AMORPHIS | THE BEE | Let's Talk About Throat Singing in Metal!! - Scottish Singer Reacts

[@-Heavy-]

Amorphis is an amazing band!They are so versatile and talented.Every album has it's own vibe and gets you within seconds...!You really can say that everything they do turns into gold!Also a brilliant live band as just witnessed!Great request!Great reaction!Great video!🤘

[@caligo7918]

Anneke van Giersbergen is a legend! She's been a voice in Rock since the early 90s

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

She’s a babe! 💪

[@yippeethreeeight]

@@SoulSingerDiscovers And she can sing! And do it while being completely enchanting.

[@emanuelfigueiredo3777]

Aneeke rules

[@j3mixa]

I have seen then live and yes, Tomi really can do all that live, the cleans, the harsh vocals and the throat singing. They are very versatile and a great live band.

[@TheRealCoyote]

Amorphis is such a gem! Heard them live and they are amazing!

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Thanks for watching my dude :)

[@sonet1978]

..Its so beautiful..how the time is passing by..I was a teenager in 90ties when I first time heard them..I think that was a "Tales from a thousand lakes" ❤

[@s4dfish211]

First heard them with Elegy, it was the first real metal I listened to with melodic elements. 30ish years later and Finnish melodeath is still my jam.

[@Underournorthernstar]

Have seen him sing live at a festival and it's impressive how good his voice is. His growls are bestial too, love their old albums.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

🇫🇮❤you for sharing this reaction to a great Finnish band. P.S. The high pitched female vocals were performed by Noa Gruman, also conducted the Hellscore choir for the entire "Queen of Time" album. Noa is the lead vocalist & co-composer for the Israeli symphonic/progressive metal band SCARDUST. She has a vocal range of 4,5 octaves & has worked as 1st soprano for the Israeli opera & also with Zubin Mehta. In addition, she's also a classically trained cellist & pianist.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Aw thats not fair XD she's so talented! Thanks for watching my dude :)

[@Rex_Stuph]

Noa is a good bean. Good, talented bean.

[@ControllerOfMinds]

Glad to see someone got you to discover Amorphis. =) Seen them two times, and I can only recommend it should they come to Scotland.

[@UberNoodle]

I've been following this band since their debut album, and while a lot has changed stylistically, and band has explored many musical avenues, it's always been "Amorphis" through and through. I've seen them twice, once in Japan and again in Germany. Both times were incredible. But I would love to see them at a dedicated Amorphis show one day. Anneke is also a force to be reckoned with whether its metal, prog rock or pop. I first came across her when she was singing for The Gathering, namely the song Nighttime Birds and that album. I've been a devotee ever since. Her project, The Gentle Storm is a highlight of her more recent output (IMHO). The album released in both metal and accoustic versions.

[@tubelious]

The Karelian Isthmus is totally underrated album. Fantastic pre-kalevala Amorphis tracks.

[@UberNoodle]

@@tubelious Definitely. Excellent album that fits in perfectly with my Bolt Thrower playlist, incidentally.

[@sVieira151]

Love me some Amorphis. This is an interesting track cause at times it almost feels like melodic death metal combined with EDM. They're usually more folky and less EDM sounding but thats just the flavouring they decided to top this melodic death metal cake with for this track. Tomi is one of the growlers in the game, imo. Absolutely phenomenal deep gutturals. Anneke is a legend too. You might recognise her from her collabs with Devin, but she has collaborated on so, so many projects that you'll know doubt explore.

[@Brutalgruve]

Anneke Van Giersbergen is a fantastic singer, and guest sings in a lot of metal over the last several years. Should check her out, and the bands she sings with. Vuur - On most Surfaces

[@Irevoltnow]

Isn't that the Gathering song?

[@Brutalgruve]

@@Irevoltnow It is, another one of her bands

[@SteveCoronado2]

Speaking of throat singing, The Hu is amazing

[@steevelapointe7441]

Great reaction Mel! As usual.

