NIGHTWISH "PERFUME OF THE TIMELESS" (Official Video) Old Rock Radio DJ REACTS!!

[@erickvermeulen9734]

Great reaction, Eric. The name of the album is Yesterwynde by the way, thought you pronounced an L.

[@RotMaster4859Witold]

Kai actually commented on someones complaint about Floor's voice being down in the mix in the chorus. He said that Floor is a part of the choir and she's not meant to be on the top there. And that some people may not like it but it is what it is.

[@PatrickVanDijk_NL]

Kai saying "it is what it is" does not sound like he's too happy with it either.

[@ianknowles8934]

Sorry to correct you but album is called Yesterwynde not Yesterwylde

[@parlamedia]

I think the mixing is awesome and sounds maybe best of all Nightwish albums.

[@RayBo72]

first time listening i also thought that Floors voice was to soft but i started to get a feel that here voice was more used as an instrument and not to convey the lyrics, after the kai comment i get it.. we are so used to Floor towering over everything that we need some adjustment, i am fully confident that there will be plenty songs on the new album where she she blows everything of the planet !!

[@trekkerj]

Sounds perfect to me. All we need is a live version one day.

[@lekalla]

It get's better the more you listen🤘

[@Evil_Peter]

I really agree. It's gained something new for me every time I've heard it so far.

[@anniemoemski4057]

Somebody explained why Floor voice was not that loud in the song , he wrote Floor's voice is one of the instruments in the arrangements and therfore equaly in the mix. It makes a lot of sense from a composition perspective. She serves the song as each other instrument does.

[@tuomaspuumalainen3018]

It works as an idea, but the execution is exactly the same as a bad mix, so it's really just a bad mix on purpose in the end. The good news is that the rest of the album likely isn't mixed the same way.

[@luisebritta6139]

I just think that Floor's voice isn't cut out to blend in with the choir or the instruments. It really is like having a Ferrari in the garage but forcing it to blend in with a bunch of generic cars.

[@ToTheWolves]

@@luisebritta6139agreed

[@calvinyazzie1170]

It’s recorded in a studio, at this point , the excitement is done LIVE with this band. Sure they will blow us all away in real time (live) 🤟🏽

[@luisebritta6139]

@@calvinyazzie1170 But they wont tour for this album so who knows when/if this is (ever) going to happen.

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

This song has the most Nightwish sound I ever heard. I hear a little of more than 4 older songs in it........ Nightwish doing Nightwish things.....simply lovely

[@wandapebble4992]

I also heard the Scrooge score and Auri. 😁

[@silverblack5475]

Its funny all the talk and focus on Floors mix during the chorus, is making her louder and clearer to my ear with each listen .

[@WNYretiree]

Just the kind of beauty that you would expect from Tuomas Holopainen and Nightwish.

[@marciusnhasty]

Ville Lipiäinen, he directed "Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours". It's powerful when the director has long history with the group going far beyond the music videos. 🤟

[@elvwood]

Also, of course, the Wacken concert!

[@jroutasula5250]

I share your opinion. Ville Lipiäinen directed other live concert videos too. Stobe Harju did "Noise" video and Nightwish movie. Sometimes I think is "Ville Lipiäinen " group talented people like Monty Python or just one man 😄.

[@missrubyphoenix]

The video is so 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.

[@pen7759]

Thank you !

[@paulendo7816]

The diver is floating with sperm whales. Which is important because they produce ambergris. A substance used, among other things, to make perfume. Fossilized ambergris are over a million years old, thus it ties in to the title-"Perfume of the timeless".

[@CosMosArtistry2016]

Great reaction again mate. As I have aged, every day I wake up is a 'miracle'. The simple, the complex, it all delights me. With my faults, my traumas, my delights, I am just a simple human being given a random chance to be here. I am thankful for all I have experienced as it created who I am. Nightwish always resonates with me, it has changed my view of life and music. Thanks Eric, cheers Rich

[@jaanahedemaki6993]

Nightwish doesn't serve the vocalist, it serves the music. It has always been that way.The band serves the music. The track sounds exactly how it's suppose to sound. It's just people that aren't used to hearing it that way. At first listen I didn't even notice that Floor isn't front and center.I was focusing figuring it all out. This track doesn't need any correction. Tuomas is perfectionist when it comes to music and this is how he meant this track to sound. There are already "corrected" sound versions where Floor's voice is more front and center .People are quick to jump into conclusions.Don't fix what isn't broken. It's good to see after all those Nightwish reactions Eric still takes the time with each track and actually has something to say.But he still have't watched Making endless forms most beautiful. Little look inside Tuomas' head and everything else. Here's to hoping he sometimes does. :)

