Jeff Wilson as far as I'm concerned this concert is in the same league as other legendary concerts such as Woodstock or Queen @ Live Aid. Everything was great, it all fell together perfectly and both the band and the crowd were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Here’s the thing about that statement. Maybe you’re not the biggest Evanescence fan. Maybe you are a fan. The thing is, they do have some really encompassing, emotive melodies and hooks, and delivered by Amy Lee, you can’t go wrong because her voice is thick and milky and she has a good belt. Some of their songs are really great, like Going Under Lithium Everybody’s Fool Taking Over Me Missing What You Want My Heart Is Broken My Immortal Hello Tourniquet Snow White Queen Call Me When You’re Sober They have been extremely influential in the Metal scene to other female fronted bands. You have Josh Freese on drums, from A Perfect Circle, so you can’t go wrong there. Amy Lee’s songwriting is strong. & Ben Moody is the mastermind of it all. If you haven’t heard We Are The Fallen they have an album that is pretty much wall to wall killer all the way through. (Evanescence with a different singer) In the past, Evanescence’s main problem has been that Amy Lee lacked the proper vocal technique and control required to pull off these songs live. Especially after aging a bit since coming on the scene. It’s fine in the studio, but singing live in front of thousands of screaming fans is a very different story. She basically set herself up for a struggle. Sort of like Mariah Carey. (In using this comparison, I mean that she has created difficult songs for live performances, as Mariah’s technique is on point) I can tell you a song like “Going Under” is a real bitch to sing because I’m a professional singer myself, and I understand the breath control and vocal agility and dynamics it takes to sing like that. There just isn’t much room for taking a breath at all. Now Nightwish is superior in its orchestrated complexity and for their live shows. Tarja was the original and a wonderful singer with a unique and iconic voice, but Floor has clearly taken the band to new heights previously unreachable. And yes , she would slay Amy in a vocal battle. But I don’t believe their music dwarfs Evanescence to the point of mediocrity. That’s my take on it. Having said all of this, I think that “Ghost Love Score” is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever constructed for the masses. For all the reasons that we love it.
@@Neonbob we all love Floor and Nightwish and thats why we're here. But y'all have to stop dissing Amy bc when she started making music in the late 90s she paved the way for most of the metal women who came after her and made the music genre accessible to mainstream audiences. Fallen is one of the best-selling rock albums in history for a reason. So why dont we just stop put against each other these magnificent queens..?
The fact that Nightwish get so little airtime and are mostly unknown in the UK and USA is a crime against humanity, it really is. Nightwish is the biggest rabbit hole in music, the one you are staring down right now... go on jump in! There's about 120 studio songs and a whole bunch of concerts. Dont make the mistake of thinking thats all Nightwish does, because they go from everything between acoustic folk music through to celtic metal through to songs as heavy as anything Metallica came out with. A lot of Nightwish is more metal than GLS, so give them a try... Try Ever Dream from this concert, Wacken 2013. The composer Tuomas Holopainen... because thats what he is, the Metal Mozart is an absolute genius... you put him behind Floor Jansen who is simply the best, most versatile vocalist out there in metal... Marco the bassist and vocals, the voice of Finland... Jukka on drums here was amazing, sadly he no longer plays with the band because of health issues, but is still in management. They replaced Jukka with Kai from Wintersun, and he is just an absolute beast on those drums, if you ever watch a Wintersun video you will see. Emppu is the hobbit on lead guitar, full of pranks, doesnt shred too often but when he does...wow. They also added Troy Donockley from England, hes described as Mulit-instrumentalist, but you basically put anything in his hand and he can make music. Whistles, flutes, bagpipes, guitars, Ulleian pipes... just yes. everything. In short.... every song will have you saying wow for different reasons. Sometimes its the power of the metal, sometimes its how beautiful the song is, sometimes its the lyrics.... its always the music. Musically, finding this band is life changing, it really is.
paulwakefield I think that having such a powerful army of supporters shows you don’t need traditional airtime to be successful. I’m excited to have found them!
@@yazma2 hope you enjoy what nightwish has to offer. They sell out huge stadiums in Europe and south america where they are well known... They did sell out wembley arena over here a couple of times at 15000, but manchester at 21000 didnt quite do it. Wacken open air in Germany with them headlining was 82000. Anyway, have fun. Dont have any expectations going into a new Nightwish song, it could be literally anything. Only thing that I and I am sure many others will tell you... if you decide to go for The poet and the pendulum and The greatest show on earth... do some research on the song first. You will get 50x more out of them if you know what they are about. These are often called "the three epics"... ghost love score is the shortest, Poet and the pendulum is about 14 minutes and the greatest show on earth about 24 minutes. Is that a Yorkshire accent i hear? By eck there's not too many of us in t'nightwish army lass!
@@yazma2 There is a Wembley concert this year, if it goes ahead. Big if. 18th December. First time i saw Nightwish live was at wembley 2015, and honestly... it was levels above anything else I have ever seen. Even Metallica. At one point there was just this rolling cheer that got louder and louder, went on for over a minute... the band wasnt doing anything apart from drinking it in from the stage.
I'm a British girl (Cornish, living in Brighton) and I discovered them through Kerrang! and MTV Rocks 10-11 years ago. Aramanth, Over the Hills, Bye Bye Beautiful, Nemo, The Islander and Wish I Had an Angel were played quite a lot (not freaking enough). And they're big enough to fill Wembley Arena (14k), so they are definitely more popular here than over in the US. I don't think they're big ENOUGH, though. I want to see them fill the O2.
To answer a couple of your questions. The guitarist is Emppu, one of the founding members (and a bit of a prankster). The band are from Finland, apart from the singer Floor, who is Dutch, and the sole Brit in the band, Troy (not on stage for this song) who plays the Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, bousouki, vocals, guitar and... well basically anything else he fancies.
@@yazma2 I think Storytime is a better song to introduce them to someone. It's shorter. It's danceable. It has a strong hook, and it apexes with what the fans call a "Floorgasm".
Floor Jansen, just your average 6’1” Valkyrie Dutch girl with the most versatile and powerful voice on the planet. Great smile. I do that a lot when I listen to Nightwish unless it’s a sad song then Floor’s emotional voice will put a tear in my eye. The Wacken 2013 concert has great audio and video. It you want something heavier then try Romanticide, Storytime or Ghost River to name a few. I visited your site for a little background info. While there I found a grammatical error. The plural of company is companies not company’s. Thought you would like to know. 😄😸
@@skeezesmith7954 Skeeze. . . . . . . . . . . . . :-) (I had the "benefit" of a UK Grammar School education '57 to '63, I know what you mean. . . . . . . Stuff on the net often really rattles my OCD)
@@skeezesmith7954 I think you have me by a couple or three years Skeeze, you keep rocking !! Best wishes from a 88° SW France and 99° coming tomorrow. Richard.
Hello @ Yaz the Producer ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar.. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience. It was a real pleasure for me to see your eyes becoming bigger and bigger with each minute :) And that's yet still more, much more for you to see.. Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory): " Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrulmentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition. Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her. There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps. I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol " Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like: "Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/видео.html "Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html "Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html "Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ruclips.net/video/lQu5QjidHWg/видео.html "Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ruclips.net/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/видео.html "Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/05eitd-EA6I/видео.html "My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ruclips.net/video/knqeI807ZlY/видео.html "Sleeping Sun"live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.html "Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html "Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/wA44tjaP5n0/видео.html "I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ruclips.net/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/видео.html "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/видео.html "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/AN239Pbqbjo/видео.html "7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/видео.html And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Wembley 2015 ruclips.net/video/vyLsU7Q333k/видео.html Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg You can also react to Floor Jansen's performances in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands), here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ruclips.net/p/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
Gabriel Bardac Hey Gabriel, I’m a little nervous to be on such a loyal radar but the NW army seem AWESOME so far. Thank you for the short history - it’s appreciated 🖤
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That woman is an absolute Queen on that stage. She's a fantastic singer, she's beautiful, and she's commanding. Wonderful stage presence and a voice like an angel.
Floor Jansen, the best vocalist on the planet. She can wail, belt, sing pop, opera, and switch it note for note. She always gives me goosebumps. Actually she gives everyone goosebumps. It's called a Floorgasm. lol. You need to listen to Simone Simons from Epica.
The Lord looked down from the heavens and spoke these words to the Nightwish Army. I have blessed you on this day of 02/21/1981 ( Floor’s Birthday) an Angel of Metal and her name is Floor Jansen.
Hi Yaz. Fellow Brit here... I would say that "the only way is up" now you have discovered Nightwish, but in truth, now that you have found the NW rabbit-hole - the only way is DOWN!! Lol. Take care gorgeous eyes
Only about 2% of the population (so yeah obvious math, 1 in 50) have green eyes. Rarest eye color there is... But why be creepy about commening on it in that way though? o.O
@@yazma2 Hello from a girl! ^^ Are these lenses? If not - OMG!!! I swear, I couldn't take my eyes off on your eyes. o_O So frkn beautiful and hypnotic! :O (And if, which brand? - They look awesome on you
The concert was live at Wacken festival in Germany with about 82000 visitors. I dare say, Nightwish are one of the best symphonic metal bands on this planet. The band origin is from Finland. The vocalist on stage is Floor Jansen from Netherlands. She joined the band after the previous female vocalist left the band. She first just jumped in as replacement, but is doing such a brilliant job, that she became a full member of the band. This concert was after her joining them fully. I love this band, and their music and concerts are of super high quality and epicness. Maybe you want to try "The greatest show on Earth" sometime. There is also a great live footage of that song in RUclips. PS: The instrument is supposed to resemble a pipe organ, but I am quite sure it is stage design and the sound comes from the keyboad with high quality.
I need to correct myself a little bit after watching the documentary "Please learn the set list in 48 hours." of the tour. Floor joined Nightwish in October 2012 to complete the tour after Anette left in September in the US. Wacken was in August 2013 in Germany of the same tour, and at that time Floor was still just the "temporary replacement" singer. Well, she was already this great after touring with the band for 10 months! Also their gig at the festival was in the late evening about 22:45 until after midnight according to the plan. And the whole band and the atmosphere all look so happy. Wish I had been there...
the band was on stage for over an hour when they got to this song .give you an idea of there skill lev and work they put in that they still have this much energy to give after an hour of rocking
Your personalty, humor, the swearing, the accent, the hair, the tats. Everything about you is awesome and you just fucking makes me smile :) Amazing reaction to this powerhouse of a band. Youre in for a ride with the Nightwish and the Jinjer armies if you keep it going. And i hope you do :) You should definately react to "Song of myself" by Nightwish next. "Romanticide" and "Storytime" is right up there aswell. They just dont produce any bad songs at all. Period, so there is enough to choose from going forward :) Cant wait for youre next reaction. Keep up the amazing work and keep being your awesome self :)
You mentioned near the middle of the song that “she looks so happy”. Where do I begin? First off that was a good catch on your part. Floor had just joined the band in 2012 and before that she was already a huge Nightwish fan. NOW GET THIS - her favorite song is ghost love score and now she is singing her favorite song in front of 80,000 people in the band she LOVES! Now how cool is that?
