REACTING to NIGHTWISH (Dark Chest Of Wonders)⚫🧰❓

[@Tauraherion]

I would love to see Chase listening to this whole show in one sitting. Just enjoying the show along with us.

[@badsiony]

Maybe we can ask him to organise something on Discord where we all watch it together, that'd be pretty sweet!

[@scifimonkey3]

Might take a couple of months with commentary

[@Tauraherion]

@@scifimonkey3 lol... Yeah. but I guess that since he would only do this if he already reacted to all songs on the setlist, it would mean much less pauses...

[@deadohiosky1701]

He can't do it XD

[@donaldcampbell9483]

Yessssssss

[@joshuaburba2905]

"I'm not sorry about any pauses. Deal with it." THANK YOU! Best line of the entire reaction, imo. Take care Chase.

[@ChaseCarneson]

We're finding our feet.

[@joshuaburba2905]

@@ChaseCarneson While finding your feet, may I humbly suggest you check out a band called Liliac? I'm sure you'll be impressed, especially considering their ages. Have a darn good day sir. 😉

[@gabbo164]

If people don’t like the pauses then why the hell are they watching a reaction video???

[@joshuaburba2905]

@@gabbo164 Exactly. And nevermind the fact that, if reactors don't pause frequently enough, their videos are blocked for copyright issues. They are forced to pause a lot, whether they want to or not. But, people complaining about pauses either don't realize that's the case, or are too selfish to care. I would like to see those people start their own channel and try doing reactions without pausing. They would quickly realize how many hours are spent trying to do just one video for our entertainment. Have a good one.

[@thehighlander1720]

Chase, man, when you tossed the "deal with it" line out there I laughed till I nearly cried! Thanx, that was great!

[@2010zagadka]

It's easy to deal with the pauses when they are there for a reason, they give you time to drop your pieces of gold so the reason is obvious.

[@davidcook482]

I totally agree with you. These pauses are well timed to highlight particular aspects that wouldn’t mean as much if addressed later. Of course, there are times that one wouldn’t want to pause, such as the last couple of minutes of Ghost Love Score - that’s like a sin. Haha.

[@hamstermunchies5558]

This performance is the reason I call her the Dutch Chest of Wonders

[@bowlofsoup]

I can never get enough of Jukka just going absolute bonkers at the end of songs to drive up the intensity even more.

[@user-tf2wd1eh3g]

Kai is awesome, but Jukka is a performer. Sad how things turned out, the man was born to be on stage.

[@KazemaruW]

Insomia is a bitch dude i hope he's doing better now that he is doing more behind the scenes work

[@laracosta4873]

@@KazemaruW Tuomas was asked about him in a recent interview and he said Jukka is doing much better and is still very involved in the band.

[@granthoule7418]

@@laracosta4873 i was relieved when i heard that and was even more relieved and even excited when i heard that jukka picked kai to be his replacement. That is stamp of approval from the original as worthiness to fill those drumming shoes!

[@Sakpan74Gr]

I wish they showed us drum cam footage of Jukka.

[@deadohiosky1701]

Every time I watch this I think how most of those 82,000 people had no idea what they were in for, most probably had not yet heard Floor as part of Nightwish. You can see it on the faces of the crowd through the progression of the show. There are earlier shows and videos, of course, but this is really the beginning of Nightwish with Floor in my book. I'm just happy to have been alive during this time to hear and see it as a contemporary.

[@ianhutchison7214]

Chase, loved the expression on your face at 5.50! ....... like a kid at christmas getting everything he wished for!

[@janottens6755]

THERE SHE IS .......... as always when queen FLOOR apears cant help it 👩🏻🎤🌹🌹❤️❤️

[@tsiouparoglou4493]

"There she is, there she is" 😂😂 that's also what the whole crowd thinks of lol she's so ❤

[@Jacqueline.1964]

Their show openers are soooi huge! Shudder Before The Beautiful is another one. Hope to be part of that energy next year! Ooooohhhh, can't wait..... Nw saturday on a thursday evening, THANKS!

[@zvolencan1]

I think that Shudder is actually very similar to Dark Chest. Maybe Chase will say something about it, too.

[@kimseymour5250]

I believe shudder has already been done :)

[@fredericleclerc9037]

Can't wait to see them live again too :)

[@birdbranch]

This is how every consert should open. This is an epic show opener.

