DIMMU BORGIR | 'Gateways' + 'Progenies of the Great Apocalypse' (Live) | Double Reaction

[@KL-qy4ye]

Both songs are stunning performances. You are right that the sound engineer deserves a lot of love.

[@basto1d]

They used around 16-17 technicians to mic up band, orchestra and choir if I remember correctly, and a couple of sound engineers

[@johndreessen7335]

Wow that is amazing. Never heard them before. How could i have missed this band. Love the live orchestra and choir in this concert. Have to see more of them. Thank you for this double reaction.

[@ThomFoolery1]

My pleasure John! Always makes me very happy if my reactions help promote bands to people for the first time. :)

[@TheGreenArrow83]

Here are the last stones of musical Gothicism.

[@NexusSeries6]

Craziest thing to wrap your head around is the fact that Progenies was written entirely by their old keyboardist Mustis.

[@erwinamesz7642]

The darkest brother of Nightwish has arrived! Shivers, goosebumps and a neck/spinal injury..........

[@themplar]

Kinda true. Dimmu Borgir plays and composes on a simular level as Nightwish.

[@luislopezz1089]

AMAZING

[@alex-ee3st]

Metal + full orchestra and choirs are the best ever

[@vanessac1965]

I saw them at a metal festival in Australia. They had such presence. It was like a bubble of this energy mainly emanating from the lead singer. Kind of unnerving and sacred.

[@bjhellstream]

The female voice was Agnete from Djerv. She also sang on the studio version.

[@toiddiot1629]

Full on greatness!!

[@bongzilla4172]

Ah, my fellow countrymen! This show was in the capitol of Norway with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra. It was amazing witnessing this live. Have you heard of Orbit Culture Thomas? If not, check out their song Open Eye, you'll love it!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey buddy! Oh you saw this live? So envious. Seen that name come up a lot! I'll check them out. 🙂

[@erwinamesz7642]

Greatest reactor EVER!!!! Thank you Thomas!!!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Haha you're too kind Erwin 😄

[@NorseOkies]

HOW! Did I miss your reaction to this song by Dimmu after your reaction of the Mourning Palace, I don't know, but a GREAT video!

[@lengendofthecrane9992]

Omg they actually have an orchestra playing this live with them hahaha holy fuck that's on another level. This is the song that plays as our overlord conquers ships break through the stratosphere.

[@zarkokaradzin5380]

Well as far as i heard from vocal coaches he does do throat singing but also some harsh vocals mixed with that too.

[@magicmicah27]

well those songs were fantastic, i watched your mourning palace vid a few days ago (never heard the band before) and i love it. and i agree, fantastic mixing on these videos.

[@sulliken77]

I'm going to Dream Theatre Concert at the same venue in two days. I Do love Dimmu, though

[@MountainMetal]

More!!!

[@johanstang8298]

Great reaction, this version of Gateways is super epic!

[@bazkeen]

What an awesome choice Thomas. Really good. Yes, a little mind blowing 😂😂😂😂 I tend to like the pausing and talking about what your are thinking, but that's just me.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks mate! Appreciate your feedback. I'm a little on the fence myself. Pausing is good since I have memory like a colander and forget my thoughts by the end haha

[@bazkeen]

@@ThomFoolery1 That's why I think pausing when you have something to say is good. It also feels like a conversation other than just listening to music.

[@ThomFoolery1]

@@bazkeen good point! Thanks man. 🙂

[@di862]

Thank you reaction 💪🇧🇷

[@Roylevis]

Great stuff, i love Born Treacherous from this concert.

[@RandallHidalgoS21allas96]

Progenies of the great apocalypse has to be my favorite Dimmu Borgir's song, it's so good. Btw, if you haven't heard Fleshgod Apocalypse, try Epilogue. SepticFlesh is another good band.

