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Both Jinjer and Napalm seem very cooperative and cool about reaction videos...Especially Jinjer. They seem to legitimately enjoy being reacted to by their peers.
After more than 50 years of enthusiasm for music, I can only say one thing, I think you are absolutely right with your assessment of this band JINJER! and by the way, you are a very humble guy....
I love that you got shout outs from Jinjer! They're awesome for doing that, you're awesome because it's well deserved! This song holds a special place in my heart as a call to protest, but I love every part of their evolution. Can't wait for the new Jinjer, looking forward to your thoughts on those and the older Jinjer! ❤🖤🤘
Been a Jinjer fan for about 1 year. Saw Judgement and Punishment first, then Pisces. The third thing I saw was WIGBTO. As soon as I watched this, I phoned up a producer friend and ssid" I think this band can do anything." After one year of listening to everything they have ever done and learning everything I can about them, I still stand by that statement I made to my producer friend one year ago.
They remind me of Faith No More in the way that both have the most versatile vocalists that switch between deep growls to unbelievable singing effortlessly. Also the switch between styles of music that they are both able to do without, as you said, sounding like they are 'trying' to do a different style. And each musician is extremely talented in their own right.
This weekend Jinjer played on Alcatraz in Belgium and (despite the technical difficulties...) it was really great to hear Mediator and Vortex in their more stripped down live versions. If you're interested, Jinjer posted the recording on their Facebook page and Mediator and Vortex are at the end of the set, about 40 minutes in the video.
Oh, can you imagine being there? A small-ish regional festival, a side stage, a daytime slot, you're expecting to hear something local both in scope and in quality, and you hear Jinjer just pound it at world-class levels of talent and sound like that? You'd think you'd just struck gold, wouldn't you? :D The crowd was so into it, too! And the band brought serious energy! Another reactor who's in a regional-tier band, said on this video that while that looked like a small crowd, at that point in their careers, any band would be _beyond_ thrilled to get that many people, and to get them that energized. The hard ones to work up the energy for are when there are a dozen people in a bar and half of them wish you'd shut up.
JInjer seem quite ready to interact with good and entertaining reactors. Great to see the recognition. Love the start to this Jinjer performance and have seen some good analyses on what the band is up to. And who says that you can't dance to Jinjer? Tatiana awesome presence to match the musical talent.
this song live in a small venue is brutal in a good sort of way. and the members of jinjer are down to earth cool people i had the pleasure of meeting them
About the time and place of the video, this is definitely a video from when they were still very much up and coming with their current roster of band mates
I've been drumming for over 40 years and Vlad is teaching me things I hadn't thought of doing. There are thousands of great drummers in the world and then there are those that come out of left field, self-taught, chop a holic, trained in another instrument for a completely altered sense of rhythm just once in a rare while. His ingenuity is refreshing and I've yet to hear a boring drum track. I'm a little too old for blast beats (though I still try) but he's got some chops that inspire me to keep practicing. Hope they have a long career together. Congrats on the kudos, you deserve it.
They couldn't even if they wanted to, copyright matters are handled by the rights' owners, not the band. In Jinjer's case, channels only get a harmless copyright notice that allows everything but monetization. However, I've recently noticed a general lack of that in many reactions, don't know if YT's copyright "police" is on vacations or they changed their policy towards reactions' channels.
From the same gig, please review "Words of wisdom" and the other I love is "Outlander", two underrated great songs, please, please, please... I see almost every reaction out there, and yours are becoming my favorite ones...
Interestingly this song was released on an album with a different drummer, but Vlad of course puts his spin on it. It's from their first full length album, when the songs were more straightforward, but this song is still one of my favorites. They have gone more and more progressive and djenty (in my opinion) album by album, I would guess partly because of the introduction Vlad to the band.
I know I have said this before, but that intro is just sick. What a riff you discovered. Shades of Toehider. I am going to plague your comment section until that intro is mastered and put up on Bandcamp. That said, now I feel like I can fully enjoy the Jinjer analysis. Take it away, John!
Haha, you're too kind! I've always wanted to do a "short form" collection of tracks before, as nearly everything I write is pretty lengthy so maybe that track could be the spark that leads to something of the sort. 🤘
Congrats for those shoutouts from Jinjer!! 👏🏽👏🏽 You deserve it. You do a great job and it's good to be recognized by a band that you enjoy. Seriously, your reviews are among the best I've seen in RUclips, and you always know how to bring out the most important things in songs, keep it up.
I love your reactions. The way you breakdown the tracks is very interesting and informative. Top 3 Jinjer reactors in my opinion. Keep up the top notch work.