True she is a big fan of NW; a big fan of Tarja who she was trying to emulate early on in her career. She's been in 2 other bands prior to NW (After Forever and ReVamp) and outside of the Symphonic Metal genre she was a low-profile performer. She joins NW which was a "known" band and automatically elevates, not only herself, but the band into another level. Now they are a high-profile band in Metal as a whole and she's just soaking it in. And good for her. I saw he in '08 with AF and I was blown away. Then a year later the band breaks up due to the guitarist having burn out. Then a year after that she forms ReVamp but comes down with burn out herself so her career stalled a bit. Joining NW was the best for both parties as NW was dealing with firing their second singer, Anette, in less than 5 years. Strange how shit works itself out sometimes.
FYI: at this point in time Floor, the female lead singer, wasn't officially not even a member of Nightwish but was drafted in the middle of a US tour to replace their at the point current singer. She basically had 48 hours to fly from the Netherlands to the US AND learn the live set. By the tiime of this show at Wacken Open Air she was well and truly set in and when the tour ended they pretty much quickly announced she was now a fulltime member.
I believe she had worked with the band for quite a few months before this point, but still a massive call to take all those songs already known by the fans, sing them in her own way and arguably make many, if not all of them, sound better than the studio recording. I can't even imagine memorizing all the lyrics
@@dbutcher84 She'd shared a bill with them on tour several years earlier, so they did at least know each other, and she knew some of their songs on a superficial (rather than performance) level, then out of the blue, at her sister's wedding (in The Netherlands), got the call that the band wanted her to fly out as replacement vocalist and meet them in Salt Lake City after the show there (they had a day off on Sunday) to stand in for the rest of the Imaginaerium world tour starting in Seattle on Monday 1st October 2012. She only delayed until after the ceremony to return the call. The rest is herstory.
Tough it is an incredible feat, I don't think it is as bad as most people describe. Floor was fan of Nightwish, Ghost Love Score being her favorite song. I am sure knowing songs does not translate to be able sing them automatically, but certainly it helps with the lyrics. In some of the earlier concerts when she joined, she had sheets with her too.
Hey, you should definitely check more on the wacken 2013 show nightwish, romantacide, story time, ever dream, ghost river,etc, then wembley 2015, shudder before the beautiful, yours is an empty hope, etc. wacken 2013, wembley 2015, Tampere, Finland 2015, bloodstock 2018, And beunos, Aires 2019, awesome awesome thanks 😊
Great reaction! Thanks for checking them out. I told you that if you reacted to them....THEY (The Nightwish Army) would come. ;) Usually, the next song on the docket is Romanticide, but you can't go wrong with any of Nightwish's songs. Remember to always go for the live ones. The Wacken concert was a masterpiece. I'm so excited for what you will experience with your journey of this amazing secret of a band. Enjoy! :)
Tuomas, the composer and keyboardplayer actually has Disney movie scores as his biggest inspiration. That is why their songs are built like this. Good call!
Yes. Emppu. He is part of the band, from what I can tell from day one. Nightwish has had three singers; Tarja, Anette, and now Floor Jansen. Two bassists, and two drummers. The original bassist was Sami Vanska, but was replaced by Marko 'Marco' HeitalaDonockley joined in 2007 as a guest woodwind musician, and became ingrained with time. A good addition.
That smile just says it all how much you enjoyed this. Have been listening to Nightwish with all three singers. Absolutely love this amazing band. Dig the tatts and red hair too. 👍
Welcome to Nightwish, a symphonic metal band from Finland, the lead singer is Floor Jansen from the Netherlands.. This is in Wacken a smsll town in Nw Germany, Open Air festival with around 82000 people there. The logo from the bull is the logo of the festival. Nightwish has 9 studio albums out, and save to say no bad song yet! saw you did some Jinjer reactions, gonna check them out. And i subscribed, lovely reaction. 🤘 Thnx for this! 🖐 Sugestion...pick from this concert any song and u will be in for a treat! Yaz why does that name ring a bell? 🤔
Thanks Syp, I’m happy to hear I have 9 albums to check out! Also, the name Yaz also belongs to an 80’s pop star if that’s the bell you’re hearing ring?
@@yazma2 nope that bell i already heard...several times 😁 up is the only way! 😎 Edit...Nightwish has had 3 lead vocals, they have been around since 96. The singers are Very Good in their own way, they have their own unique styles. 😎
Haha I immediately thought of Yaz, the companion of the thirteenth doctor from the British series Doctor Who :) Livin 4 hours away from Wacken, greetings from Germany!
Nightwish Army here...loved your reaction...next please react to The Poet n Pendulum, The Gretest Show On Earth, Ever Dream, Slaying In A Dream, Story Time, Death Man Poet, Devil and The Deep Dark Ocean and I Want My Tears Back...saw our metal goddes Floor Jansen sang in different sound...enjoy the journey to the world of Nightwish
Nice reaction :-), and its easy to understand you, and Im from Denmark. The band is from Finland (originally all members). Floor Jansen the singer is Dutch and the third singer in NW. Then there is a muliti instrumentalist Troy from England, he was not on stage here. The "pipe organ" is a decoration. Wacken is a good concert to react from, because of the sound quality, but NW have 3 more high quality concert recording in high quality and has been around for nearly 25 years, so a lot.......... of songs to cover :-). I can recommend Dark Chest of Wonders (opening track), Song of My Self for more heavy songs. Ghost River and Storytime for less heavy.
Wow....just left in aww...now only wishing I was their to be apart of that energy, captivated me instantly made me think of the greatest show on earth which is another fantastic theatrical show
Great to finally see your reaction to such an amazing performance! Also you have the most enchanting eyes... I would be worried I may turn to stone if I even saw them in person! Much love from Yorkshire! Peace x
Glad to have found your reactions. I like your views and yes, you are a British girl. Love it. Nightwish will not disappoint. I prefer live performances more than the studio.
I'm Dutch and I enjoyed listening to your comments. Don't worry - you don't need any subtitles :-) The singer - Floor - is Dutch; the band is Finnish and fantastic. The bass player is an incredible singer as well, by the way. This is all coming from a guy (me) whose former favorites were Chic and the Brothers Johnson ...
These people are perfectionists, they're so damned good at their trade. One good song to check out is 7 days to the wolves live @ Wembley 2015. Its brilliant. Also, try Storytime live @ Wacken 2013, the same concert. Very catchy!
The flaming bulls head is the symbol of the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. What you were listening to is not a song but a journey. I think all your questions have been answered by the Nightwish Army already. But a very nice reaction and love your tats. I agree that Jinjer (from the Ukraine) is on your list and I would suggest Epica (from the Netherlands) featuring Floor Jansen (also Dutch) as guest singer. Also Floor Jansen with Henk Poort doing Phantom of the Opera in the Dutch show 'Beste Zangers'.
The orchestral and choral interlude halfway this masterpiece is a brilliant idea of their composer and keybordist Tuomas. It's a kind of upbeat to the more resistant part 2 of this great song.and I love it.
Welcome to the world of Nightwish! You're getting ready to meet the Nightwish Army....we follow All reactions to Nightwish, support the new fans and their channels and are Blessed to have a great bunch of people who will properly educate you and guide you through the most Amazing songs to review and the very important stories behind the music and band members ! Nightwish Music will change your life in the most magical way ! I already subscribed.. by the way, you are absolutely gorgeous ! EYES are incredible. You remind me of Maisie from Game of Thrones. She has big, lovely eyes ! BEST wishes for you and your journey....much love from Tennessee USA ❤️. Song of Myself, Wacken concert also is my favorite Nightwish song right now and it will definitely Rock you out of your chair !!!! I have to dance, sing, and headbang my hair off EVERY time I listen !!! Great Reaction 👌😁.
I can't believe how amazing the NW army are. Blows my mind! And yes I've been compared to Arya Stark before! However, I've never actually watched game of thrones... it's on my to watch list still!
Welcome to magical world of Nightwish ! Really liked your way to do reaction video. Waiting more Nightwish to come :D , anything goes from next concerts: Wacken 2013, Tampere 2015, Wembley 2015, Buenos Aires 2018.
@@yazma2 They even made a full movie out of their own album "Imaginaerum". But they also made music for other films, the most noteworthy so far being "Lieksa!". There is an official video for their song "While your lips are still red" with scenes from the movie, but it's not good to react to because of those very scenes it gets blocked a lot. So just go watch it for yourself and then do a reaction to the live version at Wembley, which is even better (and doesn't get blocked). And Tuomas (founder, keyboarder, composer) is practically begging with his music to do a blockbuster movie score, heck, Hans Zimmer himself is a fan of him, so it should be only a matter of time really.
