Hello Josh [ DrifterVoyages ] ! Nightwish fan here, your musical quest summoned me. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band! This live recording is from Wacken Open Air 2013, together with Floor Jansen [pronounced Yansen], the 3rd and present female singer of the band, in front of an 82K audience. About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra. London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners. Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the [updated] 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 [pronounced Tuo-mas], the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. [Sami Vanska was the bassist of the band starting with their 2nd studio album, he was with them until 2001. Then Marco Hietala was bassist and vocals, since 2001 to 2020. He recently announced his retirement both from the band and the public life for the next year at least. Then in May 2021 Jukka Koskinen [pronounced Yukka] became the bassist of the band, for the Human :II: Nature tour - and recently, the band announced he became a permanent member] And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen [he also recorded the bass lines for their 1st studio album]. Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen [pronounced Yukka] 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 [pronounced Tarr-ya] (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 " For an extended set of suggestion (with links), I posted 2 huge comments in the community tab in my main YT channel: www.youtube.com/@gabriel.bardac/community 🤘

@nightwisharmyuk

5 ай бұрын

Gabe ❤

@Irka87

5 ай бұрын

General! 😁🤘🤘

@art3mis290

5 ай бұрын

Salute General! Just checking you caught this reaction! Enjoy 2024 sir!

@josejimenez-nn6me

5 ай бұрын

Hello dear commander the ARMY IT'S HERE!!!

@anaguq4651

5 ай бұрын

​@@art3mis290 LOL💜🤣😂😝

First of all, Amy Lee wishes! You haven't heard of them because the American music industry doesn't make any money from them, hence the entire machine grinds to a halt on European bands. You just found the greatest composer of my lifetime, with a virtuoso band who can deliver his music properly. Nightwish is the greatest band on the planet, and being American, I had to work to find them. I found them back in their early days, loved what I heard, but didn't like the original singer, so I drifted away from them. The studio version is that original singer, so the style is not quite the same. This is the definitive version of this song. Every song is unique, no derivative repetition, and each is a masterpiece in it's own right. Floor can sing any and every style, so the catalog is quite varied. Enjoy your journey, it was the greatest of my life.

@marinaa.6140

5 ай бұрын

Thank you👏🏻👋🇫🇮!

@gene6690

5 ай бұрын

concur 100%

@572Btriode

5 ай бұрын

I concur. The US corporate music bubble at work.

@chadbennett7873

5 ай бұрын

@@marinaa.6140 I love Finland ... welcome to NATO!!

@TripleG1967

5 ай бұрын

I also concur! Because I'm an official Concurpa!

Amy Lee can hold floor's Beer

@Zozo-K-

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. Amy is a great singer with a very strong voice, but she does not sing in an operatic, or even a classical, style, so I'm not sure where the endless YT Evanescence comparisons come from. I'm an American and an Evanescence fan, but it never occurred to me to equate the two. Then again, I was a Nightwish fan before Evanescence ever released an album.

@MySnottyattaC

5 ай бұрын

😂 ... absolutely! ✌️💚

@chadbennett7873

5 ай бұрын

@@Zozo-K- Every mention of Evanescence is from an American listener. We are not exposed to European bands, hence they're the only female fronted hard rock most American's have ever heard. I scream everytime I hear them mentioned in relation to Nightwish, and I love Evanescence. There is no comparison. And no, Amy can't even hold Floor's beer. Both bands were established in the same year, and Nightwish still pulls over 50K fans to festivals and I haven't even heard of a Evanescence tour. They are basically an American pop band by comparison, and a rather good one, but there is no true comparison.

@Zozo-K-

5 ай бұрын

@@chadbennett7873 I’m an American and I’ve been a Nightwish fan since the late 90s…good music is available here in the US…one just has to take the initiative to look for it.

@TripleG1967

5 ай бұрын

Totally concur! Floor is who Amy wants to be when she grows up!

Long live Valkyrie Queen of Metal!!! Happy Birthday !!!!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Yes HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOR!! Also thank you for jamming with me homie.

@R---66---R

5 ай бұрын

@@driftervoyages And thank YOU for yer comment!

