In the same concert, Retrospect 2013, they did another song together. Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a very old christian hymn about Mother Mary, mourning her son Jesus. A beautiful performance that, even though not metal, brings tears to the eyes of everyone listening.
I was just about to post that very song, with the tagline, "If Sancta Terra moved you, this will melt your soul"... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nhtOORYTGx8.htmlsi=xMyrZjq4EFyeYg35
Just in case you were wondering why Simone seems less enthousiastic about the headbanging than Floor. That's because she was three months pregnant at the time.
You definitely need to check out Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down (studio version from 2017), featuring both Floor and Simone, and many more :)
Epica is the best! Sabat Mater Delarosa is the other duet from this concert. That is an ancient hymn and will give you chills. They have both worked with the Aryeon Project with Arjen Lucassen but they do not duet in that from what I know. Epica has also had other singers do this song with them in concert. One example is the version with Marcela Bovio and Laura Macrì, which is also great. Marcela is another singer who regularly works with Arjen. Epica recently did an album of collaborations with other artists. One of the songs from that was Sirens (of Blood and Water). It features Charlotte Wessels and Myrkur. That trio is a must-see! Thee Dutch singers all know each other and are amazing.
Those two old friends goes way back and have made some duets you are going to blow your mind. Duets from Epica, Revamp, Ayreon, and others I can't remember
I would definitely suggest you see the live performance of "Somewhere" - Within Temptation with Anneke Giersbergen (yet another great female duet). Thank you for this reaction! 😊
Its Great too see your reactions love it 👍 and there is so much more ayreon „the day that the world breaks down „ really Want to See your reaction to this Masterpice!!! 👍 1 Info Ayreon is a Dutch supergroup on this Song are 11 Singers 😊
No , you're not ready, LOL........... Told you you weren't ready. 🤣🤣. it was Design Your Universe that was next, still over 2 hours into a 3 hour show. The song is from the 2007 3rd album ,The Divine Conspiracy. Lyrics by Simone, Music by Mark, Simone, and former guitarist Ad Sluijter. It's about a suicide bomber that thinks he went to Heaven, finds out he actually went to Hell, and decides he likes it there. Floor did 2 songs with them here, the other is a classical piece called "Stabat Mater Dolorosa". You've seen older stuff so far, try some newer stuff next. Suggest "The Skeleton Key" and "Kingdom of Heaven part 3" from the 2021 Omega Alive virtual concert, or "Code of Life" live in Amsterdam 2023 at AFAS Live.
Here you have 'Sweet Curse' with Floor and Simone - from Floor's ReVamp days..... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmYzLIB6OjU.htmlsi=qMEAxJxKihShvB6o
Yep. If you will jump on the Ayreon train you will get massive duets, quintets or 11 top stars singing in only one song. You only have to do the next step. For Ayreon the best one to start is "The Day That The World Breaks Down" - The Source 2017. Then still waiting 4u... Babymetal, Band Maid, Lovebites (all J-Metal > to blow your brain away), Rammstein for the most insane live shows ever, Blind Guardian and Avantasia for fairy tales Metal. Arch Enemy, to see Alissa White-Gluz doing insane growls (4 me AWG is better than Natalia (I like Jinjer)) etc. The rock, u know..., is still kind of big *lol*.
You need to dip into the Omega Alive show for more fabulous EPICA. Its all amazing but if i had to pick favourites it would be ‘Once upon a Nightmare’ and ‘Kingdom of Heaven part 3’ There is one more Simone and Floor song from the Retrospect concert but it is pure opera.
Haha finally!! Know you’ve been looking forward to this one!! A lot of people consider Sancta Terra pretty mid in Epica’s discography, but it’s honestly one of my favorites. Such a catchy chorus and beautiful ethereal vocal runs. And Floor is awesome on it-the similarities in their voices really work in their favor and I love how it amplifies the choir effect on the chorus. Truly heavenly! Collabs in the metal genre are just my favorite thing, especially between all our wonderful leading ladies. There’s just such a deep friendship and camaraderie that everyone seems to have, and you can really see it when they share the stage. Floor and Simone in particular have been friends since the After forever days and were even roommates for a while! They did do another song during this concert - Stabat Mayer Dolorosa, which is a classical hymn. So there is more! They’ve also been part of a few Ayreon projects together. If you ever wanna dive into more collabs and see which of our favorite metal ladies have worked together, here’s some further recs! Tarja & Floor - Over The Hills And Fad Away (live, it’s a fan cam but still okay quality) Tarja & Within Temptation - Paradise (M’era Luna is the best live one) - and there’s a great fancam of Tarja and Sharon from another show singing WT’s Angels and Tarja’s I Walk Alone together; they’re besties Within Temptation & Anneke van Giersbergen - Somewhere (from their Black Symphony live show) Epica ft Charlotte Wessels and Myrkur - Sirens of Blood and Water Ayreon ft Floor, Marcela Bovio, and Anneke Van Giersbergen - Valley of the Queens There’s also a version of Sancta Terra with Marcela Bovio and Simone has had both Elize Ryd and Christina Scabbia to sing with her on Storm The Sorrow, though I’m not sure what quality of fancams exist. Anyway, glad you enjoyed the song so much!! Happy listening!
