Old Gods of Asgard - Herald of Darkness Alan Wake 2 (Official Music Video)

[@angelofdeath7173]

The old gods of Asgard are a fictional band within the Alan wake universe, but are portrayed by the real life band poets of the fall and they are great!

[@BunkerAnon]

Their songs from Max Payne 2 were some of their first and quite awesome.

[@davidlegnon9696]

" I feel like I'm coming into a story that's already been created..." You have no idea how incredibly meta that statement is in reference to Alan Wake 2.

[@Sintarzus]

10:33 "Bro, to be honest, I don't think anything is real right now, like, in your life." Man just described Alan's half of the game PERFECTLY

[@AIHumanEquality]

Also applies to the first game too.

[@MarkusKaarlonenMusic]

Thanks for this, enjoyed it very much! 🤘😊 Greetings from snowy Finland! - Thor of Old Gods of Asgard / Captain of Poets of the Fall

[@David.Algren]

Love you Markus! Really unforgettable work!

[@SidPhoenix2211]

omg !! Didn't expect you to be here haha. LOVE the work you did in Alan Wake II, and as Poets of the Fall and the Old Gods of Asgard. Much love to you and the band

[@IlLupoAC]

My man, this was my first trip into the world of Alan Wake and my first time hearing your work - it's incredible! I feel like I'm experiencing rock for the first time! Thanks for your hard work!

[@risrange09]

the captain has entered the chat!!

[@delayeddeloy7761]

very cool

[@delmattia96]

Let's just say this. The game Alan Wake 2 is a game of the psychological horror genre. The extended version of this song is an entire chapter of the game.

[@DooMest]

I literally can never get enough of people's reaction who don't know much about the game

[@BBB8BBB]

pin this comment rn

[@BunkerAnon]

Well I'd doesn't help that someone just playing AW2 will be greeted to peak SWEET BABY dialog that Remedy had to sacrifice so they could protect their core game with Alan and the Max Payne.

[@sueanncanfield5228]

Herald Of Darkness is actually summing up the story of Alan Wake I.

[@YnX810]

Thank you so much for checking out my request!! Alan wake is a video game series that follows an author who goes with his wife to a lake because he has writers block. He gets mad at her because she brings a typewriter to see if he can be inspired to write while there. In a rage he leaves the cabin and she gets taken by a dark entity. The champion of light is him trying to save his wife. The song essentially recaps where he is as he lost his memory when entering the darkness to save her. As he tries to find his wife he is finding pieces of a manuscript that he wrote to himself to help him defeat the darkness. Either way the song itself is amazing!! Whether you know the story or not it is quite the experience. The visuals themselves are an adventure in the video. This was a very fun reaction to watch! Hope we hear more from the God's Of Asgard

[@YnX810]

I wonder if @mrlboyd music ever thinks about this random wonder of a song

[@jdog7797]

Love your reaction "what exactly the construction workers do?" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kaleiohulee6693]

"Old Gods of Asgard" is the fictional name for a band found within Remedy games, notably "Control" & the Alan Wake series. This song is from Alan Wake 2 which has an amazing soundtrack of dark narrative storytelling from other Finnish artists. The Old Gods are portrayed by the real Finnish band "Poets of the Fall" and they are well worth checking out on their own. I would recommend "Carnival of Rust" as Poets of the Fall & "Take Control" from the game Control which was done as Old Gods of Asgard.

[@itsRiske11]

'I don't understand what's going on in front of my face'...I said the same thing as I was playing Alan Wake 2. You're not alone in your confusion lol

[@Morgothslair]

"again it feels like I walked in like, you know, like 75% of the book was already read". You nailed it perfectly - thats the summary of the story.

[@justsomebodyhere4930]

This song is from the game Alan Wake 2 by Remedy, they're known for pushing the medium when it comes to storytelling and incorporating live action elements in pretty much all their games since the original Alan Wake

[@paralam2175]

Since the og Max Payne even lol

[@sqwashsilver]

Been gaming consistently since 1985 and I thought I’ve seen it all, until I played this chapter of Alan Wake 2.

