MUSICIAN REACTS I WINTERSUN - SONS OF WINTER AND STARS

[@MikkoRantalainen]

"In Finland, we have this thing called Metal Music."

[@bjhellstream]

I love it when the bass player puts his arms in the air at the end like "we did it!"! Sweden loves Finnish metal! 🇸🇪🇫🇮🤘

[@miias.7334]

"Time" next from same session.

[@MortenM80]

After I discovered Wintersun, metal haven't been the same.

[@pedjavukmirovic6770]

So true so fckn true

[@PeeVee1979]

Kai is a goddamn beast. His speed and precision is absolutely insane. If you liked this you gonna love Time.

[@kvikve]

The deep voice talking underneath the singing is the singer Jari on backing track.

[@JimGames]

Oh ok. Thanks for the info! That was kind of driving me nuts lol.

[@Idefixu]

@@JimGames I don't think I have ever noticed that. Nice to learn a new thing about this performance!

[@Teofilo87]

Awesome reaction, man! These guys are incredible musicians and Jari (frontman) is a true musical genius. Time (remaster) from the same live rehearsal is a no brainer for your next reaction.

[@sanni4368]

Oh you found another great one! I enjoyed your reaction. YES, Kai Hahto from Nightwish. :) You looked like you wanted to mention he looks familiar. You haven't seen him much yet since he wasn't in the band till 2014.

[@JimGames]

Ok I thought so but wasn’t 100% sure. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

[@timomastosalo]

What's the favourite food of the Wintersun guys? - Rice.

[@Juhasante]

Welcome to Wintersun army🤘😎😂. This band is my all time favourite and you SHOULD and you MUST listen more of this guys 💪

[@remoteb7183]

it's great how many people are finding this great music and loving it the way it deserves

[@PJ-mb3ue]

Love it!

[@fruitproof115]

14:35 Jim: "I don't know where this is taking me" Jari: "I'm wondering now, where will you take me"

[@metallitaITA]

One of the few who noticed that crazy game with accents in the second movement and that insane harmonization with modulation in the third movement

[@jonasw5050]

Exactly, how do you remember to play that! It´s epic, you said it yourself. Great reaction.

[@Tman2217]

Welcome to the world of Wintersun, my friend. Buckle your seatbelt, it's a wild ride! Excellent video man, chhers!🤘🤘🍺🍺🍺

[@JimGames]

Thanks man!

[@pen7759]

Thank you Jim, your analysis was the clearest and most accurate of this piece I´ve heard. If it is possible you should do Time from Wintersun, a good one too.

[@JimGames]

Time is the next one on the list. It should be up soon! I appreciate the kind words.

[@danninielsen8876]

Friggin epic reaction to this epic masterpiece :D Best reaction to this i have seen yet. And i´ve seen a few lets just say. Loved everything about it

[@JimGames]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@danninielsen8876]

@@JimGames You´re most welcome :)

[@RonniePeterson]

I feel for you. Nightwish gets people first then someone casually mentions have you heard Wintersun, Epica, Ayreon etc etc etc to them and its like there are not enough hours in a day, days in a week to keep up!

[@willytee585]

A musical masterpiece 👌

[@minimarijohanna]

Yep, that is Kai Hahto from Nightwish 🔥

[@antonmed31]

Natural progression from Wintersun, you should listen to Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down

[@plantifulalexandra]

Your face during that whole thing. :O Brings me so much joy watching you, haha. First time I'm smiling today. ;)

[@ninau.]

Land of Snow and Sorrow from them, pleeease?!

[@JimGames]

Added to the list!

[@wanmac31]

Kai Hahto 🇫🇮😁🤘🥁🥁🥁❤️🤘 ...Finnish Metal Bands...😁🇫🇮❤️🤘✨✨

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Same song drumcam. Kai Hahto is also Nightwish drummer. Pearl Artist Kai Hahto/Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars Drum Cam @ Nosturi, Helsinki 13.10.2012 - KZbin

[@ioaKouts]

That's a great reaction!!! Jari Mäenpää, the lead guitarist and singer, is for Wintersun, what is Tuomas for Nightwish. A great composer, a poet, the man behind everything, Fan Fact: He is missing a third of his right lung due to tuberculosis he suffered back in 1997 while he was in the army.