[@rolandmertens1604]

Hey Thomas! First of all great reaction to this double feature. I really like the way you changed things up! This way we can all experience the whole thing together and see the highlights again afterwards. Really like it like that! I can imagine however it's a lot more work from your part though, but either way keep it up! And about Dimmu, yeah I really love his 'zombie' voice. The man surely must be one of the undead I'm telling you 😉😄 But again, great analysis Thomas! Cheers 🎼🎶🔊🤘

[@rolandmertens1604]

P.S. Nice note on the conductor, never ever caught up with that if it was'nt for you mensioning it, hahaha 😄

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank Roland! Appreciate the feedback. I think there's some split opinions on the whole pulsing thing so I may experiment a bit. Cheers :D

[@mrdeathamore]

why noone mentioned how fucking good their drummer is? tight as fuck, simply he is the MVP of this band on lives.

[@hannabdn1613]

Dimmu Borgir is my favorite band of all time .. thanks for the reaction Thomas 🤘

[@bjhellstream]

I don't understand people that whine about stopping the video... if they want to hear the full song go to the original video. I'm here for your comments on the parts when and where they happens. So please, make you're comments where its needed. It's a reaction video ffs.

[@jeffbowden8367]

Hey dude, Creepy✅, Spooky✅, Scary✅ and that’s just the choir 🤣 frikken loved your reaction man, this band are deffo on my bucket list. Does anyone know what happened to the trombone player from the Mourning Palace DVD, I miss him 🤣🤘❤️🇬🇧

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks Jeff! Haha I think about the Trombone guy often 😂

[@erwinamesz7642]

I have heard he is burning churches is Romania and has smashed his instrument on an anvil and forged a scyth from it!

[@ThomFoolery1]

@@erwinamesz7642 😂😂😂 Still wearing the tux though.

[@erwinamesz7642]

@@ThomFoolery1 Reaping souls in style!

[@ingerkrogsether664]

I loved that dude too.He was really so much enjoying himself at that concert....lol lol lol

[@josteingravvik2381]

Hi Thomas ! Great reaction video! Just a tiny little correction: The Wacken version of the "Forces of the Northern Night" is actually 1 year newer than the performance in Oslo. May 28th 2011 in Oslo vs August 3rd 2012 at Wacken. And the name of the female vocalist is Agnete Kjølsrud. Best wishes from Norway !

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hi Jostein! Thanks for correcting me. I assumed this was newer considering the quality of the video. Yes, Agnete is amazing! 😍 Take care! 🙂

[@josteingravvik2381]

@@ThomFoolery1 If I don't remember wrong, (if I do , somone will nodoubt correct me! ;) ) , it was our National Broadcasting Company who did the recordings of this consert in Oslo. They had like 25 cameras and LOTS of people on this production. It's soon 10 years ago allready !!

[@balrog6664]

I think Agnete is singer of the band Djerv or Dverv ...i not sure sorry!

[@josteingravvik2381]

@@balrog6664 Yes, Djerv it is, you're right !

[@balrog6664]

@@josteingravvik2381 THX!🤘

[@emiltonramalho6468]

Dimmu borgir 4ever

[@Rose-From-the-Dead]

Nice. One of my favorite bands. Check out Kings of a Carnival Creation live at Ozzfest for an older video of theirs.

[@nabilglitch]

ics vortex

[@showmannen99]

Emperor With Strenght i Burn Live Wacken 2006, it is a masterpiece

[@olavrell]

The version from Emperial live Ceremony in 1999, is better tbh.

[@illeodavinci]

If you have not listned to "kings of the carnival creation" you should definitley try!

[@pointlesswasteoftime]