[@mushinbujin]

If it makes you feel any better: At this segment, Alan also does not know what's going on. The player of the game also does not know what's going on. :) Fun fact: Dark Ocean Summoning is a banger too, although it is better with the gameplay footage attached.

[@SharkDeschain]

I am so glad you did absolutely no research going into this, it added a certain level of fun for me. Especially since you were totally able to realize just how much context you were missing. But, I'm glad you liked it! This truly was an amazing experience, you should check out some walkthroughs to see how it looks in game. As for more Old Gods of Asgard, they only have a few other songs, being a fictional band from a video game. The order I would suggest is Dark Ocean Summoning, Control, Children of the Elder God, Anger's Remorse, and so on. But! The band behind Old Gods is called Poets of the Fall, they are from Finland! They have quite the catalogue to check out if you want to see some of their original work!

[@tanjanikola9489]

One of the people dancing at the end is the creative director of Remedy Entertainment, Sam Lake (Sami Järvi). He had a blast i the live performance of Herald of Darkness at The Game Awards.

[@rexorchid9745]

The integration of the soundtracks into the Alan Wake games is amazing as they are like ballads told from a bard of what forces are at play in the games. They don't spoil, but they do have you tuning in at the edge of your seat to see how the songs tie into the games.

[@marine6680]

Short answer… Alan Wake is a video game. The main character is a writer. An evil presence can use the works of artists (writers, musicians, etc) to change reality. It can also take over the minds of people and turn them into shadow monsters. (The workers are loggers who fell victim to the evil presence) Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional 70s metal band in the game, a real world band Poets of the Fall write and perform the music, and portray the younger versions of the band. The music of the band plays a big role in the story.

[@OhNoBsod]

Highly recommend you play the games man, i got captivated by alan wake 1, control, and alan wake 2. Like the stories are in different universes but they all connect, and the beauty of it, is that all the games made are from the same company. The white guy on the nice suit next to alan wake at the beginning its actually the creator and writer of alan wake. His name is Sam Lake, and he has been making these games like this paradoxial

[@TheWonderSquid]

“Who’s Alan Wake?” Oh boy

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

The Old Gods of Asgard are a fictional band portrayed by a real Finnish band called Poets of the Fall. They also performed this live at the 2023 Game Awards. The main character is the man with long hair, named Alan Wake. This music video was created for the sequel to the first game, which took 13 years to come out after a massive cliffhanger in the first game. This song basically retells a lot of the events of the first game. A basic synopsis of the first game: Alan Wake is a world-famous writer of crime thrillers. But after struggling with writer's block, his wife takes them on a romantic holiday to a small town called Bright Falls, Washington in order to get Alan's creative juices flowing. However, after Alan's wife disappears, Alan goes on a mind-bending quest to find her. The game starts off as a missing persons thriller, but quickly turns into cosmic horror. It's also a mind-bender and it makes the player question what's real and what's imagination.

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

Some other fun details: - The man with short blond hair is Sam Lake. He's the director of both games and is also Finnish. Just like in the music video, he danced live at the Game Awards and it was huge for the media image of Finland (especially getting them on the map when it comes to AAA gaming) - Bright Falls, Washington (a fictional town) is very likely based on the real town of North Bend, Washington. This is where the very popular show Twin Peaks was filmed. Twin Peaks and Alan Wake share a lot of similarities when it comes to overall genre and vibes (someone from the city goes to a small pacific northwest town to investigate a mystery, cosmic horror ensures. The townspeople are all strange and mysterious, etc.) - Alan Wake was produced by Remedy Games. Many of Remedy's games take place in a shared universe and all reference each other. Recently, the games have been leading into each other. These games include Max Payne 1-3, Alan Wake 1-2, and Control.

