REACTING to NIGHTWISH (Dark Chest Of Wonders)⚫🧰❓ 

"Easy, Emppu. Easy. Easy. Easy." He eats awesome guitar riffs for breakfast.

It's easy to deal with the pauses when they are there for a reason, they give you time to drop your pieces of gold so the reason is obvious.

If you want to go to totally other direction with Nightwish, check "Slow, love slow".

Hot damn, super song ... and than your comments. You sure are the champ reactor Chase. Keep that up! Enjoying every second of it.

Your next Nightwish Saturday falls on Halloween, so you have to do Scaretale, it'll be super appropriate :D just pick the version you do carefully, as they're not all equal...

Ah there was one! Just got done watching your Nightwish reactions playlist, and noticed a gap from Oct 17 to Oct 31 :)

nightwish heaviest songs always hear like horror fantasy movie soundtrack songs. very good halloween is on the air. thanx great reaction chase and have wonderful sunday and soon new week there.

Kiitos :) checks out from Finland BEHM. and Haloo Helsinki-Lady Domina.

This is the opening track of the Once album (so has a Tarja connection) but was also frequently the opening song of the Imaginaerum tour, as was the case here at Wacken. I was lucky enough to see Nightwish open with this in London 2012, a bare month after Floor joined the band, and the moment she delivered those first lines she electrified the whole building. I knew right then how fantastic she was going to be. Which, I'm sure, was exactly the point!

The bit of throwback to ghost love score isn't surprising, both of them are from the same album, Once

Thanks again, Chase, as usual a great reaction! Always looking forward to your Saturday Nightwish reactions, BTW. Please do keep up the great work! Kindest regards, Wim

Try "While your lips are Still red" with Marko lead singer !

It may be time, Chase, to let go the pause button and just play Wacken 2013 allthewaythroughwithoutpausing. You've already done at least half the show, mostly backwards, as this was Track 1, Ghost Love Score was Track 13, out of 15 tracks in all. Then start recording your reactions at the last track, that being Last Ride of the Day, and let us watch you try to recover. THAT would make a great show for us.

While this concert is gr8 because of nightwish, I feel like the sound guys should get alot of credit. Festivals can often have sound problems, and this sounds so crisp.

I can never get enough of Jukka just going absolute bonkers at the end of songs to drive up the intensity even more.

You still don't have reacted to "high hopes" =0 ( their cover from pink floyd) ! You should do it (maybe check the original song before)

I would love to see Chase listening to this whole show in one sitting. Just enjoying the show along with us.

Their show openers are soooi huge! Shudder Before The Beautiful is another one. Hope to be part of that energy next year! Ooooohhhh, can't wait..... Nw saturday on a thursday evening, THANKS!

A suggestion for your next reaction is something I have seen been requested a lot in the comments of your earlier Nightwish reactions: High Hopes, a tribute Nightwish made to Pink Floyd. Really worth checking it out, especially if you familiar with this song. Nightwish version is really interesting and Markos vocals out of this world. Keep up the great work.

A song sounding different could be Elven Jig / Elven Path from Buenos Aires 2019. A more playfull Nightwish.

"I'm not sorry about any pauses. Deal with it." THANK YOU! Best line of the entire reaction, imo. Take care Chase.

That was the opener-- The closer is Last Ride of the Day-- better, in my opinion...What say you? ( same show)

Your face is lit up with joy during this whole song. This song is a banger opener. Next you could react to Last of the Wilds instrumental from Wacken. And maybe do a double reaction to that song. There is a lyric video sung by Jonsu in finnish with english subtitles, Erämaan Viimeinen, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rA-XIXy5vw4.html

If you like the heavy stuff, you must listen to Nightwish "Master Passion Greed". (there is no live version)

I would like to introduce you to a project that is special on a scale of Nightwish. Check out Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. There might be too much to unpack in this song though, but the details that you pick up on are impressive. Arjen Anthony Lucassen will be your guide into an entire universe in the dimension of sound. Safe travels :)

Great analysis as always! As for recommendations - well you have a few more from Wacken to go, but for an interlude may I suggest "Sleeping Sun"? You could do Floor and/or Tarja, both are excellent (Anettes version is OKish, but not more). As for Wacken "Last Ride of the Day" is certainly another banger, also "She is My Sin" is excellent. "Last of the Wilds" is a beautiful piece giving Floor time to change her dress (didn't quite make it though, as you can see in the following song "Bless the Child", another recommendation). But if you don't mind studio versions, you really need some Anette in your life. Generally a bit on the softer side but nonetheless masterful compositions. A good example is "Meadows of Heaven", Tuomas ode to his childhood. 2 minutes until you hear the first drums and 4 minutes before Emppu gets a go, but totally worth the wait. Tank can tell you a bit about "Scaretale" (arguably her best recorded live performance, among with "Slow Love Slow" from Montreux)