Nightwish is best served live!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

It was so epic! Thank you for jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome to the world of symphonic metal and Nightwish. Formed in 1996, they are from Finland, 3rd and current lead singer, Floor Jansen (Yan-sen) is Dutch(today is her birthday). She had only been with the band about 10 months at this concert in front of 82k, having taken over mid tour. If you check out the studio version (from the 2004 Once album), you will hear original lead singer Tarja Turunen. Song #13 of 15 here, all songs were recorded with one of the first 2 singers, Floor added her touches, including the ending on this, and made them her own. GLS is one of their 3 longest songs. 9 albums to date, # 10 to be released later this year. The band mastermind is the keyboardist, Tuomas Holopainen. He writes 90-95% of the songs. The "pipes" are a facade in front of 3 Korg keyboards (and a wine bottle holder lol). They are a tribute to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and made to resemble the Sibelius monument in Helsinki. Wacken is in Germany, so it is pronounced (Vah-ken). See the comment from Gabriel Bardac for more info, and links to a lot of their songs. One of their heavier songs at this show was "Romanticide".

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I feel like I have learned so much from this community. Thank you sharing this and jamming with me friend. I appreciate ya! 🤘🏻🖤

Hail to you friend! French Division of the Nightwish Army reporting for duty. How come I never heard of Nightwish before? The American music industry owns all current media, and promotes exclusively what they want you to hear. But thanks you KZread reactors like yourself, these gems can no longer stay hidden from broad daylight, and we salute you for it! We will be with you all along your Nightwish journey: you are in for a treat! Enjoy.

@jeffk1482

5 ай бұрын

NW Army, Western NC (🇺🇸) Battalion joining forces with the French to say ABSOLUTELY! You have no idea the treat you have in store, and we’re all here for it!!!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I’m so excited to check out more and I’m happy to help spread this amazing music to more people. Thank you for jamming with me friend!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I’m so excited to dive deep and listen to more in the future. Appreciate you jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

Happy Birthday Floor 💖

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOR! Also thank you for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Nightwish Army Germany calling. Welcome to the World of Nightwish 🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and know I appreciate ya jamming with me friend!

@fettiestube5692

5 ай бұрын

Your Welcome🤘

Welcome to the magical world of Nightwish!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

And what a magical world it seems to be. Thank you for jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

Hello Nightwish Army reporting from the Netherlands. Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish. They are from Finland. And they make Symphonic Metal. What you've heard here is just the tip of what this band can do. Nightwish really hits you in your heart. And that's what makes this band so unique. Her name is Floor Jansen and she is Dutch. There were 82,000 people there. I happily refer you to Gabriel Bardac's comment (he'll be here soon) for a list with lots of song suggestion. Watch out for the Nightwish Army. Greetings from the Netherlands.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this and for jamming with me! Appreciate you! 🖤🤘🏻

I'll never get sick of the expressions that happen when Floor hits that last note 🤧

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Oh gosh that last note was insane! Thank you for jamming with me! Appreciate you! 🖤🤘🏻

Glad you enjoyed Nightwish. 🎉Each song is a different adventure.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I love adventure and can’t wait to go on more! Thank you for jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

UK Army popping in for a great first reaction

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for jamming with me friend. I can’t wait to do more. Appreciate ya! 🤘🏻🖤

And that's what they call a floorgasm!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lmfao love it! Thank you for jamming with me homie!

@SeanM375

5 ай бұрын

@@driftervoyages no worries, check out a band called Exit Eden

I swear it will never get old seeing people experience this for the first time. I wish i could experience it again for the first time🤣🤣🤣

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I’m sure I will feel the same in the future lol that was an amazing experience and from what I have learned in the comments, I have so much more to experience! Thanks for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

@Rtapley89

5 ай бұрын

@@driftervoyages yessir 😎

@jovetj

4 ай бұрын

Yep never gets old. I've watched 30+ reactions of this song, and it never gets old. Most of Nightwish's songs are not "epic long _scores"_ like this one, but this is still a great slap-your-face introduction to the band.

Nightwish army, USA-Utah! Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish! You've only scratched the surface of what Floor can do! Buckle-Up and enjoy the trip down the Nightwish rabbit hole, they will not stop surprising you!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Pumped to check out more! Thank you for jamming with me homie. 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome aboard!!!! YOU WERE NOT READY FOR THE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!

🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done and welcome to the Nightwish Family

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and appreciate ya jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

_"I'm a huge female vocalist... fan."_ Thank you for adding that last word! 😄 And thanks for the reaction as well! Spread the word, would you? Nightwish (and Floor) deserves more attention over there! It's a truly exceptional band, one of the most important and influential ones in the symphonic metal genre!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lmfao thank you for jamming with me friend. I have shared them with a few of my friends and had others in my community fall in love with NW. appreciate you! 🤘🏻🖤

Hi Josh, Nightwish Army, Indonesian Regiment here. Firstly, you are excused, you've found us eventually. Seriously, welcome to Nightwish and the huge rabbit hole awaits you. I see Gabriel has made contact, so you're in safe hands, use his list and you won't go wrong. All I can say now is to strap yourself in and enjoy the journey, which is, Nightwish.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate you jamming with me homie! Thank you. 🖤🤘🏻

Look at those pipes, then listen to those pipes.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lol for sure! Thank you for jamming with me friend. 🖤🤘🏻

The Finnish symphonic metal band "Nightwish". Greetings from Finland.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greeting from Texas and thank you for jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOR

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

That’s so cool! HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOR! Also thank you for jamming with me friend. 🖤🤘🏻

Nightwish Army - East coast USA, welcome to something truly life changing when it comes to music at it's finest. The experience you will have will be unlike anything you will ever imagine. All you have to do is allow yourself to fall down the rabbit hole.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate ya jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

Dude you have to take the dive into this band. This was the tip of the iceberg and prepared to be WOW'd.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Oh I plan on it for sure. I’m super pumped to check out more in the future. Thanks for jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

Great reaction!! Nightwish is a very deep rabbit hole, where every song is different with unexpected twists and turns. Virtuoso musicians, a genius songwriter (Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player whom many call the "metal Mozart" is a master of emotion and melody), and the best lead singer alive today (Floor Jansen can sing anything, from operatic highs to full metal growls) - and bassist Marco Hietala is a metal legend and also has an incredible voice (and when he sings harmony with Floor - it is pure gold). Their studio tracks are great, but their live performances are phenomenal, Nightwish is one of the best live bands of all time. I've never heard a bad song from them (at least not live with Floor). To get a sample of their diversity I highly recommend any of these live performances, which are some of my personal favorites: (From Wacken 2013): Romanticide, Storytime, Ghost River, Amaranth, Song Of Myself, Last Ride Of The Day, Ever Dream; (From Wembley 2015): 7 Days To The Wolves, Yours Is An Empty Hope, Nemo, Elan, My Walden, While Your Lips Are Still Red, Shudder Before The Beautiful, The Poet And The Pendulum; (From Tampere 2015): Sleeping Sun, The Islander; (From Buenos Aires 2018): I Want My Tears Back, Dead Boys Poem, Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean; (From Tampa): Sahara; (From Hellfest 2022): How's The Heart, and their new official concert video (released at Christmas for the fans) of the song Tribal.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing those with me! I definitely plan on checking out more of their music in the future for sure. Appreciate you jamming with me too friend! 🤘🏻🖤