[@d0e322]

Alan Wake is a vidéo game character. It's a writer who goes in hollidays in a small town where there is lake with a dark présence. This presence is feeds by artistiques créations. At the end of the first game Alan is trapped in the lake. To get out he need to write his escape. At some point in AW2 he writes a musical comedy interview of his life and the song is in majority a summary of his life and the first game. It's an incredible 15 or 20 minutes sequence in the game where you progress accross a séries of tableaux.

[@nikolaast]

The "Old Gods of Asgard" are the band within canon of the game. In real life they're the band Poets of the Fall, While most of their work isn't quite so "Quiet Riot" they're still amazing and very talented musicians.

[@TheWeasel6]

MRLBOYD come on in, the water is fine.

[@wolfwing1]

my favorite part of this has to be the terrible dancing it's so great :> it's like someone asked me to choreograph the dancing :>

[@jxhl666]

Maybe Alan wrote the choreography as well 🤔

[@wolfwing1]

@@jxhl666 It is....weirdly I want to do this dance for real some time :>

[@devilbob]

I think this is intentional. It's simple enough, so everyone just want to learn this dance by themself

[@KitsyX]

I think you mistyped awesome dancing... I expect it was the auto-complete acting up... I'll forgive you lol.

[@wolfwing1]

@@KitsyX oh no it's terrible dancing but in all the best ways :> it's some how both a way I would dance and a way I could never dance :>

[@theguitarguy5585]

alan, wake up.

[@zachorryy]

A little late to this (by about 7 months) as a writer I would consider the Alan Wake series to quite possibly have the most fascinating and well written stories from a writers perspective. There is a lot of layers to the story of both Alan Wake 1 and 2 and even if you gather all the collectables (manuscript pages mostly) that expand on the story, there will still be things you won't notice until either a repeat playthrough or via a youtuber or streamer online. Keep in mind, the Alan Wake series is a video game series, not a novel series, or a movie/tv show. A video game series. A lot of people, including my peers from my time at Grad School, discredit video games as a story telling medium, Remedy Entertainment excells in writing complex and compelling stories in almost every game they make. Truly an incredible game studio.

[@SilverGrouwlABYSS]

Like others here, if you enjoyed Herald of Darkness definitely check out the rest of Old Gods of Asgard and their real life counterparts Poets of the Fall. Old Gods of Asgard, being a fictional band in a video game called Alan Wake, and a few other games by Remedy. They don’t have many music videos, but their music is definitely worth a listen. Especially since Old Gods of Asgard just released their first official album for the songs they’ve done in the games. Enjoyed your reaction to it, hope to see more 🙌

[@StarkillerSpectrums]

Please also do Anger's Remorse and Dark Ocean Summoning (also by Old Gods of Asgard) 😁 If you liked this one, you will definitely like those two!

[@mckidney1]

Now I want you to stream the entire game Alan Wake 2

[@k.l.7788]

Alan Wake first! 😅

[@RoxasXIII]

Alan Wake 2 is a game and in this part of the game Alan Wake is stuck in a dark dimension where weird shit happens. During the song the game was playable with the live action scenes were on giant screens as you moved forward. Thats why there are so many different shots for the same moments of the song. One side of you you can see the band playing on a big screen and the other side the people dancing on another screen. Also I love the comment you made: “75% of the book was already read” 😂 since the game is about a book writer named Alan wake where his work comes to life (like a Steven King being stuck in the town of derry fighting a clown named pennywise lol). Very happy you liked the song and the performance. ❤

[@callistis8733]

Your instincts are keen, sir! This is a musical number from the game Alan Wake 2, which is basically rough summary of the over-arching plot of the first game thru to that point in Alan Wake 2. The band "Old Guards of Asgard" is an in game band played by the band Poets of the Fall. There are many layers to unfold here, but that's a start!!

