ROADIE REACTIONS | "Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars (Studio)" | [FIRST TIME EVER LISTENING!] 

Finland... The place where metal could be a religion. Love this song!

Just an hour ago I saw an interview where Kai Hahto was asked: - Now that in Nightwish, how come you don't do that incredible stuff you did on Wintersun? He laughed and answered: - You don't do things because you CAN, you do what serves the song.

Jari the singer had parts of his lung removed due to tuberculosis. Makes his vocal talent that much more impressive \M/

Next up!! WinterSun “Time” from the same studio performance!!

In Finland we have this thing called metal. Insomnium Amorphis Wolfheart Omnium Gatherum Moonsorrow Swallow the Sun and many many more. Welcome!

Why should anyone give u flak for liking this better than NW? Tastes are personal and you still appreciate the musicianship of both so respect where its due. All good imo :) Usually not a fan of harsh vocals but this is so damn good. And Kai.... what a machine

Speaking as an American who loves Metallica and Pantera, Europe has been making the best metal for quite some time. In my humble opinion. Great reaction.

Be sure you’re in for a ride! As a drummer myself.... the drums are from another planet....💥

Kai is also a drum teacher - and a major Jazzhead, which feeds into the intricacies of his drum patterns.

Kai is definitely a human metronome

There must be something in the water here in Finland...or the beer😆🤘. So many great musicians and metalbands.

He still is. Kai is enganged in two bands. Just as Marko from Nightwish.... I love both bands dearly. Nightwish wins me with elaborate wordcraft and masterfully created ensenbles and songwriting, Wintersun wins me with the powerful, ferocious energy that somehow makes me long after something I cannot quite define. Both bands make me cry at times (Shoemaker from Nightwish and this very song from Wintersun). Both are equal to me. Equally masterful in their own ways.

In 2021, Wintersun and Nightwish are almost merged lol. NW has their whole rhythm section now.

Did you know, that we even have a church fairs with heavymetal here in FINLAND🤘🤘

I was sent by Odin to click 👍 before even watching the premiere.

Great news everyone,Jari released a statement,Kai is still in Wintersun 🤘 I suspect he will be on the new album!

Let's take some more Finnish stuff: Amorphis - The Bee (official lyric video). That guy has the best growls I've ever heard. A band that I have always wanted to like but the latest album got hook soooo badly :P

Fun fact, Jari used to be the singer of Ensiferum before Petri Lindroos was. Ensiferum being another legendary band from Finland. This man is pure talent.

This was one of the first "harder" metal songs i heard and i was instantly in love with it, i listened to Blind Guardian and Metallica in school when i drifted into the rock/metal crowd and they introduced me to metal. Good times. I can appreciate the beauty in all genres because if you only listen to one genre you miss so much in life. Every music has its place, every mood has its music. I listen to everything that is good doesnt matter if it is electronic, edm, harder techno/drum n bass, 80s rock (my favorite, 80s music in general) even rap sometimes when it is a good song. And i love classical music too. Greetings from Germany!

This is what you get when you combine long time veterans of top row Finnish metal bands, all these guys are good as hell and even more, every single one of them.

Wintersun is an approved and accepted alternative favourite band to Nightwish! I can’t see anyone disagreeing here.

I think I've listened to this song 3-4 times today (aaaand it never gets old) by different reaction youtube channels. A couple voice coachs, and a former cinema composer who picked apart all the fine orchestral nuances and said their music was cinema worthy. And now this channel, just because I absolutly love seeing people discover Wintersun for the first time, and react with such jaw-dropping surprise to all the different parts, melodies, and compositional layers (upon layers), that went into making this gorgeous masterpiece. For me the transitions with Jari's range from growls to clean vocals is just phenominally flawless. And wonderful Kai.. blast beats for days! These channels focus mainly on analysing the beauty of the music itself, yet they are missing out on the incredibly talented lyrical content...the choir and operatic elements. The stories their songs tell is just as amazing.. A true 'gallop off on a quest' across snow-swept wintery landscapes, this song has always filled my heart to bursting with love and pure enjoyment. One of the most beautifully epic songs you will ever hear in metal.

As a finn, metalhead and musician, I really enjoyed this reaction. There's plenty of good Finnish metal out there. Keep up the great work!

2 more songs from that same studio sessions: - Time - Land of Winter and Sorrow + otherwise Loneliness. Jari (the singer-songwriter) got some injury to his hand, he can't play that well anymore, or at least he wouldn't be able to sing at the same time. So now he just sings, and they got a new guitarist to play his parts, 1st non-Finn in the group. I'm not sure who plays the drums when Kai can't participate, is it a back track. Many parts of this song, like the orchestra, and the choir were a back track, and Jari has made it (mostly?). This band started as his private dream, then he got some other players along, and this particular song he had worked on long - it's like his perfectionist dream - could you imagine :) Jari played and sang earlier in a band called Ensiferum, you may start with Lai Lai Hei (said like Ly Ly hey - compare how you say Kai Hahto). Finnish spelling is like every letter has the same value no matter where it appears in a word - ng is the exception, it's like ng in sing, only double long: namely letters written double, are double long.