[@PittDaddy]

As the song progresses, you can picture Vikings sailing off across the frigid waters of the Arctic, Baltic and North Atlantic. The cold blasting down on the snowy yet starry vistas. It's an Epic.

[@Hooivork1987]

It's funny that everyone mentions Kai from Nightwish, for me Wintersun is Jari from Ensiferum :p He started this band as solo project and iirc played in everything himself except the drums on the 1st album. Interesting that this band evolved so much from there, but guys u should also check self titled album, especially Winter Madness, more Death less epic, cause less money and time, but also very epic! Besides some of those songs got a remaster not so long ago!

[@Chekatana]

Fucking love this band! Wintersun \../

[@DouglasStreck]

Wintersun - Time is even more of a masterpiece than this one imo. Great reaction btw.

[@JimGames]

Thanks man! I’ll add Time to the list for sure!

[@MortenM80]

Agreed, I too rate Time as a greater song, a personal preference of course. Every simple note is just so beautiful, yet so hard and epic. I have a feeling you'll like it better. A couple of other reactors rates Time as the best song they've reacted to

[@Rev0UK1]

Time gets more appreciation for the composition as a whole Sons of winter gets appreciation for just the amount of layers and technical elements to it At least thats how ive always looked at it ^^

[@josephwrubel7781]

Hey jim i really enjoy your reaction and analysis they're one of my favorite Finnish bands listen and react to Amorphis The Bee & Amongst the stars also Avantasia and Edguy The piper never dies a Classic

[@Serbertim]

in Wintersun we trust please do check Forest seasons album + way of the fire I guaranty you will be amazed

[@JunkYardCardGuy]

12:33 "He's really showcasing his vocal ability..." (Pre-Acous breakdown)

[@markfrancis6886]

After Nightwish and Wintersun, try some Epica- Kingdom of Heaven, Design your Universe, Consigned to Oblivion, Chasing the Dragon, all live

[@emelielonnberg.]

Yep it is the drummer you recognize from Nightwish 🤗 This is his previous band. Kai played with a Metal-Mozart already back then 😁 Please react to "Time" from the same 🤗 session

[@scottchadburn1535]

Oh man, awesome 👏🏻 thank you. See, once you open that Nightwish box, (yes you were corrects that’s Kai on drums here) all these other goodies come spilling out! Like many others I request Time from the same session. For me an even better song, Wntersun inspired me to learn the guitar finally. Enjoy 😊

[@pamf.3290]

⭐ Great first reaction to the wonderful "Wintersun". I loved your quizzical face, 🤔 as you checked out Kai, but you've seen very little of his NW era yet, so that's reasonable. More magicians from YES!! the Netherlands. I think that they must have a special farming process to create so many of these groups of wizards. 😂😂 Onward young kinsman in your quest of magical discovery. Btw I adore Wintersun. Thanks Jim. 🤗 💖 🇭🇲

[@geralt_witcher22]

This might be the best reaction to this song, and I can see I am not alone in thinking that :) Absolutely epic band, Time should definitely be next but you can't go with any song by them, the only downside is that they don't have that many. The lead vocalist Jari also composes all of the music, records most of the instruments on the other albums and mixes it all by himself, beast of a musician, though every member is amazing.

[@jeffbowden8367]

Wintersun are 🤘MAGNIFICENT🤘

[@thorstenakathorp3r635]

Watching and listening to this song, is better than a 1hour workout in the Gym tho? 😂 Kai is such a beast and Im always impressed, how long he hits that Blast Beat... Great reaction 👍

[@JimGames]

Yup I’m adding this song to my work out mix.