[@UnholyMistMonster]

Love me some Amorphis. Not their best song, but it's aite. :D I've always loved Tomis vocals and hes got one of the best growls in the business imo. You need to check out Matt Barlow from Iced Earth at some point (maybe their Dante's Inferno track) and also anything with Russel Allen in it. Symphony X or whatever. :P Fun reaction as always my dude.

[@JariJuslin]

Amorphis is one of the bedrocks of Finnish metal and they are exactly as impressive live. You are always in for a treat, they don't do half-assed performances. They also have their signature sound, you can put pretty much any Amorphis track from their 30+ year career playing and it will be recognizable as Amorphis. Yet the music keeps adding new elements to keep it fresh. Having done extreme metal since 1992 they have also inspired a ton of younger Finnish metal bands.

[@jaakkomaaniemi2136]

That was quite authentic all around. Studio recording sounds quite a bit better, and also that's by and large how they sound live. I've seen and heard it, and it totally warms my heart seeing such older gentlemen making a living by playing death metal.

[@thevilifyingforce]

Enjoy me some Amorphis.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

It’s fun 😊

[@helblingpatrick3603]

Saw them 4 o 5 times live and I will going to see them live if they come Back to switzerland. He can sing all this songs with so much emotion dosn't matter if harsh or clean. Love them, and I have all their albums at home. Listen to the newest Album The Halo. Wich is a masterpiece of melodic deathmetal and progressive.

[@Musicvault2k6]

Love Amorphis. Tomi has some of the best growls around, and his melodic voice is golden. Anneke is criminally under-represented in the reactor community. She was the main inspiration for Floor to sing in a metal band. And as much as I love Floor, Anneke will always be the top for me. You can check out another Amorphis song with the two of them in "Amongst Stars." Anneke features more prominently in that one.

[@ffarkasm]

Amorphis is awesome. Ever since I know them, the band and their music is an essencial part of my life.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Thank you for watching my dude 😊

[@sgkogan]

Throat singing was recorded by Albert Kuvezin, a great singer from Tuva (a republic in Siberia). Check out his works with his etno-folk-rock band Yat-Kha, it's something mindblowing!

[@TheWeaverofDreams]

This actually was live, so you don't have to wonder how he would pull this off in a live setting :D

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I guess it's just more I would love to see it live you know? It still feels unreal to me, even though I know it is :O

[@TheWeaverofDreams]

@@SoulSingerDiscovers actually, if you look at the channel Rockpalast, they are doing live streams from Rock Hard Festival this weekend and I think Amorphis were one of the bands there.

[@Dark_Depresion]

@@SoulSingerDiscovers This is taken from a livestreamed concert during lockdown. The studio version intro is only about half as long, but they've used The Bee as their live opener since 2018, and prolong the intro live to build up suspence and get on stage. Seen them live 4 times, and can definitely recommend the experience. First time was in 2013, with possibly one of the strongest concert lineups I've seen with Nightwish headlining and Arch Enemy and Amorphis supporting :D

[@Submarket]

​@@SoulSingerDiscovers I saw them live in April, here in Brazil, and the quality is really surprising, it feels like I was listening to a CD or SpotyFi

[@TheWhitestOfFangs]

Ahhhhh good, finally Amorphis! But I would really suggest you go to older Amorphis stuff, they are much higher up on my list. And I enjoyed their concerts very much! Also you said "Imbue them with possitivity" and that sounded like "Imbue them with pussytivity" 🤣

[@ArchieArpeggio]

I´ve listened Amorphis from the early 90s. Haven´t seem them live since 2010, but it was good show.

[@Spetulhu]

A classic band, indeed. If you ever hit a rock festval in Finland there's a 50% chance Amorphis will be performing there. And why not? They are good.

[@mcashid]

fvkin vibed with that a super lot. top notch and super unique. 😵Btw October Ends has done it again! ttheyir new song is a masterpiece. React to it now!

