Great reaction. Wintersun is my third favorite band after Nightwish and Epica. They are Finnish. The lead singer is Jari and he is a well known perfectionist when it comes to his music. Jari was previously in a Finnish folk metal band Enisferum and Wintersun was supposed to be a side project but when a schedule conflict came up between Enisferum touring and studio time for Wintersun they parted ways (nice way of saying they let Jari go) and so WIntersun became his full time gig. The album this song is from (Time 1) is legendary in that they recorded over 200 tracks for each song. Due to a number of reasons, one of which was that computer technology wasn't advanced enough to be able to mix all the tracks properly, the album wasn't released until 6 years after it was recorded. In fact the recordings were broken into two albums, Time I and Time II to be released separately. Time 1 was released in 2012 and Time II is supposed to be released this fall after many years of delay. You know the drummer Kai, he was Jukka's replacement in Nightwish back in 2014. The bassist, Jukka, replaced Marko in Nightwish joining them in 2021. His first gig was their virtual concerts during the pandemic. The other lead guitarist, Teemu, joined Megadeath in 2023 as a replacement for lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro. Next song would be Sons of Winter and Stars from he same live play though at Sonic Pump Studios. Another masterpiece that feels like the soundtrack to an epic Norse saga. My third sing recommendation would be Loneliness(Winter) from their Forest Seasons album. It is my favorite Wintersun song. Feels like a beautiful metal dirge and very doomy. Written by Jari after the death of his father in the middle of writing the album. The lyric video is a masterpiece IMO. ruclips.net/video/qIiZFpOQnd8/видео.htmlsi=ji_OHN4bp5BCpizc. I grew up in northern Vermont so I know winter and the song perfectly captures the silence and isolation of winter. Jari has captured that feeling in a way that only a Finn could. A great metaphor for grieving. I'll hold off on recommending Enisferum songs for now but you will want to check them out as well, especially the first two albums with Jari. Interesting fact, Jari contracted TB while doing his mandatory military service in the Finnish Army and had to have a qurter of one of his lungs removed. Doesn't seemed to have hurt his singing!
Amie i received your reply there's two versions of sons of winter and stars the official lyric video and the live rehearsal video at Sonic pump studio in Helsinki Finland so its up to you if you want to analyze both versions but the lyric video will give you a better grasp about the meaning of the song itself which again has something to with viking folklore. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋👍
This song is Epic and Master Piece, and you reaction made it way better Even if I know already the song and listen to it several time but with this reaction I felt it with you.
Wintersun is a finnish band too (what else). The members are: Mastermind Jari (silver Ibanez), Temu (green Ibanez), Kai Hahto (drums, actually Nightwish) and Jukka Koskinen (actually Nightwish too). This album is from 2012. Their new album "Time two" releases in September. What Jari annou ced in between this new album should be a new masterclass.
Swallow the Sun! It's a must! Good first track would be either Woven into Sorrow, or Cathedral Walls. Amazing band I'm pretty vertain you've never heard of! Cheers! Also next up from Wintersun will be The Sons of Winter and Stars!
Regarding how you didn't know about them, it isn't unusual at all. They aren't that well known in the US. Even Nightwish isn't anywhere near as big there as they should be. (Perhaps that tells us something about how the US music industry works.)
As much as I liked Jukka on drums with Nightwish, Kai has won me over, he's an outstanding drummer. These guys bring it ! - - - - I, the geezer like it ! !
This band and composition is an absolute top of the mountain. When "Time" fades away - your're speechless. This otherworldly sonic journey, this beautiful construct of melody and rhythm, majestic beyond words, utterly virtuosic composition is a bona fide Nordic metal anthem. Perfection.
