Stam1na - Elämänlanka [Reaction/Review]

[@patkajape]

You should REALLY check out their song Panzerfaust. A kickass song, a cool black/death metal hybrid and really aggressive. You'll love it.

[@topiasnylen]

patkajape expecially the live version from emma gaala that is a finnish grammy competition(?)

[@topiasnylen]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6XbZJh4rJZ6g9U

[@samimarttinen3056]

Panzerfaust is just epic. Raw, brutal, powerful, masterpiece.

[@maestrobash7822]

A quick translation of the lyrics: (T/L notes: "Haavanlehti" is the leaf of an aspen tree, but "haava" means wound, so that play on words doesn't really translate. Also, the Finnish word for "knee" can also mean "generation", so there's a double meaning with that.) The Thread of Life The boy fell on his path To lie next to the roots of his father With an aspen leaf on his knee He bled his gore I'm not going to stitch up the wound I'll get up and heal From it's edges the wound closes I'll get up and heal I'm not going to stitch up the wound I'll get up and heal The knee of the boy gets stronger As I get up again on the journey From a cavity of the hollow ground To his fathers voice most loved Got to dig up an echo For the rest of his life in his journey Find your thread of life and put it in a needle Stitch together the scraps of your joy If the thread breaks then it breaks You won't find a stronger one in death I'm not going to stitch up the wound I'll get up and heal From it's edges the wound closes I'll get up and heal I'm not going to stitch up the wound I'll get up and heal The knee of the boy gets stronger As I get up again and get on the journey on the journey on the journey

[@crustu]

Maestro Bash you need some special love for the translation! THANK YOU!

[@karju4]

Nice work. Polvi pojasta paranee is a really tricky one to translate. Maybe it should be taken more like generation as you refered on the top. Meaning is like "the next generation will be better than this one". In a sense you could think it like the son is better version of his father...

[@niilaheikki]

I've tried to translate some of the Stam1na songs, most of the time I've just given up. Respect for your effort!

[@franticfactory]

I wish my Finnish was good enough to appreciate his wordplay, I always hear from my Finnish friends how Antti is basically a genius poet.

[@Rooodeo]

Listen old song Stam1na - Kadonneet kolme sanaa

[@k.l.7788]

Valtian uudet vaateet Or Viisi laukausta päähän riittää, unfortunately no music video for that though.

[@allugoespvp9331]

Once again such a great review! You should totally try their song ''Kuoliaaksi ruoskitut hevoset''. I think that's my favourite song from Stam1na. Gonna see them live this summer for the very first time :)

[@bengagnon2894]

Stam1na is all about progressive metal. They do a bunch of heavy and non-heavy stuff. One of the thing they've been good at is mixing great melodies with choruses. They have way more heavier songs. One of them, like someone else pointed out here is Panzerfaust. One thing for sure is that they do look like happy folks.

[@kaitsu73]

Btw: they are singing about growth, your own path and the relationship & heretage between son and father 😉

[@ricolync]

I saw Stam1na live last saturday. They played this too. They had a nice little opening for the outdoor festival. There was a finnish airforce F-18 circling over the stage before they began to play. Just to let you know...

[@Fairess]

That is so badass!

[@jisatsuw]

This song is memorial song to Anttis (singers) father who passed away lately and "Elämänlanka" means "String of life". Please react to lääke or muuri by Stam1na that would be really cool

[@oskarirauhala4085]

React Stam1na - Viisi laukausta päähän!

[@FooserX]

I'm really enjoying this new wave of clean metal vocals that metal is producing nowdays. Good stuff.

[@williamhenriksson3595]

Nice! Still cheering for Insanity's Crescendo (Live) - Dark Tranquillity :) Cheers guys, William

[@MrT1o9P9i2]

If you ever have a chance to see this band live, you MUST go see them! They have such a strong performance!

[@werc85music]

Cant wait for the album!! :)

[@jeppej4265]

Not the heaviest stam1na but surely something to sing along. Stam1nas old few years back released album Viimeinen Atlantis (last Atlantis) is something you should check out. One of the best albums as a whole in sense of lyrics and music! Something I often go back to when I have time to listen an album from beginning to an end.

[@JapePelaa]

direct translation of the title "elämänlanka" is "life line" :) -damn I like this channel (new subscriber)- and this is so cool to see and watch when people don't understand the language but hey, music is universal and metal is the most universal genre there is! Brings ppl together more than anything!

[@krogwaugh]

Anyone down to start a Stam1na-influenced band with me in the US west coast?

[@davesmith8341]

React to Stone!! It’s a finnish thrash metal band from the 80s and they sang in English. True pioneers of Finnish metal with great songs and incredible playing. Great songs from Stone are for example: No Anaesthesia! Sweet Dreams Small Tales Back to the Stone Age

[@APREACTS]

We have done one video of them.