When you want to go further on the path of our 1.83m (6ft.+) tall Dutch Valkyrie Queen Floor Jansen besides Nightwish, here is some background information on the best and most versitale female singer of our time. Floor joined the band 'After Forever' in 1997 at the age of 16. Here are some of my favourites: ‘Energize me’; Monolith of Doubt’ and Dreamflight’. Floor attended the then new Rock Academy in 1999 and graduated in 2003. She also studied 2 years at the Conservatory (1 year Music Theatre and 1 year Opera). 'After Forever' disbanded in 2009 and Floor started her own band 'Revamp' from scratch. Here she experimented with different vocal styles within one song from full operatic to death growls in seconds. Here are some examples: ‘Misery’s no Crime’, ‘Wild card’ and ‘Disdain’. Besides managing a band on her own she also did a lot of vocal coaching and as she is a perfectionist, she wants to do everything at 100%+. Eventually she had to pay the price and got a burnout. She had just recovered when end of september 2012 the call came from Nightwish to fill in for the remainder of the North American Tour at first as their second singer Annette got ill. Floor had just 48 hours to learn the whole setlist. There is a documentary made of this world tour: ‘Please learn the setlist in 48 hours’ Floor joined Nightwish after this iconic Wacken concert in 2013 as permanent member of the band. Floor continued to perform with 'Revamp’ also, but it was clear that she could not combine the two for much longer, so 'Revamp' disbanded in 2016. Floor did a side project called 'Northward' where she dived into the Hard Rock scene. The song 'While Love Died is a must see. Her stunning performances on the Dutch TV show 'Beste Zangers 2019' gave her at last some more recognition in her home country where she was relatively unknown until then. There are numerous guest appearances with other bands to find on KZread. To see how to get a crowd of metalheads silenced and in awe watch her featuring with the band 'Epica' and the song 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa’ and to see her in full opera mode, watch her rendition of 'O Mio Babbino Caro' from Puccini. As live concerts were cancelled and home isolation due to the Covid situation, Floor discovered KZread in these years. Mindblowing covers, chats with her idols and other singers, vocal masterclasses, personal insights and so much more. She even made a video reacting to herself singing Ghost Love Score at Wacken. Lots of technical info and some memories of her starting with Nightwish. Also her Fan Friday videos are hilarious. Just unpack some of these and other presents she left on her channel. Also videos of her solotour she did with songs of her impressive career. Her latest endeavour is her stunning solo album ‘My Paragon. Floor is a high sensitive person, so peace and quiet is as important for her. Living by the woods in Sweden with her husband Hannes Van Dahl (drummer of the band Sabaton), daughters Freja (turns 7 years next march) and Lucy (born last october) ,a couple of horses, dogs and cats, she found this.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I love learning lore like this! Thank you so much for sharing all of this. Appreciate the recommendations and you jamming with me friend. I definitely will go check out her channel and more music from this band soon. 🤘🏻🖤

This is THE GOAT that closed the gap of all genres.

@driftervoyages

4 ай бұрын

Such talent! Love this band. Thank you for jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

I've listened to maybe over 200 GLS reactions. Many reactors first comments are "She sounds like Amy Lee" When the song is finished AMy Lee disappears from the comparison stakes. Yeah Floor is one of a kind

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

She is definitely on a whole other level. I can’t wait to check out more. Thank you for jamming with me friend!

Thanks, greetings from Colombia

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and greetings from Texas! Appreciate you jamming with me. 🖤🤘🏻

Nice reaction, brother. The Nightwish Army is here. We can be a bit much at times, but we’ll also love all your reaction videos. Hope you keep going with NW

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lol no worries. I have loved chatting and meeting everyone. Thank you for jamming with me homie!

Thank you😍, greetings from🇫🇮!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me friend! Greetings from Texas! 🤘🏻🖤

Singers sing what they can, Floor sings what she wants ❤once she sang the phonebook in a Dutch show ❤and it sound amazing ❤she is one of a kind❤

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

That is insanely cool! Thank you for sharing with me and for jamming with me friend!

Welcome to the best of the best our VALKIRIE GODDESS FLOOR Jansen show you why she is THE BEST FRONT METAL WOMAN OF ALL TIMES 🤘 ( to day it's her birthday) CHEERS AND LOVE FROM NIGHTWISH ARMY COSTA RICA DIVISIÓN 🤘💀🇨🇷

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Super excited to experience this band and her amazing vocals more and more. Thank you for jamming with me homie and greetings from Texas! 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome to the Nightwish army man. You gonna love them like all of us here. Great reaction by the way.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Appreciate ya jamming with me homie. 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome to the Nightwish rabbit hole. Live videos is the way to go. The whole Wacken 2013 concert is fire. Start with the bangers like: Romaticide, Storytime, Ever dream, Song of myself, Dark chest of wonders etc. Also to see Floors range check out her Shallow cover from "Beste Zangers" and Phantom of the opera with Hank Port. And no Ghost love score reaction bingo card is complete without a Amy Lee comparison so don't take it too hard. Hehe.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Totally writing this all down. Thank you for sharing and for jamming with me friend!