If you have not heard them already, add Insomnium to your list

Dude. The level of perfection they achieved is f***** unbelievable. I saw them playing in San Francisco, and I was speechless the whole concert.

And that is why they say that when he plays with Nightwish he is in vacation...

I had the pleasure of seeing Wintersun live before the pandemic. They're incredibly precise playing live (even without Kai). I don't know the name of the other drummer but he killed it. Maybe the best live metal performance I've seen.

Great reaction again! Wintersun is amazing! Insomnium - While We Sleep would be great to see you react to that. Finnish melodic death metal.

I firmly believe the only thing that could make this song an even more spiritual experience would be to witness it in a live setting. Truly one of the most mesmerizing pieces of music I have ever heard.

It's going to be a tough one with Wintersun and Nightwish. Jari and Tuomas are both musical geniuses and both a bit insane.

Yaaay! Thanks for picking up my suggestion! (Or whoever else's suggestion this was). First time I'm setting up a RU-vid reminder, this is going to be a ride 😂

"This is world class metal!" You are damn right, dude! Great to see you rocking on!!!! Finland: the home of epic metal madness.💪💪💪🤘🤘🤘🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

You're not late to the party, it is still going on!

Helt jävla otroligt bra musik,perfektionister som är så samtspelta att en en perfektionist blir avundsjuk.Detta är ett av det absolut bästa jag hört någonsin.Jag älskar Wintersun.Hans Carlsson.

you should check Kai Hahto drumcam of this song, makes it even more impressive :)

Is nice to see a reaction from someone who appreciates the musicianship of a band like Wintersun, so underated.

You really have a way to make ppl hype for a reaction video 😂

Got one of Kai’s drumsticks which he handed to me directly at this small gig here in my city. To this day it’s still my most prized concert possession.

I wish I could add 1000 likes to this. Sooooo happy you liked this!! If there were only 1 song I could listen to for the rest of my life, this is the one.

This channel is basically you listening to all my favorite bands, and getting visibly excited and happy in the process. I love it!

I think we finns are ready to adopt you now 🤘 Cheers!

Kai uses custom Balbex Kai Hahto model hickory sticks,at least in Nightwish. I've seen him twice with Wintersun and six times with NW, he is a God amongst men 🤘💜🤘

Wooh! Hope you’re OK after that one, these guys are insane.

Loved every second! Don't worry I'm late to the party too. Found Wintersun some time last year, and I recommend you check out "Winter Madness" by them. It has probably the most insane metal guitar solo in my opinion, oddly has classical influences. Never in my wildest dreams would I be able to play it let alone come up with it. Blew me away. And i'm pretty sure 90% of the song is blast beats too lol.

The lead singer, Jari, also fronted the band Ensiferum before founding Wintersun. Dunno what they have in Finland, but it seems that Finnish drummers are all BEASTS.

To really understand the skills of Kai Hahto being the human metronome, see this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xGc9JNP7F4w.html Basically, Kai didn't hear the first click after a pause in the middle of the song during a Nightwish gig and the whole band started off-sync with the background track. Kai figured it out and come up with a plan to fix the problem without interrupting the song. He played a custom 5/8 fill compared to original version to bring the band back into sync. (The song was Nightwish: Dark Chest of Wonders, last gig of the world tour in 2015.) Think about that, he was able to notice the problem, compute the time difference needed and come up with a custom fill to fix the problem in time before the chorus which would make the problem really audible. And all that while playing with the band live!

Welcome to the world of Finnish metal! I would call myself very fortunate, because when I was a youngling, I saw this band live with this exact composition @ Tuska 2005. I was a fan for a few years prior, but seeing them live was easily the highlight of the whole festival, out of all 25'ish bands that I saw. What a bunch of incredible musicians.

You will be blown away! I promise! So looking forward to it!! 🤘🏻

I knew wintersun since the very beginning. And soon after their first album which is also great btw, they announced that the second album would be called time. And then they made me wait fir 8 freaking years. But this song allone made it worth the wait.such an masterpiece of a song

Easily one of my fav reaction video of all time. So glad to see someone seeing a band that me personally been enjoying for 20yrs and absolutely loving it. I watch this reaction once in a while to remind me what music is really about, making ppl feel. Ty Tank!

I've seen a lot of Reactors gush about various songs, but you're the first to give a heartfelt "Thank you". Very cool, bro!!