[@luisebritta6139]

I don't agree with your first statement. In my opinion Tuomas' unique skill was to create songs that would perfectly complement the vocals. When Tarja was in the band, he composed songs that would match her operatic singing style and during Annette's time in the band, he used a more rocky sound. For Floor, he offered both growls, as well as classical and atmospheric songs because she can literally sing anything. With this song, however, he has - in my opinion - changed that and composed piece of music which requires "a singer" and not THE current singer of the band. In fact, he created a story where the singer is supposed to blend in with the many voices of the many ancestors everyone of us has. But neither Floor (nor Tarja for that matter) have voices that are made to blend in with a choir. Quite the opposite actually. I appreciate his compositions but the music alone would never have the same effect on me as a symphonic metal song showcasing Floor's vocal abilities.

[@jaanahedemaki6993]

@@luisebritta6139 "but the music alone would never have the same effect on me as a symphonic metal song showcasing Floor's vocal abilities."' This is not about you. This is how Tuomas makes music.Yes, he hears the singer's voice in his head when he composes.Apparently the voice wasn't the main attraction for him in this song. Singer does what the song requires in the end and it's not about showing their abilities and what they can do.Music comes first. That is A FACT with Nightwish. Music tells Tuomas how it wants to be told.That is also A FACT.Yes, Tarja's voice was his inspiration when they started and when Floor asked where she could breathe, Tuomas said that she'll figure it out.Always music first. It's not his fault that people are so fixated on singer even though this is an orchestral masterpiece like only Nightwish does.Big theme big sound.He did that. Yes, lets agree to disagree.

[@luisebritta6139]

@@jaanahedemaki6993 Well, I was talking about my personal opinion and what I value in a song so, technically, yes, it was about me. i am obviously not saying Tuomas should adapt his compositions to my taste. I am only saying that I would prefer a song which uses Floor’s vocal abilities (and complements them) over a song which reduces her to a background voice. In my own ideal world, Floor would have a songwriter as skilled as Tuomas’ who would put her at the center of the composition (precisely like Tuomas used to do in the past).

[@silverblack5475]

There's 11 more songs , Tuomas is no fool, we're going to get alot of Floor's vocal acrobatics.

[@jaanahedemaki6993]

@@silverblack5475 You have a new one-liner?"Another soul snatched by valkyrie goddess" has expired. Nightwish is not about vocal "acrobatics", Tuomas doesn''t write based on that. He goes more deeper and more meaningful reasons than that. Nightwish is not for dummies.

[@tiffanypetersen789]

The opening of the video was literally the deepest dive into the gene pool I've ever seen.

[@Piia2023]

It's funny but I have no problems with Floors singing or mixing, it's just so amazing hearing and listening to something so off usual from what we are use too, so amazingly done. Her singing is so beautiful.

[@AndyParry82]

I agree with you, I can hear her distinctly when listening to her with the choir. And to me it makes sense that they go for a different way of vocalisation. This is the first album without Marko, we have no idea if Jukka is going to do any singing for Nightwish, so it's nice to hear a different way of doing it. I think we are just used to Floor being right in your face with her voice. I personally love this song and it gets better the more you listen to it. Cheers from New Zealand

[@Piia2023]

@@AndyParry82 Jukka is not singing on this album. People don't understand the concept of this song, the lyrics, who is singing what, what the choir is, what Floor is, they don't hear the beauty in this, and that is so sad towards the band. I for once can't listen to any more reactions on this song anymore.

[@AndyParry82]

@@Piia2023 I never once said that he was singing on this song, I was talking about for NW in general.

[@Piia2023]

@@AndyParry82 sorry, I didn't mean this song, I did read that Tuomas said that he is not singing on this album, it's only Floor and Troy.

[@drewambler1235]

Someone I think said it best on the official release. Tuomas is not writing these masterpieces for those alive but for unborn generations to come.

[@tamy7718]

Listen "The Exorcism" by Charlotte Wessels and ex-delains members

[@Lillywhite]

Chorus immediately hits me and the breakdown into the final chorus is as epic as NW has ever been, which is saying something.