[@drepdrained]

oh dude, you gotta listen to the album by the Old Gods, “Rebirth” full of their great music made for games

[@Zach-cn4lb]

A basic rundown of what the hell you just saw: Poets of the Fall is a real band. Alan Wake is a game series, starring the main character Alan Wake. Old Gods of Asgard is a fictional band IN the Alan Wake games PLAYED by Poets of the Fall. This song is a musical inside of the game that documents Alan Wake's life, played on a talk show hosted by the black guy in the video, and performed by the Old Gods of Asgard, their house band, with Alan Wake as a guest on the show

[@eldritchtoast]

I love seeing people see old gods of asgard for the first time. So glad you enjoyed it! Def recommend the games

[@Hilljoona]

It's always entertaining to see a person watching and listening the Old Gods of Asgard song, especially this one, without knowing the Alan Wake games.

[@mstuomel]

Based on your commentary, you would probably enjoy the story of the Alan Wake games. They have an intelligent, multilayered narrative and yes, this song plays an important part in it.

[@Cookieboy70]

You had so many clueless faces but enjoying the music.....I love it!

[@SRXofChaos]

just to clarify the songs contents the lyrics and question and answers basically summarizes Alan Wake's life up to the events of the game Alan Wake, Part. 1 explains his history of nightmares. Part 2 explains his raise and slump as an author and Part 3 is basically about the events in the said game with Part 4 being a solo to himself in the stage where this is being played back to him on to give himself a clue to how to end the number.

[@bendecidospr]

Reacting to this without any knowledge of what this is, is crazy to me.

[@NocnaGlizda]

The band plays and dances and sings and with them the main character of Alan Wake game and even the game's creator Sam Lake is with them and also dances. This is also the person who lent his face to the protagonist of the Max Payne in first game. Wow, how not to love them! You use a flashlight and a gun to guard against those ideas of yours in the book and to chase away the darkness.

[@Gr4Ss13]

It’s ok. Not remembering what’s going on here is pretty common. Just means he rewrote the story again. 😉

[@mischa1981]

The real life band behind "Old Gods" is "Poets of the Fall" from Finland. Since their existence they have always been working together with Remedy Entertainment, also based in Finland. In "Max Payne 2" in 2003 they had their first big release "Late Goodbye" and since then have always been present in Remedy's games. They were present in 2010's "Alan Wake" with "War," "The Poet and the Muse" as well as "Balance slayed the demon". In 2019's "Control" with "Take Control" and other songs, I think. And now their biggest cooperation in "Alan Wake 2" from 2023. They always find a way to surprise the audience. You should look for a "Let's Play Alan Wake 2" video, chapter 4 "We Sing". It is mindblowing, to say the least :D

[@UTxTheArchangel]

Just now seeing this in my feed. The song is from a video game, a literally chapter of said game. There is Alan Wake, Alan Wake American Nightmare which is a spin off but canonically takes place between 2 plot points in Alan Wake 2 but was released 11yrs before Alan Wake 2. So basically 3 games. The game is a psychological horror game that follows the writer Alan Wake. Developed by Remedy, whom likes to write interesting, dynamic, goofy stories. This music video is the goofy. I strongly recommend playing Remedy games, they don't make bad games. Rather you're playing Max Payne, Control(which is connected to the Alan Wake universe), Quantum Break, and Alan Wake.

[@NuclearAbyss]

Old gods of Asgard are a real band called Poets of the fall. But you have enter the Remedy universe, whitch is comprised of Alan Wake, Control, Alan Wake 2, (maybe) Quantum Break and Max Payne. (Control 2 is in the works and Max Payne 1&2 are getting Remakes) All the games are connected in some shape or form. Poets of the fall makes songs specially for Remedy games, thats why they actually tied to the story and aren't just licensed songs.

[@aleksavuletic6128]

This is honestly the best reaction i've seen to this Musical. You went in completely blind and just went with it :D (What have the construction workers done wrong is honestly the best comment since you've no idea about the story of the game :D )

[@yeetusvanitas9800]

I’m this video: a tortured writer grapples with extra dimensional horrors within a dark purgatory where he can’t be sure where his mind begins and reality ends, while being serenaded by a lovecraftian temporally shifting killer moonlighting as a late night talk show host, with backing by 3 geriatric Finnish demigod metal heads possessed by their younger selves. Just another Tuesday for Alan Wake.

