AMORPHIS DESTROYS! I LOVE IT! Ex Metal Elitist Reacts to Amorphis "Amongst Stars"

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[@Idefixu]

The guest vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, will tour with Marko Hietala, ex Nightwish, in South America this autumn, September-November. 20 acoutic concerts in 25 days in 8 countries. I think it's Anneke's first time performing in South America. The guitarist, Tuomas Wäinölä, from Marko's band is with them. Marko and Anneke first have separate sets of their own, and they end the concerts performing together. I don't know if Tuomas plays with both of them, and I don't know if Marko and Anneke play acoustic guitar too, they both can.

[@MTCUploads1]

Anneke has been to Latin American several times with all the bands she's been with.

[@PeeVee1979]

Tomi Joutsen is the man. If the band didn't discover him not sure if they'd still be together. I never liked growling until I heard him and his clean vocals are so freaking smooth. Esa Holopainen is the guitarist and he released his first solo album in 2021. Worth checking out for too. Anneke's voice is absolutely captivating. She doesn't get the attention she deserves.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude, yes his growls are sooo affective and nice!

[@maurosaave]

I discovered Amorphis at a concert when they opened for Children Of Bodom. It only took me to listen one song live and I was blown away. These guys have a unique sound and their live energy is incredible. Please react to "Death of a king", "House of sleep" or "Silver Bride". Cheers from Chile!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I LOVE Children of Bodom, that would of been such a great show. I hate that I missed out on so much good stuff!

[@JackM.]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody In 2015 these two bands made a split single where Amorphis covered COB and vice versa. Great stuff.

[@usvatar6744]

Thanks for the great reaction!!! Share your awe on clean/harsh vocals👍 Please „Death of a king“ next🤩

[@paulr1193]

Tomi's brilliant cleans and blood-curdling growls, with the added bonus of Anneke, one of the best female vocalists of the last 25 years. Not to mention that weirdly great video. It really doesn't get much better that this. Oh wait, it does...the song is freakin' awesome too! It's one of my all time favourites by Amorphis. Wolfie, you could maybe try the lyric video for Brother And Sister next.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I for sure have a ton of Amorphis coming! I fking love em!

[@sateentuoksu]

Yes. His voice is just pure ❤ (both his voices) And Anneke is just perfect for this

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

Anneke is one of Floor’s alltime heroes, her insperation for getting into her craft.

[@ApocalypseRider]

Awesome! I have nothing against Amorphis rabbithole!! There is so much to explore. They have gone all the way through Death metal to Progressive, folk and back to melodic death metal with all the spices from the past. Female singer is Anneke van Giersbergen. Very influential dutch singer for example to the Floor Jansen. Anneke's band is called The Gathering.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

dude she blew me away, and I'm in love with Amorphis

[@bikik7929]

True words brother 🤘🏻😊

[@punkjay4681]

​@TheWolffAndTheMelody you need to do some The Gathering. It's stellar! Anneke has also done a lot of stuff with Devin Townsend. And Ayreon :)

[@mattihelin5101]

Shades of grey by Amorphis. Beautiful heavy, cleans, growls, screams... Amazing one.

[@hannu-rz8vh]

Amorphis❤

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

dude, this band is rising up there for me

[@sarita4844]

yea, his voice.. perfect!

[@doomfable3378]

Anneke is in my top 3 of vocalists

[@kezca]

Nightwish army checking in for this gem Thankyou for sharing

[@ChrisPage68]

Amorphis - Death Of A King. 🤘💜

[@christinaalgate4899]

Anneke was with Floor on Floor's solo tour this summer. You should react to Strange Machines and Travel by The Gathering. Anneke is the lead singer. Her last album was all Acoustic. Anneke is a solo artist right now. Strange Machines and Anneke made Floor want to be a metal singer.

[@christinaalgate4899]

You might like this band called Arch Enemy and the song Handshake with Hell and The Eagle Flies Alone. Anneke and Floor and Sharon from Within Temptation are all Dutch.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

love Arch Enemy

[@christinaalgate4899]

@thecosmicwolffreacts She's Beautiful and a fellow Canadian like me

[@joshwilliams565]

Gotta try their song Hopeless Days

[@jamesnelson1968]

He's something interesting for you, a very Russian symphonic metal band, well worth listening to.

[@Starlingus]

And u have just scratched the very surface...

[@sturmstug]

Death of a King is must next.

[@mattitu]

Thanks for this, I was one of the people who requested this. Please do more, Amorphis is just so good! Anneke is awesome, her solo stuff is great and all the guest vocals with different artists and band kick ass. Really recognisable voice, there's just something soothing in it. Her solo album Drive is probably my favourite, mix off poprock/stadium rock with some mellower stuff and hard rock as well.