[@LDBHX]

And that's why Nightwish 🔥💜🎧💜🔥 Another masterpiece from maestro Tuomas Thank you Eric for reaction 🙏🤘👍

[@jounihannula7240]

This is not just music but an artform of its own.

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

I was in awe, there were funny parts, mystic parts, the beauty of nature parts and mind blowing visuals of Empu`s head dissapearance....... and the music was what I love the most,...... symphonic and metal.

[@Cherlindrea99]

Thank you so much for understanding Tuomas so well. So profound, the one and only thing to be thankful for every day: to be. The rest is a bonus 🤘🏻

[@tonyg8471]

Yep, the more I've listened to this over the past two weeks, the more I like it. Outstanding!

[@EverDreamXVI]

Took this rare opportunity to react to it along with you. Really like the intro of the song and that hard breakdown later on. I feel like this one may grow on me, but we'll see. As always, thank you for you respectful critique and understanding of the band, Eric.

[@grahambutcher4199]

Blew my socks off. What a composition of excellence. Great reaction. Cheers from Australia

[@akashvankessel1249]

I concur....my socks haven't come back to earth yet. 😅 Epic!!!

[@pdutchie4924]

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

[@doriantheelf8242]

Was waiting for your reaction, your impression and your thoughts about the new song. Thank you. "You are the dream of many ancestors" hits me, as Ukrainian, too painful now.

[@Andrey_Garret]

Для меня тоже ,так как я с Харькова ((

[@Andrey_Garret]

Сделал тату на руке Nightwish - Perfume of the Timeless,уж очень задела за душу

[@taurusguy9305]

The riff intro reminds me of an old NW song called "Siren" a bit and I loved it.

[@ronnoe6708]

I watched the video on the official channel as soon as it came out and I've since watched it at least 10 times more on various reaction channels. I love watching your reactions to Nightwish because you always have such a nuanced and detailed take on the songs and videos. This one is very much one where you have to watch the video as much as listen to the song. Layers upon layers. A story surrounded by a song, wrapped in a history\evolution class all tied up in an object lesson about humanity and what it means to be human for all of us. I absolutely can't wait for the new album to come out.

[@miyahsmommy7172]

I saw this at the premier. I was mesmerized with this video and I'm still just as mesmerized. It's so wonderful!!

[@clivematthews5296]

I initially thought that Floor was back in the mix but having heard it several times for me it is perfect.

[@zanetpieterse7933]

Thank you Eric for your comment about the mix, I thought it was my in-ears but you have a lot of integrity and respect in your comment. As always, spot on with a fantastic reaction! Best wishes from Namibia

[@RuthlessBiscuit3]

Hello Zanet darling! Wonderful to "see" you here! 🥰🤗❤

[@jennienoppers210]

"a lot of integrity and respect in your comment."?????? Nightwish HOTMIX?? Realy respect??

[@zanetpieterse7933]

@@RuthlessBiscuit3 Hello sweetie! Great to stumble upon you here! Thanx for saying HI!!! Miss you guys so much! x

[@mikakuisma5089]

Took me three listens to get this, but now, every time I'm in awe and almost tearful (in the best possible way)

[@HCH944]

Great "reaction" as always ERIC .......thank you !!!!! And a GREAT Thank You that I have to clean my keyboard now as I spit my Schnaps all over it....... Referring the mix........... Since nearly one day I say that and most of the people tell me: No its okay. Besides of that, yes, a great opener for the album and the themes.......

[@KaiHellmann]

Something new from Nightwish… ingenious… must listen more and more 😊

[@tuuli4002]

I love this music video! I like the song, but in my opinion, this time the music video is what really brings it all together. You can absolutely recognise that this song is 100% Nightwish. This song, once again, showcases what a mastermind Tuomas is. Thanks Eric!🤘 The orchestral parts of this song brings me Once vibes. And the fast operatic choir parts reminds me of The Imaginaerium album. Plus, I can already here that this upcoming album is continuation to Human Nature (like Tuomas has said)

[@markclements7767]

Hi Eric, greetings from UK With so many peple I hear praising your reactions I am shocked to see that your subscriptions aren't a lot more than they are. Heck man, you even had Arjen Lucassen hopping on your comments 'bigging you up' on your reaction to "The Day That The World Breaks Down" Does that make you "The Emppu of the reaction world"? 😂 (not always given enough credit by people)

[@holgerschmidt8620]

This is a Nightwish masterpiece for "advanced listeners".🙂 Very demanding and wonderful at the same time. It gets better and better every time you listen to it.