[@don-o-seven1437]

As noted, this is the opener at Wacken. Imagine quiet and dark, waiting for the show to start. Then this HITS you in the face. Love your reactions. Your seem to listen with four or five ears. I have no idea how you hear what you do, but so glad that you do.

[@Shiva182Katarina]

This song is an opener, it opened this show and also End of an Era show and it opened the album Once :) Also Ghost Love Score is also from the album Once

[@xztream2455]

'they provide the canvas for her to paint the vocals on'..... You just won the internet reactors trophy for today.... I'm logging off for the rest of the day. It doesn't get any better 👌🏻

[@MatsGarage]

Love the face on Marko at 15:46 its like "well this new girl is singing the shit out of our old songs..."

[@leemoseley1120]

"Easy, Emppu. Easy. Easy. Easy." He eats awesome guitar riffs for breakfast.

[@dancingwiththedead6764]

And drinks his Corona beer

[@katerinam8752]

A suggestion for your next reaction is something I have seen been requested a lot in the comments of your earlier Nightwish reactions: High Hopes, a tribute Nightwish made to Pink Floyd. Really worth checking it out, especially if you familiar with this song. Nightwish version is really interesting and Markos vocals out of this world. Keep up the great work.

[@frankmerris8821]

you say interesting i say incredible

[@annukkas]

I 2nd that!!

[@nassj6593]

X3

[@hopegreer3357]

How about a double reaction with the original for fans who don't know pink floyds version. What do you guys think?

[@katerinam8752]

@@hopegreer3357 Sounds like a great idea!

[@drcabry]

Never forget that at this point Floor was with Nightwish since just a few months. That’s reMarkoble!

[@2010zagadka]

It was the opener of the show, so they started with a bang.

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

While this concert is gr8 because of nightwish, I feel like the sound guys should get alot of credit. Festivals can often have sound problems, and this sounds so crisp.

[@lowroar5127]

Wacken 2013 sound is perfect. Wembley and Buenos Aires sounded awful

[@rasijaa]

I was there and it sounded PERFECT live!

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

That's what I mean making festivals sound great is not a given so probs to the sound guys

[@kpsmorera]

I wonder if the sound eng crew from this Waken were hired by Waker Organizers or are they the Crewish guys?

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

@@kpsmorera dont know, but whoever's it was did a great job.

[@petrihartikainen4645]

Best way to spend Saturday in Finland: First Sauna, then cold beer and watch Chase reacting Nightwish. Kippis!

[@ChaseCarneson]

Aaah thank you.

Juuri näin 💎☺️ Kippis!

[@anttiypya8264]

🍻

[@joonasvahasalo6635]

Yeah you should be commended on your analytical insight more often. Hands down my favourite on youtube

[@snowdoll3778]

so much yes

[@hellothere3502]

His mind works so fast and he can verbalise his thoughts so quickly that I’m in awe!

[@quitscheente95]

I can't put into words how much I LOVE that opening performance. The pure joy on their faces, the energy they bring to the stage and which is immediately reflected from the crowd. The mindblowing talent of the band. It's just....breathtaking. Thanks for giving this performance the reaction it deserves :)

[@grimgorlefort]

You still don't have reacted to "high hopes" =0 ( their cover from pink floyd) ! You should do it (maybe check the original song before)

[@zvolencan1]

The song cuts short probably because immediately after this starts I Wish I Had an Angel. These are like a double high energy combo that can´t be separated. I suggest you continue with that next time, Chase.

[@djclaudeus]

Definitely one of the best reaction channels going. Can always count on great observation and analysis from Chase. Nightwish Saturdays are always a great wakeup to start my weekend. 🤘

[@ChaseCarneson]

Thank you for this 🙏

[@djclaudeus]

@@ChaseCarneson cheers my friend!! 🍻

[@flemmingstergaard4690]

A song sounding different could be Elven Jig / Elven Path from Buenos Aires 2019. A more playfull Nightwish.

[@JWildberry]

If I'm having a bad day or just a bland day, I always feel better after watching these reactions. Chase's genuine excitement and energy is contagious.