[@MetalBackingTracks]

Well now u gotta do more anneke. Shes in ayreon too and many more

[@MetalBackingTracks]

Oh and shes the OG of dutch metal queens

[@bellesorciere8932]

Moonspell's 'Scorpion Flower' has her in it, too! That's one that always stands out to me.

[@bpetrikovics]

Wow, Anneke with Amorphis, I did not know about this one. This gonna be fun :)

[@dougnelson8130]

Yeah, I used to not be a fan of death metal growls until I discovered Amorphis. His vocals changed me, and became more open to other DM. Death of a King is popular. Silver Bride sealed the deal for me years ago. Silent Waters if you want to check a bad ass ballad. I love The Moon from their latest album. Daughter of Hate is sweet. Brother and Sister is amazing. Fav song is Winters Sleep. Also, check out The Wind and Honeyflow...bonus songs you can only really find online. So amazing. And so many other options/songs.

[@BibsBPunkt]

So much to discover 🤘☺️

[@MY1BLACKCAT]

Tomi Joutsen has been my favorite singer for as long as ive been listening to Amorphis - and their music is all so amazing - they do so many styles but the songs are always as good as any music you would ever hear

[@sig7049]

Love Amorphis and this is my favourite song by them, though they have plenty of other great stuff. Anneke's and Tomi's voices are just brilliant together in this! If you wanna hear more of Anneke, I would suggest Supercrush by Devin Townsend Project (another rabbit hole)

[@SargonnasIncarnate]

Holopainens guitars are fucking wonderful. Loved that dude since their debut, "The Karelian Isthmus".

[@Moleman0815]

I fell in love with Amorphis some decades ago when Tales of a thousand lakes came out, and i have to admit, that Tomi Joutsen is the best thing that could happen to them. Normaly a band is doomed, when they lost their singer, but in this case it was a permanent upvote. Saw them live a multiple times and it's always astonishing listening to Tomi switching from clean passages to harsh voclas in seconds... truly amazing. They formed in 1990 as a deathmetal band and transformed into this pure, but harsh wonderful melodic wonder, and thats what i always loved about them, the harmonies. Imagine the pure destruction of (death) metal combined with a harmond organ.. pure magic as in black winter day. I recommend listening to Skyforger (my favorite song of them) of The bee or real old stuff like Black winter day or My Kantele.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Over dozen members has played or is playin in Amorphis. Is that ironic or destiny? Maybe it's their legacy. Meaning of amorphous is having no definite form or being without definite character.

[@mthx5440]

Nightbirds song from Amorphis! So underrated. Dark Path also.

[@mthx5440]

More of those "Rise!" kinda growls in Nightbirds song.

[@mthx5440]

More of those cleans in my personal favourite and the most beautiful song From the heaven of my heart.

[@randalljones4370]

To me, Tomi has the same character (not the same sound) that Chris Cornell had. His voice is SOOOoo clear and it rings forward of the band. I should be able to suss out the timbral characteristics. Obviously, when he sings clean : -without gravel or grit, - immaculate articulation of words, - a ton of good technique/support in a 'modern contemporary style', - incredible command of the shift in diphthongs. He does not rush the songs. I do not know if he writes the lyrics, but he gives each word the room it needs to unfold wings and breathe. ...ok, I'm starting to get a little flowery... I'm going to be earing a bunch of their material first-time, as you move through their catalogue. This will be fun. Oh, if you want to hear some more of Anneke with another band, try Devin Townsend's "Grace" (Retinal Circus tour - live) And if you want to see metal platonic love blossom in front of an audient, try the song Ih Ah ("ee ah"), from the same tour.

[@Ba_Yegu]

Anneke van Griesbergen has done so many collabs with so many different artists that she is known in the trade as "The Queen of Metal for Hire".

[@GerritvanDoorn1]

Being introduced to Anneke means you have to watch: - The Gathering - Strange Machines live Pinkpop Fest(1996) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3m4fqqfo7tld7M - Anneke and Devin Townsend - Ih Ah => kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-Zl3uahdt4q5I - Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens (Ayreon Universe) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPIk4Jrd7-cY6s - And several other Ayreon performances The first one is almost like a historic landmark as it taught Floor Jansen that it is possible to be a front woman in metal

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Added me, thanks dude!

[@bellesorciere8932]

Tomi is my favorite vocalist! I adore Amorphis so much!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

This band has been just hitting it for me

[@bellesorciere8932]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Awesome! I would like to suggest Nightbird's Song for next listen. That or Brother Moon!