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

Amorphis is so good. Some of their older songs are amazing, like Silver bride, Shades of grey and Silent waters. Have you heard of Dimash? Please react to his Bastau performance of The Diva Dance, the "impossible" Fifth Element song.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Yeah I really enjoyed it. I have heard Dimash and whilst I concede he is incredibly talented, it's not for me. Ill check out some of their older tunes though :)

[@nightshade7240]

There are definitely a lot of electronic elements added to the throat singing. At first I thought it might've been generated by some electronic source but it is actually acknowledged as Albert Kuvezin and Andre Alvinzi. Interestingly for Albert they list him as overtone voice and engineer. Which leads me to believe that the synth is interwoven into the overtone to change it from a sound that a human voice could do. While you could blend kargyraa and sygyt to achieve some electronic and didgeridoo sounds, there are just elements of that sound in this song that aren't replicable by the human voice. Still it's interesting how more groups are using throat singing.

[@ilkkak3065]

By the way lyrics refer to the Finnish mytology.

[@MartinMaxFerdinand]

Regarding Anneke van Giersbergen: Try "Waking Hours" or "Travel" by The Gathering - or "Valley of the Queens" by Ayreon to get a full In-Ear-Massage from this Siren. :)

[@daveethridge7342]

His vocals are very similar to mine. Which makes me think that he is doing the throat singing. I've been throat singing for 30 years. I also use my throat singing technique to make didgeridoo sounds.

[@Need4Needle]

i'm super jealous, his singing (not just throat singing) is super cool!

[@daveethridge7342]

@@Need4Needle thank you. I've been doing the growling vocals for 40 years.

[@nightshade7240]

He's not doing the throat singing. It is attributed to two other people :) I also think there are electronic elements to the singing because even with the bounce between kargyraa and sygyt (the didgeridoo noises) you still couldn't replicate some of those particularly electronic elements.

[@daveethridge7342]

@@nightshade7240 🤣 I'm literally throat singing with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth.

[@JariJuslin]

And oh, while there certainly is mixing and mastering done, the material was all from a single live performance. Like it says, "live at Tavastia 2021". Tavastia is a venue, so I doubt they had several concerts there in the same year... And not just any venue, but the most esteemed rock club in Finland. Not a big place, but playing there means your band has become big in Finland. So yes, Tomi can pull it off live, and he just did. (As for pronounciation, remember the M is short. Tommi, where M is long, is a different first name.)

[@janihaavisto79]

Great recommendation Steve, And hello from Finland where Amorphis hail's from. This band takes stories from Kalevala, a old Finnish folk story from Middle ages i suppose. Bee, well honey flow's in your skull means that knce you're buried certain Bee can do nest to someone's skeleton if it's near to earth lvl. Earth wasp's that we have here. Nasty mfk'ers if you step into nest in forrest

[@mattitu]

The band has taken stories from Kalevala, but not in few albums. Tales from the Thousand Lakes and Tuonela had Kalevala inspiration in them, as have had the Eclipse, Silent Waters, Skyforger and The Beginning of Times, but the 4 latest albums, including this one, with Pekka Kainulainen's lyrics have been from Pekka's own stories and poems.

[@scotthahn6666]

You claim not to be tall, such as the Parker/Rattchford/Nash side of My family. You are huge in Our hearts! The song is cool. The band is okay. Please check out Clean My Wounds by Corrosion Of Conformity. Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady!

[@scotthahn6666]

❤❤❤

[@andyventures6574]

May be repeating an earlier comment , but, as with Most Amorphis songs, the lyrics are based on the Finnish epic poem the Kalevala. As part of the queen of time album , the hero is given new life after being slashed to pieces by Tuonela's river by the bees nectar.

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

Outstanding! Gotta love a back story that has its foundations in mythology. Thanks again for watching my dude :)

[@mattitu]

Yeah, that's not true. Pekka Kainulainen, the one who wrote the lyrics has said in a KZbin comment: "Hi, this text is not a Finnish folk tale. Who know's if there were this kind of a tale somewhere...but it just came to my mind during the writing session when making the lyric for the album. Inspiration or dreaming. The Silent Water, the Skyforger and The Beginning of Times...the lyrics for these albums are more or less connected with the tales of Kalevala but the rest of my Amorphis texts are from my mind and pen. To concentrate on writing may get you into surprising mood."

