OUR FIRST TIME LISTENING TO Grai - In the Arms of Mara | COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)

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[@GRAIfolkmetalbandfromRussia]

Thank you very much! :)

[@mikeg.4211]

This is such a great song! :)

[@mvunit3]

Awesome stuff guys :D.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@mvunit3 , I'm really glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@mvunit3]

@@mikeg.4211 - Checkout my added comment for more great Folk bands :D.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@mvunit3 , quite an impressive well-informed list! :)

[@mikeg.4211]

I forgot to mention that Mara is the spirit of winter and death.

[@iachtulhu1420]

Yes, Slavic goddess of death and winter.

[@user-jo5pd1yk8z]

Это славянская богиня, а не дух.

[@user-fi9iz9sl6t]

@@user-jo5pd1yk8z укажите источники, в которых мара описывается как божество, а не как дух. И раз уж я сам предложил указать источник, то начну с себя: ============================= В одной деревне стала являться мара… Верстах в сорока от нашего города, за густым, почти непрерывным лесом, от которого, впрочем, теперь, быть может, остались жалкие следы, - лежит местечко Чуднов. В лесу были рассеяны сторожки и хаты лесников, а кое-где над лесной речушкой были и целые поселки. Не помню, у кого именно из нашей прислуги, чуть ли не у Петра, были в этих местах родные, приезжавшие порой в наш город. Должно быть, они-то и привезли известие о том, что в одном из лесных поселков около Чуднова стало с некоторого времени появляться привидение… Появлялось оно, разумеется, ночью, за речкой, против слободки - высокое, белое. В огромной голове светились два огненных глаза, изо рта пыхало пламя. Выступив внезапно на круче, мара стояла против слободки, наводя на всех ужас, и кричала замогильным голосом: - Ой, щось буде, о-о-о-ой… После этого глаза потухали, и мара исчезала. =============================== Владимир Короленко, "История моего современника".

[@theheepster]

Oh, Russian folk metal here, i'm impressed. This is from the Album Mlada. I love their mix of Folk and Metal, because it is well balanced and harmonized. Great 👍🇩🇪

[@mikeg.4211]

Thanks for a great reaction!! Brilliant as always! I really enjoyed this! Grai (pronounced g-rye, like rye bread) is a super talented folk metal band from central Russia.

[@BigVoidinLittleWizard]

Russian folk-metal? Sweeeeet!

[@mikeg.4211]

Glad you enjoyed it, Void! 😊

[@wbc0rp]

@@mikeg.4211 hey man 🤘

[@herokas4773]

Fantastica banda aguante Grai!!!

[@MrDiegote75]

Aguanteeeeee!!!!

[@integraleric]

The female vocals remind me of the unique vocal style used by the Bulgarian Women's Choir.

[@mikeg.4211]

Good observation, Eric!

[@iachtulhu1420]

@@mikeg.4211 Slavic traditional singing style called white voice. It's very ancient, from pagan times common to Balto-Slavic people's and tribes.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@iachtulhu1420 , thanks for the fascinating information! I also love your lovecraftian moniker! Very cool and well informed! 😎👍

[@mauriciodelarosa2449]

This is why I love your channel because I hear stuff that I would not otherwise hear in a million years and then get pleasantly surprised by how much I like it👍🏽👍🏽

[@bossfan49]

Power metal, symphonic, Russian folk.....very , very cool.

[@vinograd74]

And by the way the thing that you both are in the mood of simultaneous experiance while reacting - was clear just watching you both looking at each other while doing so. I can only congratulate you with reaching that state of togetherness within your interaction ) Great chemistry.

[@luisnunes3863]

Cool. Didn't think you'd done any folk metal yet! There are superb folk metal bands in Russia, Arkona and GRAI at their head.

[@vinograd74]

Surely you can refer to celtic music traditions regarding the misuc. The vocals though are very much slavic. And as long as Grai is from Russia - I assure you their way of singing is very russian native folk singing in the villages.

[@RGRG3232]

Nice one....trouble with a lot of these requests lately is that when i look to see if I can buy the CD or vinyl they are either not available, out of print or a very expensive import. This one goes on my list of needing more research.

[@mikeg.4211]

Glad you enjoyed it, Rob! You can find their cd's and vinyl and even merch at www.bandcamp.com. They deserve support! :)

[@realbser1956]

It sounds like Renaissance on steroids!! Cool.

[@michelemichele3375]

Love hearing fun new music! Thanks, Mike. And great reaction, N & L. For me it was also just heavy enough - kinda equal parts Renaissance Fair Folk, beautiful vocals and strings, punctuated with heavy-driving guitar, and part Cirque du Soleil! Or Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings too. Very nice, especially the double time as it picked up, with a growl near the end. ✨🤪

[@mikeg.4211]

Awesome, Michele! I'm really glad you liked it! If you're interested, you can find their cd's (and also vinyl) at www.bandcamp.com. :)

[@karlj.9501]

Excellent...I've recently been listening to the Swiss band "Cellar Darling" who play a similar genre.