First, congratulations on the shoutout by Jinjer! You deserve the recognition for the amazing work you do in here! I understand your opinion about the song being good but not one of your favorites, it´s very raw and straitghfoward (compared to what they are doing in more recent albuns) and altought I love everything they have been doing, for us longtime fans, this kind of sound will always have a special place in our head. I love this one so much, the intro, the riff, the bass lines, the low growls, the clean section, the more straigthfoward simple lyrics, the beautiful outro, everything! And this performance is gold! Like you said, Tatiana pulls you in with her vocals and overall persona on stage, but then the band altogether definitely grabs you with the music and you are hooked! About the outro, they usually have one or more independent short compositions like that (jazzy, ska, reaggae, etc) throughout their albuns (with the last one Macro being the exception) and it´s so good! And I missed those on Macro. Well, if you wanna try something recent for now try the much more complex "Ape", it´s a litlle stick of dynamite: short, fast and explosive or try another live one from Kiev: "On The Top" performance in that venue is my favorite. Definitely go back later to earlier Jinjer, to check how they got to this point: "Sit, Stay, Roll Over is probably one of their most fast and furious tracks and it´s the song that got them the deal with Napalm Records. Wow, this comment got loooooong :S Again, great work, always a joy watching your reactions, keep it up! Cheers.
Over the two years been have listening to Jinjer, I have listened to this way more than anyother Jiner track. The second most listened is Vortex which I believe is a masterpiece.
It's fun that you're reacting to some of their older stuff! Eugene has mentioned that he is inspired by Opeth (Blackwater Park in particular), so it is fitting that your mind drifted to Opeth at the end. I'm not 100% sure but I heard that they are going to drop another music video before the new album comes out, so keep your eyes peeled!
I'm really glad that they recognized your reaction man. Your reactions are just so amazingly informative and insightful that in a way I am not that surprised that they did that. Your Jinjer reactions are my favorites on RUclips! Love this reaction, amazing as always. Your facial expressions during the outro made my day, as well as your crushing over Tati, and desperately trying not to go all fanboy, wonderful, haha. 😁 ❤
Vlad has a drum cam video for Mediator, but I’m sure you already know that. Give it a go. I will echo what others have said in that you are a breath of fresh air when it comes to music reactions. Congrats on Jinjer giving you a shout out. Now how about some King Gizzard! They have to have something you can appreciate….
Glad you listened to this man, it was one of the first jinjer songs I ever heard and the sound quality is great in the video.I know this is not complex like the more recent songs but this got me into Jinjer and now they are my favourite band .Loved your take on it !
You can't "Love" them all... I know you like more intricate Jinjer tracks that build to a climax with lots of layers etc.. BUT Dude THIS song live is when the crowd goes the most apeshit Crazy. It's "THAT" song for them. This is from "Cloud Factory" that came out in 2014, yeah it's not as intricate to what they've evolved to but it's my Fav..After you do the "Outlander" and "Cloud Factory" just listen to the whole CD. It had to be re-released years later cause they had trouble with distribution in Ukraine, they weren't signed to any major label then. When you factor in how financially strapped they were it's a great piece of work.
Jinjer - Dreadful Moments (official lyric video). In my opinion, it's their best song. P. S. Not for reaction, just for you. Some of my fav albums: Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe (2000) Greg Howe - Introspection (1993) Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower (1992)
This song is actually off of their first full length album, Cloud Factory (there was an EP before this which had a handful of other songs) so, this is probably the oldest song you've reacted to (at the time you recorded this) in terms of when it was originally written. Back then a lot of their songs were much more "straight forward" (though not all of them). So far you've reacted to (oldest to newest, Album in parentheses) Who is Gonna Be the One (Cloud Factory) I Speak Astronomy (King of Everything) Pisces (King of Everything) Perennial (Micro) Teacher, Teacher (Micro) Pit of Consciousness (Macro/Alive in Melbourne (since you reacted to the version from that live album, basically)) Judgement and Punishment (Macro) Home Back (Macro) Retrospection (Macro) Vortex (Wallflowers) Mediator (Wallflowers) (as of me commenting here, I see you've already reacted to the rest of Wallflowers) If I were going to recommend songs to react to, here is what I would do (oldest to newest, do whatever order you feel like though I think it would be interesting if you started working from the early days and worked your way back up to the present to see the evolution of the band) Exposed as a Liar (Official Video) (Inhale, Don't Breathe) Scissors (Official Video) (Inhale, Don't Breathe) Outlander (Official Video) (Cloud Factory) No Hoard of Value (Lyric Video) (Cloud Factory) (don't be thrown off that this is a "lyric video", it's more of an animated video but the lyrics are part of the animations and graphics) Cloud Factory (Official Video) (Cloud Factory) Bad Water (Official Video) (Cloud Factory) Captain Clock (Live at Resurrection Fest 2018) (King of Everything) Words of Wisdom (Official Video) (King of Everything) Just Another (Official Video) (King of Everything) Sit Stay Roll Over (Official Video) (King of Everything) Ape (Official Video) (Micro) On the Top (Official Video ) (Macro) Judgement & Punishment (Tatiana One Take Vocal Performance) (Macro) Noah (Official Video) (Macro) The Prophecy (Official Video) (Macro) Of course there are more songs on all of these albums and EPs but these are the ones that have content so you aren't just reacting to the audio though I suppose you could do that just like you did with Wallflowers.
They all have great stage presence. Even Vlad which can be tough sitting behind a drum kit. And that snare is so tight it's kind of remarkable he doesn't smack himself in the face with the stick on the rebound every time.
