Metal Vocalist First Time Reaction - Nightwish - Perfume Of The Timeless

[@ibuprofen_]

It's one of those songs that will keep on growing the more you listen

[@paisa20]

I think the same

[@macbosch64]

My thoughts exactely, it grows on you every time you listen (for me a good sign of a flippin awesome song)

[@kukol123]

Definitely! after 5-6 times I went from good to love it :D

[@alanfoster6589]

The dense visuals tend to overwhelm at first. Going to be great live.

[@shortstuff780]

100% wasn't the biggest fan on first watch, but it kept me coming back. Now on me 100th watch, I'm in love

[@PhilAlumb]

It's a beautiful, complex song. The more I listen, the more I think it's powerful. Can't wait for the new album to drop.

[@jpdemer5]

They do have a few outstanding music videos. "Noise" is pretty trippy. "Elan" is lovely . . . and Floor's vocals in "Shoemaker" will knock your socks off.

[@tommyjohnson9175]

You will love and be blown away by the MV for their song called "NOISE"

[@andrewjohnson8346]

This song has actually motivated me to want to be a better person 😁not to say I'm bad now, but wanna get even better. We are the dreams of our ancestors, we must make their life struggles worthwhile. 🙏🏼❤️

[@michaelshort2388]

Their videos have gotten more fantastical as time goes on.

[@alanfoster6589]

More fantastical = more expensive.

[@monicacarolina6480]

The swimmer is a real free diver (like Floor) they can stay under water for minutes and don't need to decompress and go more than 110 meters deep (because they don't breath O2/NO2) The images of those creatures are edited in of course. A lot of reactors complain that Floor does not sound dominant in the chorus, but it's with a purpose for sure. In the chorus it's the ancestors bringing the message, Floor and choir. We are the perfume of the timeless, but yet we will be the timeless for new perfumes from our offspring to come. Beautiful message. Thanks for your great reaction sir!

[@blake86303]

Floor has said recently that this album will be heavy.

[@Klojum]

I hope there will be songs similar to "Romanticide"-heavy. You can only go "so heavy" with earth & nature-themed songs IMO.

[@RolfMeyer-cl7ou]

Why not? Tribal​@@Klojum

[@JariJuslin]

​@@Klojum: Earth and nature have tried to like wipe us all off several times, there's certainly heavier and aggressive themes there, too.

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

And she probably lied to our face.

[@EnkeliEn6136]

The more I listen to the song, the more its layers open up. And Floora's veiled voice of the past is heard more and more. Tuomas is a tribute genius

[@Harvis77]

Holopainen has outdone himself, yet again...I thank the forces of the universe he found Floor, from early days of Nightwish to today...she made this bad perfect

[@oktober-vh6gl]

I'm always nervous when my fav bands bring out new albums. Will it be any good, will I like it? It's a big deal for me as music is a large part of my life which means my fav bands are a large part... the soundtrack of my life. NW being my most fav band, there's even more trepidation when they release something new. With Perfume of the Timeless... I couldn't be happier!!! What a great song... and what a teaser of what's to come! I cannot wait till Sept. for the album to drop!!!

[@majbrat]

I concur

[@Drinckx2]

A lot of the museum stuff was filmed at the Natural History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire (North-West of London). Film of three different free-divers was used, sometimes combined with CGI, sometimes real (including the footage of the diver with whales).

[@PixieyDust]

Really?! That is so cool to know some of the divers were diving!!

[@Thorgrim247]

Loved it John. Have a safe journey. Nightwish have matured as all musicians do as the age. Like a fine wine.🥂🥂

[@penaarja]

Breath taking. Oh my god.

[@PaulOutdoors]

Irresistible complexity with all the trademark Nightwish transitions and multi layering. Phenomenal band 🙏😊👍❤️

[@whirledpeaz5758]

That last chorus goes hard with the HORNS! Love the brass.

[@sarahkelly6312]

Saw them in Charlotte, NC in 2018. Small, intimate venue that I loved. Best concert of my life, two hours of great music.

[@pen7759]

Hi ! Nice reaction of you. Nightwish always surprises us. And I´m sure we all love it. Floor is as always on the level of her own, the Queen. Greets from Finland. Take care.