Been watching this reaction four or five times now. Makes me so happy to see someone feeling exactly the same way as I do when listing to this song: Feeling pure joy, smiling the whole song, headbanging or just the occasional look when you just don't believe your ears and eyes. And you even notice, when the headbanging does not work because of an increadible change of rythym. Very cool. This song and performance is pure art and musicianship. Thanx, Tank - you made my day!

Wintersun 🙌🇫🇮 Thank you Tank! Great to see your reactions and your smiling eyes!🤘

Always a pleasure to watch someone enjoy the song that might be my alltime favourite. I have listened this dozens and dozens of times and is still not getting bored a bit :D

Dude, you gotta do Time next. The Sonic Pump Studio version is amazeballs. Time is a metal masterpiece.

The founder of Wintersun, Jari Mäenpää used to play in a band called Ensiferum which I can recommend you to look in to if you like folk metal/melodic deathmetal.

If You love this song - you woould love Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope live in Colorado 2016. Fun fact - this song is part of the Australian conservatory curriculum.

Blown away. Not a fan of the growling usually but their mix of vocal styles takes this over the top. And oh hell the musical talent from all members is awe inspiring. Can see more wintersun in my future. Thanks for the introduction

Two things. First; I've watched this reaction about.. 20 times by now and I want to DEEPLY thank you Tank! I've never been a huge fan of Wintersun or their genre of music in general, known about the band for years though. And NOW it is really getting to me.. 😳 So thank you, I'd have probably missed a real gem if I wasn't following your channel! Second; I have never seen anyone look that happy and that diabolical at the same time as Jari does while he's singing. I think I'm in love..🤨

Should we take a shot for every time you say 'Wow' or 'Oh my god' in this video? Everyone's gonna get plastered before the premiere ends. It's still early, I'm gonna go for shots of caffeine then 😁

this makes me happy. this is rare. this is pure. this makes a monster with a deamon inside calm.

Greetings (again) from Norway..! Love your reactions to all this epic music. These Finns rule, dude..! Stay safe and stay cool, man..!

'Oh god I want to rock but I wanna watch this' 😆 With this masterpiece, one absolutely has to keep the pie-hole shut and just listen and enjoy (and watch) every second of it 👍

These guys are incredible

Hey Tank, greetings from Chile 🇨🇱. I’ve been following your channel about a month since you started it. I’ve seen a bunch of Reaction Channels and yours is by far the best one out there... besides getting to see bands I haven’t heard of before, the Tank facts and in depth roadie knowledge you bring, really make your channel stand out. Hope you keep this going. And this reaction video is one of my favorites. Just out of this world musicianship

Watching you watch this is so much fun! Thank you!

Still at my 20’th time watching this reaction to the best band ever, i still love it ! Hail to the Falkyrie! Hail Odin! 🇳🇴👌🏼😊😊 Your reactions and videoes are the best man!!

You'd prob. like "Time" from the same live-studio rehearsal.

Я безумно обожаю Wintersun и твоя такая клёвая эмоциональная реакция на эту гениальную композицию так радует меня! Они действительно великолепны и несравненны!

This is pure talent with passion at its best! Shieldmaiden from Norway here :) Love my neighbour countries!!! We all know our metal :) And i really enjoy your channel! And wow! I also have a tattoo on me with the song title : Take this life» by In flames!! Woop woop! No i will not reveal where ;) 😁🤘🏼☮️🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 Wintersun is amazing!!

I saw them live in Greensboro, NC in 2018 the night same Hurricane Florence hit -- my buddy I was going to go with had to cancel because he had to go evacuate his in-laws from Fayetteville before it flooded. They put on an epic fucking live show in that converted warehouse they played. You should also check out the opening act from that tour, Ne Obliviscaris. They're a progressive extreme metal band from Melbourne, Australia. They have a playthrough video for their song "Curator" that would work well.

Nightwish and Wintersun. ❤️ My favourite bands. Keep em coming Tank. 🤟 Greetings from Finland. 🇫🇮

There are many masterpieces in this world but Wintersun... Its just... It makes me too happy and smiling like little kid in candy store😊🍭. And to me, this is better than Nightwish and touches deeply my soul 🤘 Thanks reacting to this man 🤘😎🤘

Oh nooooo. Now I have to see ALL the Wintersun videos. Nightwish and Floor already took up a lot of my spare time😀

As you can see, this is a new comment, although I saw your reaction a long time ago...... I actually have it on my hard drive too. I've just watched your reaction again, and I must say.... bearing in mind I've watched thousands of reactions, Tank, your reaction to this is by far the best reaction I've ever seen to any genre!