Extraordinary band, and this is how you use a choir and orchestra. You can hear every instrument. Unlike a few other bands where their "symphonic" elements are mixed lower than the band. This is perfection. Lights and visuals are amazing too. ... I'm also going to ask you to pause, or speak during the songs. I'm here for real time observations from you. If I want to listen to the band uninterrupted I'll support the band and watch it on their official channels. View count is as important for them to maintain monitisation as every other KZbinr. So speak. You have great insight and observations, leaving it until the end will mean that you miss things, or forget things. The other part is the definition of fair use is transformative, you have to do something with the original clip to justify its use. Otherwise it's radio. And radio pays royalties. Staying within fair use will keep your channel up. I actually enjoy it when people rewind and replay parts, its a great way to catch things from a different perspective and definitely fits the transformative tag. And you only really need 2 or three stops and you have enough to appeal if you do get an auto copyright notice. Cheers!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks for your feedback! Really appreciate it. I see pros and cons to both but it does feel more natural of me to pause as I go. In terms of royalties, it actually doesn't make a difference. Even using a few seconds of this clip, all ads and monetisation goes to Dimmu Borgir (or their record label). But definitely using full clips increases the chances of it being blocked entirely. Luckily haven't had any Strikes or major drama yet haha

[@victorlambert9208]

Here is the second prod of this live, remade for the DVD. The whole post prod is way more advanced than in the Norvegian TV recorded show (maybe we may find this one in YT nowaday). For my part I think it's a little bit too mutch, thinking about the whole mix and multitrack voices, but you know... this is how Shagrath likes it !

[@tylerpd52]

That is the hottest french horn player you've ever seen or will see

[@Rayidrs]

Its both ironic and sad how Vortex's voice feels more massive than the whole choir in the original progenies of the great apocalypse 😞

[@FrozenMaximus]

He is a force of nature.

[@toiddiot1629]

When can we expect your country version of the Progenies of the great apocalypse?

[@jeffbowden8367]

Oh yeah PAUSE dude, don’t want you getting copyright strikes 🤗

[@marko3032]

singer wasAgnete Kjølsrud

[@pk_supra]

Loved your review of these two epic songs. By the way, the BEST version of Progenies of the Great Apocalypse was live at Ozzfest, their former bass guitarist Vortex had the voice of an angel and easily replaces the entire orchestra. Link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKOwiqF4Yp5qhas

[@odedeliyahu1756]

even a whole choir cant top the voice of ICS VORTEX

[@themplar]

Vortex is amazing. But sorry this is legendary. But it does say alot of the quality of Vortex being able to carry that part nearly as well. (or in your opinion better.)

[@odedeliyahu1756]

@@themplar I did not say the song as it is isnt epic ( it is ! ) But i think with vortex on vocals its a million times better

[@onnohus5059]

i wonder what went thrue the minds of the people of the orchestra when they heard that they are gone play with a black symphonic metal band lol

[@kolagrab]

Is every single person sponsored by Audio Technica nowadays? I had these 5 years ago and they were good sound for the price back then. But nowadays, you can add 50-100 bucks and the quality of sound is beyond comparison..

[@erwinamesz7642]

And the second song has lots of “Dune 1984”-like parts.

[@Sutterbombz]

Progenies of the Great Apocalypse is really the perfect song. its a shame normal people will never hear it cause scary dude in black wearing spikes

[@throfur3489]

Bit late to this, but in Norway "normal" people did hear that track. It was on the top 10 list on "VG lista" and played on the radio when I was in high school.

[@somelettersnumbers]

they needed a whole choir to replace vortex. still sounds good but his voice was like god speaking

[@Equilibrium2903]

Whenever I see Dimmu these days, I can't help but miss Vortex' powerful and angelic voice. No other singers they used, not even a whole fuckin choir and orchestra, comes even remotely close to replacing his voice. "Progenies" sounds so wrong and weak with the choir singing his part.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Yeah I heard the studio version after this and I know what you mean.

[@kristiansavov6528]

Agnete Kjølsrud

[@JeremyBarbell]

🤦why does everyone choose Gateways? The most overrated song ever. And nowhere near as good as Dimmu actually can be

[@ThomFoolery1]

Care to suggest anything?

[@JeremyBarbell]

@@ThomFoolery1 yes sir! The Insight and the Catharsis, Kings of Carnival Creation, In Deaths Embrace, Mourning Palace, The Promised Future Aeons, Progenies of the Great Apocalypse.

[@ThomFoolery1]

@@JeremyBarbell Cool, thanks! I did Mourning Palace previously and Progenies in this very video. I'll put the rest on the to-do list.