[@Magga-f3z]

Tuomas Holopainen musikki on paras.

[@jessygt13]

One reason I love this new video so much is it reminds me of what a music video for The Greatest Show on Earth could be. Nightwish never fail to outdo themselves - which is an impressive feat. And I think you might like the music videos for Noise and The Islander a lot!

[@mattilindstrom]

First of all, the song is pure fire. The video director Ville Lipiläinen has been in charge of a bunch of Nightwish live concert recordings. I must say, he's stepped thing up here, the video is full of visual jokes, being still very fitting to the song.

[@black4pienus]

Even all the lyric videos of their previous album are great!

[@majbrat]

Love it more with each listen. Powerful and profound. Those free divers are crazy too - so dangerous. Video is awesome. You would like the videos from the last album - all are great. Most are Lyric videos with great visuals and one full on music video with the band for the song "Noise." Also disc 2 of the last album are a set of orchestral compositions Tuomas wrote about our planet. Really worth watching the Tuomas approved, fan made compilation video for them called "All the works of nature that adorn the world." Epic music & visuals.

[@williammelaniegappmayer2655]

Tuomas is an amazing songwriter and composer. I am waiting eagerly for the album to be released.

[@alexandrakeckmontanari5180]

Do you know when the album comes out? I'm new to night wish and enjoy them so much

[@williammelaniegappmayer2655]

@@alexandrakeckmontanari5180 September 20th, I think.

[@alexandrakeckmontanari5180]

Thank you 😊

[@joretavara5265]

Tuomas Holopainen metal Mozart

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

They have not changed but grown. Tuomas is the genius creator here and still doing his thing, but like a good wine he is aging in all the right ways. I see no signs of his geniality reaching its limits. He also has the sense to surround himself with the best people who are on the same wave length as he is and enable him to realise his dreams and ambitions and just make the music he hears in his head and visualise it in the videos that are produced under the name of Nightwish.

[@fettiestube5692]

this Song Play live😮🤘... Killer i think

[@art3mis290]

Well 🎸"Tribal" 🎸official video was just released Dec 2023 although the song came out in 2020 would love to see your reaction. This reminds me of "The Greatest Show on Earth" in the message sort of way. This video had me first 15 seconds the production blows my mind, excellent in every way! Thank you so much, now go on get, 20 minutes is up!

[@ChristinaBouwer-b4g]

I absolutely love it. ❤❤

[@oldmuso586]

Go watch the official video for 'NOISE'.

[@sonia55408]

Storytime as well with Anette ... such an amazing video.

[@littleraven28]

Thank you for a very nice reaction. This song hit me in the feels instantly when I heard it for the first time and it gets better after hearing it a few times. It has a very catchy forward riff and the breakdown is nothing less than awesome. Thanks Nightwish, we want more ! 🖤🤘🏽

[@pdutchie4924]

Love the composition, it grows on you when hearing it more often. Conclusion so far: love it, all Nightwish characteristics are in there❣️

[@Marco-Conner]

I'm looking forward to the live show

[@silverblack5475]

Itll be so much better live

[@MySnottyattaC]

Aww....so beautiful! Lovely reaction! 💚✌️

[@strabel803]

👍Great one John. It's the power of Nightwish to leave you in "shock and awe" in many ways. It's so powerfull,to leave "listeners of "your"music with uplifting thoughts.😉🤘

[@Donna-C]

We are a part of something - what was before us & what will be. How life has evolved to survive. WE WERE HERE. TGSOE: "After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it?" [- Professor Richard Dawkins]

[@mattihopiavuori353]

We should NOT BE SURPRISED, it is Nightwish with Floor, but I for one am absolutely floored, mind blown again! There has never been, there will never be another Tuomas Holopainen / Nightwish! Great review 🫵

[@ytcag2007]

Greetings. So let's start with this album being the final book in a 3 part series. The first was "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" released in April 2015, "Human :Ii: Nature" released in April 2020, and "Yesterwynde" to be released in September 2024. The theme of the series is life and evolution. FYI; Tuomas was studying to be a marine biologist before forming Nightwish, and developed a love for it which carried well into the foundation of the band. This is why many of his lyrics hint of waterfalls, seas, oceans, or water in general. Even live, he designs the lighting to give the feeling of being inside the ocean depending on the song. But something tells me he had a lot of fun coming up with the visuals for this video. Unfortunately, the word is that they're not going to tour in support of this album. Or at least there is no word yet on when they will begin touring again. This actually explains the late album release (Sept. 20). Cool reaction! 👍 Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤️🤘🤘.