Evanescence is good but cannot be compared to Nightwish. Floor is a Valkyrie Queen of Metal.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me! I agree! Floor is on a whole other level. 🖤🤘🏻

Nightwish Army Turku, Finland reporting. A very nice reaction, thank you! Just Nightwish doing Nightwish things! And as you have surely noticed, although they are all outstanding , none of them standout. Nightwish is their own genre and no other band comes close to the level they are at. Enjoy the journey!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

Nightwish Army Germany reports for Duty: What you should do: Listen to Gabriel. He knows. Great Reaction !! I think our Queen captured another soul….:-) About Ghost Love Score: Standing solid as a World Pillar around which the planet revolves, Floor hits "The Note," the crowd loses their shit, the band tears a hole in the fabric of Space-Time, and 82,000 people will never, ever be the same again. Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries and Stonehenge, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I love this! Thank you for jamming with me friend. All hail the Queen! 🤘🏻🖤

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with at that time ReVamp vocalist (ex-After Forever) Floor Jansen.

@driftervoyages

4 ай бұрын

Appreciate ya sharing the lore my friend and for jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power of her vocals. We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard. ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!! The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready! Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I love this! Thank you for jamming with me homie. I’m happy she decided to stay and didn’t go back to Asgard. All hail! 🖤🤘🏻

You may discover that some people enjoy Nightwish. Try not to be overwhelmed by the response you receive.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lmfao oh I have noticed. I love how much passion their fan base has and for making so many new friends. It’s fun meeting other in the metal community and especially a side of the metal community I’m not familiar with. Thanks for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Well done ! Welcome to the Nightwish world. I´m sure you will enjoy more of the NW music. Greets from Finland, the Nightwih home land. Take care.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me and I’m super excited to check out more. I love learning and d covering new metal music. Appreciate you! 🖤🤘🏻

Nightwish Army Canada here, my man. Deep rabbit hole you fell in Josh! Entire Wacken concert on KZread. The album had a different vocalist so follow Gabriel's advise. I will be watching for your next Nightwish release.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for jamming with me. I’m excited to dive deeper and check out more. Appreciate you friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Loved you reaction 🤘 Amazing band and amazing song. Lot to dive in. Allmost 30 years of symphonic metal and 3 different singers. It’s going to blow your mind ❤️🙂.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and appreciate ya jamming with me! I’m pumped to check out more for sure! 🖤🤘🏻

Welcome to the Nightwish family ^_^ many more songs to check out.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate you and the warm welcome. Thank you for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Hello from Japan! Nightwish fan is here. Great reaction. ナイトウィッシュの曲は映画のラストシーンを見ているようで最高です。

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Hello from Texas! I totally can see how it feels super cinematic listening to them. Thank you for jamming with me friend! 🖤🤘🏻

Hi there Amy Lee is good enough, but a few divisions below NW, especially with Floor as lead Otherwise great reaction Greetings from Sweden

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas! After jamming this song and meeting with the NW community, I think Floor is on a whole other level. I have realized that I have so much awesome and amazing music to consume and I can’t wait to do so. Thank you for jamming with me friend!

Welcome to the wonderful world of symphonic metal and Nightwish. This is one of the most epic live performances EVER. Glad you liked, and greetings from Finland! ⛄👍

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas! Appreciate you jamming with me and I’m super pumped to check out more! 🤘🏻🖤

Hail to the Queen, the Poet , The riff Maker, The Groove Master, the Piper of Heaven and the beat Lord ! Nightwish army Italian division present 🤘 , follow what general Gabriel suggested and you will have a fantastic journey into nightwish symphonic Metal.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me friend! I can’t wait to dive in more. 🤘🏻🖤