If I remember correct , the singer was sick in tuberculosis after military duty in Finland . Now he only have 50% kapacity left . Greetings from Sweden
Today it is rather Winternight ^^ (Drummer Kai and Bassist Jukka are with Nightwish now) Wintersun is a Finnish metal band. They are releasing their new Album this year (Time 2)
This reaction was.... Sick! Truly wonderful. What I love about Wintersun is that it is brutal, harsh, but to contrast that it's also extremely beautiful, but always epic. I want to make music myself, but I don't have to because Jari makes exactly the kind of music I would make if I had his talent. August 30th this year. Mark that in your calendar because the new album "Time II" will be released and it will absolutely blow your mind :) You're extremely lucky that you discovered this band now because I've waited Time II for 13 years now and the wait has been excruciating. I say that because since 2011 they have played one song from that album, the name of the song is "The Way of the Fire" and its magnificence is out of this world. Now we will finally get to hear the studio version with killer production.
@@Amiekinz4ever Teemu Mäntysaari (black haired guitarist) is with Megadeath, and Kai Hahto (drums), Jukka Koskinen (bass) are with Nightwish. All of these guys are from Finnland.
Your initial analysis and deconstruction of this Wintersun song in my opinion was spot on because you a musician yourself amie that you used muscal terms in the analysis overall to describe the sound you were hearing as in your words this was sick and awesome at the same "time" lol. But Amie as far as the information on the band that you wanted from your subcribers the main subcriber myself that i encouraged you to go down the Wintersun rabbit hole which you finally did now let me inform you what you need to know about wintersun. First of all amie and your other subcribers can we give a standing ovation for jari the blonde viking with the silver guitar and founder of wintersun for this masterpiece he is the songwriter composer of the bands songs. And amie you were not prepared for jaris vocals it caught you off guard as it did all of us when wed listen to wintersun for the very first time. In your music terms he uses harsh vocals that you hear in death metal but his brilliance he combines his clean vocals so well together too. And acknowledge the other band members amie they are teemu the guy with the green guitar vocals who now amie plays for Megadeth if you know who the are jukka bass vocals and the human drum machine kai . As far as this song goes you were right they were playing to a click track because if you noticed that the drummer Kai had earphones and a laptop next to him. And amie jari confirmed that time and everything single song that came off the time 1 album each song contained 200 tracks ! Thats sick ! And jari mentioned that the total number of tracks for the entire time 1 album used 1,600 tracks ! That utter madness! And the album took because of that reason took 12 years to produce because of jari perfectionism which many call jaris madness! And i know you liked the folkish guitar sounds in certain parts as you pointed out in your analysis which i know you could play on your guitar which ive told you wintersun uses viking folklore in their music. And amie can we give also a standing ovation for thier audo engineer for mixing 200 tracks for this one song and make it sound so good too. And its ashame the world doesn't know wintersun on how good they really are. You said yourself why have you never heard of this band?? I felt the same way amie about that same reason. And do yourself a favor and go check out wintersuns official channel Wintersun jari to fill you in research of the bands history ok ? And amie you didn't mention it but all three jari jukka teemu use ibenez bass and guitars and teemu of wintersun I believe has a channel to teach you how to play guitar. So as far as the next wintersun suggestion anslyze wintersun sons of winter and stars 1.5 official music video. And I wish that this wintersun reaction brings in more wintersun fans as subcribers for you. Thank you so much again. You are a awesome human being! Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Great Review Lady I loved it, Now you must go and watch the 14 mins of pure Metal, at its best, go and check out there other major song called ( Sons of Winter and Stars) ( at the sonic pump studios), and Lady you will need to strap in, for this one, And they have a new Album coming out very soon. Thank You
Hey amie time 2 is already out it was jari released it after 20 years it also contains never before heard legendary demos also . It was just a limited time only but im sure there still some albums out there. Nuclear blast records confirmed that they will continue production of time 2 in August of this year. Wintersun Alex ❄️👋👍
It's interesting that you compare Jari to Michael Sweet (Stryper)... but you're absolutely right! When you mention Bowie and Deliverance, did you mean christian band Deliverance (Jimmy P. Brown's group)?