You really need to check out Floors earlier stuff!! After Forever, Revamp, Northward too (cause thats really different) and her collaborations and side projects like Ayreon, Sancta Terra with Epica, Beste Zangers, Evergrey, Avalon, MaYaN, Star One etc... she is soooo versatile and you're just focusing on Nightwish. This is not supposed to be an accusation but maybe have a day like NW Saturday where you check out Floor or in general the bandmembers past or present side projects and bands. Thats really the only thing I'm missing on your channel. Otherwise its perfect, thanks for the great reactions!!

Yeah you should be commended on your analytical insight more often. Hands down my favourite on youtube

Next: Slaying the dreamer or The kinslayer Buenos Aires 2018, High hopes or Planet hell from End of an era. Anette does a good job on Planet hell as well (at SIR studios).

Next Saturday is Halloween, so you gotta react to Scaretale !

.this became their opening half way through the Decade tour too, a masterpiece. It is Halloween so the best would be Scaretale...Anette is good live, but you get so much more out if you listen to the studio version.

The song cuts short probably because immediately after this starts I Wish I Had an Angel. These are like a double high energy combo that can´t be separated. I suggest you continue with that next time, Chase.

It was the opener of the show, so they started with a bang.

Best way to spend Saturday in Finland: First Sauna, then cold beer and watch Chase reacting Nightwish. Kippis!

Opening track of Wacken 2013. The fact that they are this tight, her voice is so amazing, first track is just mind blowing. They're so good. Definitely recommend slaying the dreamer from buenos aires.

I'm from Argentina, we have super cheesy parties to celebrate when girls turn 15, they enter the room with big princess dresses and songs like "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" by Britney, then there was old little me, with a short black dress and this song playing as I came in. Tarja left, Anette came, I drifted away from Nightwish, until I heard this dvd, starting with this song and I was 14 all over again. Still my favorite band and I kinda want to turn 30 to redo that entrance 😂 Would love your reaction to Gethsemane at Buenos Aires! Also, I just realised you haven't done High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover) yet! Please check it out, amazing thing, like all Nightwish things.

This song is such a great, energetic opener for a concert. Not that the crowd needed any more energy, to be fair. I am also looking forward to another Epica reaction. :-) as you have not seen anything from Retrospect so far.

My grand daughter and I love Nightwish,she is 7 and calls Floor her Queen!😇😁 We have recently discovered Therion and I would like to hear your reaction to them.

I would go for Last Ride of the Day or Wish I Had an Angel (If you have not done yet). Gethsemane Live in Buenos Aires is a very interesting one, too. Edit: I experience sheer joy when listening to Last Ride of the Day, but I guess for an analysis, Gethsemane would be more interesting. Also, I would love to hear Chase's take on Shadow Hunter by Angra

Definitely one of the best reaction channels going. Can always count on great observation and analysis from Chase. Nightwish Saturdays are always a great wakeup to start my weekend. 🤘

Chase is in full fanboy mode today haha. Love it. After this banger of a track, maybe slow it down a bit next week with Sleeping Sun, End of an Era? It is not only one of the most famous Nightwish songs, it is also the quintessential Tarja song I'll say. Nothing too complex tbh but it's just beautiful. Floor also has done Sleeping Sun btw and her rendition is gorgeous too. So I wouldn't mind a reaction to both, just sayin' haha.

Smells merch worthy... "Chase the music"

Love the face on Marko at 15:46 its like "well this new girl is singing the shit out of our old songs..."

Easily the most underappreciated song yet one of my favorites!

We all love the Goddess, Chase

Every time I watch this I think how most of those 82,000 people had no idea what they were in for, most probably had not yet heard Floor as part of Nightwish. You can see it on the faces of the crowd through the progression of the show. There are earlier shows and videos, of course, but this is really the beginning of Nightwish with Floor in my book. I'm just happy to have been alive during this time to hear and see it as a contemporary.

Still remember that show as if it was yesterday. It's so memorable also because of the contrast. The slot before them was Alice Cooper, who put on a nice, solid horror rock show as he usually does. All nice and cozy, friendly colours and stuff. Then after the change-over, Nightwish just blasted everyone out of the park, in-sane.

This performance is the reason I call her the Dutch Chest of Wonders

How hard must it be to be a reactor, discover a fantastic new band and not being able to deep-dive into their back catalogue straight away?! Great reaction as ever mate.