Nightwish Shadow Unit from Estonia reporting in ! 6'1'' Dutch Valkyrie Goddess spotted ! Gabriel Bardac entered ! This is called Symphonic Metal !!! Floor her name is derived from the Roman Goddess of Spring, Flora. Floor Jansen is called the Valkyrie Goddess of Metal and Empathy. Floor Jansen is a soprano, with a range of more than 4 octaves (Eb2 to F6). She can sing from classical to belting and raspy vocals like screaming and death growls. And she's also a voice coach and teacher to boot. Plus, huge vocal nerd 😉. Floor Jansen was the singer of the Dutch metal band After Forever from 1997 to early 2009. From 1999 she studied at the Rockacademie in Tilburg, where she graduated in 2003. She studied musical theatre and a year of opera. In addition to her activities at After Forever, she gave singing lessons. She plays guitar, piano and flute. On May 5, 2010, she presented her new band ReVamp, which was disbanded in September 2016. From 1 October 2012 Jansen replaced Anette Olzon (Second singer of Nightwish after Tarja) as singer of Nightwish during the Imaginaerum World Tour (And she had to learn the setlist in 48h). On October 9, 2013, it was announced that she would be the group's regular new front singer. In 2015, Nightwish released the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful with Jansen as lead singer. Nightwish's second studio album with Jansen as front singer, Human. :II: Nature., was released in April 2020. And the master of this magic is: Our Metal Mozart Tuomas Holopainen (founder, leader, keyboardist, songwriter and the main composer for Nightwish) Tuomas the keyboardist writes about 95% of Nightwish songs, music and lyrics. He also composes the music for the backing track they use. It is recorded in London with musicians from The London Philharmonics. Pip Williams helps with the orchestration. There are two London based choirs too on the backing track, the other one is a children's choir. And of course with a synth you can do a lot. You are Correct, This was recorded at the 2013 Wacken (pronounced Vahken) Open Air festival in Germany in front of an audience of 82,000 people (one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world and one of the largest open-air festivals in Germany). We hope, that there is more coming. NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing some of the bands lore and for jamming with me friend! 🖤🤘🏻

Welcome to the world of Nightwish and symphonic metal. They really are a unique band; each song is different and awesome. Floor's beautiful voice reaches your heart in unexpected ways. It's always amazing watching new people discover this awesome band and I hope you continue to explore their music. Hello from the NW Army Portugal.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me friend. She does have such an amazing voice and I am excited to check out more for sure. Appreciate you. 🤘🏻🖤

"All this energy!" This was the 13th song of a 15 song set

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

The fact they had so much energy 13 songs in blows my mind. Thanks for sharing and for jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

Dude you are about to catch a ton of s#!& for comparing Amy Lee and Floor. It is a natural comparison to make. Continue on this journey to see why in my mind Floor is incomparable and is the best front person in the world today. Cheers from the Nightwish Army Denver Division!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lol I can see it’s not a comparison this community likes and I love learning so that’s okay. I appreciate people sharing and helping me see there are even greater metal bands out in the world. I’m super pumped to dive more into this band and others. I appreciate you jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

Nightwish with Floor is the absolute pinnacle of the symphonic metal genre, a very deep rabbit hole to go down. Found them 2years ago and never get tired of them Recently I found a group called THE WARNING, 3 sisters from Mexico doing hard rock. Since you like female singers, you might wanna check them out. Very nice reaction, keep on rocking🤘🤘🤘👍👍

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Oh definitely writing that down. Thank you for the recommendation and for jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

Floor❤

Floor can sing literally anything... we're not exaggerating when we say that. There's a video of her singing a phone book during a Dutch radio interview. From breathy whispers to full on belts to deep growls... everything!! And does it with such emotion. Nightwish are special. Been following them since the 2003. I've the pleasure to have seen them twice over here in the UK. Sometimes it really is difficult to express just how good they are. Go down the rabbit hole. You will not be disappointed and we will join you in your journey 😊

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me and sharing your story. I defiantly wanna dive deeper and check out more from them. the phone book thing sounds crazy! I'll have to watch that soon.

🤩👍💥💯🎼 Now that you´ve seen and heard a tiny glimpse of what they are capable on stage I kindly urge you to explore more of this magical band. Cool reaction män and keep on rockin´ with them! Cheers from Finland. 🤘😎🏴‍☠💙

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for jamming with me homie. I definitely plan on giving more into this band. Appreciate ya! 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome to the world of these amazing band .