[@Bloodyria]

I'm from Argentina, we have super cheesy parties to celebrate when girls turn 15, they enter the room with big princess dresses and songs like "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" by Britney, then there was old little me, with a short black dress and this song playing as I came in. Tarja left, Anette came, I drifted away from Nightwish, until I heard this dvd, starting with this song and I was 14 all over again. Still my favorite band and I kinda want to turn 30 to redo that entrance 😂 Would love your reaction to Gethsemane at Buenos Aires! Also, I just realised you haven't done High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover) yet! Please check it out, amazing thing, like all Nightwish things.

[@IlVaIIi]

Thanks for great reaction! Again. Easy Emppu easy! I see Emppu once in the while. He`s kid is in the same kindergarten than mine. Great humble man, and fantastic guitarist!

[@sjeses]

I would like to introduce you to a project that is special on a scale of Nightwish. Check out Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. There might be too much to unpack in this song though, but the details that you pick up on are impressive. Arjen Anthony Lucassen will be your guide into an entire universe in the dimension of sound. Safe travels :)

[@allenhuling598]

Yes, this!!

[@sjeses]

@Semper verum I kind of hoped to keep that a surprise, but yes. I do dare to make a bold claim: she's not going to be his favorite vocalist in this one.

[@johnfreeman9505]

@@sjeses Its an amazing song with more brilliant vocalists than you can shake a stick at, but for me Floor brings the emotion and knocks the climax to the song out of the park. The only thing ‘wrong’ with her performance is it is so brief. :)

[@Greyhound53200]

@@johnfreeman9505 Bear in mind that all singers play their story parts throughout the entire album.

[@MisterJ56]

Already said so ..... a nice song doing "double" with Julia Nilon !! Chase the instruments, Julia the singers ! Official (Arjen’s) clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c

[@DrSkeff]

How hard must it be to be a reactor, discover a fantastic new band and not being able to deep-dive into their back catalogue straight away?! Great reaction as ever mate.

[@uncagedulfhedinn2525]

Opening track of Wacken 2013. The fact that they are this tight, her voice is so amazing, first track is just mind blowing. They're so good. Definitely recommend slaying the dreamer from buenos aires.

[@alanfoster6589]

Seconded, but I'm sure Chase is already on that one.

[@jessicakoster2543]

I think there wasn't a shred of doubt in anyone's mind, that Floor was there to stay. When you open like this, on this festival, you are presenting her to the world!

[@Darnaguen]

This song was the best kind of punch in the face back in 2004. Nightwish had used a symphony orchestra on their previous album, Century Child, but this was the first time with Pip Williams and the LSO and the soundscape was just on whole another level. Also the absolute best show opener, I'm glad they brought it back to the set with Floor.

[@helenmorrell2717]

My grand daughter and I love Nightwish,she is 7 and calls Floor her Queen!😇😁 We have recently discovered Therion and I would like to hear your reaction to them.

[@mattheweddy2546]

Easily the most underappreciated song yet one of my favorites!

[@askariskillgannon]

This was the first ever Nightwish song I ever heard - it was on a Metal Hammer Album with Within Temptation's - Ice Queen both captured my soul in a way that no other music at the time had. Thanks for reacting to this one, though you wouldn't know it watching your appreciation means a lot to me.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

OMG, this is the Opener for her Concert. I mean the most Bands wants stuff ,like this, as her last Song hihi

[@zoranb]

If you like the heavy stuff, you must listen to Nightwish "Master Passion Greed". (there is no live version)

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

"How cool is that pause"? " beast" 😂😂😂

[@ChaseCarneson]

⏸️⏸️⏸️

[@fabiolavieira4571]

OMG you explained what syncopation is! thank you Chase!

[@ChaseCarneson]

I do my best haha!

[@oh_hey_its_b]

Her voice just does not get tired. She trains it like a machine. So much breath control and muscle memory, so that not only does she have an amazingly supported wide range, her voice is strong and consistent from show-start to finish. It is truly remarkable. Btw, I say "remarkable" and "smart" at least once a day everyday, without even thinking about it. You are influencing music-listening AND vocabulary! Ha! :)

[@MigsDances]

Speaking of muscle memory, note the key change at 14 : 54. It makes the placement of “so long ago” even more challenging and impressive. I have always wondered what her warm up exercises entail for her to just walk out and be able to hit that first note (and all subsequent notes) with total confidence.

[@oh_hey_its_b]

@@MigsDances I would love to pick her brain about vocal technique. The woman knows her stuff, that's for sure!