WELCOME TO THE NIGHTWISH ARMY. AND WELCOME TO THE PHENOMENON THAT IS THE GENRE OF SYMPHONIC METAL. This was the Wacken Open Air Festival Concert back in 2013, and there were over 82,000 people at this concert. Nightwish is a Symphonic Metal Band, and a majority of the band members are from Finland. The current Lead Singer is from the Netherlands, and the woodwinds player is from England. CURRENT BAND MEMBERS • Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards, piano, is the primary musical composer for all arrangements Is also who formed the band, and is the leader of the group. • Emppu Vuorinen - All guitars (been with the band since its inception) • Marco Hietala - bass, male vocals, acoustic guitar (is Nightwish Second Bass player, and has been with them since 2001.) • Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, backing vocals • Floor Jansen - lead vocals (Floor is Nightwish current and THIRD Lead Singer) • Kai Hahto - drums (NOT APART OF THE BAND YET WHEN THIS CONCERT WAS FILMED - Kai was hand picked by the groups original drummer Jukka Nevalainen to replace him when he had to stepped down for medical reasons listed below. Kai is a personal friend of Jukka’s) FORMER BAND MEMBERS SEEN IN THIS CONCERT AT THE WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL FROM THE YEAR 2013: • Jukka Nevalainen - drums ( original drummer from 1997-2014 and is who you see playing drums in this concert at the Wacken Open Air Festioval Show from 2013. He had to step down for severe medial reasons, and handpicked his replacement. Jukka nearly died from a period of 2 straight years of severe insomnia, and had to be hospitalized because of it. Even though he stepped down as drummer, according to Toumas, he is the Bands MANAGER now. That is awesome I think. So he is still very much a part of Nightwish.) Other Former Band Members NOT seen in this video: • Sami Vänskä - bass (1998-2001) • Tarja Turunen - vocals (Nightwish FIRST Singer for the first 10 years of Nightwish existence from 1996-2005) • Anette Olzon - vocals (Nightwish SECOND singer, from Sweden, from 2007-2012) SO WHAT STYLE OF MUSIC ACTUALLY IS NIGHTWISH???? Nightwish is actually one of the groups credited with the creation of the Metal Sub-genre of Symphonic Metal (according to Wikipedia!). Symphonic Metal in general only borrows the hard driving double kick drums, and the hard grungy style guitars and bass from Metal. However, in SYMPHONIC METAL the guitar is not the primary focal point, it is in fact the keyboards and their movie-scorish sounding orchestral sound. The keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen is the composer of all of the music arrangements and is the actual leader of the group. He is a personal huge lover of movie scores, which is where a lot of the movie-scorish style sound of the keyboards comes from (which is the primary focal point of Nightwish’s music instrumentally). When Symphonic Metal first started the female singers ALL used an operatic style of singing, but as the Genre has evolved over the last 20+ years since Nightwish came long when they released their FIRST album back in 1996, they have adopted more of a contemporary style of singing like Floor uses currently. Also 90-95% of all Symphonic Metal bands are all female fronted. Currently only Kamelot and a hand full of other Symphonic Metal bands even have male singers, and they are normally referred to as Symphonic Power Metal. The female fronted bands are the ones usually referred to over in Europe as ‘Symphonic Metal’. The most popular being Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, and Delain. Floor Jansen is the current Lead Singer who you see in this Concert and she is from the Netherlands. Keep in mind when Floor did this concert (Wacken Open Air in 2013), she had not been with Nightwish for very long, she was actually a FILL-IN for this particular tour. Nightwish was in the middle of the Imaginearum World Tour when they parted ways with their SECOND Lead Singer Anette Olzen (from Sweden), and Tuomas (pronounced as Too-oh-mas) called Floor and asked her if she could learn their entire set list in 48 hours and then fill-in for them for the rest of the tour. Within the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, the band posted their first Official Live Performance video since they fired their first lead singer Tarja Turunen at the end of November 2005. During Anette's entire tenure with the band, Nightwish did not post ONE single solitary live performance video on their official RUclips channel. Hmmm? Curious? At the end of this Imaginearum World Tour (just a few months later!), around Christmas time (As Floor tells the story in an interview) the Band pulled both Floor Jansen and Troy Donokley aside and asked them to be official members of the band. Floor said both her and Troy both had tears in their eyes. Troy had been a guest musician with the band on such videos like The Islander, but never an official member of the band. The rest as they say ... is history. I would very much like to see you react to the following songs: 1. Romanticide - This is one kick ass song, and I would do it from this Wacken Open Air Festival in 2013. 2. Ever Dream - my absolute all-time favorite Nightwish song. The most high energy song they’ve ever done in my opinion. I would do this one from either this concert which is Wacken Open Air Festival in 2013, or the WEMBLEY ARENA CONCERT in Dec of 2015. 3. Nemo - (Nemo is from a Latin word which means no one or nobody. This song is about a time in Toumas life when he felt his direction in life was aimless, and without real direction. It’s an awesome song and a HUGE favorite of long time fans. This song was originally written during the Tarja Era). I would do this one from the WEMBLEY ARENA CONCERT in Dec of 2015. 4. Yours Is An Empty Hope - (Maybe do this one from the Tampere Finland Show from July of 2015. But be prepared because behind Marco (the Bass players) vocals on the chorus, is Floor GROWLING, yes you read it right. She can ACTUALLY really do everything!).
FYI: the main composer of the band is keyboardplayer Tuomas and he has a deep love of Celtic music and film scores and with Nightwish he is combining these elements with metal.
It is not a Organ but a prop and hide the keyboard. The pipes are fake, but its impressive !The singer is Floor Jansen a Dutch trained also opera singer.Her favourite music is hard metal rock. She had her own hard rock band, but its stopped. And Nightwish ask her or she will sing in the band.The band had 2 female singers in the past. Floor is the 3rd and the best ! They come from Finland and are a seasoned band with an amazing long old standing history. They have build many fans in all that years.
Saw them live in Houston TX 2 or 3 years ago at a 500 seat venue.. was sold out in like 10 minutes. I’m 73 (old) and I have seen everyone from the Doors on up.. They were insanely talented and so unknown here in the states
Tuomas the keyboardist has a couple of fake fronts for his keyboards. I think they are mostly places to hide his wine which he drinks during the show. Floor has said that "Ghost Love Score" is her favorite NW song to sing. There are only two members of the band that are original members and that's Tuomas the keyboardist and composer of most of their music and Empuu the lead guitarist. Marco the bassist joined the band about three years in.
Care Package for Surviving Nightwish Formed in 1996 in Finland. Symphonic Metal. Their backing tracks are composed by the keyboard player which are then recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Too hard to have the entire orchestra at the concerts. Thus the name, symphonic metal. They have had 3 different female vocalists. Tarja Turunen. The band was built around her powerful operatic voice. Then came Annette Olzon from Sweeden. Her voice was good but more of the pop style. Floor Jansen is their current vocalist, say no more, except do not under any circumstances compare her to Amy Lee from Evernescence. The Army will tear you limb from limb. 🤣🤣🤣 Current members Tuomas Holopainen is the keyboard player. He writes and arranges 95% of the works. Nightwish is his baby Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen is the lead guitarist and also founding member. The band trickster. Marco Heitala joined in 2001. Bass guitarist. Guitarist and singing god. Jukka Nevalainen is the beast on drums. He however suffered from chronic insomnia and had to give it away. Now Kai Hahto is the drummer. He took over in 2014. That was after the Wacken festival. Pronounced Var ken. Floor Jansen is the vocal Godess from the Netherlands. She took over on very short notice from Annette Olzon in October 2012 during their Imaginaerim World Tour. Wacken was the 3rd last concert in August 2013. And finally Troy Donockley from the UK. Very talented musician in his own rights You name it, he plays it, as well as vocals. If possible, always watch their live shows. They bring so much more than just the music. Some facts about the concert. Wacken Festival held every year in Northern Germany. The flaming bulls head is the logo of the festival. 82k+ people And the pipes around Tuomas's (pronounced as it sounds, not Thomas) keyboard are for decoration. Don't have anything to do with the sound. If you start with Ghost Love Score try to remember this is their 13th song of the night out of 15. Just shows you how good they are. Common terms used in Nightwish Floorgasm: When Floor sings and you get chills down you spine and goose bumps. Flarco: When Floor and Marco sing together Floy: Floor and Troy together Flarcoroy: All 3 together Tuomas is quite often referred to as the Metal Mozart, and he is. Hope you enjoy this epic music
And floor replaced anette in 2012 and not 2013 . Was in 2012 during the u.s.a. tour and her first concert was in seattle after anette left in denver and kn that concert she was replaced by elyze ryd and allissa white-glutz.
Wacken (pronounced Vacken) had 82,000 people in that venue, the guitarist is a regular part of the band, those are normal keyboards dressed up with the pipes. The keyboardist (Tuomas, Pronounced like Duo-mas but with a 'T') is also the composer and song writer. The lead singer is Floor Jansen. the band is from Finland. You might also like 'Within Temptation', 'Xandria', all symphonic metal.
Oh and yes, yes you were supposed to know who this is. Everyone is, and far too few people actually do. Crying shame, but then again, if everyone knew we would not get reactions 24/7, which would be no fun at all.
Hi, Yaz! Thank you for your reaction and welcome to the world of Symphonic Metal! Organ ;) But in this case it is for decoration -- behind it are three keyboards Tuomas is playing on. "This guy" is Emppu, Nightwish guitarist) Well, you just witnessed Her Majesty Northern Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen (pronounced Yansen, she is Dutch). Floor has classical background, rock academy behind, and used to be a vocal coach for a number of years. Floor is the most versatile and powerful female singer today and can sing anything from more pop-y style, classic opera, to metal screams and growls. Floor is a queen of singing emotions. Floor joined Nightwish in the middle of their Imaginaerum world tour in late 2012 (which includes this show from August 2013). Previous singer, Anette Olzon (she's currently in Dark Element) left the band while they were touring, and there was no certainty what to do with all the upcoming shows. They called Floor (her previous band did tour with NW in the past, and they knew each other). Floor flew immediately to help them out and temporarily replace Anette for the rest of the world tour. She arrived two days before the next show, and she had only 48 hours to learn the entire setlist. And she did. There is official documentary about all that -- "PLEASE LEARN THE SETLIST IN 48 HOURS" ( ruclips.net/video/vhExkmWKMEU/видео.html ) For Floor it was first really big gig with Nightwish, 82K people, at the time she was only for a few months with the band. After the world tour (in October 2013), they made Floor their official member. This song was performed at the end of 90min show, at the 1hr 10min mark. Nightwish formed in '96 in Finland, initially with Tarja (Tar-ya) Turunen as a vocalist. She left the band in 2005, and Anette Olzon stepped in, until 2012. The bassist with a cool beard is Marco, and he sings some parts too. He has his own solo project outside the Nightwish. The mastermind behind 99% of lyrics and music is a keyboardist Tuomas. Guitarist name is Emppu, and the drummer in this show is Jukka (Yukka), but later he was replaced by Kai Hahto because of health issues. Flutes/uilleann pipes/guitar/vocals - Troy, he did not perform in this song. Nightwish is better live, always, so if live performance is available, go for it. In their performances, they often using recorded backtrack of a classical orchestra for their songs. They have very diverse music, from more light songs to epic scores like this, and to really heavy metal stuff. For the next Nightwish experience, I can suggest listening to: -- Storytime from the same Wacken 2013 live ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html ) -- for move heavy: Ghost River, Song Of Myself, both from Wacken 2013 also ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html ) ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html ) -- If you want to explore more Floor versatility, check out her performances on a TV show Beste Zangers in 2019: (Lady Gaga's Shallow for ex.) ( ruclips.net/video/M68pe4a_9zk/видео.html ) Greetings from Moscow and stay safe! ;) Looking forward to seeing more NW on your channel!
This band are truly amazing, they're Symphonic Metal but are incredibly diverse and play everything from Power Metal to Folk Metal to almost Thrash Metal, to Jazz and outright Folk songs - you have a great ride ahead and I'm subscribing to see it 🤘
Hehe - Everyone in this band is epic... All are top musicians, but the claim to fame is the compositions by the keyboardist - He is a musical prodigy akin to Motzart, Bach, etc... His writings are epic. Add a vocalist like Floor Jansen and the rest of the band and you have.... Nightwish.