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you homie! Happy to start this dive. Appreciate ya jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish full of surprises, fun, great emotions and respect for music, audience and above all life. lovely to see how you enjoy the show, it makes me happy 🥰. I hope you continue to explore this rabbit hole. greetings from Finland🇫🇮❤️‍🔥👍🏼 here are a few other bands with female singers for you. Epica - Sancta terra, Battle Beast - Eye of the Storm and Visions of Atlantis - Master the Hurricane

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the recommendations! I can’t wait to check those out and to jam more of Nightwish. Appreciate you jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

Happy 43rd birthday to Floor TODAY! I'm just a few months older than her. 🙂

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

That so sick that it’s her birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOR! Also thanks for jamming with me ATrain. 🤘🏻🖤

What Gabriel said! Nightwish Army, Blue Mountains Corps, Australia. Nightwish since 1996.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate his info and thank you for jamming with me friend. Can’t wait to dive more into this band. 🤘🏻🖤

Two years ago my youngest son suggested I try this band, I had been trying out Amy Lee's band at the time, let me tell you this, Nightwish has ruined music for me, there isn't another band out there that can compete with them. The thing that gets me is that every song is unique, and epic in it's own right. Tuomas is a master at writing songs and every band member delivers on every song. And Floor.....she is the Swiss army knife of singers, she can do it all. Check out NIGHTWISH - Yours Is An Empty Hope (LIVE IN MEXICO CITY)..Floor is the one growling at the 1:45 mark.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and I love that you and your son have that bond over music. Appreciate ya jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

How to tell ppl you're from the US w/o telling you're from the US: just drop the E-word in your first NW reaction 😂 Nice one! No immediate need to check the studio version, just stick w/ this legendary live concert for a while. Cheers! 🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lmfao yeah I’m showing where I’m from for sure! Thanks for jamming with me and I can’t wait to check out more in the future! 🤘🏻🖤

this is the 13th song of a 15 song set stamina is amazing , shout out to the drummer

Welcome to the nightwish dream, i hope you enjoy it. Greetings from the nightwish army netherlands

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas and thank you. Appreciate ya jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

And Welcome to the Magic of nightwish❤🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Super pumped to check out more for sure. Thank you for jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

You say you really like female vocalists, you don't realise it yet but you've just listened to the best female vocalist on the planet. Listen to other Nightwish songs from Wacken 2013 and also her solo work Shallow and Euphoria on Beste Zangers (a Dutch TV program) you will then understand.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I’m super pumped to check out more! Thank you for the recommendations and for jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

Now go ahead and watch “Story time” from Wacken 2013. The whole concert is highly recommended

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Will defiantly put it on the list friend and thank you for jamming with me!!

Hello, great reaction, I have the honor to welcome you on behalf of the Nightwish Army, stick to the list Gabriel, he is our guide and also our general, greetings from Poland

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

I am super pumped to dive in more! Thank you for jamming with me and I’ll definitely start checking out more soon. 🖤🤘🏻

Enjoy your Nightwish journey. Greetings from the Netherlands!!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas and thank you! Appreciate ya jamming with me. 🖤🤘🏻

great reaction till next one

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for jamming with me. I do plan to do more in the future! 🖤🤘🏻

Good one.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate ya jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻

Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish. Great reaction. 👍

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and what a wonderful world it seems to be. Thanks for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

NW Army UK heree. Welcome to the beginning of an amazing journey :)

@driftervoyages

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Greetings from Denmark. Welcome to the world of Nightwish! This include the concert at Wacken, the gold strandart of live music. Trust me, if you have to chose between a studio recording and one from Wacken... Take the Wacken one. Every time :) Oh and don't worry about the lenght (Some reactors do). The nightwish fans don't mind.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much homie! Appreciate ya jamming with me. I’m excited to check out more from them for sure! 🖤🤘🏻

Greetings from Finland.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas! Thank you for jamming with me. I appreciate you! 🖤🤘🏻

hell yeah man!

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Ayyy I love you ya stinkin cutie! Lmfao thank you for setting me on this path brother. I’m having a blast doing reactions and for finding new awesome music.

Floor Jansen the Dutch goddess of metal ❤❤❤ Nightwish the best band ever ❤❤

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with homie. I’m super pumped to check out more! 🤘🏻🖤

Great reaction! Keep these coming! Greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greeting from Texas! Appreciate ya jamming with me homie. 🖤🤘🏻

Great reaction Greetings from 🇳🇱 🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Ayy thank you my friend and appreciate ya jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

Saludos desde Valencia ✌️💚

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas friend! Thank you for jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

Nice reaction. Greetings from Mexico City 🇲🇽

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Texas! Thanks for jamming with me friend. Appreciate ya!