You entered the rabbit hole of the Dutch Metal Goddesses. They wreck you. And these two are not alone. Please check out power ladies like Anneke van Giersbergen ( the metal grandmother Goddes and the inspiration of these two giants), Marcela Bovio, Dianne van Giersbergen, Irene Jansen etc etc etc. You can find all these Goddesses in the projects of Arjen Lucassen, called Ayreon. And that is another rabbit hole that NEEDS to be checked out as well. My God, live is beautiful!
Xena and Gabrielle! (Had the same vocal coach for some time!) Sorcery! The Siren and the Sorceress! "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" - same gig! 12/13th Century hymn - all those metalheads spellbound!!!!!
Those Dutch female (metal) singers, yep... They say it's something in the water and we've got a lot of water in The Netherlands. I mean, quite a part of our country lies below sea level.
As already mentioned - 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa' but it's a classical piece (duet) that's a few hundred years old and is by Pergolesi which is part of his Requiem mass. Sadly written while he was dying. Beautiful piece and one which the Epica crowd appreciated greatly! Take care 😊
The Dutch queens! Simone and Floor are very good friends and studied classical singing together. Some bandmembers of Epica where in Floor's first band, After Forever.
This two have been singing together since they were teenagers studying vocals in the same school. They even were roommates... They know each other so well, there's your explanation about it.
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne & Arjen(Ayreon) Country= reporting in: There are a lot of singers (male/female) like T.Swift who are important for the Music Industry (SALES) and there are singers NOT A LOT, who are important for The Music History, as an ART ... That's where you find FLOOR ...!!! Shine on my friend ...
Hey Jimmy, glad you survived 😂 So, more of these two together. As others are suggesting, "Stabat Mater Dolorosa", if you like classical singing, this is flat out just beautifully done by these 2 sirens, along with that fantastic orchestra... Chills, tears, etc for this old boy every time I hear it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nhtOORYTGx8.html For something fun, maybe you and others who haven't seen it might enjoy seeing them at the Metal Female Voices Festival in 2010, when Simone joined Floor with Floor's band Revamp performing "Sweet Curse". It's a fan cam, but actually not terrible quality. Here is the video of their performance - watch it all the way through to the end 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmYzLIB6OjU.html Also, please consider running this first, and it's very cute, wholesome fun -- a short 2 min vid they made of themselves rehearsing at Simone's place the day before 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LjvXo5GRvxI.html Take good care. ✌🤘
"this is illegal" Nope .... what's illegal is imagining them being young students and and being roommates - which they were - and feeling lonely. 🤣🤣🤣😛😋
Theres a video on YT from years ago when Floor & Simone are rehearsing for a live show at Simones house. Its titled "Simone Simons and Floor Jansen". Check it out.
You like an really good duet with Floor and her sister Irene? (😊 Yes there are two Jansens) Try Star one in 2003 ! of Arjen Lucassen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oriR8CpI-Io.htmlsi=dBDMf4jrqOszzNxh Or in 2017, after giving birth to their childs in the same year. Ayreon ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMq4icPuGa8.htmlsi=Qp_SqLg8Ggi7l643
There are TWO songs from this show you should react to. First like everyone has mentioned, Stabat Mater Dolorosa which is Floor and Simone along with the Orchestra and Choir and one of the first songs from the show "Unleashed". Also recommend "Sensorium, live at the Paradiso". By the way, to make it even more impressive, the Ladies sing Stabat Mater Dolorosa in Latin. Quick edit here. You asked for more video's of Floor and Simone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmYzLIB6OjU.html
If you want to listen to a wonderful a capella version of Epica's "Rivers": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7geGtgjyQlI.html. It is from the concert "Omega Alive" 2021. Just a choir and Simone. It is unbelievable beautiful.
I don’t understand the waiting and ‘I’m not ready’. Usually this is the song that is used to introduce a reactor to Epica. So in other words the first song they hear. Aren’t you being a little overdramatic?
If you want to listen to some more MUSICAL ART you should listen to : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7eqBmEO5MHE.htmlsi=X7CrRNTnmeel75km Within Temptation with Sharon den Adel on vocals featuring Anneke van Giersbergen, singer of The Gathering. Both bands are Dutch Symphonic Metal Bands
Stabat Mater Dolorosa, another Simone & Floor duet from the same show… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nhtOORYTGx8.htmlsi=J7mGrFDc-WHo8LOX
That’s it, now it’s “stabat mater dolorosa”... 🤦🏻♀️ man, move on with Epica, it’s already 2024, they have a lot of material since then, clips, live videos from other concerts.