@@yazma2 No problemo (as someone else said), ps Inigo say's your hair reminds him of Mjoll (a young lady who wanders around Riften lookin to kik ass) i think shes taller...ish. lov from Alba the real north...ish
This has quickly become one of my favourite reactions to this track, you got so into it. Floor is a vocal goddess. I didn't realise how unknown Nightwish were in the UK I thought because me and some friends knew them they must be big over here 😂 It's a crime in tell you. Off subject, I love your hair! Keep up the good work. 😎
You are going to get bombarded with info from the nightwish army...their loyal fans!!! I just admire the band and the goddess floor Jansen they make great music !!!react to nightwish again and You will be mesmerized every time....and no Auto tune just pure live music..great reaction and Stay real!!!
Thank you for reacting to Nightwish. You are a great addition to the Nightwish family. There are 5 800 reaction videos to Nightwish songs on YT for now. You can find all of them under the title "Masterlist Nightwish Reactions". Greetings from Helsinki Finland! Stay safe!
ok. first reaction video watched from you and i'm impressed by the honesty and the lack of nonsense. you've got a talent for this kind of thing I think. keep it up. subscribed.
That strange instrument you were wondering about at the beginning is called a "stage prop." LOL, no seriously! He has a couple of Korg synthesizer keyboards behind there. The pipe organ decoration is modelled after a famous sculpture at the Sibelius Academy music conservatory in Helsinki.
@@yazma2 Dimash, Sohyang from Korea, and Nightwish's Floor Jansen are the best on the planet; so good they make vocal coaches weep at times. Happy hunting 😉 Subbed.
@@yazma2 you do not know Dimash? I thought that there are no such people in the world. Especially after the scandal in the "World Best". Good luck exploring the world of Dimash. Do you like roller coasters? Each Dimash performance is a roller coaster of vocal genres and styles. 6 octaves and D8 included. p.s. I'll tell you a secret, just don't tell anyone, If you'll do reactions to Dimash, I guarantee 10k subscribers very quickly.
Tuomas is a mastermind, an music artist. What he does is out of this world. And that goes not only for original songs. Check out "Phantom of the opera" and "High Hopes ". Both from the -End of an Era- Concert 2009, Hartwall Arena. Both from the time where Tarja was still in the band, and both Masterpieces of their own. Also songs to check out: Wacken 2013: Ever Dream, Storytime, Song of myself, Romanticide, Last Ride of the day. Tempered 2015: Greatest Show on earth, Weak Fantasy. ...to name a few for the start. 😄😁👍
Wow. Good reaction. Now I have to subscribe fore a few reasons. 1. It's Nightwish. And as a member of the Nightwish army I have to see what this leads to. You just opened up a door to some amazing music. 2. You look cool and those big eyes will probably haunt me forever if I don't follow you. Hahahahaha. 3. You have the absolute coolest accent ever. I love that hard brittish accent. It's amazing. 4. Hey. Again, it's Nightwish.
You mentioned that it was like a symphony. This is symphonic metal so you are correct! Love Floor! Love this band! Great reaction! I think you'd really enjoy the "Poet and the Pendulum." It would be a great follow up video. Cheers!
Hi there, awsome reacting and welcome To the world of Nightwish. Honestly you are one of the first to mention the "pirate part" like i use to call it. Well, that was my first reaction aswell 😆 But again, thanx for an awsome reacting video, hope there will be more NW songs in the future. 😊
The bull is the Wacken sign, The Wacken(pronounced with a V not a W) festival is held yearly in Germany, Nightwish headlined this year. They are from Finland but the singer Floor Jansen is Dutch. The song Storytime from the same concert is kick ass too, Well this whole concert is crazy awesome. Cheers
10:05 the Floorgasm brings yet another convert to the family !! 😁 Welcome Sister. You’re one of us now. Just FYI, that’s about 70 minutes into the show and Floor had been killin’ it the whole way already. Also, that’s 82 THOUSAND people hanging on her every word; so, no pressure on her to Bury that (9 second long)high note.... At 6’1 and 170 pounds Floor is a smiling, singing, dancing, enchanting, stage commanding Valkyrie; and to me at least, a gift from above. Seeing the whole video of this concert, Especially the Floorgasm changed my life. It made me start listening to music again. I love watching these reaction videos and my biggest hope is that people follow and enjoy the Symphonic Metal path I was led to. Welcome to it. 💙💙💙All Hail Floor !! 💙💙💙 Nightwish Army Infantryman This is the holy trinity of Nightwish songs live with Floor fronting... Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013 ruclips.net/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/видео.html Greatest Show on Earth live at Tampere 2015 ruclips.net/video/45brzDJKZ3o/видео.html DO NOT CUT THIS OFF EARLY. The Nightwish Army is Murderous behind this Sin. Be Warned. 😏😏 The Poet and the Pendulum live at Wembley 2016 ruclips.net/video/gbn9GczYBkw/видео.html (wait until you have a full understanding of the band’s history before you react to this one. It’ll add the context you need to fully appreciate this emotional masterpiece.)
Tuomas's instrument is a minature Pipe Organ, the guy walking in during the beginning is eempuu - lead guitar. also jukka on drums - marco on bass and backup vocals - Floor Jansen our 6 foot warrior Goddess on lead vocals, the band was formed in 1996, they are from finland, welcome to the world of NIGTHWISH - SYMPHONIC METAL, the backup tracks choir, strings etc, ere recorded with the London symphony orchestra
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A Finnish band with Dutch singer, singing English at a German rock festival. 💕
So awesome
Goo europe! 🙌😄🍺
One world, one race.
Europe at its best! Culturally unified.
Is the singer from Netherlands??..I guees🤷🏻
ANYTHING from this concert is incredible, can't go wrong. Song of Myself, Romanticide, Storytime, Ghost River.....
the concert's awesome, the segwaying into each song is very cringy though
I vote for Romanticide.....
Jeff Wilson as far as I'm concerned this concert is in the same league as other legendary concerts such as Woodstock or Queen @ Live Aid. Everything was great, it all fell together perfectly and both the band and the crowd were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
@@RudyBleeker TOTAL AGREEMENT!! As heard so many times, I would give anything to go back in time to be there. :)
Evanescence wishes they were this good NW is on a whole other level, many more songs from this concert many pretty heavy
OR you could go all in with Nightwish heavy... and react to Master Passion Greed by NIGHTWISH!!
Floor Jansen to Amy Lee. Hold my Drink 🍸 😊
No doubt by the time she sang Ghost Love Score they were 13 songs in to a 15 song set.
Here’s the thing about that statement.
Maybe you’re not the biggest Evanescence fan.
Maybe you are a fan.
The thing is, they do have some really encompassing, emotive melodies and hooks, and delivered by Amy Lee, you can’t go wrong because her voice is thick and milky and she has a good belt.
Some of their songs are really great, like
Going Under
Lithium
Everybody’s Fool
Taking Over Me
Missing
What You Want
My Heart Is Broken
My Immortal
Hello
Tourniquet
Snow White Queen
Call Me When You’re Sober
They have been extremely influential in the Metal scene to other female fronted bands.
You have Josh Freese on drums, from A Perfect Circle, so you can’t go wrong there.
Amy Lee’s songwriting is strong.
& Ben Moody is the mastermind of it all.
If you haven’t heard We Are The Fallen they have an album that is pretty much wall to wall killer all the way through. (Evanescence with a different singer)
In the past, Evanescence’s main problem has been that Amy Lee lacked the proper vocal technique and control required to pull off these songs live.
Especially after aging a bit since coming on the scene.
It’s fine in the studio, but singing live in front of thousands of screaming fans is a very different story.
She basically set herself up for a struggle. Sort of like Mariah Carey.
(In using this comparison, I mean that she has created difficult songs for live performances, as Mariah’s technique is on point)
I can tell you a song like “Going Under” is a real bitch to sing because I’m a professional singer myself, and I understand the breath control and vocal agility and dynamics it takes to sing like that. There just isn’t much room for taking a breath at all.
Now Nightwish is superior in its orchestrated complexity and for their live shows.
Tarja was the original and a wonderful singer with a unique and iconic voice, but Floor has clearly taken the band to new heights previously unreachable.
And yes , she would slay Amy in a vocal battle.
But I don’t believe their music dwarfs Evanescence to the point of mediocrity.
That’s my take on it.
Having said all of this, I think that “Ghost Love Score” is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever constructed for the masses.
For all the reasons that we love it.
@@Neonbob we all love Floor and Nightwish and thats why we're here. But y'all have to stop dissing Amy bc when she started making music in the late 90s she paved the way for most of the metal women who came after her and made the music genre accessible to mainstream audiences. Fallen is one of the best-selling rock albums in history for a reason. So why dont we just stop put against each other these magnificent queens..?
The fact that Nightwish get so little airtime and are mostly unknown in the UK and USA is a crime against humanity, it really is. Nightwish is the biggest rabbit hole in music, the one you are staring down right now... go on jump in! There's about 120 studio songs and a whole bunch of concerts. Dont make the mistake of thinking thats all Nightwish does, because they go from everything between acoustic folk music through to celtic metal through to songs as heavy as anything Metallica came out with. A lot of Nightwish is more metal than GLS, so give them a try... Try Ever Dream from this concert, Wacken 2013. The composer Tuomas Holopainen... because thats what he is, the Metal Mozart is an absolute genius... you put him behind Floor Jansen who is simply the best, most versatile vocalist out there in metal... Marco the bassist and vocals, the voice of Finland... Jukka on drums here was amazing, sadly he no longer plays with the band because of health issues, but is still in management. They replaced Jukka with Kai from Wintersun, and he is just an absolute beast on those drums, if you ever watch a Wintersun video you will see. Emppu is the hobbit on lead guitar, full of pranks, doesnt shred too often but when he does...wow. They also added Troy Donockley from England, hes described as Mulit-instrumentalist, but you basically put anything in his hand and he can make music. Whistles, flutes, bagpipes, guitars, Ulleian pipes... just yes. everything.
In short.... every song will have you saying wow for different reasons. Sometimes its the power of the metal, sometimes its how beautiful the song is, sometimes its the lyrics.... its always the music. Musically, finding this band is life changing, it really is.
paulwakefield I think that having such a powerful army of supporters shows you don’t need traditional airtime to be successful. I’m excited to have found them!