[@MrEvilone98]

Guess its time for you to delve into the Remedyverse

[@Daekash]

There's a handful of songs from the alan wake universe that may interest you. 1st) Old Gods of Asgard - The Poet and his Muse. 2nd) Old Gods of Asgard - Children of the Elder God, both excellent songs that I would love to hear your reaction too.

[@alluuu89]

its so cool that u liked it, even when u didnt know about the game. awesome reaction!

[@Mohgwyn_]

You gotta listen to dark ocean summoning my man

[@maetheron1160]

"What did exactly the construction workers do?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH this was so funny!

[@barbararowley6077]

This was such a joy to watch a reaction from someone unfamiliar with the games. The player actually plays through this music video, triggering the next portion by reaching certain goals. Remedy (the games studio) is known for its innovative techniques, with their games having really deep, intriguing, interconnected stories and being glorious, interactive pieces of art. There’s strong Twin Peaks and Stephen King influences to the story, so the games are survival horror. If that’s not a genre you enjoy - it is quite stressful - then I’d recommend watching a video explaining the story, since it’s so well constructed it shouldn’t be missed out on due to not being a horror gamer. BTW, the gentleman with short blonde hair you see as one of the three main characters is Sam Lake, Remedy’s Creative Director, and probably the single most beloved person in gaming. (Possibly outside of gaming, too.) I believe he was close friends with Marko Saaresto, lead singer of Poets of the Fall, which is why they’re featured in many of his games as the fictional Old Gods of Asgard.

[@RJH755]

I heard Herald of Darkness shortly after Alan Wake 2 released but it's far more impactful now having played though both games

[@tokra1000]

The real band is poets of the fall and they have absolutely brilliant music. Children of the sun, dancing on broken glass, war……take your pick. Also play Alan wake 1 and 2. The story will make more sense. Cheers from somewhere

[@VooshSpokesman]

Love from a Bricky and Vaush fan!

[@TheDoctorFlay]

They really managed to capture the era of hair-metal in style.

[@reyproduction4988]

Reyproduction once again commented on an Alan wake herald of darkness reaction video: " Alan Wake sent me "

[@patchray6563]

Alan Wake 2 is a game about a writer who is trapped in The Dark Place, a hellish dimension that feeds off of creativity. The dark presence is the entity that rules that dimension and it loves to mess with his head. That’s where the musical comes in.

[@willowpiano]

This happens in a VIDEO GAME! also it kind of explains both alan wake 1 and 2. :)

[@Scotball72]

I saw those PlayStation Button lights in the Background. If you like horror shooter games then give Alan Wake Remastered a try and then move onto Alan Wake 2. The way they utilize this song in the game is amazing and quite an experience.

[@lukesmith720]

You should react to the other Old God songs like “Sea of Night, “Anger’s Remorse”, etc

[@wolfwing1]

I recognized the host imediatly he played martian manhunter and such on super girl and a few other things.

[@PackZTerrible]

This was one if the funniest and stunning video game experiences i ever had

[@infintyplayer16]

You need to listen to Take Control from Old Gods Of Asgard now! It's my favorite of theirs which is honestly really hard to beat this song! You don't need to know as much from that song!

[@justacampfire6605]

Dark ocean summoning by the old gods of Asgard is also pretty great, not sure if you’re into games at all but Alan wake 1 & 2 are both great games and if you aren’t then Alan wake 1 has a fantastic book

[@bobbiewesthoff3860]

You will also want to check out POETS OF THE FALL : DAZE

[@_yikestrada]

This is the short version 😊

[@IdriveKITTnyc]

In order to understand this. You are going to need to start a gaming channel first. Its the only way.

