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Currently (The list might change in an hour or so, that‘s how close they all are): 1. Darkness and Frost and Time 2. Starchild 3. Sons of Winter and Stars 4. Awaken from the Dark Slumber (Spring) 5. Winter Madness 6. Loneliness (Winter) 7. Beautiful Death 8. The Forest that Weeps (Summer) 9. Eternal Darkness (Autumn) 10. Death and the Healing
Oh man. Believe me it is absolutely godly all the way through. I wish I could see your reaction when you hear the studio version in August 30th. It's like ridiculously godly
I wish there was a video of me aging waiting for New Wintersun content. By the time The Forest Sessions came out I already moved on to other genres. Somehow I’m excited after hearing this. Kari don’t let this be your swan song.
It won't be, but honestly I wouldn't mind if it was because to me this song is pretty much the pinnacle of what I want from music. Maybe Jari is able to top this somehow, but that would be a miracle.
5:43 I ain't want to live 100 years or stuff like that. I want to live till I find a songwriter that's better than Jari. Then I can die with peace in heart.
Although August 30th will be a day of celebration and part of that is because we will finally hear the mythical Silver Leaves, which is kinda like something which is (and should be) forbidden from mere mortals, so there's a certain kind of sadness that it becomes mundane, but of course it's bound to happen at some point and I couldn't be happier that the time is near. Until that, I'll cherish its mythical status and I absolutely love that Jari didn't spoil us with it yet although it's also incredibly frustrating. I sooooo much want to hear it already and that intro tease made the wait so much more worse, but August 30th will be a massive reward for me and for us.
My millionth time listening to this and it still sounds just as fantastic as it always has. Just makes me more and more excited to hear the proper version.
It doesn't have the sauce. It's got all the bells and whistles like wintersun, but it's kind of a surface level imitation unfortunately. It's not bad, I like many parts but it's not really glued together like Wintersun does it.
Finally Jari will release Time II. I was wrong that this will never happen. From 2006 until now he had to mix and to master the songs. I don't believe that 18 years are required for this. One gets the impression that he deliberately delayed this release to maximize the hype around it and now time has come to get the maximum cash out of it. Now who will buy the Time package. Only the hardcore fans who need the early demos and the isolated tracks. The Time I version 2.0 and The Forest Seasons remaster will surely be released on other platforms like bandcamp (Jari won't miss out on this extra income). Where the remaster of The Forest Seasons isn't really interesting, because for example the computer generated drums weren't replaced by Kai's drum tracks. As far as the demos are concerned, they are not very interesting musically (albeit polished), because they are usually unfinished drafts. When artists start unpacking their demos, they probably have nothing new to offer. Therefore let's wait until 30th August and see what Time II has to offer and than decide to buy it.
Hey dude, I threw together a mix of Storm that people seem to be really liking. I know some fans want to save their ears for the Time II release but if you wanted to hear it, it's on my channel 😎🤘 Just sharing the love.
I'm honestly more excited about the early demos than I am about Time II. My love for metal stems from the early 3 albums of Children of Bodom, and that cool folky-neo-classical sound, and early Jari hits all that for me. Obviously I'm pumped for Time II, but like most I've already heard 2 of the songs live. I'm betting 75% of the early demos will be kinda meh, but that 25% will give me a lot to listen to for quite some time.
I'm equally excited for both Time II and early demos. There's a lot of stuff in the early demos that are similar to the music I mainly listened to as a teenager
indeed, I see many people write that they are more excited about the demos than about Time II. For me only Time II really matters. I love that Jari is releasing his demos, but as he stated, that's dessert, and the main course is Time II. and I fully expect a remixed version of Time I in the same style as Time II so they form one coherent piece of art.
Sorry about your brother mate. I've made a note to check out that podcast. I'm mostly excited for Time II also. Time is my favourite song and I feel only Silver Leaves will have a chance to come close to that for me, I can't wait to hear it.
I really do hope that the "April surprise" is what you predicted. However in the interview with A&P Reacts, Jari said that he thinks about Time I and Time II as separate albums, and that's why he wrote fields of snow as an intro to Time II. Let's hope that that was just a red herring and that the surprise will be a complete remaster of Time I with a seamless integration into and out of Time II. It has to be. In the forest package he called the Time I remaster as 1.5. No way he is not doing the 2.0 with the release of Time II, wouldn't make any sense if he didn't.