@@yazma2 hope you enjoy what nightwish has to offer. They sell out huge stadiums in Europe and south america where they are well known... They did sell out wembley arena over here a couple of times at 15000, but manchester at 21000 didnt quite do it. Wacken open air in Germany with them headlining was 82000. Anyway, have fun. Dont have any expectations going into a new Nightwish song, it could be literally anything. Only thing that I and I am sure many others will tell you... if you decide to go for The poet and the pendulum and The greatest show on earth... do some research on the song first. You will get 50x more out of them if you know what they are about. These are often called "the three epics"... ghost love score is the shortest, Poet and the pendulum is about 14 minutes and the greatest show on earth about 24 minutes. Is that a Yorkshire accent i hear? By eck there's not too many of us in t'nightwish army lass!
paulwakefield oh wow so they’re kiiiiillling it! I’m actually a London lady but I think my accent morphs a lot 😂
@@yazma2 There is a Wembley concert this year, if it goes ahead. Big if. 18th December. First time i saw Nightwish live was at wembley 2015, and honestly... it was levels above anything else I have ever seen. Even Metallica. At one point there was just this rolling cheer that got louder and louder, went on for over a minute... the band wasnt doing anything apart from drinking it in from the stage.
I'm a British girl (Cornish, living in Brighton) and I discovered them through Kerrang! and MTV Rocks 10-11 years ago. Aramanth, Over the Hills, Bye Bye Beautiful, Nemo, The Islander and Wish I Had an Angel were played quite a lot (not freaking enough). And they're big enough to fill Wembley Arena (14k), so they are definitely more popular here than over in the US. I don't think they're big ENOUGH, though. I want to see them fill the O2.
To answer a couple of your questions. The guitarist is Emppu, one of the founding members (and a bit of a prankster). The band are from Finland, apart from the singer Floor, who is Dutch, and the sole Brit in the band, Troy (not on stage for this song) who plays the Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, bousouki, vocals, guitar and... well basically anything else he fancies.
Muttley's Stuff Thanks Muttley! I felt like I missed something there! Awesome.
@@yazma2 I think Storytime is a better song to introduce them to someone. It's shorter. It's danceable. It has a strong hook, and it apexes with what the fans call a "Floorgasm".
Now I'm curious, what song has a bouzouki featured?
@@notquitemytempo1353 Try 7 Days to the Wolves, live from Wembley Arena: ruclips.net/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/видео.html
@@Mu77ley Thanks! That was an unusual choice of chord progression, very interesting.
Floor Jansen, just your average 6’1” Valkyrie Dutch girl with the most versatile and powerful voice on the planet. Great smile. I do that a lot when I listen to Nightwish unless it’s a sad song then Floor’s emotional voice will put a tear in my eye. The Wacken 2013 concert has great audio and video. It you want something heavier then try Romanticide, Storytime or Ghost River to name a few. I visited your site for a little background info. While there I found a grammatical error. The plural of company is companies not company’s. Thought you would like to know. 😄😸
Oh no I have the worrrrst grammar. I’m surprised there weren’t more! Thank you ❤️
@@yazma2 NP I figured as a young professional you would want a pristine webpage. 😀
@@skeezesmith7954 Skeeze. . . . . . . . . . . . . :-)
(I had the "benefit" of a UK Grammar School education '57 to '63, I know what you mean. . . . . . . Stuff on the net often really rattles my OCD)
@@572Btriode High School in Indiana, USA. Graduated in 1961....and I’m still rockin’ 😜🤘
@@skeezesmith7954 I think you have me by a couple or three years Skeeze, you keep rocking !! Best wishes from a 88° SW France and 99° coming tomorrow.
Richard.
Hello @ Yaz the Producer ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar..
Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience. It was a real pleasure for me to see your eyes becoming bigger and bigger with each minute :) And that's yet still more, much more for you to see..
Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory):
" Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland.
Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrulmentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition.
Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her.
There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps.
I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol "
Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like:
"Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/видео.html
"Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html
"Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html
"Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ruclips.net/video/lQu5QjidHWg/видео.html
"Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ruclips.net/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/видео.html
"Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/05eitd-EA6I/видео.html
"My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ruclips.net/video/knqeI807ZlY/видео.html
"Sleeping Sun"live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.html
"Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html
"Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/wA44tjaP5n0/видео.html
"I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ruclips.net/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/видео.html
"Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/видео.html
"Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/AN239Pbqbjo/видео.html
"7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/видео.html
And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Wembley 2015 ruclips.net/video/vyLsU7Q333k/видео.html
Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg
You can also react to Floor Jansen's performances in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands), here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ruclips.net/p/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo
Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
Gabriel Bardac Hey Gabriel, I’m a little nervous to be on such a loyal radar but the NW army seem AWESOME so far. Thank you for the short history - it’s appreciated 🖤
@@yazma2 Don't be nervous. Just be yourself and enjoy THE TRUE BEAUTY :)
@@yazma2 don't be nervous, as Gabriel said just be yourself and enjoy this!
@@yazma2 Nightwish Army Mission Statement: Our mission is to encourage people to listen to Nightwish. We will provide links, suggestions, information, answers in a polite and respectful manner.
I am not even in the discord and I just happened across two of Gabriels Ann-Posts in a row. Awesome work dude.
That woman is an absolute Queen on that stage. She's a fantastic singer, she's beautiful, and she's commanding. Wonderful stage presence and a voice like an angel.
Floor Jansen, the best vocalist on the planet. She can wail, belt, sing pop, opera, and switch it note for note. She always gives me goosebumps. Actually she gives everyone goosebumps. It's called a Floorgasm. lol. You need to listen to Simone Simons from Epica.
This the 13th song in a 15 song set , so stamina is amazing , drummer also amazing . Best female singer ive ever heard
The Lord looked down from the heavens and spoke these words to the Nightwish Army. I have blessed you on this day of 02/21/1981 ( Floor’s Birthday) an Angel of Metal and her name is Floor Jansen.
Most bands have songwriters. Nightwish has a composer.
Nightwish has a genious and world class artists.
Hi Yaz. Fellow Brit here... I would say that "the only way is up" now you have discovered Nightwish, but in truth, now that you have found the NW rabbit-hole - the only way is DOWN!! Lol. Take care gorgeous eyes
😂😂 I might have to react to a Yaz track next!
Only about 2% of the population (so yeah obvious math, 1 in 50) have green eyes. Rarest eye color there is... But why be creepy about commening on it in that way though? o.O
@@yazma2 Hello from a girl! ^^ Are these lenses? If not - OMG!!! I swear, I couldn't take my eyes off on your eyes. o_O So frkn beautiful and hypnotic! :O (And if, which brand? - They look awesome on you
@@neonman855 why should a flattery about her eyes be creepy? she is an adult and she surely knows, that she has got beautiful eyes.
You are definitely in for a ride with Nightwish! Storytime, Romanticide, Shudder Before The Beautiful and many more! She is the Queen! Great reaction!
The concert was live at Wacken festival in Germany with about 82000 visitors. I dare say, Nightwish are one of the best symphonic metal bands on this planet. The band origin is from Finland. The vocalist on stage is Floor Jansen from Netherlands. She joined the band after the previous female vocalist left the band. She first just jumped in as replacement, but is doing such a brilliant job, that she became a full member of the band. This concert was after her joining them fully. I love this band, and their music and concerts are of super high quality and epicness. Maybe you want to try "The greatest show on Earth" sometime. There is also a great live footage of that song in RUclips.
PS: The instrument is supposed to resemble a pipe organ, but I am quite sure it is stage design and the sound comes from the keyboad with high quality.
I need to correct myself a little bit after watching the documentary "Please learn the set list in 48 hours." of the tour.
Floor joined Nightwish in October 2012 to complete the tour after Anette left in September in the US. Wacken was in August 2013 in Germany of the same tour, and at that time Floor was still just the "temporary replacement" singer. Well, she was already this great after touring with the band for 10 months!
Also their gig at the festival was in the late evening about 22:45 until after midnight according to the plan. And the whole band and the atmosphere all look so happy.
Wish I had been there...
the band was on stage for over an hour when they got to this song .give you an idea of there skill lev and work they put in that they still have this much energy to give after an hour of rocking
They are from my country 🇫🇮 and Floor is their third singer. NW been around since 1997. Welcome as a NW fan! 🤘
I think we should call Tuomas' pipe contraption the "Sampo" from now on.
Nighwish is Finnish but Floor is Dutch.
Been there since the beginning and now I'm 33 years old and this band still is the best band ever for me. Nothing and I mean NOTHING can beat them!
Your personalty, humor, the swearing, the accent, the hair, the tats. Everything about you is awesome and you just fucking makes me smile :) Amazing reaction to this powerhouse of a band. Youre in for a ride with the Nightwish and the Jinjer armies if you keep it going. And i hope you do :) You should definately react to "Song of myself" by Nightwish next. "Romanticide" and "Storytime" is right up there aswell. They just dont produce any bad songs at all. Period, so there is enough to choose from going forward :) Cant wait for youre next reaction. Keep up the amazing work and keep being your awesome self :)
What kind words Danni! I’ve had another shout out for Romanticide so it’ll be in the pipeline. The armies are SO COOL!
@@yazma2 Just calling it how i see it and being straight up honest about it :) Just hope it put a little smile on your face :)
This. 🥰
You mentioned near the middle of the song that “she looks so happy”. Where do I begin? First off that was a good catch on your part. Floor had just joined the band in 2012 and before that she was already a huge Nightwish fan. NOW GET THIS - her favorite song is ghost love score and now she is singing her favorite song in front of 80,000 people in the band she LOVES! Now how cool is that?
You can totally feel her excitement and happiness through watching! That’s amazing. It’s one of those dream come true moments right!?
True she is a big fan of NW; a big fan of Tarja who she was trying to emulate early on in her career. She's been in 2 other bands prior to NW (After Forever and ReVamp) and outside of the Symphonic Metal genre she was a low-profile performer. She joins NW which was a "known" band and automatically elevates, not only herself, but the band into another level. Now they are a high-profile band in Metal as a whole and she's just soaking it in. And good for her. I saw he in '08 with AF and I was blown away. Then a year later the band breaks up due to the guitarist having burn out. Then a year after that she forms ReVamp but comes down with burn out herself so her career stalled a bit. Joining NW was the best for both parties as NW was dealing with firing their second singer, Anette, in less than 5 years. Strange how shit works itself out sometimes.
FYI: at this point in time Floor, the female lead singer, wasn't officially not even a member of Nightwish but was drafted in the middle of a US tour to replace their at the point current singer. She basically had 48 hours to fly from the Netherlands to the US AND learn the live set. By the tiime of this show at Wacken Open Air she was well and truly set in and when the tour ended they pretty much quickly announced she was now a fulltime member.