[@richlacerra6668]

If you dig down this rabbit hole you will thoroughly enjoy the trip, just a heads up

[@annehaapala1004]

I havent played the game but i feel so strong native pride 😁 poets of the fall can never dissapoint either 😁 Sam Lake, keep your smile

[@AlexJade]

Don't normal listen to music reacts but this popped up for me and I adore the Alan Wake game series. look into Poets of the Fall if you haven't, that is the bands real name. Also you voice is just so smooth to listen to

[@ripvanwinkle9648]

Yes, the submitter should have given you a little bit of a haeds-up when it comes to this music video. That said -- Poets of the Fall . . . I mean, The Old Guards of Asgard rock like no band ever has before.

[@bobbiewesthoff3860]

Alan wake is a video game. Alan Wake 2 is a continuation of the story still a video gams

[@haidihou7654]

David Harewood ❤

[@Finland-SkiTeam39-40]

...KZbin 4,2 million views now...; videogame by finnish Remedy created a rock opera inside a survival horror game by Sam Lake with superb team. Long ass story to tell...

[@johnhawthorne4716]

Hahaha This is chapter 6 The musical from Alan wake 2 video game. Really was a WoW moment in gaming Visualy and audio😂

[@Dracobyte]

Let's goo!!

[@NickBlown]

Нравится, как это чувак, спрашивает у нас «что происходит?», будто мы знаем))) Хотя странно, что у него на фоне знаки PlayStation и он не знает об Alan wake 2

[@Sabrina-jw9um]

Thank You,for this content. I play this game everyday. I am German Girl.

[@Dulkh4n]

PLz keep reacting to this amazing band or his also amazing counter band called Poets of the Fall ^^

[@codyjones3456]

Maybe it’s just me,but you actually sound like Mr.Door lol

[@JimmyDThing]

You should watch gameplay of this segment instead. It's so massively impressive.

[@donnymiddlebrook]

You should play the games

[@Silhouette_42]

I so want to play this game but I can’t afford it 😢

[@stormageddon2223]

Funny you said you walked in when 75% of the bookk was already written. This segment is from part way through the 2nd game. So you kind of did

[@Shageru47]

"is this one of those actor bands?" Welll..... Yes and no.

[@satwindersingh8275]

React to Lazarus new song “Scalpel” produced by Denaun Porter of Shady Records. Just came out, most lyrical song of 2023!! No Life Shaq just did a reaction, Tech N9ne posted it too! 🔥🔥🔥

[@nevarran]

Hah, it's so funny watching someone, who doesn't have the context react to this. But if you know, you know.

[@angelofdeath7173]

Bro you need to play the games to understand wtf is going on, both Alan wake remastered and Alan wake 2, also the game control and it’s AWE expansion for good measure, all made by a company called remedy, they are phenomenal storytellers and world builders

[@CleoCat75]

yep, watching someone else play thru this section of the game is the best way to experience this song; though sometimes it can be frustrating to find a good playthru that doesn't take forever, heh; everyone gets stuck wandering around the car headlights forever looking for that lamp!

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

Who put you up to this AND THEN gave you no context?! Lol

[@adamcichon6957]

From a person, who didn't played Alan Wake games at all, i understanding all of this as "the dark place" is totally bullying and playing dirty with Alan. As if it:s unspoken "you're so hilarious little weak men, i'm gonna put that in your face as a comedic musical".

[@xukzcarminesx1819]

Who’s Alan wake so u haven’t played 1 American nightmare or 2 should of played them before watching this bud

[@DaGalaxyBoy]

Bro, he was just told by viewers to react to this music video. It's not his fault he didn't play a game that a lot of people didn't also play

[@ГансСосискин-ч3г]

How can you comment on something that you haven’t played, the plot of which you don’t know, and into a world that you haven’t plunged into during an interactive journey?

[@snakerooni]

The song is million times better than the video game

[@ezrieb139]

I think it's satirical.

[@Farkararka]

It’s camp. Not satire😊

[@AaronBiswas]

​@@FarkararkaIt's not a satire, it's a camp

[@Farkararka]

@@AaronBiswas😂