👍"High energy" Oh man,watch this whole Wacken 2013 show and you fall of your chair off exhoustion ,watching and hearing what they do in this epic show,they will melt your brain and squeeze your ba....well,in a nice way.😉😄🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Lmfaooo this comment made me laugh. Thank you friend. Appreciate ya jamming with me and I’ll definitely have to check the whole show out! 🤘🏻🖤

Floor says "Amy Lee, please rope up my horse and hold my beer !" Every time I hear someone compare Amy to Dutch Valkyrie, the hangman should not be out of a job.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for jamming with me homie! 🤘🏻🖤

Amy Lee is a popular singer. Floor is a master of her instrument. If you're having trouble telling them apart maybe you should play one right after the other. Try not to take Nightwish fans too personally when they rebuke comparison. And don't pass up the opportunity to listen to some of Floor's LIVE solo project performances.

This was the 13th song of a 15 song setlist. You should react to the show opener. The BEST opener I have ever seen. It is called Dark Chest Of Wonders, Wacken(Vah-ken) 2013.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Oh that’s so cool! I will put it on the list for sure. Thank you for the recommendation and for jamming with me! 🖤🤘🏻

Check out the Nightwish - Noise music video

There are TONS of bands like this: Epica, Delain, Ad Infinitum, Therion, Sirenia, Exit Eden, Leave's Eyes, Tristania and Xandria to name a few of the most known ones, but here's the catch: All European bands, and that is why you have never heard of them. An entire subgenre of metal is waiting behind the Atlantic Ocean.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing friend and I appreciate ya jamming with me. Looks like I got a lot of bands to check out soon lol

#floored

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Oh for sure I was #floored lmfao. Thank you for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Welcome to the world of Nightwish Symphonic Metal! That is the Valkyrie Queen Floor Jansen on vocals. Marko is the bassist, Emppu is the guitar master , Jukka is pounding the drums and the Metal Mozart, Tuomas is on keys! Enjoy the rabbit hole!🤘🎸

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info friend! I’m definitely excited to dive in more. Thanks for jamming with me! 🤘🏻🖤

Phantom of the Opera with Henk Poort from a show called Beste Zangers. If you want to hear her vocal range

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Ohh okay sweet! Thank you for the recommendation and I’m pumped to check that out. Thank you for jamming with me friend!

Non ironically, the first time I heard Nightwish was by recomendation of a friend I made while playing Runescape more than 15 years ago

@driftervoyages

4 ай бұрын

That is so cool! Thank you for sharing and for jamming with me homie!

🤘🇫🇮

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me homie! Greetings from Texas! 🖤🤘🏻

One of the songs that will no doubt get brought up is Phantom of the Opera. There are 4 versions of it on KZread. 1 with Floor and Henk porrt, 1 with Tarja and Marco, 1 with Floor and Jaccim at a Christmas metal event ( this is I believe before she joined nightwish also) and 1 that is a fan-made one that mixes the previous 2 I mentioned. My suggestion is that you listen to the fan made one first. Marco is the best phantom for the arrangement that is used by nightwish, some have said even Weber liked Marcos phantom.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Ohhh I love the lore and I’ll definitely have to check that out. I think that’s so cool. Thank you for the recommendation and for jamming with me friend! 🤘🏻🖤

Remember that, as a German festival, Wacken is pronounced "VAH-ken" or "VAH-kun"

@driftervoyages

3 ай бұрын

Oh okay thank you for that. I always wanna try and pronounce things correctly. Appreciate you!

I think you'll really enjoy Devil in the Deep Dark Ocean. And Yours is an empty Hope.. Floor growls 😊 There's nothing she can't sing.

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation and for jamming with me. I’ll have to check that out! 🤘🏻🖤

And as per usual.. no Noghtwish reaction is ever complete without an amu lee comparison

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for jamming with me homie and for your input. I’m starting to realize that we don’t have much to compare over here. I’m excited to dive in more. Appreciate you! 🤘🏻🖤

Yeah, NW is best live 🤘😁🤘

@driftervoyages

5 ай бұрын

It was so epic! Thank you for jamming with me homie! 🖤🤘🏻