I know you're going to do loads of Jinjer, but if you're looking for a good live performance this one from this year at Hellfest from Home was really good. No crowd, but they still have great energy on stage, and it's filmed very well. There's timestamps in the description for each song: ruclips.net/video/ByU5KM_ADp4/видео.html
I'm sneaking in to suggest The Mara Effect live at Silverside Sound from Spiritbox again. Or do you ever listened to The Ocean before? Jurassic / Cretaceous is a great start :)
The end part of the song is in ode to Amy Winehouse, I believe. Jazzy anyway. Tatiana loves Amy Winehouses' music & even said in a recent interview that she'd love to do a Cover song of Amy's, Thanks for your reaction dude, over & out.
The song itself is from the Cloud Factory album (hence the environmental aspects of the lyrics) from 2014 actually, from when they still had a second guitarist and before Vlad joined the band. This live version sounds much better than the original studio recording though, and it's one of the best displays of Tatiana's stage presence, as well as how low she can go. I believe this gig was planned to become a recorded DVD or something.
Good job, dude. I like your insights. Please react to "Between the Buried and me - Revolution in Limbo" that is their newest song. Their new album "COLORS II" is releasing this friday and I cannot wait. They are proggy and very talented, so you may enjoy their work.
Be sure to react to Aesthetic Perfection on the future with their songs: Gods and Gold (with Richard Z Kruspe from Rammstein on guitars) Party Monster (with Jinxx of Black Veil Brides) S E X/Gravity (with Sebastian Svalland of PAIN and Lindemann)
They've definitely gone through an evolution in their sound from the early works. The first EP and Album were almost straight up metalcore that sounded like a band from 10 years before them even. Ever since Vlad joined they've gotten way more progressive and just more mature I think as musicians.
I struggle a bit with Opeth. I only 'discovered' them a few months ago, though I'd heard the name for at least 15 years, mostly spoken by fans of theirs who found out I liked Dream Theater. I don't know why, but I decided to go backwards through their discography, so starting with In Cauda Veneum, which was neat but not all that compelling. And then Sorceress, which just _enthralled_ me. Just spellbound the whole way through (except that the very end bugs me with the ending organ solo just kinda stopping with the player speaking over it, which just seemed unworthy of the rest of the album to me). And then I tried to listen to some older, heavier stuff and it just... compared to the incredible intricacy and just **chef's kiss** jazz perfection of the chord progressions in tracks like Strange Brew and The Seventh Sojourn, it just sounded so ham-fisted... like a simplified version of Dream Theater, but replacing LaBrie's... questionable vocals with an even more questionable growling style that just didn't seem to fit the music to my ears. Is there somewhere else you'd recommend I jump in along Opeth's journey/career, given that you know I love Jinjer and Dream Theater, and thought Sorceress was pure, mind-melting _art_ until the last 10 seconds or so?
I first got into them in around late 1999/early 2000 when I was 15/16 so they were a big impact on my developing taste at the time. My favourite of their albums (in roughly this order as of now) would be: 1. Still Life 2. Blackwater Park 3. Ghost Reveries 4. My Arms, Your Hearse 5. Morningrise 6. Everything else is interchangeable... Their later albums are cool and all - but for me, the early to middle period of Opeth is the Opeth I grew up with, and it holds very a special place in my heart.
@@JWSoundworks2 That's cool. That's about when I got into Dream Theater, too. Scenes From a Memory was my first album and it, too has a special place in my heart. But in the years that followed, while I loved every album at the time and some of them are deeply nostalgic for me, I also think they've done most of their best work in the last 10 years or so. Except for their latest single, The Alien, which I was disappointed in, and felt it was kind of phoned in. I hope that they, as always, just suck at choosing singles and suck at music videos, and that within the greater context of the album it'll make more sense. And be mastered better because dear lord the hyper normalization on that would've been a bit extreme and blandifying even for pop...!
I did, then realised I left a section in that I meant to edit out (me waiting on the Premier to start) that was like a full minute of me sitting there like a news reporter who didn't know he was on air. Cringe. Lol. Currently processing the new one which should be another hour or two. RUclips upload takes ages (quite a long video, this one). 😂🤘
If you like incredible drummers playing with metal bands have a listen to Billy Rymer with The Dillinger Escape Plan. You're probably already familiar with them, but if not a reaction would be excellent.
I mainly missed the Billy Rymer phase as Ire Works was the last album of theirs I heard. I saw them live with Chris Pennie back in 2000 and got their signatures on my Calculating Infinty cd after the gig!
@@JWSoundworks2 Ah, I'm pretty much the opposite. Late to the party and only discovering them from Operation Paralysis and beyond until their demise. I went through a period (90s and noughties) where I got a bit disillusioned with music. Only got back to it in the last couple of years, so I've had a few new bands and a lot of back catalogues to catch up with.