[@Perrrkeles]

Best male harsh vocals: Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis), Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, Halo Effect) IMHO.

[@hypo79]

Tomi Joutsen is pretty much one of the best vocalists that can sing clean and growl, in my honest opinion. Funny fact: Tomi was a big Amorphis fan way long time before he joined the band.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Agreed! I love his vocals

[@hypo79]

btw watch this Amorphis live video: Amorphis - Towards And Against - Forging a Land of Thousand Lakes[Oulu]. Its my favourite song and video from this band :)

[@CorporalCookie]

Well it's not metal, but since you liked the vocals so much, I would recommend trying Poets of the Fall and one of their newer songs "Requiem for my Harlequin" as a starter point. One of my favourite bands of all time, consistent sound throughout their career (as in they have retained a certain feel to it, even while altering the style somewhat) and I feel like you'll like the vocalists voice.

[@tubelious]

Anneke was the singer of a Dutch metal band The Gathering (in the 90'), She has her own band and has made a lot of collabs with Devin Townsend for the 4 "project" albums.

[@WNYretiree]

Yes, I noticed the man's clean vocals, also. I loved the instrumentals.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

the guitars in this were so smooth. I been listening to their "queen of time" album and they have songs with some great clean vocals

[@red_five1542]

His vocals remind me of Peter Steel from Type O' Negative. At least in terms of his tones. R.I.P Peter. You are missed.

[@e.j.2279]

Cosmic, you mentioned that folky feeling; Anneke van Giersberger was invited to perform with Amorphis in a special concert in Helsinki Festival years ago so she did a acoustic club gig night before in Helsinki. Of cource Esa Holopainen (lead guitar, Amorphis) performed a couple of songs with her: "Saturnine" from Gathering kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3vCkp1rnJmDiNk and a Queen cover "Who wants to Live Forever" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXiXmJ5mgtRln80.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

ohhh I will check em out!

[@wolverine669]

Fell in love for Anneke's voice when I first hear The Gathering album "Mandylion" back in 1995. As said so many time's already, Tomi's voice is magnificent. He also have another band called Sinisthra and he did vocals on HALLATAR album, which is Juha Raivio's band (guitarist of Swallow The Sun) for honour his past wife Aleah Starbridge Tomi has been w/Amorphis since 2005, but the band is formed in 1990

[@jukkahelminen9071]

Amorphis is a really good band, has been active for a long time, more than 30 years. And a few members changed along the way. Esa Holopainen (not related to Tuomas Holopainen) is the band's guitarist and one of the composers of the songs. The current singer is Tomi Joutsen and I really like his vocals, both growling and clean vocals. BTW. A little story about him. When he joined the band and they made the first album where Tomi was the singer, the producer of the album was Marko Hietala (ex-Nightwish)! And in that role of producer, he advised Tomi in singing, how he should sing some parts. So in a way..., we can say that Marko taught Tomi how to sing 😉😊 Although of course Tomi was a good singer already when he joined, that's why he was chosen for it in the first place. The guest singer here is Anneke van Giersbergen, a Dutch musician with a long career. She has been (and probably still is) one of Floor Jansen's role models. Anneke mostly does solo gigs these days, one woman and a guitar. But is also sometimes a guest at Amorphis' albums/gigs. And then the Amorphis guitarist has been a guest guitarist at Anneke's gigs... And next fall, Anneke and Marko Hietala will do an acoustic South American tour, Marko will play guitar...

[@jukkahelminen9071]

One suggestion. When you want to get to know different bands. Have you ever heard bands of the cinematic metal genre (a sub-genre of symphonic metal)? Dark Sarah ( 😉, also from Finland). Heidi Parviainen is the woman behind the music and also a singer. She made a three-album story, so it's like a book set to music. Here would be one music video from the story's main character's (Dark Sarah) journey. I think, you will enjoy this!!! Dark Sarah - "Dance With The Dragon" feat. JP Leppäluoto kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpSWiZaKmLmdl9k

[@petrihiltunen4478]

Glad you've found Amorphis :D Some songs worth checking: Brother and Sister, The Wanderer, The Moon, On The Dark Waters, My Name Is Night (not many reactors have done this) and ofcourse My Kantele (original, acoustic reprise, modern live, Genelec artist room acoustic) -versions. Cheers from Finland!

[@ttirinen]

Welcome to Finland😂 Avain🙌

[@Arkryal]

Anneke is fantastic on this one. She's the Queen of heavy metal.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I loved this dude!

[@jasonthompson3209]

Wow! Great tune and reaction! I usually don't listen to reactions for songs I'm unfamiliar with. I haven't heard Amorphis since their format change many, many, many moons ago. Lol. The last cd I bought of theirs was "Tales from 1000 Lakes." I'll hafta check more out.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

dude such good stuff for the ears! I want to listen to that album you said.