[@AuntDandy]

I really love this! Thanks for the reaction!💜💜💜

[@stephanie.r382]

Outstanding reaction John !

[@AnniaVani]

Unfortunately there will be no live shows for them for a while... they said that they need time to rest and do other things and going around the world does't help. I would love to see them again live, i've seen them once with every singer.

[@JariJuslin]

Ayup. COVID-19 postponed and delayed their tour for the previous album to a point they went pretty much straight to studio after it (and to maternity leave in case of Floor) so they need a break. A year ago they were still on tour for the previous album and now the new one is about to come out. They are not that young anymore, their bodies need to rest sometimes.

[@JariJuslin]

That said, I, too, would like to see them live. I have not seen them live since Tarja left and based on KZbin videos Floor would be worth seeing despite the tickets being expensive. In Finland there's always so much good metal you can see without breaking the bank I'm often reluctant to pay three digit prices for a single band.

[@AnniaVani]

@@JariJuslin i saw them summer 2023 in Greece just a few shows before they stop because Floor wasn't feeling well and it was amazing 🥰

[@lucreziatrevellyan5499]

Unfortunately, no tour for this album. I could see them taking the odd festival slot but a full tour isn’t in cards. Tuomas said they needed a break. Plus with all of Floor’s health issues recently (cancer, abdominal surgery, pregnancy) I think it’s wise to slow down for a little while. Touring is brutal. Edit: What I would love to see is them do one huge concert with the new material and do a full recording. It’s been too long since we got a live album.

[@paisa20]

No tour, but i'm sure there will be live versions

[@kammurabi2313]

They will almost certainly tour in 2026. If that is too long of a wait for the world then I am never gonna complain aboit a one-off recorded show.

[@anniemoemski4057]

Noice makes you think and Tribel is also beautiful video

[@andyohil7465]

Great choice 🏆 I just figured out that you haven’t done the show opener from Wembley 2015: Shudder before the beautiful - you will love it… and will be jealous… 😂‼️👍

[@naruto9121983]

i love this song so much. when Floor got her hands up and the meteor came down it remind me of sephiroth in Final fantasy 7. but in the end she couldnt be sephiroth because he is evil and Floor is a real angel not an one winged angel if you get the ff7 reference😉

[@MrDijaru]

Great command john .love this new song NWAF.

[@lisasuhr6433]

Soooooooo cool!!!!!

[@IAMisLove]

👍An interesting MV. Good reaction. 🖖❤

[@rjaywest378]

I have seen Nightwish live 8 times (twice with Annette, the rest with Floor), and they are just incredible. BTW, Tarja is still my favorite vocalist.

[@erickvermeulen9734]

As Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Human Nature and the upcoming Yesterwynde were mentioned as a trilogy, this song fits perfectly. Makes me look forward to the upcomig album. Maybe some music has been written at the same time as music from previous albums, but I feel there is more maturity here, empathically and intellectually.

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻 Great Job John

[@no_onein2024]

I love Nightwish and I love John lol

[@davidphillips4706]

Safe travels my friend, now you can get on the plane with this song running thru your mind. I'm waiting on a tour as well, I told the wife she's going when they come around.....it may be a few years :( Tuomas has said they are not touring this release.

[@tomfavorite1020]

Really enjoy the channel John....Thank you!!!! I have a watched this a few times and remain speechless. It seems to be classic Toumas and his brilliance, and the rest of the band following his direction that he has laid out. The one description is I have is this is pure F'ing Art....more than just a song or video, more than a single message about how inconsequential we are in the big picture. I can't wait for the rest of the album and where their tour will be....i may be getting on a plane. Nightwish Army from Frisco, Texas, USA checking in.

[@sordi92]

Crazy to think this is the first new Nightwish song without Marko on bass in a long long time.