[@Donna-C]

Tuomas musical mastery at its peak! mixing metal, folk, symphonic all weaved into the visuals he sees in his music. Yes, we are the lucky ones to live in this moment in time that this talented songwriter makes art & these musicians bring it to life! WE WERE HERE!

[@m2duebbie]

Saw it for the first time with you. Going to have to watch/listen to it a few more times before I can take it all in! Quintessential Nightwish - multiple movements, each so different but with echoes of themes in each. Also majorly cerebral and profound, and the video did a fantastic job of capturing that in its concept. Just makes the wait for the entire album dropping September 21 (yes, preordered it this morning!) that much more impatient!

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

My excitement for the upcoming album went up even more after this shining pearl.

[@sheik-kun5602]

I literally got chills the first time i saw the ape evolved into Tuomas. It is such an epic shot

[@KiroProstoto]

It’s a SGI, I doubt that it is a shot, unlike it is real and his ears hasn’t still evolved, which would definitely support the bad mix😂

As always, a masterclass in breakdown of a masterpiece of music. Thanks Eric.

[@mithrandyr-b8y]

Great analysis as always, and yes, that detail with Queen`s voice is there, sure it was done on purpose, Tuomas has that level of making everything so tight that this had to be the decision of the band, more with that comment about Kai, it`s not most of us will be thrilled about, but in general the song sounds great and the more the song advances, her voice is more noticeable so 9.9/10 I'd say

[@musicfan9291]

Big fan of your reactions and knowledge, One small correction. The new record is called Yestrwynd or Yester-wind as in how you wind a clock.

[@mattipihlaja6745]

Again, thank You for reaction and Your thoughts 🤘

[@luisebritta6139]

I think one of the reason that people complain about Floor’s reduced role in the song is also because they spent the last 4 years watching her epic renditions of GLS, Storytime, Poet and so on over and over again. So when the new album was announced they were hoping for something equally bombastic but they got a song with an admittedly great video which focuses on telling a story but not giving Floor’s vocals the same room they had in all the live videos. So yes, maybe they picked this song as a first single because it lend itself perfectly for a story and video but I also understand that many people find it below expectations.

[@nightringer9815]

The first I heard the song in it's entirety, it send shivers through my spine. I understand Eric saying that the mix is hot, but I have to argue that it actually better this way coz the song has dimensional directions and thickness. Everything is clearer in this mix, unless you're wearing boomy headphones. I happened to like using reference tuned IEM for my daily driver and Perfume of the Timeless sounds amazing to my ears.

[@bobbyalonso3513]

I agree There are parts that sound to hot , the horn sections(frequencies) are distorting at times. Of course this is metal to another level top tier in every way! Great reaction as always good Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WardDorrity]

Tuomas' genius is unconstrained. He does as he pleases. It's on us to keep up and follow along. If we can. This... this is just fucking epic. And deeper than the Marianas Trench. Addendum: the mix is perfect. It is as exactly as Tuomas intended it. As I said, it's on us to keep up and find understanding. You've got to listen. You've got to hear.

[@Tetaina1]

About how Floor is mixed in the chorus. Kai Hahto commented about it somewhere (can't find it now) and from there my understanding is that in the video the band members are ghostlike and Floor's voice is like it's accompanied by the past ancestors. Someone in the original videos comments also mentioned "vocal ghosts", which I thought was spot on.

[@YoJimBo851610]

There is so much going on its hard to take in all at once. There is Tuomas genius composition, Floor's Vocals, Emppu's perfect riffs, Jukka's crunchy bass, the Pneumatic Hammer Kai, and Troy the Jack of all Trades. It's blended in with elements of Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Human:||:Nature, Auri, and even elements of Floor's solo career!! This song is 🌋🌋🌋!!!

[@fettiestube5692]

Imagine this played live 😮.. Killer

[@marcel021065]

Yes yes yes, was waiting on you to do this, thnxxxxxxx Eric you are the best. Lets gooooooooo

[@elenasnchez7434]

Great reaction..Nightwish is amazing...❤

[@mattilindstrom]

I see a lot of discussion about the mix. I get it, on the first couple of listens I would have liked to hear Floor louder, but later I'm perfectly happy with what is. Tuomas' vision of what should be is one of the core elements of Nightwish.