[@deeteenw]

Everyone from Nightiwsh has or had previous bands and/or side projects: Kai Hahto: Wintersun (doesn't play there any more iirc) Floor Jansen: ReVamp (her own band, disbanded), After Forever (disbanded), Beste Zangers (dutch tv series) Emppu: Brother Firetribe (doesn't play there any more iirc) Marko: Northern Kings (disbanded), Tarot (inactive since 2009), "Pyre of the Black Heart" (solo album) and some more Tuomas: "Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge" (solo album), Auri (band with Troy and his wife Johanne, album "Auri", second album recorded but not released yet) Troy: "The Madness of Crowds" (solo album), Auri (see Tuomas) Personally, I'm not into hard metal, so I like the softer approaches like Tuomas' projects (also genius level imo), Brother Firetribe (Rock) and some After Forever songs. And Floors Beste Zangers ofc.

[@erwinmulder1338]

Kai still plays with Wintersun. It's just that Jari takes a decade to write an album, lol.

[@Honken55]

@@erwinmulder1338 same as Tuomas these days. Was 5 years between. Used to be quicker.....

[@Idefixu]

Marko also in Powerless Trio and in All Hietala Power Trio, in the latter one with his guitarist brother Zachary, and Marko's son Miro, 18, on drums. Tuomas plays on the comming album of Kotiteollisuus too. The band leader posted a picture of Tuomas playing the keys, with the text: "The cantor on the premises."

[@Ba_Yegu]

@@erwinmulder1338 Kai Hahto has IRRC mentioned he already had recorded his part for the coming Wintersun "TIME II" album. ... in 2015... ; )

[@plantifulalexandra]

Tuomas' Projects are amazing! And yeah, Marco has some connection to every Finnish band it seems, haha.

[@plantifulalexandra]

You should check out their first album, they never made a better one and probably never will.

[@winterstarchild7495]

the bassist of this is the new bassist for nightwish

[@masestero]

you just said he has stamina yet Jari only has 1 lung left (Jari being the main singer and creator of the band)

[@marinaandersson4381]

"Time*, please🇫🇮!

[@JimGames]

I’ll add it to the list.

[@Kvasaari]

If you liked the drumming, watch Kai Hahto drum cam of this song. It's insane.

[@miias.7334]

😁👍

[@martinreed1567]

I shall call it Saga Metal. Great fun watching you try to take this all in on first listen.

[@hannadegerlund3227]

🇫🇮👊

[@kdkttn19]

Another face-melting intro to Kai and his other work. 😁

[@josephwrubel7781]

Great reaction could u react to Avantasia The Raven Child and the Scarescrow live also Wintersun Death and the Healing and Sadness and Hate every song on Wintersun CD is EPIC

[@simonjensen1475]

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[@Greish-esquire]

Kai!Kai!Kai! :)

[@LynX_79]

Glad you liked it :-)

[@toiddiot1629]

That vocal harmony part sounds so Tim Burtonesk to me 😁

[@ntak8262]

❤️‍🔥🇫🇮🙏🏻✨💪🏻

[@TheNismo777]

There is like 1500 back tracks :)

[@basicguy5785]

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[@JimGames]

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[@ravenwda007]

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[@JimGames]

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[@basicguy5785]

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[@charlesfuller4363]

I can't wait till you get to Epica... They equally blow minds....Europe has some damn good music. Makes the USA look like fools with what is popular here.

[@MortenM80]

Like Taylor Swift or Billie Eilish,.. Good God, how did that crap rise to the top of the charts..

[@plantifulalexandra]

@@MortenM80 Taylor Swift is actually pretty damn good. Coming from me as a big metal fan (who I loves all kinds of music). I discovered Taylor during the time I discovered country music living in outback Australia. Especially her early country songs are beautiful. But I bet I would've never gotten into her if not living out there, I was just feeling the whole country thing at the time. :D I think she's super talented.

[@Groggen]

Instalike.. this will be interesting to watch. :)

[@JimGames]

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it!

[@Pave999]

Time II, it's coming, D-19... 😎

[@stevekanakanui7033]

MODERN DAY VIKINGS !!!

[@MustaLaatta]

Drummer won't get tired - he's beating thesein Nightwish for 13yrs now -and he gives tutoring... Not lzy one

[@kah227]

This band is nothing else than fintastic.

[@pedjavukmirovic6770]

One guy say below...after hear wintersun.... Music change course