Amie did you read my wintersun information I sent you? You didn't reply about it. And the next wintersun suggestion for wintersun sons of winter and stars 1.5 official lyric video too ? Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋🤔
Hello once again ! I´ve been here watching your reaction now 3rd time within 24 hours. Since I´ve known this band and their music for yers and heard this "Time"many, many times, I´m glad I can even now find new elements thanks to you and your direct and honest comments. 👍
Did you notice that the drummer is Kai Haito, the current drummer for Nightwish???!!!! Also the Bassist Jukka replaced Marko as the Bassist in Nightwish!!!
Same boring comment from me. Wintersun, the greatest ever band that so many will never discover. You are one of the lucky ones. Roll on Time II which is coming soon! That vocal from Jari is otherworldly.
And you thought it was going to be a instrumental in the beginning haha they fooled you amie but don't feel bad wintersun fools us all . Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Hi ! Just like me when I first heard them. Sons of Winter and Stars the next one to listen to . Thanks. There must be something in water in Finland because Wintersun and Nightwish and many other top metal bands come from Finland.
I could at last see Teemu for real last week with Megadeth... He's just mindblowing 🤯 He nails every single guitar part from his prestigious predecessors inside the band as it's nothing... This man is one of the cleanest and precise guitar players I know, remaining a very down to earth and humble person. I hope (even though it might take a while) I can see him with Wintersun once 🤞
Love the reaction, wintersun is just amazing. Are you familiar with the band "Iced Earth" by any chance?... I think you would love some of their songs, particularly their epic song "Dantes Inferno", either the studio version or the alive in Athens live recording. Would be amazing if you reacted to it!
Thank you so much for this reaction! It was the first time I was able to listen Time. Your wonderful spirit kept me awake through the sleepy parts and it got better towards the end.
![Wintersun - TIME [Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump] REACTION!!!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CIl9eZqUIQg/mqdefault.jpg)
"Sons of winter and stars" next, prepare to get mindblown again! 😮
Great reaction. Wintersun is my third favorite band after Nightwish and Epica. They are Finnish. The lead singer is Jari and he is a well known perfectionist when it comes to his music. Jari was previously in a Finnish folk metal band Enisferum and Wintersun was supposed to be a side project but when a schedule conflict came up between Enisferum touring and studio time for Wintersun they parted ways (nice way of saying they let Jari go) and so WIntersun became his full time gig. The album this song is from (Time 1) is legendary in that they recorded over 200 tracks for each song. Due to a number of reasons, one of which was that computer technology wasn't advanced enough to be able to mix all the tracks properly, the album wasn't released until 6 years after it was recorded. In fact the recordings were broken into two albums, Time I and Time II to be released separately. Time 1 was released in 2012 and Time II is supposed to be released this fall after many years of delay. You know the drummer Kai, he was Jukka's replacement in Nightwish back in 2014. The bassist, Jukka, replaced Marko in Nightwish joining them in 2021. His first gig was their virtual concerts during the pandemic. The other lead guitarist, Teemu, joined Megadeath in 2023 as a replacement for lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro.
Next song would be Sons of Winter and Stars from he same live play though at Sonic Pump Studios. Another masterpiece that feels like the soundtrack to an epic Norse saga. My third sing recommendation would be Loneliness(Winter) from their Forest Seasons album. It is my favorite Wintersun song. Feels like a beautiful metal dirge and very doomy. Written by Jari after the death of his father in the middle of writing the album. The lyric video is a masterpiece IMO. ruclips.net/video/qIiZFpOQnd8/видео.htmlsi=ji_OHN4bp5BCpizc. I grew up in northern Vermont so I know winter and the song perfectly captures the silence and isolation of winter. Jari has captured that feeling in a way that only a Finn could.
A great metaphor for grieving.
I'll hold off on recommending Enisferum songs for now but you will want to check them out as well, especially the first two albums with Jari. Interesting fact, Jari contracted TB while doing his mandatory military service in the Finnish Army and had to have a qurter of one of his lungs removed. Doesn't seemed to have hurt his singing!
Next from Wintersun - Sons of winter and stars
For sure!!!!!
Yes! It's a step up from this lulluby 😄
I concur......
You‘ll live that too!