[@fairytalefreak]

The frame at the pause at 11:08 floor looks like she's about to take flight😄

[@marionblo]

Next: Slaying the dreamer or The kinslayer Buenos Aires 2018, High hopes or Planet hell from End of an era. Anette does a good job on Planet hell as well (at SIR studios).

[@jakebronner2371]

Still remember that show as if it was yesterday. It's so memorable also because of the contrast. The slot before them was Alice Cooper, who put on a nice, solid horror rock show as he usually does. All nice and cozy, friendly colours and stuff. Then after the change-over, Nightwish just blasted everyone out of the park, in-sane.

[@darekwilk3806]

How was the sound at the venue? Because Marko did unbelievable job with sound mixing here!

[@jakebronner2371]

@@darekwilk3806 The sound was crystal clear, excellent job by the sound crew; even more so as I believe they still had the old PA in 2015.

[@jineil]

I had the honour of attending two Nightwish live concerts in my short lifetime: 2005 and ten years later in 2015 - both in the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart. The one in 2005 was my first live concert of any band ever and Nightwish opened that evening with "Dark Chest of Wonders". I don't think I have to tell you what kind of memories this song brings back to me every time I hear it again. And again. And again. Nightwish doesn't give you songs, they give you musical experiences. They have done so from the beginning and are continuing to do so now and hopefully far further into the future. I highly recommend anyone to attend their live performance as soon as we get a chance to do so again. Come visit Wacken, Germany is beautiful in the summertime ;) Now to you, Chase. I stumbled upon your channel by mere chance and it was really cute to see you slowly but surely becoming more and more a part of the Nightwish fan culture. I love how not only you help us learn more about Nightwish and their songs and why they are so amazing (not that we didn't know before, your analysis just makes them MORE amazing) but also how you yourself seem to learn more about song composition every time you watch/listen to them playing one of their songs. Watching you spread your wonderful positive vibes is a delightful way of spending my time off of work and I think I speak for a lot of people here when I say: Thank you, Chase. Thank you.

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

We all love the Goddess, Chase

[@mantailuaa]

Your face is lit up with joy during this whole song. This song is a banger opener. Next you could react to Last of the Wilds instrumental from Wacken. And maybe do a double reaction to that song. There is a lyric video sung by Jonsu in finnish with english subtitles, Erämaan Viimeinen, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHKQiXyOrpqprZY

Erämaan viimeinen, yes! 💎💎💎

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

Now . . . THAT'S how you open a concert ! ! ! Where next? Do what the concert did: smash directly into "Wish I Had An Angel" - it's a one-two punch that never fails.

[@BeginBye]

@Chase I am so much happy you have eventually got across hearing this one! I’ve been looking forward for it for months!)

[@caro11_elf]

ok...i'm here two years later. still awesome to watch you watch one of my favorite bands. i'm naptrapped under a 3-month old baby and have probably watched every reaction video to nightwish there is. by composers, vocal coaches, singers, you name it...yours and julia's are my favorite by far because you give such great technical insights and i think you REALLY appreciate the musical genius that is Tuomas. Also this particular performance makes me really emotional. because i was there that night at Wacken and it was awesome. it was the night they introduced Floor and she blew our freaking mind...

[@Piia2023]

.this became their opening half way through the Decade tour too, a masterpiece. It is Halloween so the best would be Scaretale...Anette is good live, but you get so much more out if you listen to the studio version.

[@annukkas]

Yeah, but she is witchier at the live version... 🧹

[@Piia2023]

@@annukkas yes she is, but there is so much in that piece of music you miss live, that you actually hear only on the cd...or do both...

[@bertbouwhuis]

Hot damn, super song ... and than your comments. You sure are the champ reactor Chase. Keep that up! Enjoying every second of it.

[@joeN1992]

Next Saturday is Halloween, so you gotta react to Scaretale !

[@gmurph]

annd Halloween is also my Mom's B-Day so I'm afraid you really don't have a choice now Chase 🤣🤞

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Yep Halloween and Scaretale perfect 😊

[@TheJoujou5555]

Yes you should!!! But there's not that great live versions, no pro sound... Best intro imho...

[@adlicious100]

💜...and please keep on rollin this Beautifull Nightwish Train dude....we Alll are enjoying all of it 🤗💥🎸✌🍹🙏🏼

[@ChaseCarneson]

We will!