I believe she had worked with the band for quite a few months before this point, but still a massive call to take all those songs already known by the fans, sing them in her own way and arguably make many, if not all of them, sound better than the studio recording. I can't even imagine memorizing all the lyrics
@@dbutcher84 She'd shared a bill with them on tour several years earlier, so they did at least know each other, and she knew some of their songs on a superficial (rather than performance) level, then out of the blue, at her sister's wedding (in The Netherlands), got the call that the band wanted her to fly out as replacement vocalist and meet them in Salt Lake City after the show there (they had a day off on Sunday) to stand in for the rest of the Imaginaerium world tour starting in Seattle on Monday 1st October 2012. She only delayed until after the ceremony to return the call.
The rest is herstory.
Tough it is an incredible feat, I don't think it is as bad as most people describe. Floor was fan of Nightwish, Ghost Love Score being her favorite song. I am sure knowing songs does not translate to be able sing them automatically, but certainly it helps with the lyrics. In some of the earlier concerts when she joined, she had sheets with her too.
Whatever piece of this you like, they got it, for a full song. Tons of variety.
Hey, you should definitely check more on the wacken 2013 show nightwish, romantacide, story time, ever dream, ghost river,etc, then wembley 2015, shudder before the beautiful, yours is an empty hope, etc. wacken 2013, wembley 2015, Tampere, Finland 2015, bloodstock 2018, And beunos, Aires 2019, awesome awesome thanks 😊
Thanks Joey, on the list!
Great reaction! Thanks for checking them out. I told you that if you reacted to them....THEY (The Nightwish Army) would come. ;) Usually, the next song on the docket is Romanticide, but you can't go wrong with any of Nightwish's songs. Remember to always go for the live ones. The Wacken concert was a masterpiece. I'm so excited for what you will experience with your journey of this amazing secret of a band. Enjoy! :)
Welcome to the Nightwish Army!!!!! YOU WERE NOT READY FOR THE NOTE!!!!!!!!! By the way, I have seen Downton Abbey, so I can understand you
Tuomas, the composer and keyboardplayer actually has Disney movie scores as his biggest inspiration. That is why their songs are built like this. Good call!
Patrick Nordsvahn This is one of my favourite fact discoveries so far!
Yes. Emppu. He is part of the band, from what I can tell from day one. Nightwish has had three singers; Tarja, Anette, and now Floor Jansen. Two bassists, and two drummers. The original bassist was Sami Vanska, but was replaced by Marko 'Marco' HeitalaDonockley joined in 2007 as a guest woodwind musician, and became ingrained with time. A good addition.
Emppu Vuorinen is the guitarist, and he's always been with Nightwish, he's awesome :,3
That smile just says it all how much you enjoyed this. Have been listening to Nightwish with all three singers. Absolutely love this amazing band. Dig the tatts and red hair too. 👍
Welcome to Nightwish, a symphonic metal band from Finland, the lead singer is Floor Jansen from the Netherlands..
This is in Wacken a smsll town in Nw Germany, Open Air festival with around 82000 people there. The logo from the bull is the logo of the festival.
Nightwish has 9 studio albums out, and save to say no bad song yet!
saw you did some Jinjer reactions, gonna check them out. And i subscribed, lovely reaction. 🤘 Thnx for this! 🖐
Sugestion...pick from this concert any song and u will be in for a treat!
Yaz why does that name ring a bell? 🤔
Thanks Syp, I’m happy to hear I have 9 albums to check out! Also, the name Yaz also belongs to an 80’s pop star if that’s the bell you’re hearing ring?
@@yazma2 nope that bell i already heard...several times 😁 up is the only way! 😎
Edit...Nightwish has had 3 lead vocals, they have been around since 96. The singers are Very Good in their own way, they have their own unique styles. 😎
Syp 😂
Yaz the Producer Ahhh..the only way is up😊
Haha I immediately thought of Yaz, the companion of the thirteenth doctor from the British series Doctor Who :) Livin 4 hours away from Wacken, greetings from Germany!
Nightwish Army here...loved your reaction...next please react to The Poet n Pendulum, The Gretest Show On Earth, Ever Dream, Slaying In A Dream, Story Time, Death Man Poet, Devil and The Deep Dark Ocean and I Want My Tears Back...saw our metal goddes Floor Jansen sang in different sound...enjoy the journey to the world of Nightwish
Nice reaction :-), and its easy to understand you, and Im from Denmark. The band is from Finland (originally all members). Floor Jansen the singer is Dutch and the third singer in NW. Then there is a muliti instrumentalist Troy from England, he was not on stage here. The "pipe organ" is a decoration. Wacken is a good concert to react from, because of the sound quality, but NW have 3 more high quality concert recording in high quality and has been around for nearly 25 years, so a lot.......... of songs to cover :-). I can recommend Dark Chest of Wonders (opening track), Song of My Self for more heavy songs. Ghost River and Storytime for less heavy.
Flemming Østergaard Thanks Flemming - I’m glad you understand me! Thanks for the recommendations 🥳
Wow....just left in aww...now only wishing I was their to be apart of that energy, captivated me instantly made me think of the greatest show on earth which is another fantastic theatrical show
I know right, blew my mind open!
The band is Finnish with a Dutch singer.
Don't forget Troy, he's English!
@@alexstorr3357 In a German venue! xD
Great to finally see your reaction to such an amazing performance! Also you have the most enchanting eyes... I would be worried I may turn to stone if I even saw them in person! Much love from Yorkshire! Peace x
Glad to have found your reactions. I like your views and yes, you are a British girl. Love it. Nightwish will not disappoint. I prefer live performances more than the studio.
Thanks Shaun 😃
I'm Dutch and I enjoyed listening to your comments. Don't worry - you don't need any subtitles :-) The singer - Floor - is Dutch; the band is Finnish and fantastic. The bass player is an incredible singer as well, by the way. This is all coming from a guy (me) whose former favorites were Chic and the Brothers Johnson ...
These people are perfectionists, they're so damned good at their trade. One good song to check out is 7 days to the wolves live @ Wembley 2015. Its brilliant. Also, try Storytime live @ Wacken 2013, the same concert. Very catchy!
Yaz, thanks for introducing me to this band. I’ll have to check more from these guys. Love your reactions.
We discovered them pretty much at the same time! Yay!
Thank you!
Welcome to Nightwish!
The flaming bulls head is the symbol of the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. What you were listening to is not a song but a journey. I think all your questions have been answered by the Nightwish Army already. But a very nice reaction and love your tats.
I agree that Jinjer (from the Ukraine) is on your list and I would suggest Epica (from the Netherlands) featuring Floor Jansen (also Dutch) as guest singer. Also Floor Jansen with Henk Poort doing Phantom of the Opera in the Dutch show 'Beste Zangers'.
wow, fire red hair, British accent, cusses, loves Floor, instant subscribe
The orchestral and choral interlude halfway this masterpiece is a brilliant idea of their composer and keybordist Tuomas. It's a kind of upbeat to the more resistant part 2 of this great song.and I love it.
I'm sure that you've gotten this before, but you look like metal Maisie Williams. Welcome to Nightwish!
Thanks Bob! I've heard this a few times :D
Damn I thought this too.
Yup, exact same thing 😂
Welcome to the world of Nightwish! You're getting ready to meet the Nightwish Army....we follow All reactions to Nightwish, support the new fans and their channels and are Blessed to have a great bunch of people who will properly educate you and guide you through the most Amazing songs to review and the very important stories behind the music and band members ! Nightwish Music will change your life in the most magical way ! I already subscribed.. by the way, you are absolutely gorgeous ! EYES are incredible. You remind me of Maisie from Game of Thrones. She has big, lovely eyes ! BEST wishes for you and your journey....much love from Tennessee USA ❤️. Song of Myself, Wacken concert also is my favorite Nightwish song right now and it will definitely Rock you out of your chair !!!! I have to dance, sing, and headbang my hair off EVERY time I listen !!! Great Reaction 👌😁.
I can't believe how amazing the NW army are. Blows my mind! And yes I've been compared to Arya Stark before! However, I've never actually watched game of thrones... it's on my to watch list still!
You are a badass, I love this channel and your reactions. Keep up the good work. Much love ❤️
Thanks Dustin 🖤
@Yaz the Producer. Your welcome Yaz. Be safe. I’ll be waiting on the edge of my chair for the next one ❤️
Welcome to magical world of Nightwish !
Really liked your way to do reaction video. Waiting more Nightwish to come :D , anything goes from next concerts: Wacken 2013, Tampere 2015, Wembley 2015, Buenos Aires 2018.
Nightwish does do a lot of cinematic theatrical styles, could possibly even have some of their music in some movies, I’m not sure on that.
I’d love to see scenes using their music.
@@yazma2 They even made a full movie out of their own album "Imaginaerum". But they also made music for other films, the most noteworthy so far being "Lieksa!". There is an official video for their song "While your lips are still red" with scenes from the movie, but it's not good to react to because of those very scenes it gets blocked a lot. So just go watch it for yourself and then do a reaction to the live version at Wembley, which is even better (and doesn't get blocked).
And Tuomas (founder, keyboarder, composer) is practically begging with his music to do a blockbuster movie score, heck, Hans Zimmer himself is a fan of him, so it should be only a matter of time really.
Weibs Volken oh wow! I need to venture into this for sure. Thank you!
WELCOME TO THE NIGHTWISH ARMY. AND WELCOME TO THE PHENOMENON THAT IS THE GENRE OF SYMPHONIC METAL.
This was the Wacken Open Air Festival Concert back in 2013, and there were over 82,000 people at this concert.
Nightwish is a Symphonic Metal Band, and a majority of the band members are from Finland. The current Lead Singer is from the Netherlands, and the woodwinds player is from England.
CURRENT BAND MEMBERS
• Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards, piano, is the primary musical composer for all arrangements Is also who formed the band, and is the leader of the group.
• Emppu Vuorinen - All guitars (been with the band since its inception)
• Marco Hietala - bass, male vocals, acoustic guitar (is Nightwish Second Bass player, and has been with them since 2001.)
• Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, backing vocals
• Floor Jansen - lead vocals (Floor is Nightwish current and THIRD Lead Singer)
• Kai Hahto - drums (NOT APART OF THE BAND YET WHEN THIS CONCERT WAS FILMED - Kai was hand picked by the groups original drummer Jukka Nevalainen to replace him when he had to stepped down for medical reasons listed below. Kai is a personal friend of Jukka’s)
FORMER BAND MEMBERS SEEN IN THIS CONCERT AT THE WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL FROM THE YEAR 2013:
• Jukka Nevalainen - drums ( original drummer from 1997-2014 and is who you see playing drums in this concert at the Wacken Open Air Festioval Show from 2013. He had to step down for severe medial reasons, and handpicked his replacement. Jukka nearly died from a period of 2 straight years of severe insomnia, and had to be hospitalized because of it. Even though he stepped down as drummer, according to Toumas, he is the Bands MANAGER now. That is awesome I think. So he is still very much a part of Nightwish.)