[@jaskau2462]

🤩👍💥💯🎼 Boiled up with their "Conventional Formula" in composing which still works like a charm... 🤘😎💙🎶 ..The director of the video, Ville Lipiäinen, has also put his own spoon in the same tasty soup when it comes to the final appearance of the video. Once again, big thänx to Mr. Lipiäinen as well..

[@rob54bama]

This will be phenomenal live whenever they decide to tour again. I’ve got to see them live!🤘🏻

[@rob54bama]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGmlZ4ifgt90f5Isi=kSKORfRVyGD6njIC Younger Floor with After Forever! Badass!

[@larryd4352]

I was waiting for you to react to this song!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 This song is freaking amazung!

[@charlesxavier..]

I love the London Session Orchestra is back again...!!!!

[@gerardconvie4797]

Reminds me of Human Nature. Tuomas did say EFMB, Human Nature, and this was part of a trilogy. I'll take it ! 🤘♥️

[@jorgwittenstein9623]

Thanks Eric ....you are right about the mix....otherwise epic as always

[@diedzjeeoudshoorn7726]

Great reaction. And yes, we should feel very privileged to be alive and exist. To explore and experience all the wonders of life. Like experiencing the music from Tuomas, or from Arjen Lucassen, or Steven Wilson, to mention some epic creators of our times. Your commentary remembered me of that from Richard Dawkins with "The greatest show on earth", which you can consider a huge compliment! I am looking forward to the whole album....

[@gene6690]

This composition must be awesome in its live format ❤❤❤

[@josephbishop3590]

Thanks Eric! Always enjoy your analysis. Wishing I could do more to help your channel grow...so 🤘

[@undauntedsoul-qm2dq]

Thank you so much for this beautiful and super honest reaction, it was a great pleasure watching it!!

[@jacquisampson-marat5277]

This is amaze-balls. Tuomas said this album was going heavier and so far so amazing. Any idea when the next single drops. Can't wait for September. 🤘🤘🤘

[@kentk2215]

Always appreciate your insightful, eloquent commentary. It’s a miracle that each one of us exist. Keep giving us your thoughts on Nightwish.

[@barbarahart]

A wonderful and insightful breakdown as always - I would imagine this song will blow us away when they perform it live! I thought so deeply about this song and its lyrics that it made my head spin like the owl’s in the video. Tuomas is not only the metal Mozart but also the metal Socrates - always making us look deep inside the awesomeness of life. 🤟🖤🖤🤟

[@WardDorrity]

Socrates and Aristotle as well.

[@ramsesdevries6273]

Feel lucky to listen to your review, because i feel ( thanks Tuomas ) lucky to be here

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done again as always Eric

[@RuthlessBiscuit3]

I don't know how I feel about this track. I need to listen to it a few more times I guess. It just didn't grab me. Thank you Eric .

[@NeeceTheLonewolf]

Tuomas didn't create it just for you.

[@RuthlessBiscuit3]

Did I hurt your feelings? 😢

[@MitraKamecka]

Exellent bass! Great job Jukka !

[@lillianekockritz2796]

What a great song and video with a great message! I have heard it now for several times and every time I cried. When first listening to it I also thought that Floor's voice is a little bit low but now I understand that it is meant this way. A real masterpiece! I have already pre-ordered the CD (together with the Yesterwynde T-shirt because I love the cover picture of the CD that is on the shirt).

[@Ayrack12]

Celebrating that Floor remains in the band 🤘

[@REN4eva]

My take on the mixing is that it adds to the message of this piece of art. I think that Floors voice is exactly where it’s supposed to be. This isn’t a story to be told by an almost superhumanly good solo singer. It should be, and is, told by a choire of all creatures alive and bygone. In my opinion Tuomas doesn't miss. When Troy comes in at the end, that brings the story down to a personal level, so everyone can relate.

[@Alicatt1]

Thanks Eric, this track grows on you, it reveals more the more you listen to it, first listen on Apple Music and it sounded muddy, with Floor's voice a bit indistinct for me, Love the track and the video goes great with the song and gives a good backing to the message. Can't wait for the album to drop so I can put it on my sound system with the full Dolby Atmos mix.

[@Starman_67]

Great to see you again, mate. 🤘😎🤘 Keep on rockin', brother.

[@bartonbagnes4605]

🤘😆🤘Awesome visuals, so creative. Beautiful vocals. Powerful message.