Thank you for your reaction 🥰🥰 this band is AWSOME !! They are fantastic 🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dude, I haven`t enjoyed a reaction video this much for a while! And Wintersun reactions are only ones I watch. Thank you! HAIL WINTERSUN!!
Glad you enjoyed!!!!
Nightwish feeder band 😂😂😂❤
Ha Ha
Nice reaction!!! Now sons of Winter and start!!!
Just love this chick!
Thank you 😊
Amie i received your reply there's two versions of sons of winter and stars the official lyric video and the live rehearsal video at Sonic pump studio in Helsinki Finland so its up to you if you want to analyze both versions but the lyric video will give you a better grasp about the meaning of the song itself which again has something to with viking folklore. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋👍
Thanks
This song is Epic and Master Piece, and you reaction made it way better
Even if I know already the song and listen to it several time but with this reaction I felt it with you.
Awwwww thank you
Wintersun - Eternal Darkness
That song is like thousand tracks and like five albums, every time you listen to it will be different.
🤘😁🇫🇮💙🪄🎼✨💯👍
Another finnish 💎🎇
Ewrythng that comes out our humble nation....is pure euphoria to ❤ & soul 🎼
I'm starting to see that
The drummer, Kai Hahto is a human metronome, extremely solid.
Yeah he is
@@Amiekinz4ever He is also, I have heard, a very nice dude. He is big and he has a smile that can melt anyone.
I think others have recommended "Sons of Winter and Stars" from Wintersun but please also check out their "Land of Snow and Sorrow".
Wintersun is a finnish band too (what else). The members are: Mastermind Jari (silver Ibanez), Temu (green Ibanez), Kai Hahto (drums, actually Nightwish) and Jukka Koskinen (actually Nightwish too). This album is from 2012. Their new album "Time two" releases in September. What Jari annou ced in between this new album should be a new masterclass.
Teemu Mäntysaari (green Ibanez) playes with Megadeth now.
Swallow the Sun! It's a must!
Good first track would be either Woven into Sorrow, or Cathedral Walls.
Amazing band I'm pretty vertain you've never heard of!
Cheers!
Also next up from Wintersun will be The Sons of Winter and Stars!
Regarding how you didn't know about them, it isn't unusual at all. They aren't that well known in the US. Even Nightwish isn't anywhere near as big there as they should be. (Perhaps that tells us something about how the US music industry works.)
Yeah our music industry sucks
As much as I liked Jukka on drums with Nightwish, Kai has won me over, he's an outstanding drummer. These guys bring it ! - - - - I, the geezer like it ! !
It’s allready mentioned that drummer Kai and basist Jukka are on Nightwish. And other guitarist Teemu is on Megadeth nowadays.
This band and composition is an absolute top of the mountain.
When "Time" fades away - your're speechless. This otherworldly sonic journey, this beautiful construct of melody and rhythm, majestic beyond words, utterly virtuosic composition is
a bona fide Nordic metal anthem. Perfection.
This was a masterpiece for sure
If I remember correct , the singer was sick in tuberculosis after military duty in Finland . Now he only have 50% kapacity left . Greetings from Sweden
Really? Wow that's crazy
Singer Jari lost 25% of one lung.
@@tapio7133 Kiitos
Next one from WinterSun, check out "Suns of Winter and Stars"
Theres life before Wintersun and life after first hearing. They set the scale for other bands.
Today it is rather Winternight ^^ (Drummer Kai and Bassist Jukka are with Nightwish now)
Wintersun is a Finnish metal band. They are releasing their new Album this year (Time 2)
Yeah, I love it
@@Amiekinz4ever It seems that the new Wintersun album (and tour) is one of the reasons Nightwish will not tour to promote their upcoming album.
And that second guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari is on Megadeth now :)
Check out their song "Winter Madness" from their debut album.
Also there's a new album coming on August 30th.
This reaction was.... Sick! Truly wonderful.