I struggle a bit with regards to Vlad... I can't and wouldn't deny that he's phenomenal! And yet it's hard to call him 'elite' in the usual sense after watching someone like Evgeny Novikov (of Slaughter to Prevail) just absolutely mince the set with levels of speed and precision that hardly seem human. Vlad, on _that_ spectrum, is no slouch! But he's also not on that level. His double kicks are a touch sloppy at times, for example, and rarely as fast; his blast beats are half-time in terms of kick, where Evgeny's are double-time or even faster, as another example. So, rather, I've come to think of Vlad as an elite-level epic badass more in line with someone like Bernard Purdy, Mike Portnoy, or Jeff Porcaro... drummers known for their taste and feel, their development of name-worthy grooves and techniques, and their compositional and song-supporting talents, rather than their raw speed, power and precision, like Evgeny, Mangini, or Jonathan Moffett. That said... Vlad _does_ have the most effortless four-limb separation I've ever seen. Even Mike Mangini looks like he has to concentrate, and often builds up polyrhythmic patterns one step at a time. Vlad just... _does_ it. He'll be keeping up a quarter note pattern on the hi-hat with his left foot, a 1/3 groove with tons of ghost notes in a different tempo with his left hand, give cymbal accents in line with either, both, or neither with his right hand, and mesh with Eugene's basslines with his right foot (and occasional flam with his left), all at the same time, and look relaxed and chill as hell. He doesn't work up to it, he doesn't seem to focus particularly hard, he doesn't put on a showy face or persona... he just _does_ it like it's nothing at all. I've never seen anything like it!
Waste of time comparing musicians mate, It doesn't work like that, you'd have to have two drummers play exactly the same thing if you really wanted a comparison , but really, who cares, individuality is what most want, not everyone doing the same things exactly........?
@@MickH60 I get what you're saying, and even agree with the sentiment behind it, but... it _does_ work like that. Some drummers are crazy technical. They play precisely in the pocket like a metronome, and can go ridiculously fast, like Evgeny's heel-toe double-pedal 32nd note roll in, for example, Demolisher. I don't believe for a second that Vlad could come anywhere close to that speed. He'd have to change his technique, probably stop wearing shoes, etc. On the other hand, the way Vlad drags the beat to increase drama, especially on blast beats, creates a _groove_ that is really compelling, even if the blast beats themselves are relatively slow and simple by comparison. And I _have_ seen drummers playing exactly the same thing, and nothing about that made me think I couldn't have made similar comparisons across different pieces/styles/genres. Speed is speed. Feel is feel. Apples are apples (and can, by the way, be quite easily compared to oranges; that's a silly colloquialism :D )
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Vlad is classically trained, but not for drums, but for piano. You can find him on youtube to plays Rachmaninov on a piano (in a Sepultura T-shirt :)
Both Jinjer and Napalm seem very cooperative and cool about reaction videos...Especially Jinjer. They seem to legitimately enjoy being reacted to by their peers.
I think I’m just going to stop saying this is one of my favorites lol they’re all my favorites 🖤🤘🏻
After more than 50 years of enthusiasm for music, I can only say one thing, I think you are absolutely right with your assessment of this band JINJER!
and by the way, you are a very humble guy....
Glad to see your good work recognized. Can't wait for your analysis of Ape. I think you're gonna love it.
Back in 2018 This was the first song and video that introduced me to Jinjer . So for me this one will always be my favorite.
Great 'live' song.
it would really be cool if you have an interview with any of them.
I love that you got shout outs from Jinjer! They're awesome for doing that, you're awesome because it's well deserved!
This song holds a special place in my heart as a call to protest, but I love every part of their evolution.
Can't wait for the new Jinjer, looking forward to your thoughts on those and the older Jinjer! ❤🖤🤘
Thank you 😊
Been a Jinjer fan for about 1 year. Saw Judgement and Punishment first, then Pisces. The third thing I saw was WIGBTO. As soon as I watched this, I phoned up a producer friend and ssid" I think this band can do anything." After one year of listening to everything they have ever done and learning everything I can about them, I still stand by that statement I made to my producer friend one year ago.
They remind me of Faith No More in the way that both have the most versatile vocalists that switch between deep growls to unbelievable singing effortlessly. Also the switch between styles of music that they are both able to do without, as you said, sounding like they are 'trying' to do a different style. And each musician is extremely talented in their own right.
I'll second that!
Being a 30yrs+ FNM fan, I have no problem with this comparison. :)
Yes... Tatiana is a Patton's daughter 😍
Teacher Teacher then Home Back
This Band been waiting for a good piece now for one to “Rise Up” oh thank goodness “Metal just got CPR” 🎶✌️🌸
Have a look through the channel, I've already done Teacher Teacher and Home Back 🤘
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I’m a newbie so “ooops!”
I’ll definitely take a peek
This weekend Jinjer played on Alcatraz in Belgium and (despite the technical difficulties...) it was really great to hear Mediator and Vortex in their more stripped down live versions.
If you're interested, Jinjer posted the recording on their Facebook page and Mediator and Vortex are at the end of the set, about 40 minutes in the video.
There's no need to go to FB, there are already two complete videos here in YT.
Oh, can you imagine being there? A small-ish regional festival, a side stage, a daytime slot, you're expecting to hear something local both in scope and in quality, and you hear Jinjer just pound it at world-class levels of talent and sound like that? You'd think you'd just struck gold, wouldn't you? :D The crowd was so into it, too! And the band brought serious energy!
Another reactor who's in a regional-tier band, said on this video that while that looked like a small crowd, at that point in their careers, any band would be _beyond_ thrilled to get that many people, and to get them that energized. The hard ones to work up the energy for are when there are a dozen people in a bar and half of them wish you'd shut up.