[@Zhgarr]

Smells merch worthy... "Chase the music"

[@Timmayytoo]

This song has a special place in my heart because it was my introduction to Nightwish. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard it. This song was on the same album (Once) as Ghost Love Score, so it makes sense that you hear a relationship between the songs. I LOVE Floor and I appreciate how she has tweaked some older songs a bit to fit her vocal style better, but overall she tries to keep the songs in the style of the original vocalist. In this song, the operatic run she does just before the breakdown and near the end of the song is very much a Tarja highlight on the album, and Floor does a terrific job of keeping the "Tarja-ness" of that part in her performance.

[@godcaoss]

I would go for Last Ride of the Day or Wish I Had an Angel (If you have not done yet). Gethsemane Live in Buenos Aires is a very interesting one, too. Edit: I experience sheer joy when listening to Last Ride of the Day, but I guess for an analysis, Gethsemane would be more interesting. Also, I would love to hear Chase's take on Shadow Hunter by Angra

[@hedwig8007]

Gethsemane please! It is a underrated killer piece

[@fatty409]

"Get in..." - Chase Yup I agree whole heartedly. "If you're new here, get comfortable" always worth getting comfortable to hear the analysis.

[@marievie91]

This one was the opening song of the Wacken 2013 Nightwish show, now that's a way to prepare the crowd for the absolute madness and pure magic to come 🖤 history was written that night!

[@johnekare8376]

Great reaction as always! You are absolutely right in not apologizing for your pauses... those are what we are here for after all.

[@sanni4368]

Elvenjig/Elvenpath (Buenos Aires)! A fantastic instrumental piece + a song inspired by Tolkien and fairytales.

[@autie_michi]

Once more, thanks so much for this reaction, and thanks for being you ☺️ Now, where to go next? One of my all time favourites is still "Walking in the air" live with Tarja. I'd love to see a reaction on this one 😁 Thx and have a damn good weekend 🤗

[@mantailuaa]

That could be maybe closer to christmas because it belongs greatly to finnish christmas traditions.

[@amandacook5197]

Love how you want to play the drums and the guitar at the same time ❤️❤️🐧🐧

[@ChaseCarneson]

When you're right you're right

[@APMM58]

Every Saturday is a feast because of you do a reaction of a Nightwish song.

[@steves.6918]

Floor's very first track with Nightwish. How she has grown from burndown-uncertainty to a major-confident part in only a couple of months remains amazing. Love the emojis depicting the song!

[@deeteenw]

Great analysis as always! As for recommendations - well you have a few more from Wacken to go, but for an interlude may I suggest "Sleeping Sun"? You could do Floor and/or Tarja, both are excellent (Anettes version is OKish, but not more). As for Wacken "Last Ride of the Day" is certainly another banger, also "She is My Sin" is excellent. "Last of the Wilds" is a beautiful piece giving Floor time to change her dress (didn't quite make it though, as you can see in the following song "Bless the Child", another recommendation). But if you don't mind studio versions, you really need some Anette in your life. Generally a bit on the softer side but nonetheless masterful compositions. A good example is "Meadows of Heaven", Tuomas ode to his childhood. 2 minutes until you hear the first drums and 4 minutes before Emppu gets a go, but totally worth the wait. Tank can tell you a bit about "Scaretale" (arguably her best recorded live performance, among with "Slow Love Slow" from Montreux)

[@allenhuling598]

Gr8 recommends....love, Meadows Of Heaven!!

[@mysticeyes_]

Chase is in full fanboy mode today haha. Love it. After this banger of a track, maybe slow it down a bit next week with Sleeping Sun, End of an Era? It is not only one of the most famous Nightwish songs, it is also the quintessential Tarja song I'll say. Nothing too complex tbh but it's just beautiful. Floor also has done Sleeping Sun btw and her rendition is gorgeous too. So I wouldn't mind a reaction to both, just sayin' haha.

[@PaulSmith-pt3zu]

What makes crack up more as I watch your reactions. Is how shocked you can be each time you view a new song. It shows how bloody smart Tuomas constructs his songs. Still you find things I've not picked up and keep pausing it so helpful to hear stuff you point out. Another awesome reaction chase! Keep'm coming

[@cordulagrun9401]

You really need to check out Floors earlier stuff!! After Forever, Revamp, Northward too (cause thats really different) and her collaborations and side projects like Ayreon, Sancta Terra with Epica, Beste Zangers, Evergrey, Avalon, MaYaN, Star One etc... she is soooo versatile and you're just focusing on Nightwish. This is not supposed to be an accusation but maybe have a day like NW Saturday where you check out Floor or in general the bandmembers past or present side projects and bands. Thats really the only thing I'm missing on your channel. Otherwise its perfect, thanks for the great reactions!!