"There she is, there she is" 😂😂 that's also what the whole crowd thinks of lol she's so ❤

High Hopes review, together with Julia, ..... I'm just dreaming....

I think there wasn't a shred of doubt in anyone's mind, that Floor was there to stay. When you open like this, on this festival, you are presenting her to the world!

OMG you explained what syncopation is! thank you Chase!

Once more, thanks so much for this reaction, and thanks for being you ☺️ Now, where to go next? One of my all time favourites is still "Walking in the air" live with Tarja. I'd love to see a reaction on this one 😁 Thx and have a damn good weekend 🤗

Again, Happy song. Alpenglow from Wembley

As noted, this is the opener at Wacken. Imagine quiet and dark, waiting for the show to start. Then this HITS you in the face. Love your reactions. Your seem to listen with four or five ears. I have no idea how you hear what you do, but so glad that you do.

Creek Mary's Blood !! Live - End of an Era.

"How cool is that pause"? " beast" 😂😂😂

Maybe this and "Ghost Love Score" have similar structures because they're originally from the same album - Once (2004). Tuomas tends to change his composition styles and influences album to album.

Once, I had a dream...and this is it.

Over the Hills - Tarja + Floor

The frame at the pause at 11:08 floor looks like she's about to take flight😄

Please react to Scaretale next, it's perfect to get a Halloween vibe and it showcases Anette really well. Marco is also an absolute beast in this, I think you'll like it Here you go :D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5EmpS8E7d30.html&ab_channel=Nightwish (quality of the video isn't great for it being an official live video but honestly there aren't many great ones out there for the Anette era of Nightwish :/ Might also be worth checking out Bye Bye Beautiful which is basically a song about them saying bye (or fu) to Tarja ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hTdhXxxWREo.html&ab_channel=NuclearBlastRecords Personal favorite Anette songs of mine are 'Turn Loose the Mermaids' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LIdTcEderY4.html&ab_channel=Nightwish-Topic and 'The Crow, The Owl and the Dove' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Upt8_tPYIl0.html&ab_channel=NightwishImaginaerum Those two songs are very mellow, if you want something more metal: also a song from the Anette era but featuring just Marco's vocals, definitely worth checking out is 'Master Passion Greed'. Which basically is a sneer against Tarja's husband/manager. Afaik they never played this live so here's the studio version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hBTRq2Kgt3Q.html&ab_channel=Nightwish-Topic

I think it would be so awesome if you considered making something like a "Symphonic Saturday" series, in which you'd explore all the amazing symphonic metal bands that you've only scratched the surface of (like Within Temptation, Epica, Delain) or haven't checked out yet (like Xandria or Blackbriar)

Could it be that NW "patterns" are more structural, like the progression of components, musical ideas and elements within songs, while the actual riffs, melodies, coloring is ever changing? They had the same principal songwriter which would lend itself to certain preferences manifesting themselves. On the other hand, the band lineup changed every few years, usually bringing in established "main lead" quality musicians, mixing up the available palette of colors and bag of tricks. All that amounting to very healthy and successful evolution, without losing the overall continuous identity?

I don't know if it's just me, but it feels like you have levelled up as a reactor. Maybe it's because it is Nightwish or just you have a good amount of experience now. You seemed more confident in presenting your ideas, more unapologetic for your style, and less reserved about letting your personality shine through. It's always been fun and educational since I started watching around the time of the first Band-Maid reaction, but this one just seemed like you've stepped up your game a bit. Also, another fantastic Nightwish song and reaction. So happy to be hearing these songs for the first time along with these reactions.

Elvenjig/Elvenpath (Buenos Aires)! A fantastic instrumental piece + a song inspired by Tolkien and fairytales.

Have you reacted to Phantom of the Opera live with Tarja? Anyway I just love your reaction, I learn a lot about one of my two favorite bands, other is Helloween 🙂

one day, we will have a song with so many pauses that we don't actually hear the song. we have a way to go but I'm still waiting.

OMG, this is the Opener for her Concert. I mean the most Bands wants stuff ,like this, as her last Song hihi

I have watched your videos for a while now and realized im not subbed WTF me how dare you.

She is my sin!! plss

Chase you have to listen to deep silent complete sang by floor It’s so underrated trust me!

Please do their cover of High Hopes next. It’s Marko at his best

Tuomas and the rest of the band do beg borrow and steal but they do so from such a wide variety of sources and often the ideas come from outside their genre. Yet there is still a sound that they have that for me says Nightwish, I don't know what it is but it is there. I also find that their music sounds bright compared to most bands in this genre and I think that energizes the crowds and gives a much more party feel when in the crowd.