JInjer seem quite ready to interact with good and entertaining reactors. Great to see the recognition.
Love the start to this Jinjer performance and have seen some good analyses on what the band is up to.
And who says that you can't dance to Jinjer? Tatiana awesome presence to match the musical talent.
this song live in a small venue is brutal in a good sort of way. and the members of jinjer are down to earth cool people i had the pleasure of meeting them
About the time and place of the video, this is definitely a video from when they were still very much up and coming with their current roster of band mates
I've been drumming for over 40 years and Vlad is teaching me things I hadn't thought of doing. There are thousands of great drummers in the world and then there are those that come out of left field, self-taught, chop a holic, trained in another instrument for a completely altered sense of rhythm just once in a rare while. His ingenuity is refreshing and I've yet to hear a boring drum track. I'm a little too old for blast beats (though I still try) but he's got some chops that inspire me to keep practicing. Hope they have a long career together. Congrats on the kudos, you deserve it.
i'm a life long drummer too and my big takeaway is what fun vlad must have with a bassist like eugene. rhythm section chopping it up.
The band jinjer the song no hoard of value thank you from nor. Cal.
Man, so stoked to see you recognized by the band. Totally deserved.
Thank you, bro! :)🤘
@@JWSoundworks2 Rewatched your Vortex video tonight. If I were Eugene, I would say the same:)
😁 Really hyped for this new album now! 🤘🤘
Jinjer doesn't block on youtube. They get it, this is all good for them.
They couldn't even if they wanted to, copyright matters are handled by the rights' owners, not the band. In Jinjer's case, channels only get a harmless copyright notice that allows everything but monetization. However, I've recently noticed a general lack of that in many reactions, don't know if YT's copyright "police" is on vacations or they changed their policy towards reactions' channels.
From the same gig, please review "Words of wisdom" and the other I love is "Outlander", two underrated great songs, please, please, please... I see almost every reaction out there, and yours are becoming my favorite ones...
Interestingly this song was released on an album with a different drummer, but Vlad of course puts his spin on it. It's from their first full length album, when the songs were more straightforward, but this song is still one of my favorites. They have gone more and more progressive and djenty (in my opinion) album by album, I would guess partly because of the introduction Vlad to the band.
Vlad as well as the loss of their original guitarist, dropping them to just one guitar and having to adapt their structure to make up for that.
It was thanks to your videos that I found out about Jinjer and they are now one of my favourite bands! Thank you for your work and reactions
The band members are great. Eugene is all over the social media looking out for everyone.
Finally, someone who finally says it: taste. Jinjer have always had some taste and keep growing.
they are like a box of chocolate - you never know what you will get but it will be tasty...keep calm and jinger on
Keep up the great work! You are definitely one of the best reactors, and analyzers out there.
Thank you, Cam. Appreciate that, dude ! 🤘
This is such a fun performance 😁👍👍
It's Jinjer time. Glad to see you finally get to this one. You sir are a great explainer of music. Peace from Stan the Alaskan.
Cheers Stan! 🤘
Congratulations man!!! You deserve it... excellent analysis... the world look at you... and this 🤘 music!!!
Love Jinjer...
Thank you, Pablo!
I know I have said this before, but that intro is just sick. What a riff you discovered. Shades of Toehider. I am going to plague your comment section until that intro is mastered and put up on Bandcamp. That said, now I feel like I can fully enjoy the Jinjer analysis. Take it away, John!
Yass!!
Haha, you're too kind! I've always wanted to do a "short form" collection of tracks before, as nearly everything I write is pretty lengthy so maybe that track could be the spark that leads to something of the sort. 🤘
I was clapping like a seal during your Jinjer story, I'm so glad for you, absolutely deserved! Looking good as always! 💙
😊😊😊❤️🤘
Ape is more complex you may like it more
He definitely will
Congrats for those shoutouts from Jinjer!! 👏🏽👏🏽 You deserve it.
You do a great job and it's good to be recognized by a band that you enjoy. Seriously, your reviews are among the best I've seen in RUclips, and you always know how to bring out the most important things in songs, keep it up.
Thank you very much, Liz :)
I love your reactions. The way you breakdown the tracks is very interesting and informative. Top 3 Jinjer reactors in my opinion. Keep up the top notch work.
First, congratulations on the shoutout by Jinjer! You deserve the recognition for the amazing work you do in here!
I understand your opinion about the song being good but not one of your favorites, it´s very raw and straitghfoward (compared to what they are doing in more recent albuns) and altought I love everything they have been doing, for us longtime fans, this kind of sound will always have a special place in our head. I love this one so much, the intro, the riff, the bass lines, the low growls, the clean section, the more straigthfoward simple lyrics, the beautiful outro, everything!
And this performance is gold! Like you said, Tatiana pulls you in with her vocals and overall persona on stage, but then the band altogether definitely grabs you with the music and you are hooked!
About the outro, they usually have one or more independent short compositions like that (jazzy, ska, reaggae, etc) throughout their albuns (with the last one Macro being the exception) and it´s so good! And I missed those on Macro.
Well, if you wanna try something recent for now try the much more complex "Ape", it´s a litlle stick of dynamite: short, fast and explosive or try another live one from Kiev: "On The Top" performance in that venue is my favorite.