[@allenhuling598]

Gr8 idea!

[@jorgengabrielsson6660]

...yaaa... give here sister some love... and Jorn Viggo Lofstad 🤘🏼

[@Libritor]

this is the beginning track of the album Once, which features Ghost Love Score so they were written at the same time frame, nice observation of the similarities.

[@zehnra]

Once, I had a dream...and this is it.

[@danielosheigh4793]

Hell yeah!! Thank you Chase!! Another awesome break down, to help explain why i get goosebumps and frogs in my throat when I watch them play :-) And of course Floor has the best windmills in the business...she IS Dutch after all, they are ALL about their windmills. Floor's hair is officially the 7th member of Nightwish HAHA. One thing I notice about Floors windmilling, from a massage therapists standpoint, I like to see her take that aggressive stance, one foot in front of the other, knees bent, hand on her hip and shes actually rotating her shoulders and upper back and letting her head swivel with their momentum, not making it with her neck by itself. Great base, that'd make for good longevity and less strain on her neck, thereby her vocals. You may not be a Julia for vocals but you certainly are a Chase when it comes to dissecting composition, transition, meter, rhythm and instrumental sounds my good man. Never sell yourself short ;-)

[@jaxi00]

If you want to go to totally other direction with Nightwish, check "Slow, love slow".

[@TheThunderwesel]

So we've got Nightwish Saturday.... I petition for Meshuggah Mondays!

[@derrickparran]

They came out and started taking heads. Five seconds in and you knew you were witnessing greatness. Great reaction as always.

[@ChaseCarneson]

Appreciate that

[@PaulSmith-pt3zu]

And I also had to add hars off to the crew behind the scene being able to time the flames to the beats of the song. Awesome!!!! Plus the wicked lighting .... what a way to open up the show 🤟🤟

[@ForestImp529]

You need To hear her sing phamrom of the opera live with Henk Poort!!! It's such a fun one!

[@Silvar55x]

Maybe this and "Ghost Love Score" have similar structures because they're originally from the same album - Once (2004). Tuomas tends to change his composition styles and influences album to album.

[@Silber7]

More importantly, each album has a noticable consistant identity throughout. Nearly everyone is more than a collection of songs - it makes sense to hear them in connection. As well as musically and composition-wise even thematicly (even if most may not be 'concept albums' in the narrower sense) The 'once' (ha!) lost Innocence and longing on Once is always present and many songs even reference each other

[@madhatter6549]

That was the opener-- The closer is Last Ride of the Day-- better, in my opinion...What say you? ( same show)

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

As good as they are I still think the 2015 Wembley and Tampere with "Shudder..." as opener and "TGSOE" as closer is even better.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

Annette singing DCoW live was my introduction to Nightwish. You should react to her. As it often happens, she's a little raw live, but she really puts her heart into it.

[@Angheal]

Thank you Chase for another awesome reaction and dissection of another Nightwish song. Longtime lurker, first time commenting. I'm a fan of this band since 1998. My first CD was Oceanborn. Once I listen to it I never looked back. Your expert analysis of their songs and compositions finally make me somewhat understand why and what I feel whenever I listen to their albums. Especially their new album Human. :||: Nature speaks to me. I can't stop listening to it and it was very helpful for me to follow along with your reaction to this album. I'm also big fangirling on Floor. I love, love what Floor is doing with the older songs and how she makes the songs her own. Nightwish found a treasure with her and the perfect fit. Anyone can see how much thought and effort she puts into her performance to bring the right emotion to the songs and how much fun the whole band has. We as fans are very fortunate to still have the original recordings and now the new life versions with Floor. ❤👍😁 Keep your Nightwish reactions coming. How fortunate for us fans that we have 3 experts with you, Julia and Tank that can explain composition, voice technic and production. Not to forget Guylain Prince and his lyric analysis. Thanks again, I'm so looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@konradstanczyk5158]

I think it would be so awesome if you considered making something like a "Symphonic Saturday" series, in which you'd explore all the amazing symphonic metal bands that you've only scratched the surface of (like Within Temptation, Epica, Delain) or haven't checked out yet (like Xandria or Blackbriar)

[@eFiend]

one day, we will have a song with so many pauses that we don't actually hear the song. we have a way to go but I'm still waiting.