"The symphony of tight lines.." 💪👍 Greetings from 🇫🇮

The guy is a perfectionist and took 11 years think it was between albums ~ song Beautiful Death is my favorite

This is going to be interesting to see. I love this song and im very exited to see what you think of it.

Thank you so much for your comentary on that great pieces of art No festivals due to the Rona but man you makes me feel everything like i am there in person the experience of music as a crowd found your chanel way to late tho.

Not sure if you know, this (Kai) is the current Nightwish drummer.

Only you could do this song justice, with a great metal reaction, thank you

Your most welcome mate! As a metal man you’ve probably heard eluveitie? I bumped into their song called king which really show cases the range of instruments they utilise. However upon further research I discovered their song rebirth which blew my brains out. From one metal man to another thank you for sharing my passion of good quality music :)

If you liked wintersun i suggest some ensiferum. Jari the singer of wintersun was part of ensiferum. A bit different but you can definetely hear he wrote that stuff. Songs are into battle, token of time or lai lai hei Great reaction as always :)

So now, after having watched your reaction- you're welcome 😂😂. I've been bothering Chase with comments under his videos to make him do this one, but that wasn't successful 😆. Wintersun is very different from Nightwish, just a different type of masterpiece music writing. While Nightwish is my "happy mood" music, Wintersun speaks to my darker side. If you check out Amorphis ("Amongst Stars" is a bit more commercial one with Anneke van Ginsberg as a guest, so maybe check out "The Bee" lyric video), that will be my 3 favorite bands 😃. All from 🇫🇮 🇫🇮

Watching this a year after you did, after I just discovered Wintersun this week, they and Nightwish are different rabbit holes. Nightwish have risen in my opinion to one of my top 5 bands of all time, and I’m a Zeppelin, Floyd, Tool guy….. But this song….. it is in a different animal. I heard it like 5 days ago and I kind of thought it was pretty cool but too raw - I’m not generally a fan of overriding harsh vocals. But the fucking song won’t get out of my brain! It’s like it is perfectly constructed. It is fucking epic!!

No idea how I missed seeing this until now - thought I'd gone back and seen all the reactions done before I found this channel last autumn. Thank you RU-vid recommends for actually working for a change. More singers in please

Awesome video/Pantene commercial. All the band members plus Tank just killing the shiny hair flip. Not gonna lie, kinda jealous.

Wintersun started of with just Jari Mäenpää (the guitar and main vocalist). He is an multi-instrumentalist who started of as the guitarist for Ensiferum. The first Wintersun album is done all by him (guitar, bass, keys, vocals) except for the drums, where he used a drummachine.

There are two more songs by Wintersun recorded in the same session in the studio, 'Time' and 'Land of Snow and Sorrow'. Both masterpieces 👌#nothingbeatsfinnishmetal

Nordic blessing for this reaction! Had to click like even before the start of watching :) Thank u for reacting into this!

I had to comment again, this is the 5th time I've watched this, and it gets better everytime!! Great job brother!!!!!

Pro tip: the way you distinguish a Finnish band from other Nordic Metal bands without listening is to look for a lot of dark hair; the default Finn has brown hair, with some blondes in there from mixing with adjacent countries. That said, Wintersun's Time next, then Nightwish's Greatest Show on Earth, and finally Sabaton's Woodstock live of Ghost Division. All 3 are epic in different ways ;)

What an awesome performance. I'm no musician but jeez, how many bpm was kai getting out of that kit.

Greets from Finland! I came back to this after following from almost the beginning and watching the ROADIE VLOGS /w Electric Callboy. You've come a long way baby

every time i hear this song i picture myself flying over snow covered forest and mountains. i love this epic $#!+

I ussually see a lot of reactions. Don't know why but I like how people gets amazed by all these amazing artists. But I don't stand how fake a bunch of this reactions are. I love this channel because the "reactioner" feels it. Genuine reaction. And it is clear he loves rock/metal/... Kudos!

old school In Flames \m/ Love those guys! funny fact. some of the older Insomnium songs sounds almost identical to old In Flames in guitar tone. Pretty cool ;)

Kai Hahto on drums, good Lord 👊. He is phenomenal, like metronome. No single mistake and does not miss a beat 🤘👊🇫🇮. And yes, this band comes from Finland 🇫🇮. Kai Hahto is now a permanent member in Nightwish. Thanks a lot for yr great reaction

Hey man just want to congratulate you for your work and thank you for the honest reactions! I really had the exact same reactions you had while hearing Wintersun for the first time (in my case when I was 18) (I'm 31 now)... It change my mind about everything I've ever heard (even knowing other great bands like Rush, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Queen, Pink Floyd...). All the newer great bands I was lucky to know back then were practically forgotten during the time their first cd lasts... I felt blown away (I also play drums)... Good vibes from Mexico!