Definitely go back later to earlier Jinjer, to check how they got to this point: "Sit, Stay, Roll Over is probably one of their most fast and furious tracks and it´s the song that got them the deal with Napalm Records.
Wow, this comment got loooooong :S Again, great work, always a joy watching your reactions, keep it up! Cheers.
Over the two years been have listening to Jinjer, I have listened to this way more than anyother Jiner track. The second most listened is Vortex which I believe is a masterpiece.
I'd love to see a Jinjer cover by you if that is what you have planned
Always good to see a professional musician taking a look at Jinjer's work.
Glad to see Eugene giving you a shoutout- that's well deserved. :)
Thank you, dude! 🤘
I do feel that Jinjer is a live band .. i know they make amazing videos but live they just take it to the next lvl=)
It's fun that you're reacting to some of their older stuff! Eugene has mentioned that he is inspired by Opeth (Blackwater Park in particular), so it is fitting that your mind drifted to Opeth at the end.
I'm not 100% sure but I heard that they are going to drop another music video before the new album comes out, so keep your eyes peeled!
I'm really glad that they recognized your reaction man. Your reactions are just so amazingly informative and insightful that in a way I am not that surprised that they did that. Your Jinjer reactions are my favorites on RUclips!
Love this reaction, amazing as always. Your facial expressions during the outro made my day, as well as your crushing over Tati, and desperately trying not to go all fanboy, wonderful, haha. 😁 ❤
Haha thank you very much for the lovely words 😊🤘
Eugene is a top lad for sure
Vlad has a drum cam video for Mediator, but I’m sure you already know that. Give it a go.
I will echo what others have said in that you are a breath of fresh air when it comes to music reactions. Congrats on Jinjer giving you a shout out.
Now how about some King Gizzard! They have to have something you can appreciate….
Yeah, my bro sent me the link to the drum cam Mediator performance and I went ahead and watched it since I'd already heard the song. Jaw dropping! 🤘🤘
Glad you listened to this man, it was one of the first jinjer songs I ever heard and the sound quality is great in the video.I know this is not complex like the more recent songs but this got me into Jinjer and now they are my favourite band .Loved your take on it !
Duuude, it's so good to hear your great music mind getting recognition from other super talented, like-minded individuals. You go, Mr. Wison!
😊🤘 Thank you very much!
Congrats on the recognition from the band mate well deserved love your analysis and explanations very informative and concise 👍
Thank you very much, dude! 🤘
Actually it’s 7 y ago, because this is from the album “Cloud Factory” 2014
The original release presumably. Clearly the performance is more recent since Vlad is on drums.
You can't "Love" them all... I know you like more intricate Jinjer tracks that build to a climax with lots of layers etc.. BUT Dude THIS song live is when the crowd goes the most apeshit Crazy. It's "THAT" song for them. This is from "Cloud Factory" that came out in 2014, yeah it's not as intricate to what they've evolved to but it's my Fav..After you do the "Outlander" and "Cloud Factory" just listen to the whole CD. It had to be re-released years later cause they had trouble with distribution in Ukraine, they weren't signed to any major label then. When you factor in how financially strapped they were it's a great piece of work.
Jinjer - Dreadful Moments (official lyric video). In my opinion, it's their best song.
P. S. Not for reaction, just for you. Some of my fav albums:
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe (2000)
Greg Howe - Introspection (1993)
Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower (1992)
Now THAT is a proper intro. Very nice 🤘😎🤘
This song is actually off of their first full length album, Cloud Factory (there was an EP before this which had a handful of other songs) so, this is probably the oldest song you've reacted to (at the time you recorded this) in terms of when it was originally written. Back then a lot of their songs were much more "straight forward" (though not all of them). So far you've reacted to (oldest to newest, Album in parentheses)
Who is Gonna Be the One (Cloud Factory)
I Speak Astronomy (King of Everything)
Pisces (King of Everything)
Perennial (Micro)
Teacher, Teacher (Micro)
Pit of Consciousness (Macro/Alive in Melbourne (since you reacted to the version from that live album, basically))
Judgement and Punishment (Macro)
Home Back (Macro)
Retrospection (Macro)
Vortex (Wallflowers)
Mediator (Wallflowers)
(as of me commenting here, I see you've already reacted to the rest of Wallflowers)
If I were going to recommend songs to react to, here is what I would do (oldest to newest, do whatever order you feel like though I think it would be interesting if you started working from the early days and worked your way back up to the present to see the evolution of the band)
Exposed as a Liar (Official Video) (Inhale, Don't Breathe)
Scissors (Official Video) (Inhale, Don't Breathe)
Outlander (Official Video) (Cloud Factory)
No Hoard of Value (Lyric Video) (Cloud Factory) (don't be thrown off that this is a "lyric video", it's more of an animated video but the lyrics are part of the animations and graphics)
Cloud Factory (Official Video) (Cloud Factory)
Bad Water (Official Video) (Cloud Factory)
Captain Clock (Live at Resurrection Fest 2018) (King of Everything)
Words of Wisdom (Official Video) (King of Everything)
Just Another (Official Video) (King of Everything)
Sit Stay Roll Over (Official Video) (King of Everything)
Ape (Official Video) (Micro)
On the Top (Official Video ) (Macro)
Judgement & Punishment (Tatiana One Take Vocal Performance) (Macro)
Noah (Official Video) (Macro)
The Prophecy (Official Video) (Macro)
Of course there are more songs on all of these albums and EPs but these are the ones that have content so you aren't just reacting to the audio though I suppose you could do that just like you did with Wallflowers.