Lower your expectations. There's a reason you hear the most epic part from that one apart from The Way of the Fire which everyone knows about. It's not going to be huge. Silver Leaves, Storm (although also been played live however with lousy online quality) will be the huge ones as well as the studio version of The Way of the Fire. One with the Shadows will be like Land of Snow and Sorrow. Good but not anywhere near the hard hitters.
@@ZonZorZerx Yup, Silver Leaves prob is gonna be like Time... and Storm another important one. But still One with the shadows sounds to me as the best for now.. I know that it was like an early demo that got longer.
@@HellowCraft Silver Leaves is hopefully going to be a contender for #1 spot occupied by Sons of Winter and Stars. It only sounds the best to you because the others are more fragmented, lesser reveal. It's only clip bias, trust me. The best part is what you heard in the clip. I'd be surprised if you come to the same conclusion after listening to the album once it's out. It's a Land of Snow and Sorrow contender.
It’s interesting I have an opposing opinion for the early stuff of Jari regarding Ensiferum, but I totally respect and understand where you were coming from. Time 1 is an amazing album and that must’ve been an extremely difficult and tough time for you. It’s funny, When Time Fades Away is probably my favorite song on that album even though it’s the intro song. It sets the album up so nicely for its grandiose adventure. If you haven’t already, check out Ensiferum’s Lost In Despair, I think it’s the closest thing to loneliness or something similar. That song got me through a very tough time in my life. I completely agree with you about loneliness. That song was such a surprise to me when I first heard the preview I immediately teared up. Your ultimate version has been enjoyed by friends and family who also enjoyed loneliness, even though they’re not that interested in metal. I have watched your mixes of the live versions of the way of the fire and storm and I still get chills even now. I was crying listening to the one with the shadows preview. I will probably also be a mess listening to the full album. I agree that if you filmed yourself , it probably wouldn’t be the most genuine reaction because you knew you were being filmed. My girlfriend wanted to see my reaction to the previews after I told her but it wasn’t the same when she was sitting there. I also have a long commute and listen to a lot of music , and was getting misty eyed just listening to the previews. I’m going to seclude myself when the full album releases just to completely be in the moment. I really like your thoughts that the time album will include one and two and not be a separate album. And your prediction of silver leaves blending in to When Time Fades Away is amazing! now I will be disappointed if this doesn’t happen! But maybe it will be a project of yours after the album releases ;-) PS the time 1 vinyl is being re-released on nuclear blast so definitely check that out! It comes out at the end of April for $29. Cheers!
Time II is the single highest anticipated album release I've ever been excited about and it's not even close. I feel like a lot of my friends and family don't even understand it as they're not really fans of Wintersun. But I will probably cry listening to it when it releases. I just love their music because music because I've always been a fan of not just metal music but lots of orchestral music in video games and movies. Wintersun just combines both those elements so perfectly to me.
@@ilikevideos4868 lol, it's not much but if you look at Jari's latest update, there is a screen with a question mark on a blurred image. The colors of the image match the cover art of Time I.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts buddy. I 100% agree with my "purpose" for listening to music, and the importance of listening to old video game soundtracks. When Time I came out I was very deep in hard drug addiction, and some of those songs are the sole reason I was able to keep myself from giving up. As you so perfectly said, I can still look back on the good times fondly of riding around and screaming the lyrics with my younger brother, and I think it's important to do so. I did used to be big into Ensiferum, Norther, etc. But although I'm enjoying the unreleased stuff for what it is, that's not really the type of music that I listen to any more. So while it's a bit of a nostalgia hit and fun to experience, it pales in comparison to the emotions I will feel when I experience Time II for the first listen. Again thanks for your words, they mean a lot to many of us.
I've been obsessed with hearing Silver Leaves ever since I read the name on the tentative Time album listing. And the more I hear about how this song is truly special by Jari and Kai in interviews, the more I want to listen to it. Only hearing a couple seconds of the intro in the Time Package reveal really bummed me out. I guess I have 5 more months to wait but still, it feels like this is the song I've been waiting to hear for all my life.
I'm also dying to hear it, been waiting half my life to hear it. But it's good to settle ones expectations as much as possible, so we don't get dissapointed.