[@Tarkus_]

Glad you pushed this out before you had to leave. Great reaction to a great track and music video! 🤘👍

[@korrilis]

They won’t be touring this album so I guess that may be why they put an extra effort on the music video. Still, the music video for Noise was right up that alley too

[@elvwood]

For me it's an evolution from the Nightwish of Human :II: Nature, rather than revolution or stasis. I wonder about Tuomas' composition process with the departure of Marko (who used to do a lot of work on the demos) and Pip Williams (who did the orchestral arrangements), but I never worried about the result, I just hope he's happy. Generally I would always recommend reacting to live performances, but there are exceptions: _Noise_ MV is the biggest, followed by _The_ _Islander_ MV, then _Elan_ MV.. Also, I recommend the lyric video for _Harvest,_ which has Troy on lead vocals (ably supported by Floor and Marko). And if you feel like a last farewell to Marko, the lyric video for _Endlessness,_ which they are now very unlikely to ever play live.

[@EmeraldWings90]

Here are all Nightwish music videos in chronological order, if you're interested. Read the description. kzbin.info/aero/PL02sWyiANGVoggzm6jflIOCdnp7VIIog9 The first three are pretty low-budget, just a warning 😅. Many of them are just the band playing in various locations, but they get more interesting over time :) Though all of them are interesting to me, I like watching the band grow up. Still, basically none of them are like this. There are some epic ones, though, just differently.

[@franciscacasco9776]

Espero tu podcast del viaje a Turquía al concierto de Dimash!!! Feliz viaje y disfruta del concierto por todos los que no podemos ir ❤

[@peterummels7005]

EPIC

[@IvanRatonhnhaketon]

As you already know, it definitely feels like an organic continuation of "Human//Nature" but with the style of "Endless forms most.." but something that caught my attention is that when the album comes out the band will take a break from 2 to 3 years, that is, they will not tour the album

[@zbygniewprlwytzkofsky6614]

My fav moment in this song is the scene where Floor dives into the book "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin. The diver is famous French free diver Guillaume Néry, not a stuntman but real registration of his diving (apart from the added creatures). kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ_Zgpqdrph4sNk

[@marinaa.6140]

👌👌👌

[@alanfoster6589]

Istanbul! Great city. Try to get to the blue mosque (behind the spice market). A street of nothing but used booksellers. Wonderful food. The astounding Basilica cistern. The grand bazaar (yes, the free tea the merchants offer you is safe to drink...and good). And the first thing you should learn in Turkish: "I already have a carpet".

[@missrubyphoenix]

The video is fascinating, as it starts with the big bang (tying TGSOE and Shoemaker with those space shots) a cosmogony bit, then continues with the reptile that jumps into the water, the very source of life. The detailed fact of what it takes for us to exist is just mindblowing. Ngl, the open shot of the diver floating in the ocean tickled my anxiety, especially as the light/bait on the giant anglerfish's head becomes slowly visible (terrifying as heck) Next step in the evolution process, are the primitive organisms changing time and time again, creating many different species, including the homo sapiens sapiens, the toolmaker, the human we are today, (aka Tuomas), it also shows the raw, predator-prey dynamic. The section on the natural history museum is my favourite. The fossils are super cool, and the old-looking encyclopedias stand beautifully on the shelves. Floor's free fall into her own history pages reminded me of Élan, loved seeing the different shots, like multiple sides of her. Then back to the water, finally, a sort of fusion between her and Tuomas appear to be the first "curious ghosts" to explore the museum, though Kai's is already there, reading (The Portrait of Dorian Gray? I mean, because of how his face turned into a skull), I'm not sure how he got there though, but I'm guessing that every time the diver comes out of the water, it represents each of them. Emppu's journey took me by surprise, he seems to be a peculiar jellyfish, though it makes sense, the man himself is quite peculiar in the best way. Troy observing and gently reaching out to the butterflies is a lovely scene, like cherishing the smallest, most fragile living beings. A badass breakdown, mixed with visuals that gave me Procession vibes. Jukka's ghost disintegrating like that gave me the idea of "ashes to ashes, dust to dust". The last shot of the diver floating with the whales is beautiful, I've always loved their calls/songs. Then, everything comes to a full circle with that drop of water that nurtures the earth. At the end of our journey through this world, we will go back to where we came from. We become one with mother nature.