They all have great stage presence. Even Vlad which can be tough sitting behind a drum kit. And that snare is so tight it's kind of remarkable he doesn't smack himself in the face with the stick on the rebound every time.
Great username!
I’ll only watch your reactions on Jinjer after watching the Vortex reaction.
He did about a month ago so enjoy
@@jimmorris67 I didn’t write that Correctly.Lol. I watched his reaction to Vortex. Now I’ll only watch his reactions to Jinjer!
@@richm4768 I watch most reactions but I admit he is good at breaking everything down
@@jimmorris67 exactly. He’s one of the only ones who actually breaks down the music. Other reactions seem to be more of surprise reaction to Tatiana.
I know you're going to do loads of Jinjer, but if you're looking for a good live performance this one from this year at Hellfest from Home was really good. No crowd, but they still have great energy on stage, and it's filmed very well. There's timestamps in the description for each song:
ruclips.net/video/ByU5KM_ADp4/видео.html
I´m happy for you and you deserve it for doing such great in-depth analysis on songs !
Cheers Fjóla (aka Jinjer Universe 🤘)
Thank you very much for your support on insta! 😊😁❤️🤘🤘
Jinjer and Devin Townsend are all about working with reactors on getting the reaction videos unblocked.
I'm sneaking in to suggest The Mara Effect live at Silverside Sound from Spiritbox again. Or do you ever listened to The Ocean before? Jurassic / Cretaceous is a great start :)
The end part of the song is in ode to Amy Winehouse, I believe. Jazzy anyway.
Tatiana loves Amy Winehouses' music & even said in a recent interview that she'd love to do a Cover song of Amy's,
Thanks for your reaction dude, over & out.
The song itself is from the Cloud Factory album (hence the environmental aspects of the lyrics) from 2014 actually, from when they still had a second guitarist and before Vlad joined the band. This live version sounds much better than the original studio recording though, and it's one of the best displays of Tatiana's stage presence, as well as how low she can go. I believe this gig was planned to become a recorded DVD or something.
So good song , great video bro.
King of Everything album has a opener and closer that is completely different from the band's sound...check out Beggar's Dance.
Good job, dude. I like your insights.
Please react to "Between the Buried and me - Revolution in Limbo" that is their newest song. Their new album "COLORS II" is releasing this friday and I cannot wait.
They are proggy and very talented, so you may enjoy their work.
man the two live kiev are great
Be sure to react to Aesthetic Perfection on the future with their songs:
Gods and Gold (with Richard Z Kruspe from Rammstein on guitars)
Party Monster (with Jinxx of Black Veil Brides)
S E X/Gravity (with Sebastian Svalland of PAIN and Lindemann)
это было замечательно =D
They've definitely gone through an evolution in their sound from the early works. The first EP and Album were almost straight up metalcore that sounded like a band from 10 years before them even. Ever since Vlad joined they've gotten way more progressive and just more mature I think as musicians.
Jinjer - I Speak Astronomy official video please it often gets overlooked
Already done it
The video is from atlas festival in kiev in 2017 btw
tres bonne analyse man
I think You must react revenge the fate from Indonesian bro..nice sound and chill
Eugene has said previously that the band really gelled when Vlad came onboard.
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Ape is solid, but I'd like to see you react to Beggar's Dance.
nice intro
Listen to crowd factory dvd trail u will love it
I struggle a bit with Opeth. I only 'discovered' them a few months ago, though I'd heard the name for at least 15 years, mostly spoken by fans of theirs who found out I liked Dream Theater.
I don't know why, but I decided to go backwards through their discography, so starting with In Cauda Veneum, which was neat but not all that compelling. And then Sorceress, which just _enthralled_ me. Just spellbound the whole way through (except that the very end bugs me with the ending organ solo just kinda stopping with the player speaking over it, which just seemed unworthy of the rest of the album to me). And then I tried to listen to some older, heavier stuff and it just... compared to the incredible intricacy and just **chef's kiss** jazz perfection of the chord progressions in tracks like Strange Brew and The Seventh Sojourn, it just sounded so ham-fisted... like a simplified version of Dream Theater, but replacing LaBrie's... questionable vocals with an even more questionable growling style that just didn't seem to fit the music to my ears.
Is there somewhere else you'd recommend I jump in along Opeth's journey/career, given that you know I love Jinjer and Dream Theater, and thought Sorceress was pure, mind-melting _art_ until the last 10 seconds or so?
I first got into them in around late 1999/early 2000 when I was 15/16 so they were a big impact on my developing taste at the time.
My favourite of their albums (in roughly this order as of now) would be:
1. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
3. Ghost Reveries
4. My Arms, Your Hearse
5. Morningrise
6. Everything else is interchangeable...
Their later albums are cool and all - but for me, the early to middle period of Opeth is the Opeth I grew up with, and it holds very a special place in my heart.