[@TheFundead]

First i thought it had an old In Flames sound going then it just went off on its own thing which was cool, but cool band nand great vid!!!!

[@Thnielsen85]

yeah. it does have kind of an early In Flames vibe to it. sounds great.

[@Stammrain]

Yeah. You should check out Panzerfaust by them next ;)

[@gingalypse7417]

Check Hooded Menace - In Eerie Deliverance!!! They are from Finland as well!

[@Stagnating_]

IMO This is very much a song that might not work very well for people not knowing the finnish language. It's basically all about the lyrics while being a fairly simple song but I guess the chorus can be catchy. Others have already recommended some solid songs but here are some of the ones in their early albums that made them so big in Finland. I'll list them with a translation and a little description what to expect: 1. Stam1na - Kadonneet Kolme Sanaa (2005), Their first "hit" song from their first album, thrashy and heavy with a nice guitar riff. 2. Stam1na - Uudet Kymmenen Käskyä (2006), From their second album in which they went to a more proggy direction, although stam1na implements some proggy elements in almost all of their albums. Somewhat similar to Hammasratas on the singing department, very fast singing/growling/shouting whatever you want to call it. 3. Stam1na - Hammasratas (2008), From their third album Raja in which they went to a darker/heavier direction both musically and lyrically. This song is very fast paced and most of the native finns couldn't understand anything he sings, so the language wouldn't matter too much in this song. It's a killer song IMO even without having any idea what the lyrics mean, but the lyrics are actually quite genious as usual with any Stam1na song. 1. Is probably the easiest to approach as might be the 3. depending on whether you like a full blown madness from the beginning. Stam1na is one of those bands that doesn't really have any terrible songs, but if you plan on doing a new stam1na video in the future I'd go for the older ones just because you have only reacted to the 2010's stam1na for now. Many consider their first 3 or 4 albums to be the golden era, though I don't personally necessarily agree with that.

[@jereniemi2251]

'ä' ir pronounced similarly to letter 'a' in the English word 'hat', you should give it a go next time ;)

[@andresf7760]

Jere Niemi So...it's like an "a" in spanish??

[@jereniemi2251]

Andrés yes!

[@Dubbel12]

Its not your typical Stam1na song but I really love the message behind it. Also the melody is soooo soothing. Cant wait for the new album.

[@Dubbel12]

For me its basically about falling and getting back up. You dont force it by trying to sew up the wound. You just get up, carry on and let it heal by its on phase.

[@Zyklonite]

Please do something from "Etos", Eternal tears of sorrow. It was an amazing finnish band back in the day, and their music really shaped the scenery of Finnish metal! Songs like Aurora Borealis , Heart of wilderness. And then there is the ballad The river flows frozen.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

I heard it was written in memory of the dead father of the main vocalist.

[@Sm1rre1]

The letter "ä" you were wondering about sounds similar to the letter "a" in the word ass. The american way, not the British. You can listen to some tips on pronouncing the word ass here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3TLm4Cqr7pppa8

[@harjajarvi71]

Songtitle - Lifeline

[@akilrl85]

A with dots is just skandic letter for "ae". Used also in other Nordic languages. Finnish language is always pronounced 100% like its written, there is no other pronouncing rules. Great channel guys. So cool people over seas knows band sung in finnish :)

[@finsane8586]

PERKELE

[@toniruha]

The song threw me off too because it's not usual Stam1na style. I like it after a few listens but yeah it probably needs understanding the lyrics to fully enjoy it. You're totally on point Stam1na guys being funny. They have a few so weird music videos and other videos that are pure comedy gold. Keep on checking these guys more, thx.

[@annakarhulahti9700]

You should absolutely watch and react to their live videos. I highly recommend song called "Tavastia palamaan!" (live Pakkahuone). That's what I called a heavy metal show!

[@Doomin-c2m]

If you like heavy Stam1na, you should do their song "Panzerfaust" next :) Stam1na started out as a Thrash metal band, but they evolved to be a more progressive mix of slow, even rockish songs and also very fast paced Thrash/Death/Black metal -type of songs. They usually have both types on every record, and some songs switch between the two.

[@Larsen1c]

Shattered by Nevicate, yet another great Finnish melodic metal group!

[@FlatBeeF]

Great song, great lyrics. So much word plays that can't really be translated easily. I think you are missing a huge part in Finnish music by not listening to Turmion Kätilöt, our own Disco-Metal group. They also released a new song just now called Sikiö, I really recommend them.

[@APREACTS]

We plan on checking them out in the coming weeks.