Other Former Band Members
NOT seen in this video:
• Sami Vänskä - bass (1998-2001)
• Tarja Turunen - vocals (Nightwish FIRST Singer for the first 10 years of Nightwish existence from 1996-2005)
• Anette Olzon - vocals (Nightwish SECOND singer, from Sweden, from 2007-2012)
SO WHAT STYLE OF MUSIC ACTUALLY IS NIGHTWISH????
Nightwish is actually one of the groups credited with the creation of the Metal Sub-genre of Symphonic Metal (according to Wikipedia!). Symphonic Metal in general only borrows the hard driving double kick drums, and the hard grungy style guitars and bass from Metal. However, in SYMPHONIC METAL the guitar is not the primary focal point, it is in fact the keyboards and their movie-scorish sounding orchestral sound. The keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen is the composer of all of the music arrangements and is the actual leader of the group. He is a personal huge lover of movie scores, which is where a lot of the movie-scorish style sound of the keyboards comes from (which is the primary focal point of Nightwish’s music instrumentally). When Symphonic Metal first started the female singers ALL used an operatic style of singing, but as the Genre has evolved over the last 20+ years since Nightwish came long when they released their FIRST album back in 1996, they have adopted more of a contemporary style of singing like Floor uses currently. Also 90-95% of all Symphonic Metal bands are all female fronted. Currently only Kamelot and a hand full of other Symphonic Metal bands even have male singers, and they are normally referred to as Symphonic Power Metal. The female fronted bands are the ones usually referred to over in Europe as ‘Symphonic Metal’. The most popular being Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, and Delain.
Floor Jansen is the current Lead Singer who you see in this Concert and she is from the Netherlands. Keep in mind when Floor did this concert (Wacken Open Air in 2013), she had not been with Nightwish for very long, she was actually a FILL-IN for this particular tour. Nightwish was in the middle of the Imaginearum World Tour when they parted ways with their SECOND Lead Singer Anette Olzen (from Sweden), and Tuomas (pronounced as Too-oh-mas) called Floor and asked her if she could learn their entire set list in 48 hours and then fill-in for them for the rest of the tour. Within the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, the band posted their first Official Live Performance video since they fired their first lead singer Tarja Turunen at the end of November 2005. During Anette's entire tenure with the band, Nightwish did not post ONE single solitary live performance video on their official RUclips channel. Hmmm? Curious?
At the end of this Imaginearum World Tour (just a few months later!), around Christmas time (As Floor tells the story in an interview) the Band pulled both Floor Jansen and Troy Donokley aside and asked them to be official members of the band. Floor said both her and Troy both had tears in their eyes. Troy had been a guest musician with the band on such videos like The Islander, but never an official member of the band. The rest as they say ... is history.
I would very much like to see you react to the following songs:
1. Romanticide - This is one kick ass song, and I would do it from this Wacken Open Air Festival in 2013.
2. Ever Dream - my absolute all-time favorite Nightwish song. The most high energy song they’ve ever done in my opinion. I would do this one from either this concert which is Wacken Open Air Festival in 2013, or the WEMBLEY ARENA CONCERT in Dec of 2015.
3. Nemo - (Nemo is from a Latin word which means no one or nobody. This song is about a time in Toumas life when he felt his direction in life was aimless, and without real direction. It’s an awesome song and a HUGE favorite of long time fans. This song was originally written during the Tarja Era). I would do this one from the WEMBLEY ARENA CONCERT in Dec of 2015.
4. Yours Is An Empty Hope - (Maybe do this one from the Tampere Finland Show from July of 2015. But be prepared because behind Marco (the Bass players) vocals on the chorus, is Floor GROWLING, yes you read it right. She can ACTUALLY really do everything!).
FYI: the main composer of the band is keyboardplayer Tuomas and he has a deep love of Celtic music and film scores and with Nightwish he is combining these elements with metal.
Those pipes around the keyboard are just props, they're for looks and they do look cool.
That keyboard screen is inspired by a monument to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They used to open some shows with his piece "Finlandia".
Great reaction! Always lovely to see someone’s first listen to Nightwish. You have so much to enjoy since you clearly loved this. 🕊❤️🤘
Looks like the Nightwish Army just got another member. Welcome, Yaz!! You'll Never regret the NW Journey💖 you're about to embark on....
I’m already having fun 🥳
Welcome to Nighwish. You’re just beginning to understand the amazing sound and journey , there is so much more 👍
It is not a Organ but a prop and hide the keyboard. The pipes are fake, but its impressive !The singer is Floor Jansen a Dutch trained also opera singer.Her favourite music is hard metal rock. She had her own hard rock band, but its stopped. And Nightwish ask her or she will sing in the band.The band had 2 female singers in the past. Floor is the 3rd and the best ! They come from Finland and are a seasoned band with an amazing long old standing history. They have build many fans in all that years.
Saw them live in Houston TX 2 or 3 years ago at a 500 seat venue.. was sold out in like 10 minutes. I’m 73 (old) and I have seen everyone from the Doors on up.. They were insanely talented and so unknown here in the states
Sounds like I missed out on an incredible show!
Thanks for this one.
Try "Storytime" or "Last Ride of the Day", same show...
+1
Tuomas the keyboardist has a couple of fake fronts for his keyboards. I think they are mostly places to hide his wine which he drinks during the show. Floor has said that "Ghost Love Score" is her favorite NW song to sing. There are only two members of the band that are original members and that's Tuomas the keyboardist and composer of most of their music and Empuu the lead guitarist. Marco the bassist joined the band about three years in.
Care Package for Surviving Nightwish
Formed in 1996 in Finland.
Symphonic Metal.
Their backing tracks are composed by the keyboard player which are then recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Too hard to have the entire orchestra at the concerts. Thus the name, symphonic metal.
They have had 3 different female vocalists. Tarja Turunen. The band was built around her powerful operatic voice. Then came Annette Olzon from Sweeden. Her voice was good but more of the pop style. Floor Jansen is their current vocalist, say no more, except do not under any circumstances compare her to Amy Lee from Evernescence. The Army will tear you limb from limb. 🤣🤣🤣
Current members
Tuomas Holopainen is the keyboard player. He writes and arranges 95% of the works. Nightwish is his baby
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen is the lead guitarist and also founding member. The band trickster.
Marco Heitala joined in 2001. Bass guitarist. Guitarist and singing god.
Jukka Nevalainen is the beast on drums. He however suffered from chronic insomnia and had to give it away.
Now Kai Hahto is the drummer. He took over in 2014. That was after the Wacken festival. Pronounced Var ken.
Floor Jansen is the vocal Godess from the Netherlands. She took over on very short notice from Annette Olzon in October 2012 during their Imaginaerim World Tour. Wacken was the 3rd last concert in August 2013.
And finally Troy Donockley from the UK. Very talented musician in his own rights
You name it, he plays it, as well as vocals.
If possible, always watch their live shows. They bring so much more than just the music.
Some facts about the concert. Wacken Festival held every year in Northern Germany. The flaming bulls head is the logo of the festival. 82k+ people
And the pipes around Tuomas's (pronounced as it sounds, not Thomas) keyboard are for decoration. Don't have anything to do with the sound.
If you start with Ghost Love Score try to remember this is their 13th song of the night out of 15. Just shows you how good they are.
Common terms used in Nightwish
Floorgasm: When Floor sings and you get chills down you spine and goose bumps.
Flarco: When Floor and Marco sing together
Floy: Floor and Troy together
Flarcoroy: All 3 together
Tuomas is quite often referred to as the Metal Mozart, and he is.
Hope you enjoy this epic music
I’m regretting my Amy Lee reference already! In my defence, I had to start somewhere on this journey and I’m sure many more mistakes shall be made 😂
@@yazma2 🤣🤣🤣🤣Everyone does it. Can't be helped
Basil Keen, it's Tarja Turunen not Tarja Turanen :)
@@Spugedelia77 cheers
And floor replaced anette in 2012 and not 2013 . Was in 2012 during the u.s.a. tour and her first concert was in seattle after anette left in denver and kn that concert she was replaced by elyze ryd and allissa white-glutz.
Wacken (pronounced Vacken) had 82,000 people in that venue, the guitarist is a regular part of the band, those are normal keyboards dressed up with the pipes. The keyboardist (Tuomas, Pronounced like Duo-mas but with a 'T') is also the composer and song writer. The lead singer is Floor Jansen. the band is from Finland.
You might also like 'Within Temptation', 'Xandria', all symphonic metal.
They have backing tracks recorded with the London Philharmonic full orchestra and choir.
Ooo I was lucky enough to photograph the RPO recording at abbey road studio once - incredible.
This entire concert is an experience, and I can understand you perfectly well.
Oh and yes, yes you were supposed to know who this is.
Everyone is, and far too few people actually do.
Crying shame, but then again, if everyone knew we would not get reactions 24/7, which would be no fun at all.
Hi, Yaz! Thank you for your reaction and welcome to the world of Symphonic Metal!
Organ ;) But in this case it is for decoration -- behind it are three keyboards Tuomas is playing on.
"This guy" is Emppu, Nightwish guitarist)
Well, you just witnessed Her Majesty Northern Valkyrie Goddess Floor Jansen (pronounced Yansen, she is Dutch). Floor has classical background, rock academy behind, and used to be a vocal coach for a number of years. Floor is the most versatile and powerful female singer today and can sing anything from more pop-y style, classic opera, to metal screams and growls. Floor is a queen of singing emotions.
Floor joined Nightwish in the middle of their Imaginaerum world tour in late 2012 (which includes this show from August 2013). Previous singer, Anette Olzon (she's currently in Dark Element) left the band while they were touring, and there was no certainty what to do with all the upcoming shows. They called Floor (her previous band did tour with NW in the past, and they knew each other). Floor flew immediately to help them out and temporarily replace Anette for the rest of the world tour. She arrived two days before the next show, and she had only 48 hours to learn the entire setlist. And she did. There is official documentary about all that -- "PLEASE LEARN THE SETLIST IN 48 HOURS" ( ruclips.net/video/vhExkmWKMEU/видео.html )
For Floor it was first really big gig with Nightwish, 82K people, at the time she was only for a few months with the band. After the world tour (in October 2013), they made Floor their official member. This song was performed at the end of 90min show, at the 1hr 10min mark.
Nightwish formed in '96 in Finland, initially with Tarja (Tar-ya) Turunen as a vocalist. She left the band in 2005, and Anette Olzon stepped in, until 2012.