[@ProfOfHifi]

From Finland with love: I have always felt this band like a joke 😊

[@Finkele1]

Sounds great and Amorphis is long time favorite but there's a but. Performance is like from tango band. Only 1 who commits is the singer. I love this song btw.

[@markkunevala2961]

🤗

[@markkunevala2961]

Ja , Saatana ! 🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@jannepitkakangas3603]

Amorphis Alone please😁 Live in Oulu

[@markkunevala2961]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮. ! Suomi , perkele !

[@cesaralejandro7725]

Can you react to the music video creeping in my soul by cryoshell

[@Nrde]

I think you would have better impression of the instruments and Tomi's voice from the official lyrics video. I haven't heard this version before and the mix sounded "off", maybe I just like the record version better, as the guitar/synth hook and the contrast between growling and melodic singing voice is more pronounced.

[@SubwaySweden]

like the song, one thing kind of put me off a tiny bit.... his cleans where perfect in the mix but the growls feels to prominent..... might be just me though.

[@SubwaySweden]

ps. what is it with Finnish metal bands and synths.... grand piano or nothing ;-)

[@Etronax]

Honestly I hear this song all the time on the radio but I had no idea Anneke was even on the recording. I kinda wish her vocals were more.. involved? Feels like a missed opportunity.

[@yannisr8888]

Just listen to Amongst Stars from the same album.

[@mattitu]

Anneke is not on this song. The high notes on the Bee are done by Noa Gruman.

[@colorfullbruh]

React Wintersun - Time | Live Sonic Pump Studios! You wont regret!

[@ArnLedesma]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@chadtv3435]

That band so underrated

[@ritmovesuviano]

Btw seriously you need to reacto to end up dead by Nick Thurl

[@SoulSingerDiscovers]

I’ll add it to the old list 😊

[@petejoki]

🤘🇫🇮🤘🫶

[@scotthahn6666]

I was just singing the Tom Petty song You're So Bad to My Wife.... Was funny, neither one of You are whores....

[@daveethridge7342]

Yes you are big and beautiful 😍

[@cholvakg2778]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX7PiKCZnJiMpsk

[@lordvlygar2963]

I've heard Amorphis when they were Death Metal and I've heard Amorphis when they were some kind of college Rock. It's fair to say I really don't like their college Rock sound. But, this Symphonic Metal phase of theirs is really good. I may need to check out more of their material from whatever album this song is from. I wish I knew instrument lingo as well. I love how those drums sound; deep and thunderous. I love that drum sound so much better than what most Metal drums sound like; those typewriter snares and bass kicks.

[@sVieira151]

I'd recommend any of the albums from Circle onwards, if that's what you're looking for! This song is from Queen of Time

[@blechtic]

"Throat-singing"? That would be The Hu. If something is still unclear, you could just come to Tuska and find out yourself.

[@Skege1000]

Tommi is pronounsed like "Tom me", but the "me" is short

[@ravenfin1916]

Is this throat singing? More like a growl song. Let's give credit to the Mongolians for the throat singing and let's just continue to snarl. 😂

[@wolframreactor74]

Buuuurp metalcore

[@sVieira151]

Calling Amorphis metalcore is like calling Iron Maiden death metal 😂

[@wolframreactor74]

@@sVieira151 would we call the. melodic progressive death metal? I find them in a similar genre as Opeth. Yes?

[@sVieira151]

@@wolframreactor74 I'd honestly hesitate to call them progressive, at least in comparison to most progressive bands, but I'd happily call them melodic death metal at their heaviest, and, I dunno, melodic metal, if that's even a thing, at their lightest (cause it's not that similar to heavy metal but I couldn't call it death metal either cause without the harsh vocals they're more akin to slow power metal at times) They definitely love a good burp though 😂

[@andrewbickerdike823]

When did amorphis get that bad.

[@fredsoul1]

lol throw me more bad things like this