Floor says she does not work out to stay fit. I think she might be Creator's favourite

Oooh, Chase reached a sassy level 😏 "don't care, deal with it" 😂 Otherwise, very nice analysis. Made my sleepless night a lot more fun.

I've not seen you do Elan yet...you should do the music video then the live from Buenos Aires. :}

Never forget that at this point Floor was with Nightwish since just a few months. That’s reMarkoble!

In the spirit of Halloween next Saturday... how about reacting to Scaretale? Highly recommend avoiding the official live version. Even though they do a great job performance-wise, the quality of the video (in my opinion) is very poor. You lose a lot of the orchestral background effects and even the video quality is not very good. There is a good fan made version out there that combines the studio version with some clips of the live show and other clips... or do both versions like some have suggested below. :) Great reaction, as always! Love watching your journey. So many more great songs to go!

here is another with floor and her sister and marco is in it also ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-odcO0SciTUY.html

The whole once album has very solid guitar lead parts. This is also the opener for what some fans think is their best album ever.

Nightwish has such synergy that it adds one more band member: wholeness + the way they suck their spectators in the show - well thats one more....

Do this whole show like you did with Human: Nature!

Nice react as usual "Pause Master"......Opening song at the first mega gig with Floor in front. First time almost all of the 82K there saw the band live with Floor and Troy. How's that for a " How do you do "?

I can't put into words how much I LOVE that opening performance. The pure joy on their faces, the energy they bring to the stage and which is immediately reflected from the crowd. The mindblowing talent of the band. It's just....breathtaking. Thanks for giving this performance the reaction it deserves :)

'they provide the canvas for her to paint the vocals on'..... You just won the internet reactors trophy for today.... I'm logging off for the rest of the day. It doesn't get any better 👌🏻

Dude , because u likeTroy . . . Must hear

If I'm having a bad day or just a bland day, I always feel better after watching these reactions. Chase's genuine excitement and energy is contagious.

Her voice just does not get tired. She trains it like a machine. So much breath control and muscle memory, so that not only does she have an amazingly supported wide range, her voice is strong and consistent from show-start to finish. It is truly remarkable. Btw, I say "remarkable" and "smart" at least once a day everyday, without even thinking about it. You are influencing music-listening AND vocabulary! Ha! :)

God tier reaction as always!

Dont worry Chase there are lots of songs still to come

My favourite nightwish song

Another awesome breakdown Chase! I think you will love Slaying the dreamer - live in Buenos Aires 2018.

Aslo, regarding what you said at the end about there not being repetitions and stuff... The more you listen to Nightwish, the more you will actually find it. And it's not because of lack of ideas on Tuomas's part but because a lot of Nightwish songs "talk to" each other. There are lyrical and musical themes that weave throughout their entire discography, and across albums. There's the concept of 'Ocean soul' or - more generaly - ocean and waves, these themes keep popping out all across their albums, just to give you an example. Another example - How's the Heart from the new album - references Elan from Endless Forms Most Beautiful and Elan references Meadows of Heaven from Dark Passion Play *and* The Poet and the Pendulum. My home was there 'n then Those meadows of heaven Adventure-filled days One with every smiling face This theme is all over the place.

Your reactions are always so on point, thoughtful and with so much attention to detail - thank you for making Saturday be a special treat for all of us :) Really hoping you’ll do ‘Stargazers’ (at Tampere) or ‘Gethsemane’ (at Buenos Aires) at some point! Also, for more Tarja-era/early Nightwish stuff, you could take a look at ‘Pharao sails to Orion’ from the wishes to eternity dvd or ‘The Siren’ or ‘Creek Mary’s Blood’ from End of an Era.

Hey Chase, are you a Leftie or is this a reversed headstock on that Fender in the background? (Just curious)

Chase, since Halloween is so near, perhaps you could give a reaction to their song "Scaretale". There are three versions that are of decent quality: The "Official" version which is live, but actually has so-so video quality, and a fan-made version with excellent sound quality and uses scenes from the Imaginaerum movie as the visual. I prefer the fan-made; both have Annette on vocals. The only decent one with Floor on vocals is a so-so sound quality recording from Helsinki, but....it's Floor. She makes everything magical. Scaretale w/Annette (fan made) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rnYrscO5eN8.html Scaretale w/Floor (Helsinki, Live, so-so sound) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HVobhGMQhxQ.html Scaretale w/Annette (Official, Live, so-so video) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5EmpS8E7d30.html

People are still complaining about the pauses? You, my friend are great at what you do, keep spreading that pause-itivity

This is how every consert should open. This is an epic show opener.