The bassist with a cool beard is Marco, and he sings some parts too. He has his own solo project outside the Nightwish.
The mastermind behind 99% of lyrics and music is a keyboardist Tuomas.
Guitarist name is Emppu, and the drummer in this show is Jukka (Yukka), but later he was replaced by Kai Hahto because of health issues.
Flutes/uilleann pipes/guitar/vocals - Troy, he did not perform in this song.
Nightwish is better live, always, so if live performance is available, go for it. In their performances, they often using recorded backtrack of a classical orchestra for their songs.
They have very diverse music, from more light songs to epic scores like this, and to really heavy metal stuff.
For the next Nightwish experience, I can suggest listening to:
-- Storytime from the same Wacken 2013 live ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html )
-- for move heavy: Ghost River, Song Of Myself, both from Wacken 2013 also ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html ) ( ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html )
-- If you want to explore more Floor versatility, check out her performances on a TV show Beste Zangers in 2019: (Lady Gaga's Shallow for ex.) ( ruclips.net/video/M68pe4a_9zk/видео.html )
Greetings from Moscow and stay safe! ;) Looking forward to seeing more NW on your channel!
Thank you Vadim for the thorough intro!! I love the decor, I wish it was part of the instrument for sure.
You are welcome! ;)
That shoulder tattoo is gorgeous
Thanks James! It’s by an artist called Kamil moccett who is incredible!
yaz is gorgeous
Thank you for listening to this. I recommend that you listen and react to Nightwish performing "Ever Dream" at Waken 2013.
every girl ever: "I'm not like other girls"
Nightwish:
every girl ever: SQUEAL!
lol
Every boi as well, I'm sure xD
This band are truly amazing, they're Symphonic Metal but are incredibly diverse and play everything from Power Metal to Folk Metal to almost Thrash Metal, to Jazz and outright Folk songs - you have a great ride ahead and I'm subscribing to see it 🤘
Hehe - Everyone in this band is epic... All are top musicians, but the claim to fame is the compositions by the keyboardist - He is a musical prodigy akin to Motzart, Bach, etc... His writings are epic. Add a vocalist like Floor Jansen and the rest of the band and you have.... Nightwish.
Try poets of the fall with the song carnival of rust 🙏
Juha Varis I’ll second that. Good song, very good video!
I'm in too. Another great band from Finland. And Marko has so unic and amazing voice. And plenty more good songs too
It's great to see a fellow Brit reacting and enjoying Nightwish!! Here have a subscription!
OK, everthing was going along great, then you said Evanescence hmm i need to go n make a coffee..
Gavin Hamilton hey my catalogue of references is small now but it’s growing!
@@yazma2 No problemo (as someone else said), ps Inigo say's your hair reminds him of Mjoll (a young lady who wanders around Riften lookin to kik ass) i think shes taller...ish. lov from Alba the real north...ish
Gavin Hamilton That sounds spot on!
It is a compliment for Evanescene.
@@marttipartanen9805 merely some dry Scottish humour dude (or dudette).... also a lack of coffee n sweetrolls.
This has quickly become one of my favourite reactions to this track, you got so into it.
Floor is a vocal goddess.
I didn't realise how unknown Nightwish were in the UK I thought because me and some friends knew them they must be big over here 😂
It's a crime in tell you.
Off subject, I love your hair!
Keep up the good work. 😎
I hope one day you react to some of my songs, I'll be so happy hahaha 🤘
You are going to get bombarded with info from the nightwish army...their loyal fans!!! I just admire the band and the goddess floor Jansen they make great music !!!react to nightwish again and You will be mesmerized every time....and no Auto tune just pure live music..great reaction and Stay real!!!
chino 68 Nightwish are the real deal!
A pipe organ. Or in this case an over engineered keyboard stand.
It's brilliantly extra!
@@yazma2 Pipe organs are in churches, this is an art piece used to hide the keyboard stand holding three keyboards/synthesizers.
@@jeffreyphipps1507 and his wine bottle holder
Den är skitfrän
the guitarist is part of the band. His name is Emppu Vourien
Everyone else has answered your other questions so... the church instrument you were thinking of is a pipe organ and the pasta shape is penne.
Thank you for reacting to Nightwish. You are a great addition to the Nightwish family.
There are 5 800 reaction videos to Nightwish songs on YT for now. You can find all of them under the title "Masterlist Nightwish Reactions".
Greetings from Helsinki Finland!
Stay safe!
A longer song - "The Greatest Show on Earth"
NW are on their own level and they never disappoint. have fun discovering this amazing band.
His 4 keyboards are behind the pipes. The pipes are just a prop. There playing Wackin open air. 82 thousand people were there.
FOUR keyboards!? I thought there were three! Well, AWESOME!!! :)
@@jamescurfman3284 3 in the front ,1 on the side. I'm sure one of them is a piano
@@jamescurfman3284 although sometimes he changes it up ,2 in the front, 1 on the side
ok. first reaction video watched from you and i'm impressed by the honesty and the lack of nonsense. you've got a talent for this kind of thing I think. keep it up. subscribed.
SABATON! Any of their songs will do..
They are really good. They opened for Nightwish when I saw them in concert. Made for an awesome show.
That strange instrument you were wondering about at the beginning is called a "stage prop." LOL, no seriously! He has a couple of Korg synthesizer keyboards behind there. The pipe organ decoration is modelled after a famous sculpture at the Sibelius Academy music conservatory in Helsinki.
In 2020 the best singers on the planet are niche artists like Dimash and Floor Jansen. You're only "supposed to" know about inferior pop stars.
Dimash? I better do some more research...
@@yazma2 Dimash, Sohyang from Korea, and Nightwish's Floor Jansen are the best on the planet; so good they make vocal coaches weep at times. Happy hunting 😉
Subbed.
@@mattphillips2530 Add Morrisette Amon to the list, and it would be complete. My favourite out of them will always be Floor, though.
Add Angelina Jordan and Diana Ankudinova.
@@yazma2 you do not know Dimash? I thought that there are no such people in the world. Especially after the scandal in the "World Best". Good luck exploring the world of Dimash. Do you like roller coasters? Each Dimash performance is a roller coaster of vocal genres and styles. 6 octaves and D8 included.
p.s. I'll tell you a secret, just don't tell anyone, If you'll do reactions to Dimash, I guarantee 10k subscribers very quickly.
Thanks for doing this, welcome , waiting for more
U rigt about the drummers - if u wan't a good gig - never, ever piss off the drummer, LOL..
"It's like a symphony." And now you know why it's called symphonic metal! Nightwish is amazing, literally anything sung by Floor or Tarja is magic.
Tuomas is a mastermind, an music artist. What he does is out of this world. And that goes not only for original songs. Check out "Phantom of the opera" and "High Hopes ". Both from the -End of an Era- Concert 2009, Hartwall Arena. Both from the time where Tarja was still in the band, and both Masterpieces of their own.
Also songs to check out:
Wacken 2013: Ever Dream, Storytime, Song of myself, Romanticide, Last Ride of the day.
Tempered 2015: Greatest Show on earth, Weak Fantasy.
...to name a few for the start. 😄😁👍
Wow. Good reaction. Now I have to subscribe fore a few reasons.
1.
It's Nightwish. And as a member of the Nightwish army I have to see what this leads to. You just opened up a door to some amazing music.
2.
You look cool and those big eyes will probably haunt me forever if I don't follow you. Hahahahaha.
3.
You have the absolute coolest accent ever. I love that hard brittish accent. It's amazing.
4. Hey. Again, it's Nightwish.
Anders Magnusson aw thank you Andres! I’ll do more Nightwish for sure!
@@yazma2 I am soooooo looking forward to this :-)
Thanks, I enjoyed your reaction and you are very legible, so no need to change anything
You mentioned that it was like a symphony. This is symphonic metal so you are correct! Love Floor! Love this band! Great reaction! I think you'd really enjoy the "Poet and the Pendulum." It would be a great follow up video. Cheers!
I'm a fan of classical film scores so this was right down my street!
Came here for the floorgasm, but really captivated by those beautiful eyes. Wow!
She is like a siren, you keep listening to her.
Hi there, awsome reacting and welcome To the world of Nightwish.
Honestly you are one of the first to mention the "pirate part" like i use to call it. Well, that was my first reaction aswell 😆
But again, thanx for an awsome reacting video, hope there will be more NW songs in the future. 😊
Thanks Christian, there 100% will be more NW songs :D
@@yazma2 sweet 😁
The bull is the Wacken sign, The Wacken(pronounced with a V not a W) festival is held yearly in Germany, Nightwish headlined this year. They are from Finland but the singer Floor Jansen is Dutch. The song Storytime from the same concert is kick ass too, Well this whole concert is crazy awesome. Cheers
Great video Yaz! Nightwish are definitely awesome 👍
10:05 the Floorgasm brings yet another convert to the family !! 😁 Welcome Sister. You’re one of us now. Just FYI, that’s about 70 minutes into the show and Floor had been killin’ it the whole way already. Also, that’s 82 THOUSAND people hanging on her every word; so, no pressure on her to Bury that (9 second long)high note.... At 6’1 and 170 pounds Floor is a smiling, singing, dancing, enchanting, stage commanding Valkyrie; and to me at least, a gift from above. Seeing the whole video of this concert, Especially the Floorgasm changed my life. It made me start listening to music again. I love watching these reaction videos and my biggest hope is that people follow and enjoy the Symphonic Metal path I was led to. Welcome to it.
💙💙💙All Hail Floor !! 💙💙💙
Nightwish Army Infantryman
This is the holy trinity of Nightwish songs live with Floor fronting...
Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013 ruclips.net/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/видео.html
Greatest Show on Earth live at Tampere 2015 ruclips.net/video/45brzDJKZ3o/видео.html DO NOT CUT THIS OFF EARLY. The Nightwish Army is Murderous behind this Sin. Be Warned. 😏😏
The Poet and the Pendulum live at Wembley 2016 ruclips.net/video/gbn9GczYBkw/видео.html (wait until you have a full understanding of the band’s history before you react to this one. It’ll add the context you need to fully appreciate this emotional masterpiece.)
Gosh. Put me in front of an 82k audience and I’d just pass out. 🤟🏼
Tuomas's instrument is a minature Pipe Organ, the guy walking in during the beginning is eempuu - lead guitar. also jukka on drums - marco on bass and backup vocals - Floor Jansen our 6 foot warrior Goddess on lead vocals, the band was formed in 1996, they are from finland, welcome to the world of NIGTHWISH - SYMPHONIC METAL, the backup tracks choir, strings etc, ere recorded with the London symphony orchestra