[@esalaukkanen5238]

With NW, please do not make a mistage of not listening to studio stuff. You will loose a lot of their genious if you skip albums. You have instrumental versions available from ’Once’ onward. Those are giving additional oppening to Tuomas’ mind.

[@ConnieBach]

Love Night Wish!!!❤❤. Have a blast in Istanbul! So happy for you!!! Say hello to Dimash for all of us!❤❤

[@JWS-66]

look at the music video of ""noise"", is great to...and the lyric videos from human II nature

[@poseidoncountsasabigfish2646]

If you want to hear Floor do something amazing then check out her version of Phantom of the Opera with Hank Poort. Here's a link to it: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp2mhJagq6mCgK8&pp=gAQBiAQB

[@sordi92]

If you wanna see a trippy music video form them, check out the video for “Noise” from the last album.

[@sosayweall2509]

i highly reccomend you check out noise and shudder before the beautiful..and then the dark element

[@mdudley52]

sadly, no tour scheduled

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Have a great flight man.

[@danellwein8679]

did like your reaction .. have subscribed

[@triniton8262]

I'm fan of the earllier stuff, up to around 2015, but latest few albums I feel the style has changed quite a bit.

[@19Frankie74]

Great video right 🤘 Man I'm looking forward to the full album. Dude they are sooo f@ckin awesome live!!! Hey you should do Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean from Buenos Aires if you haven't. Don't know why there are so few reactions to that one, it's one of their jewels. Rock on dude

[@Starman_67]

🤘😎🤘

[@GeekRedux]

They're not touring this album. They announced they're taking a hiatus from touring for personal reasons for at least a few years. Maybe 2026 for their 30-year?

[@Kelsi_the_lamentation]

🖤🤘🔥

[@RonniePeterson]

You may have done some? But check out all the official/lyric videos for the last album!

[@Zoey-K-1]

Unfortunately, they have already announced they will not be touring the new album.

[@billattercliffe8655]

The swimmer is real and there's a Nat Geo video on YT about him.

[@jarnojuhani8942]

💕💥

[@RobinC63]

I was lucky enough to catch the live stream of this video and instantly loved it. I was surprised in the chat how many people weren’t as impressed, but they were definitely a minority. There was even the comments like (using my best dumbass voice here) “this isn’t metal!” 😂😂 One criticism and I agree is in the 2nd part of the verse(chorus.) I would have liked to hear Floor a bit more in the mix. Other than that……👍👍🤟🤟 The cinematography is phenomenal!

[@elizabethbottroff1218]

You're welcome 😂

[@yerviniansamvel]

Unfortunately tour is out,they tak it big time break

[@wanmac31]

🤘😊🇫🇮💙🪄🇫🇮🎼✨💯👍

[@manuelmorante9465]

👍👍🤩🤩🤘🤘

[@urhonykvist8795]

In europe

[@Uchia0liveira]

i don't listen anymore Nigthwish in a regular base as i use to do it by the time Tarja Turunen was still around... in fact i completly stop listening to it when Tarja left, cause i tried to listen to that one but it was missing the classical opera voice... when i didlisten up Floor Jansen first time "ehhhh Classical Opera is back" great, then i restarted with it... the same went with other bands, if i don't like the vocals i just stop listenning the band! (when Max left Sepultura it was my first time ever doing it) Gladly Nightwish came back to the origins i met them more than 20 years ago!

[@PomLimey]

Nightwish put a lot of thought into their videos. Check out the video of “Noise” and you will see what I mean.

[@Xiaxiapy]

Those eyes of yours are red...

[@volkerrosendaal1446]

Tour 2027 ?

[@Riccardo.Barbarini]

I think 2025

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

It aint bad, but the studio era with Floor has not been very exciting. Live the best they have sounded, in the studio…..😅

[@busher69]

So far I'm maybe 10 views into the video. Each time I catch something new. This is beyond amazing. Tuomas's brilliance is all over this piece. It helps to print the lyrics to discover the beauty but there's alot more going on than the beauty of the message. This just stunning. BTW, you've been around long enough to appreciate Tarja singing NEMO during the End of an Era concert. I love Floor beyond words but it was Tarja that introduced me to Nightwish maybe 7 years ago. IMO, we can't forget the contribution Tarja and Anette made to Nightwish. This band has been blessed with 3 world class singers