[@mvunit3]

Just released a single a month or 2 ago. The "bands" work in their previous band "Eluveitie" is sorely missed.

[@levatruskavec2199]

In the Hugs of Mara - that name would be technically correct for the song, I told it as Russian native speaker

[@user-sl4ep8tw1s]

"Hugs" - это объятия в смысле обнимашек. А Мара это всё-таки смерть, и вообще божество, так что "in the arms" звучит стилистически корректнее.

[@user-hz2zh2ns7z]

Little of influence of Celestial season

[@BigVoidinLittleWizard]

Not to disparage Grai, but I have a recommendation that I think you two will appreciate. I invite you to receive "The Invitation" by Floater. They have a huge cult following, they started in the '90s in Oregon, they're prolific and unique. No worries if this gets missed; I'm sure someone else will suggest them--if they haven't--sooner or later. Much love, Nick and Lex.

[@alexwolfeyes5958]

Arkona - Goi, rode, goi, please!! This is real pagan metal!

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

10:14 this is harp? they are using harp in metal?

[@calvinwboaz7085]

You should take a pebble and put it in the arms of Mara. This sounds like a less annoying version of Nightwish - not bad.

[@yaleklepner7716]

Please react to 10CC “Don’t Hang Up”. You won’t be disappointed!!!

[@wbc0rp]

Cool! You beautiful twins. Super react! Make react to more Russian rock music. 1. Alkonost (folk metal) 2. King and Jester (Король и Шут, horor-punk 3. slaughter to prevail deadcor 4. Radio Tapok it’s great man 5. Aria (Ария) this Kipelov power metal&havy 6. DDT rock 7. Пикник himself rock stiles 8. Би-2 9. Короче я устал печатать. Ребята допишите внизу что я забыл, ну и конечно какие лучше всего песни 🤘 P.S. За КиШ согласен сложно выбрать одну ;)

[@murdockreviews]

It's certainly something different! Personally, a bit hard to get into. Not because of the Russian language, but because the genre is abit strange for me generally. I like folk, I occasionally like metal. I rarely enjoy the blending of both. Still, keep up the musical diversity. Thanks to everyone requesting.

[@fabriciopalacios9066]

Reacto to Maneskin winners of Eurovision 2021, the song Zittie e bouni

[@Nibiro_ChaosModder]

she is a Slavic Goddess of Winter and Death. Not just a spirit. Buy a microphone)

[@McLatysh]

От польского в русском очень мало, буквально воробей накапал))) да нет, мы тут там как-то непостижимым образом связанные, хотя они меня (ну не вот прям все), но не любят, самое интересное что помимо разделения славянских языков на восточнославянские, западнославянские и южнославянские, есть такое понятие как северное славянские, тут уже польский своими некоторыми историзмами очень гармонирует с русским, хотя нет, не так там всё сложнее, у северногорусского отсутствует и первая и вторая и третья палатализация, ну не системно, но имеется, такое нет у других восточных славян причём у западных тоже не системно, боюсь вам повредить мозг, но это частично перекачало в русский литературный, при этом они не завязаны на позднейшием влияние как белорусский или украинский, это не самый прикол что бы вам понятнее было как формируются языковые нормы, там где у русских взята норма и церковнославянского у зачастую у этих родных народов норма взята из польского, а где есть восточнославянская норма, то она тоже заменена на польскую исковерканную, а когда в русском чисто восточнославянская норма, то она совершенно точно будет заменена на церковнославянскую или на польскую искалеченную, вот так рождаются языки.

[@McLatysh]

Что бы понятнее, полская лингвистика очень сложная штука, если не сравнивать с русским северным то очень архаичный момент, но у них там процентов 50 лексики заимствована из германских, по сути это уже не весьма славянский язык, не спорю про финно-угорские и татаро-монгольские и опять же германские заимствования в русском, но думается они тону в таком потоке германизмов в польском.

[@GorgonTheHybrid]

I found the juxtaposition between the singing and the music interesting, especially since they were so different, but I found the singing far more interesting than the music. I might have loved it if they had the singing with the more traditional folk aspects of the music, which was cool, but of course there had to be the obligatory heavy metal riffs so often associated with modern prog that I find pretty uninspired and overdone, and that brief moment of growly vocals, well, let's just say I'm glad it was only a brief moment (how did that style of singing ever get popular?). Still, more interesting than a lot of modern prog/metal I've heard, which is saying a lot since I usually don't like almost anything modern that's not named Radiohead or Sigur Ros or a couple others.

[@user-hn2my6uk2w]

My God , who does not criticize music and songs ! They can’t connect two words, but they also try to be clever ... Why are you so helpless and lazy? Everything: both the text and the meaning are on the Internet, you just have to want and find it. You need to better prepare for the discussion. Hello from Siberia .

[@richardy5271]

It's a shame. I started watching and enjoying the music you chose to react to....actual classics. But people have been sending you a lot of garbage to listen to and it's very disappointing.

[@mvunit3]

I'll be sending requests for garbage with classics too. Hope you'll tune in like the rest of us.