@@JWSoundworks2 That's cool. That's about when I got into Dream Theater, too. Scenes From a Memory was my first album and it, too has a special place in my heart. But in the years that followed, while I loved every album at the time and some of them are deeply nostalgic for me, I also think they've done most of their best work in the last 10 years or so.
Except for their latest single, The Alien, which I was disappointed in, and felt it was kind of phoned in. I hope that they, as always, just suck at choosing singles and suck at music videos, and that within the greater context of the album it'll make more sense. And be mastered better because dear lord the hyper normalization on that would've been a bit extreme and blandifying even for pop...!
How about that reaction to Wintersun, mate? Only then your training will be complete and you can join the Dark Side 😁🤘
I hope you don't have plans this Friday night...
@@JWSoundworks2 all my plans have just been cancelled, mate 🤘😁
😂😂 Mind completely obliterated by that one mate. I did my best lol.
@@JWSoundworks2 I am sure you did well, mate. Looking forward to hearing your take on the Finnish metal gods. Because they are that 🤘
Can we continue the Opeth discussion in the not too distant future?
Did you upload a reaction to Wallflower or am I seeing things lol
I did, then realised I left a section in that I meant to edit out (me waiting on the Premier to start) that was like a full minute of me sitting there like a news reporter who didn't know he was on air. Cringe. Lol. Currently processing the new one which should be another hour or two. RUclips upload takes ages (quite a long video, this one). 😂🤘
@@JWSoundworks2 oh okay i was wondering why it disappeared
My only issue with this performance is that Roman's strings are like really really bright and, at times, squeaky
If you like incredible drummers playing with metal bands have a listen to Billy Rymer with The Dillinger Escape Plan. You're probably already familiar with them, but if not a reaction would be excellent.
I mainly missed the Billy Rymer phase as Ire Works was the last album of theirs I heard. I saw them live with Chris Pennie back in 2000 and got their signatures on my Calculating Infinty cd after the gig!
@@JWSoundworks2 Ah, I'm pretty much the opposite. Late to the party and only discovering them from Operation Paralysis and beyond until their demise. I went through a period (90s and noughties) where I got a bit disillusioned with music. Only got back to it in the last couple of years, so I've had a few new bands and a lot of back catalogues to catch up with.
Great reaction for what I consider to be the weakest song of the Jinjer discography. No false hype, just straightforward "this is how I see it"
Thanks dude, I appreciate that I can be myself and people dig it without having to bring "fake" energy. I hate that crap. 😊🤘
I struggle a bit with regards to Vlad... I can't and wouldn't deny that he's phenomenal! And yet it's hard to call him 'elite' in the usual sense after watching someone like Evgeny Novikov (of Slaughter to Prevail) just absolutely mince the set with levels of speed and precision that hardly seem human. Vlad, on _that_ spectrum, is no slouch! But he's also not on that level. His double kicks are a touch sloppy at times, for example, and rarely as fast; his blast beats are half-time in terms of kick, where Evgeny's are double-time or even faster, as another example.
So, rather, I've come to think of Vlad as an elite-level epic badass more in line with someone like Bernard Purdy, Mike Portnoy, or Jeff Porcaro... drummers known for their taste and feel, their development of name-worthy grooves and techniques, and their compositional and song-supporting talents, rather than their raw speed, power and precision, like Evgeny, Mangini, or Jonathan Moffett.
That said... Vlad _does_ have the most effortless four-limb separation I've ever seen. Even Mike Mangini looks like he has to concentrate, and often builds up polyrhythmic patterns one step at a time. Vlad just... _does_ it. He'll be keeping up a quarter note pattern on the hi-hat with his left foot, a 1/3 groove with tons of ghost notes in a different tempo with his left hand, give cymbal accents in line with either, both, or neither with his right hand, and mesh with Eugene's basslines with his right foot (and occasional flam with his left), all at the same time, and look relaxed and chill as hell. He doesn't work up to it, he doesn't seem to focus particularly hard, he doesn't put on a showy face or persona... he just _does_ it like it's nothing at all. I've never seen anything like it!
Waste of time comparing musicians mate, It doesn't work like that, you'd have to have two drummers play exactly the same thing if you really wanted a comparison , but really, who cares, individuality is what most want, not everyone doing the same things exactly........?
@@MickH60 I get what you're saying, and even agree with the sentiment behind it, but... it _does_ work like that.
Some drummers are crazy technical. They play precisely in the pocket like a metronome, and can go ridiculously fast, like Evgeny's heel-toe double-pedal 32nd note roll in, for example, Demolisher. I don't believe for a second that Vlad could come anywhere close to that speed. He'd have to change his technique, probably stop wearing shoes, etc.
On the other hand, the way Vlad drags the beat to increase drama, especially on blast beats, creates a _groove_ that is really compelling, even if the blast beats themselves are relatively slow and simple by comparison.
And I _have_ seen drummers playing exactly the same thing, and nothing about that made me think I couldn't have made similar comparisons across different pieces/styles/genres. Speed is speed. Feel is feel. Apples are apples (and can, by the way, be quite easily compared to oranges; that's a silly colloquialism :D )
For some reason this is sped up? Doesn’t sound right.