[@Slodsworth]

You really should do mokoma's new song holy shit

[@BMWFW24]

Stam1na: Valhe

[@san128dis]

Please react to Fear Factory - Replica, Self Bias Resistor, Descent or Ressurection

[@Onizukaize]

React to Lordi - Would you love a monsterman(original) or devil is a loser pls :)

[@melmacian]

Please react: Fear Of Domination - Obsession Turmion Kätilöt - Hades

[@simohovari]

I highly recommend the song Lääke by Stam1na, the video is kickass

[@hb81]

You guys should listen all stam1na albums. Specially Uudet Kymmenen Käskyä, Raja and Viimeinen Atlantis. Try first song like Hammasratas. Many finnish people dont know what they sing. FAAAAST message :D

[@sikaniska1978]

This is nice

[@sikaniska1978]

And yeah you cant translate finnish in google it just dosent work

[@APREACTS]

That is so true...I gave up on it. I just FB message one of our friends and ask them for a translation. lol

[@Stoney78]

Good idea to get translation, lyrics are huge part of this song. Lyrics of this song are pretty hard to translate, so many double meanings for words used

[@jukkatolonen5749]

You should check out Stam1na's Enkelinmurskain (angel-crusher). Love it. More fast and heavy than this one but also melodic and beautiful. And there's a video. And Mokoma. They are like the older brothers of Stam1na.

[@APREACTS]

That Stam1na song is copyright blocked.

[@drewlegere5021]

Howling sycamore - Descent to light please.

[@Metalmara]

You should check out Mokoma - Pahaa Verta

[@cephithus]

Himsa- Big Timber

[@Slodsworth]

Best band ever

[@Dragoner1981]

Please react As i lay dying With my own Grave.

[@THEDEADSULLY]

Since you seem to like Stam1na, you definitely should check out Mokoma. Very similar to this, maybe a bit more straightforward thrash with mixes of death metal. They just released a new album and it's great like their older counterparts. Top 2 bands from Finland that sing in Finnish in my opinion. Check out "Kepeät mullat" ("Light dirts", referring to a phrase that Finns say when someone dies and they want to say farewell in a kind way. Similar to Rest in peace) or "Kuollut, kuolleempi, kuollein" (Dead, more dead, the most dead). Also check out Stam1na's "Panzerfaust", it's much more heavier than the songs you've heard so far.

[@andresf7760]

Mmm...not my favourite song from Stam1na. PD: Please react to Lux Perpetua! It's a band from Poland and they play Power Metal, they released their debut album last year, so they are not very well known, it would be great that you react to a couple of songs of them for promoting the band. I recommend this songs to listen: Lux Perpetua - Curse of the Iron King Lux Perpetua - The Legend Lux Perpetua - The Werewolf

[@simopulkkinen8104]

please,try psychework siege

[@noobtardgaming1989]

Hi...more nightwish plz :)

[@APREACTS]

Next Sunday 💯

[@aleksierola5093]

I'm really looking forward for that one 😎

[@bigoz1234]

React Stam1na - Kuoliaaksi ruoskitut hevoset

[@h00lmberg]

DO SOME MOKOMA!

[@akilrl85]

For me every Stam1na albums have been the same, you cannot like it first time. It opens up everytime more and more. There is so much different elements that just keeps on popping up time after time. It really is a counterpart for generic compressed radio stuff. Lyrics are not really too clear for us Finns either. They are really cryptic and weird sometimes. Each album seems to have some theme. Like for example viimeinen atlantis was about climate change quite much. A lot of song is also about human rights in general. Also all kind on hospital related subjects seems to be involved in many songs. I think at least one of the guys is a psychoterapeutist or something :) Finnish language cannot be google translated since the grammar is so different to any language. In general Finns can speak English at least somehow. It is teached in school on first classes already and we don't do any dubbing for TV shows.

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

Lots of Finnish bands recently, lets give their brothers to the west, Sweden, a bit of love with Naglfar - Harvest!

[@APREACTS]

I can promise you we will do this video towards the end of the month

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

A&P-REACTS Hell yeah! My spamming worked! Lol, I shall await that eagerly!

[@aleksierola5093]

Yeah Swedes have made tons of great metal! Even though I don't endorse the attidute and message of Shining and Alfahanne, I listen those ones really lot. Heja Sverige!

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

Aleksi Erola have you listened to happy days? Try "Don't go", such a good DSBM song!

[@TuukkaTirkkonen]

"Elämänlanka" means Lifestring in english. Im from finland so greetings XD

[@elmerikallioinen8691]

Mua hävettää näiden tyyppien puolesta.

[@MetalAtog]

Personally I've found this song pretty boring.

[@APREACTS]

Not as good as the previous ones for sure.

[@samimarttinen3056]

It’s more about the lyrics in this and many other of their melodic songs. And of course in this case it’s bit hard for you guys.