What I love about Wintersun is that it is brutal, harsh, but to contrast that it's also extremely beautiful, but always epic. I want to make music myself, but I don't have to because Jari makes exactly the kind of music I would make if I had his talent. August 30th this year. Mark that in your calendar because the new album "Time II" will be released and it will absolutely blow your mind :) You're extremely lucky that you discovered this band now because I've waited Time II for 13 years now and the wait has been excruciating. I say that because since 2011 they have played one song from that album, the name of the song is "The Way of the Fire" and its magnificence is out of this world. Now we will finally get to hear the studio version with killer production.
It was about TIME Amie
Ha ha, I see what you did there
Great reaction Amie. As all say, Sons of Winter and Stars........ That will 1000% float your boat!
Half of Nightwish and a quarter of Megadeath right there.
I love it
@@Amiekinz4ever Next from Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars. If you thought this was sick, you just wait and see. Kai is a madman on the kit.
@@Amiekinz4ever Teemu Mäntysaari (black haired guitarist) is with Megadeath, and Kai Hahto (drums), Jukka Koskinen (bass) are with Nightwish. All of these guys are from Finnland.
@@martinklaus2203 that's soooo kewl
Jari has a great voice, you must now, he lost 25% of 1 of his longs. Knowing that it makes me even more like his voice. ❤🤘🫶🔥
That's crazy, that makes me love him even more too
🇫🇮🤘🔥🇫🇮
Loneliness should be the next Wintersun song.
Your initial analysis and deconstruction of this Wintersun song in my opinion was spot on because you a musician yourself amie that you used muscal terms in the analysis overall to describe the sound you were hearing as in your words this was sick and awesome at the same "time" lol. But Amie as far as the information on the band that you wanted from your subcribers the main subcriber myself that i encouraged you to go down the Wintersun rabbit hole which you finally did now let me inform you what you need to know about wintersun. First of all amie and your other subcribers can we give a standing ovation for jari the blonde viking with the silver guitar and founder of wintersun for this masterpiece he is the songwriter composer of the bands songs. And amie you were not prepared for jaris vocals it caught you off guard as it did all of us when wed listen to wintersun for the very first time. In your music terms he uses harsh vocals that you hear in death metal but his brilliance he combines his clean vocals so well together too. And acknowledge the other band members amie they are teemu the guy with the green guitar vocals who now amie plays for Megadeth if you know who the are jukka bass vocals and the human drum machine kai . As far as this song goes you were right they were playing to a click track because if you noticed that the drummer Kai had earphones and a laptop next to him. And amie jari confirmed that time and everything single song that came off the time 1 album each song contained 200 tracks ! Thats sick ! And jari mentioned that the total number of tracks for the entire time 1 album used 1,600 tracks ! That utter madness! And the album took because of that reason took 12 years to produce because of jari perfectionism which many call jaris madness! And i know you liked the folkish guitar sounds in certain parts as you pointed out in your analysis which i know you could play on your guitar which ive told you wintersun uses viking folklore in their music. And amie can we give also a standing ovation for thier audo engineer for mixing 200 tracks for this one song and make it sound so good too. And its ashame the world doesn't know wintersun on how good they really are. You said yourself why have you never heard of this band?? I felt the same way amie about that same reason. And do yourself a favor and go check out wintersuns official channel Wintersun jari to fill you in research of the bands history ok ? And amie you didn't mention it but all three jari jukka teemu use ibenez bass and guitars and teemu of wintersun I believe has a channel to teach you how to play guitar. So as far as the next wintersun suggestion anslyze wintersun sons of winter and stars 1.5 official music video. And I wish that this wintersun reaction brings in more wintersun fans as subcribers for you. Thank you so much again. You are a awesome human being! Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Great Review Lady I loved it, Now you must go and watch the 14 mins of pure Metal, at its best, go and check out there other major song called ( Sons of Winter and Stars) ( at the sonic pump studios), and Lady you will need to strap in, for this one, And they have a new Album coming out very soon. Thank You
I'm excited about the new album
Great reaction So fun watching people listen to Wintersun for the first time. Cheers from a finn in Sweden.🎉
Glad you enjoyed it
Word! Stopping bye to show love. Great Reaction! You’ve been killing it lately!
Keep up the great work.