[@deborahfoster5520]

I was so hoping you’d be reacting to this today! 😊

[@tonyg8471]

I get your hot mic comment. I'm so fond of Floor's vocals, I tend to always want to hear her sound on top. I'm going to give Tuomas the benefit of the doubt on this one. I'll give it multiple listens and reassess afterward. For now, I am elated with the idea of Nightwish trilogy finale coming alive. Note these new songs were scheduled for release two years ago. Covid changed all of that. I look forward to your reviews of Yesterwynde.

[@EmeraldWings90]

I think it fits the song that Floor fades into the choir at times - it conveys that sense of "we", of community, I think. It has happened before, I'm pretty sure. Many alvum versions have more prominent choir versus what they do live, naturally. E.g. Ghost Love Score...

[@itedcoe]

I totally concur with the hot mix comment, not only on Floor's vocals, but on guitars, drums and bass as well. Hopefully there will be a better remastered version at some point.

[@chrismatthew8812]

Such traditional NW rifts. Would recognise them anywhere. Looking forward to the album. Great song and great reaction. Keep up the good work. Greetings from the NW Army (Sydney, Australia Division) 🇦🇺🤘

[@michaelwanklin3580]

Floor takes the most EPIC dive into our history and LANDS IT. Beautiful

[@scottb.4472]

I would give good money to be at a Nightwish live show with you. I went to my first show on Mother’s Day. I think it was about two years ago in New York City well worth the wait and the money.

[@Ramathustra]

The chorus is actually really interesting as with every listen Floor's voice is somehow becoming clearer and clearer among all the voices.

[@ThatofMusic]

Nightwish Army checking in and subscribed! 🤘🤘🤘

[@motley13]

Thanks Eric once again a great reaction!🤘

[@ConcurpaRich]

Yet another epic journey the story tellers in Nightwish take you on . Tuomas paying tribute this time to Charles Darwin with is Ghost pulling one of Darwins books off the shelf , then flashing his picture and showing the insects and butterflies Darwin was so obsessed with his whole life,. Ill admit the beginning kinda got me with the ancestral information for you to exist and then the line " you are the dream of many ancesters" made me choke up. ... and again choked up A bit when Troy came in at the end . I don't remember a Nightwish song that has sparked so many different takes ,feelings and views as this one has imho . Me personally, loved it . I think Tuomas purposely did what may sound like an engineering issue and floors voice too because hes such a perfectionist... I could be wrong of course . Thank you Eric for doing this , youre the best bro ... 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@scottb.4472]

I love how Father Time, TROY, closes out the song in classic fashion.

[@pookymouse2]

we can only hope this i agree

[@vedranb87]

I didn't know that term, "hot mix", but I totally agree. I totally wanted to hear what you think about it. I'm sure I'm not going deaf because your mix is amazing.

[@runkkariruune]

Top notch reaction! Thank You Sir!!!

[@deniseduncan7363]

Eric! Love your reactions and insights. Thanks for hitting this one so early!🤘

[@marikasande]

Thank you for the reaction, Eric! I had a hard time getting into this song, but the video eventually helped me. And the 5 or so times i listened to it by then. I feel that Floor's voice doesn't come through enough at times as well. But all in all, now i like the song 😃 It has been on my headphones now so much that i hear it even without listening to it. Thanks again Eric, catch you on stream later 🤘

[@andrewraven5651]

Keep rocking my friend 🤘🤘

[@randymarple9830]

This is like a continuation of Human Nature...to me. And that's not a bad thing. Can't wait for more songs to drop.

[@jonmaz8080]

Can I say how much I appreciate you for pointing out the off production on this. The song is brilliant, production really fucks up the experience.

[@Rancid-Jane]

The newest song/video reaction I have ever seen. I watched the video on u-toob then saw your reaction listed.

[@ytcag2007]

Greetings Eric. Just wanted to point out that Tuomas mentioned a while back that albums 8, 9, amd 10, are 3 parts of the "life and evolution" theme, like a movie trilogy. Looks like he dove deeper into his love for marine biology on this one. I agree, Floors vocals seemed a bit low in general from what we're used to. Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤️🤘🤘

[@carlosmanueltorr]

Brilliant as always!!

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

Thankyou sir for this fine analysis that actually goes way over my head! All I can say is that I thought this was an amazing masterpiece that needs lots of listening to.

[@christinaalgate4899]

Hi Eric. Floor comes right through and Troy at the end