later 😬✊🤘
@@WolfKain Haha! 😂👌😆
Hopefully my condition doesn't develop that far! 😶
Just since you mentioned about the pronunciation of Finnish. And I remembered you have a Czech background, so it helps a lot.
Now this grammatic vaccination should be efficient enough :) I don't want you to get the language disease itself. In my case it's self inflicted. But you should still be safe and sound!
As a Finn I love my languge sooo much, but, dear Sir, You have outdone by far anything on any comment at any reaction there is! Well done.. second You on everything there! Kiitos analyysistä! Oli helvetin osuva! :)
@@jhcycling3098 Studied Finnish as my major in the university, and took basic courses of many languages at the time, and took general linguistic courses. Sometimes it spills over here on RUclips :) Especially in a company who show some interest.
I'm sure Kotus (Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus) has some interesting articles at their pages, if you want to deepen your knowlegde of your mother tongue, and then some :) I hope the insitute still has that name - few years when I cheched. They have the archives of collected dialect material - could be even Lönnrot's material, but at kleast the later stull since the end of the 19th century (18oo-luku)
Yeah!!! King Chalrles we stand for You!
Greetings from Finland.
Hello from Finland 👋🏼 yes they are amazing!! Just saw them live. Super ! Thanks for this video🤘🏼 Tomi Joutsen (Joutsen means a swan btw) is a great singer
The previous singer you're referring to is Pasi Koskinen who also is in the Funeral Doom band Shape Of Despair
Looked up to my screen and saw Thor doing the opening vocals 🤣🤣 fuck that caught me off guard
The first time I heard this song it gave me the chills.
Fan of the first minute! 30 years ago! Epic sound anyway! Suomi!Forever!
Amorphis ❤🔥🇫🇮🤘🤟
You should listen more from Amorphis ... This is an awesome finnish band! 🖤
greatest vocalist in progressive death metal,,,,,period
Saw them Live this year with Dimmu Borgir.
I'm a more causal fan of the latter but hearing they would play in UK I had to go.
Didn't know Amorphis at all. Checked their stuff out like... A day before the gig which got me even more excited & the show was AMAZING
Well I am of those fans digging backwards through AMORPHIS' catalogue, and I must say to these ears so far, Tomi Joutsen, Tom the Swan, is the best combination of growler+clean singer that ever existed. HIs growls are so rich, all-encompassing, majestic - and still clear! - that he alone usually manages to get my blood (and both fists) pumping. I am not usually the greatest fan (nor expert) of growls, and try to look PAST them while savoring the music. With AMORPHIS, I usually WAIT for him to kick in. And those epic, somewhat wistful cleans just add to the magic, as portrayed in this song.
The other members of the group are such experts at combining that vocal storm with great and unusual soundscapes, that one never can form opinion of them too early - they will go from soft rock (and even jazzy stuff, yes) to epic world-shattering Death metal in AMON AMARTH's territory like it was nothing, with plenty of Prog in between. AMORPHIS it truly is.
"The Bee" with its mesmerizing rhythms and builds, and almighty Tomi all over it, is an awesome introduction, a single picked exactly right. Not to mention crowds will be headbanging forever to probably the first Metal song in history dedicated to an insect. :)) That is the power of mythology, love of nature, love of life, and heaps of talent!
I salute AMORPHIS, and you guys for coming around to them. Spread the word!
Depending on my mood i listen to music the same way as they both individually do haha Eluveitie, Rhapsody of Fire, Amorphis, and the Hu are my favorite metal bands right now by far. I saw the Hu and Amorphis live last yr and they were both SOOOOO good live.
I weirdly love how stoic and unfazed Wolf looks while Sistah is freaking out right next to him. Then I worry "oh no, he doesn't like it, oh no" - and then he does regardless. Gets me every time.
So frikken awesome. The whole album is amazing.
A good follow up to this would be Dark Tranquillity, their new album Moment just came out November 20. Eyes of the World is the latest video. 🤘🤘
The power of Amorphis should not be underestimated. Their last 3 albums have been nothing less than stellar. They have found something magical in their writing style that works so well. Great review.
Other songs you should check out are: Bad Blood, Under the Red Cloud, Come the Spring, Amongst Stars, Honeyflow.. well actually anything from the latest 3 albums from Amorphis are pure gold. personally im not a big fan of their older singer, but Tomi is out of this world. Anyways, great reaction \m/
Wolf, listen to the album Under The Red Cloud. My favourite 2015 overall metal album. I still listen to it regulalry. Masterpiece.
Nice reaction !! 😀
Thank you!! 😁
Holy wow! What an intro!