[@artonx4719]

Nice to see your passion with NW and your analysis and love for music!

[@ChaseCarneson]

🙋🏼‍♂️🙏

[@Kekoapono]

This song and Ghost Love Score are what got me hooked on Nightwish when I first started listening to them. These two songs are very special to me. Also, you mentioned how this song reminded you of Ghost Love Score, and that’s for a good reason since Dark Chest of Wonders and Ghost Love Score are on the same album.

[@QazwerDave]

Creek Mary's Blood !! Live - End of an Era.

[@christophercollins9333]

Thank goodness I am not alone on this one... hopefully it catches reviewer and incoming fan interest like Weak Fantasy has started to. Very VERY unique...

[@smokysky]

Your reactions are always so on point, thoughtful and with so much attention to detail - thank you for making Saturday be a special treat for all of us :) Really hoping you’ll do ‘Stargazers’ (at Tampere) or ‘Gethsemane’ (at Buenos Aires) at some point! Also, for more Tarja-era/early Nightwish stuff, you could take a look at ‘Pharao sails to Orion’ from the wishes to eternity dvd or ‘The Siren’ or ‘Creek Mary’s Blood’ from End of an Era.

[@4211234]

My favourite nightwish song

[@jamescayer8172]

YOU have done it again!! I have listened to this song hundreds of times, and yet every time I see your reactions, it makes me really think about ALL of the elements that are going on. I really do appreciate your pauses to explore those themes!! Thanks again Chase!!! Have you done Sleeping Sun? It's a song that Tarja did so well, but I also liked the live version with Floor singing it!!

[@ChaseCarneson]

And I appreciate you. I haven't done that one yet, no.

[@Jovian999]

This is the opening track of the Once album (so has a Tarja connection) but was also frequently the opening song of the Imaginaerum tour, as was the case here at Wacken. I was lucky enough to see Nightwish open with this in London 2012, a bare month after Floor joined the band, and the moment she delivered those first lines she electrified the whole building. I knew right then how fantastic she was going to be. Which, I'm sure, was exactly the point!

[@alexanderbecker3269]

Chase, many thanks for your reactions. I loved Nightwish already before, but you finally make me understand why this is case. Many thanks again, please keep up your brilliant work explaining music for those among us, which do not have this background knowledge. :-)

[@Immortall1408]

This song is such a great, energetic opener for a concert. Not that the crowd needed any more energy, to be fair. I am also looking forward to another Epica reaction. :-) as you have not seen anything from Retrospect so far.

[@Hihiiii708]

Another awesome breakdown Chase! I think you will love Slaying the dreamer - live in Buenos Aires 2018.

[@AnnikaLidne]

Those strong choir pieces that punches through sounds like they are sampled from or inspired by O Fortuna / Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

[@boringturtle]

Glad to see you genuinely enjoying the greatest band out there. As a small twist you should react to something off their debut album Angels Fall First. Normally when people ask me about it I remind them that we don't talk about that album or I'll say, "Angels Fall First? What's that?" but I'd be interested in a detailed diagnostic that examines their starting place and how it connects to their modern style.

[@3WWizard]

I don't know if it's just me, but it feels like you have levelled up as a reactor. Maybe it's because it is Nightwish or just you have a good amount of experience now. You seemed more confident in presenting your ideas, more unapologetic for your style, and less reserved about letting your personality shine through. It's always been fun and educational since I started watching around the time of the first Band-Maid reaction, but this one just seemed like you've stepped up your game a bit. Also, another fantastic Nightwish song and reaction. So happy to be hearing these songs for the first time along with these reactions.

[@Cabernal]

The whole once album has very solid guitar lead parts. This is also the opener for what some fans think is their best album ever.

[@Cabernal]

I hope eventually you'll get into doing studio versions of some of these, live has a lot of energy but you lose a lot of the orchestration and choir work. I'm sure you'd love it.

[@devoneagle1966]

No matter how well I think I know a song, I end a Chase reaction with a greater appreciation of the musicianship and composition.