Peace & Love
I appreciate it, thanks
Hey amie time 2 is already out it was jari released it after 20 years it also contains never before heard legendary demos also . It was just a limited time only but im sure there still some albums out there. Nuclear blast records confirmed that they will continue production of time 2 in August of this year. Wintersun Alex ❄️👋👍
It's interesting that you compare Jari to Michael Sweet (Stryper)... but you're absolutely right!
When you mention Bowie and Deliverance, did you mean christian band Deliverance (Jimmy P. Brown's group)?
Yes, I meant Christian band deliverance, mostly the later stuff
The singer Jari(mastermind composer) actually plays the keyboard tracks too on top of everything.
BAssist and drummer -> play in Nighwish, Guitarist -> plays in Megadeth.
Yea, Great band, great players. Next: SOns of Winters and Stars.
Already done
Amie did you read my wintersun information I sent you? You didn't reply about it. And the next wintersun suggestion for wintersun sons of winter and stars 1.5 official lyric video too ? Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋🤔
I think I recorded a different reaction, but I'll make it my 3rd reaction for sure
Hi Amie, did you notice that Wintersun's drummer Kai Hahto, is also the drummer for Nightwish
Yes
I presume, by the wall decorations, you play guitar yourself that these are not just for decoration? Sub
Yeah I'm a musician
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Hello once again ! I´ve been here watching your reaction now 3rd time within 24 hours. Since I´ve known this band and their music for yers and heard this "Time"many, many
times, I´m glad I can even now find new elements thanks to you and your direct and honest comments. 👍
That's awesome!!!!
If you like these guy's try Ensiferum, Finntroll and Korpiklaani
Finnland
Did you notice that the drummer is Kai Haito, the current drummer for Nightwish???!!!! Also the Bassist Jukka replaced Marko as the Bassist in Nightwish!!!
Yes I did
Same boring comment from me. Wintersun, the greatest ever band that so many will never discover. You are one of the lucky ones. Roll on Time II which is coming soon! That vocal from Jari is otherworldly.
When will time 2 be out?
@@Amiekinz4ever Time II Package release date 30th August!
Exciting
Time II D-65 😍
And you thought it was going to be a instrumental in the beginning haha they fooled you amie but don't feel bad wintersun fools us all . Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
This is a great song
LOL your reaction is so funny
Ha ha thank you
Hi ! Just like me when I first heard them. Sons of Winter and Stars the next one to listen to . Thanks.
There must be something in water
in Finland because Wintersun and Nightwish and many other top metal bands come from Finland.
They are all so great
I could at last see Teemu for real last week with Megadeth... He's just mindblowing 🤯
He nails every single guitar part from his prestigious predecessors inside the band as it's nothing... This man is one of the cleanest and precise guitar players I know, remaining a very down to earth and humble person.
I hope (even though it might take a while) I can see him with Wintersun once 🤞
What you didn't realize, you were also watching two of Nightwish's newest members...
There is an other song in this time 1 album „land of snow and sorrow“. it is a little bit slower but beautiful.🤘🤘🤘😎🔥
You know Christian metal ? Demon Hunter - God Forsaken.
Love the reaction, wintersun is just amazing.
Are you familiar with the band "Iced Earth" by any chance?... I think you would love some of their songs, particularly their epic song "Dantes Inferno", either the studio version or the alive in Athens live recording.
Would be amazing if you reacted to it!
I've never heard of them
Ei käy järkeen täälläkään miten kaikki eivät ole kuulleet tätä mestariteosta Suomesta 🔥🇫🇮❤️🙏🏻 terveisiä ja kaikkea hyvää aikaan täältä!
Next: wintersun loneliness
🤘🇫🇮🤘🫶
And welcome to see two of the current Nightwish members in Wintersun. On drums Kai Hahto and on bass Jukka Koskinen - both in Nightwish!
I love that
Thank you so much for this reaction! It was the first time I was able to listen Time. Your wonderful spirit kept me awake through the sleepy parts and it got better towards the end.
Glad you enjoyed it
Yes they are great band. The drummer and the bass player are the members of Nightwish as well.