🇺🇸🤘🙂🇫🇮👍 Amophis sure has changed their music style from album to album... Anneke has made some appearances on their songs and also on stage 😊. On similar lines, if you want to hear more Finnish dudes growling style singing, try e.g. Wolfheart's "Routa pt. 2" or "Flood" 🤗
RockAss! 😎 And keeping it metal! ✊🤘❣️
Lol rock-ass and Keeping It Metal, fasho!🤭🤗☺️♥️✊🏾🤘🏾
Am Universum is the second last album with singer Pasi Koskinen. Koskinen never sang harsh vocals, only clean ones. There was another singer for harsh vocals at that time. New and current singer Tomi Joutsen does all the singing after album Far from the sun.
Silver bride has a shit ton of energy. And she will love Alone with the old singer and You I Need with Tomi singing ❤
Just saw them live. They did actually 3 gigs here where I live.
This was their encore song.
Amazing sold out gig AGAIN
That kicks rock!!1! Sistah&The Wolf go full pogo next episode!!1! ^^)
this song is perfection
Awesome reaction to awesome band and song, sistah was flying all over the place and she should. Lemme guess? She loves crowling voice? If so, then react to Amongst the Stars by Amorphis, thats kick arse song with Anneke :)
Amazing song!
Beautiful music from beautiful people 🥰🇫🇮
You should have her started from My Kantele.
My Kantele (acoustic reprise) is one of my faves EVER
You should check the whole album. I am fan of the old stuff of Amorphis, but Queen of Time is hands down THE album I have listened the most.
Your comment on black metal reminded me of their singer Tomi Joutsen's side project Hallatar, with Swallow the Sun's Juha Raivio and Gas Lipstick of HIM. As you're an Amorphis fan, you probably came across their album "No Stars Upon The Bridge", but if not, check them out. It's more in the death-doom genre, but Tomi's versatility really shines on that album with him doing his usual beautiful cleans but also black metal and death metal vocals on the same song. There's a few music videos on RUclips, should be easy to find.
Edited to add: I just realised that you don't even know Tomi yet if you missed 7 albums. Also, because of this I found myself getting a bit anxious when Wolf went all scrunchy-face, because I love the current incarnation of Amorphis, whereas he didn't know them yet and it gave the impression of him not liking it that much. ;-)
Edit 2: Two quick suggestions from their two most recent albums, I personally love "Dark Path" (ruclips.net/video/B4gbgucV0cg/видео.html) and Daughter of Hate (ruclips.net/video/yXsmR_cvCxg/видео.html).
Best album of 2018!
By the way: Pasi also cool dude, recommend you song Alone.
Great song, but I rank Daughter of Hate even higher on the album.
Yes, _Daughter of Hate_ is truly a cut above the rest.
I loove Daughter of Hate!
I think it’s more diffucult to understand than Bee, and I had to listen it several times to appreciate it. But it’s great song!
Amazing song.
I love you two. Wolf sits there completely focused on the music giving nothing away as to his thoughts. Sistah the opposite, can barely contain her excitement.
Yes ,Amorphis is a WOW Band!🤘
My first ever gig was in 1995 I think, LIDO in Leuven. Sentenced, Amorphis (Tales...) and Tiamat (Wildhoney). It was both good and bad. Good because... what could top that? And bad because, what could ever top that? I still think about it often.
Best Amorphis Album, Tales of the Thousands lakes.... a Masterpiece on Doom death metal era!
This song is scary good! Dear God, the word masterpiece doesn't quite cover it.
Black Winter Day!!
Hi, lovely couple! The first time I've heard Amorphis was about 20 years ago with the Light My Fire cover from The Doors, and frankly, didn't liked it.
Now, about a couple of days I was working listening songs here with the autoplay on, and this came, and... my mind was blown!
What a song, what an album! Now I just need to know Amorphis whole discography for the past 20 years to compensate all the wasted time!
To give you guys some background: in Finland, people with the last name Holopainen are generally not related. Why? Because the name comes from Russian word 'holop' mening slave, or serf. These are Finnish families that lived in Russia during imperial times, and were bound to their farms. In Finland, under Swedish rule, serfdom was not an issue, but in the eastern parts of Finland that fell under Russian rule in 1743, it became a thing although the czar had promised to maintain Swedish laws (that were more advanced than Russian laws for example for trade and industrial development purposes). So: many Finnish serfs took that noun holop as their name, and there are a lot of Holopainen's around. And these are the lucky ones! Cossacks took tens of thousands of fair haired children as slaves and sold them in slave markets in Central Asia. Dunno what name their descendants go by. Maybe you can hear echoes of that sad history in the melancholic music some of these Holopainen guys write.
Yikes😳
It is my favourite band in the world
Jazz death metal, please try Daughter of Hate from the same album. The lyric video. It will amaze you.
More!!!! ❤❤
For all us ladies and maybe romantic men "You I need" ruclips.net/video/9rs-or7As0k/видео.html
For Anneke-fans "Amongst stars" ruclips.net/video/Jg2VqUTNjsw/видео.html
And, finally: where they originated, a carelian rhyme "My Kantele" ruclips.net/video/UufaC2TI7dg/видео.html (like a totally different band, this one you might remember? ❤)
Next i recommend Bad blood or Amongst stars :)