[@ExtremeMetalPO]

Absolutely love your genuine reactions and the vibe you give to your viewers! On the same Amorphis album you should react to the song Wrong Direction! :D This one is about 95% clean vocals! Keep it up! Love your identity and your channel the same way! 🤘

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude, thanks for the love. I'm really glad you have enjoyed the vids! I love hanging with yall

[@lassehakala968]

Its damn awesome that you give opportunity to finnish quality metal. If i dare to suggest 2 more finnish metal gems. Bloodred Hourglass (Leaves) and Belzebubs - cathedrals of mourning (read the backstory for belzebubs, its amazing)

[@jkopacetick]

Another I've never heard, you're broadening my horizons as well Cosmic. 😆 Ok seriously, i generally do not like a lot of harsh growls, it will turn my ear off. But... but, there was something here, the harshness made sense to me, it seemed to fit in, and not just thrown in if that makes sense. IDK I'm by no means an expert as i don't generally listen, just my 1st impression. I would probably listen again, they vocals and music both piqued my interest. Good react cosmic , TY!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude, Amorphis does it right. It sounds so clear. Also dude....Auri The Valley OMG!

[@tirronen]

Have you tried children of bodom or poets of the fall? Both are great.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I've done a Poets of the Fall reaction and youtube blocked it. I loveeee Children of Bodom!

[@tirronen]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody oh, that’s a shame. Poets are great for the vocalist. Carnival of rust should be ok to do without blocking and the Alexander theater sessions are fabulous if you like your unplugged live versions. How about sonata Arctica (black ocean white pearl in particular). And for something completely different and definitely not metal, Vulfpeck?

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Looks like that you have found the hole. Go deep as you can. You will not be disappointed.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

got some more coming.

[@elrikup1179]

👍 yep it's awesome!! Make a reaction video for the bee or the moon from AMORPHIS. 👋🏼 From🇫🇮

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

There is a reaction to the Bee. I loved it

[@elrikup1179]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelodyoh coo 👍...I will watch it

[@Klojum]

Since you aren't going onto the suggested blues direction just yet, perhaps a bit of pirate metal may peak your interest: Alestorm - Drink (Official video): kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGaYdKSCmJt8iJI

[@tollisengo1946]

Great Reaktion! I would recommend from eluveitie the Songs „aidus“ or „rebirth“! Rock on 🤘

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Cool, thanks! I will check em out

[@tollisengo1946]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody i think you‘ll have fun 😉

[@tapinalbatross4438]

Amorphis: Sacifice (music video).

[@Latexi_LMX]

Great song, great reaction! Highly recommend two other finnish bands, Insomnium and Bloodred Hourglass

[@ZerilathImmortal]

you must hear to compare the first album. Black Winter Day is the big hit.

[@ntak8262]

Thanks man 👊❤️ from 🇫🇮 New Holiday sing for me 🙏🏻🤘🏻❤️ Wintersun and Amorphis 💯☀️

[@Perrrkeles]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪

[@muhammadyouri3206]

Dude please react for Samum - Justice , i swear to God you wont regret it. Thank you🙌🏻

[@Arkryal]

Hey guys, I need some help from the commentors here in building the perfect playlist. I'm about to become an uncle, with my first niece on the way later this year. My brother (her father) is as committed as I am to ensuring she has a proper metal upbrining. To that end, I'm gifting her a large stuffed animal that has custom music playback...I have 2 hours of recording time to load it with songs for her. Now I need some suggestions. Here's what I'm looking for: • Softer music, it can be lively, but not overly aggressive. This is baby here, so no abrupt loudness that might literally scare the crap out of her, lol. • I'm looking for female singers, primarily, without any suggestive or provocative lyrics. Give her some female musical role models who are NOT just twerking skanks who rely on Auto-Tune, lol. • Not overly repetitive in verse. A kid will have this, so the songs may be played a LOT, and I want to minimize annoyances. • I want a diverse collection of artists, not just 20 songs from one band, lol. 1 Song per band. • Steering clear of Metal Disney covers, I'm sure her parents will be sick of those songs in time anyway, lol. • Her mom is not a metal-head, so it has to be palatable to non-metal folk as well. So far I have: 1) Nightwish - Slow, Love, Slow 2) Epica - Martyr of the Free Word (acoustic version) 3) Anneke Van Giersbergen - Wonder 4) Tarja - Innocence 5) Siriana - This curse of mine 6) After Forever - Ephemeral ... There should be room for ~18 more. Any suggestions are welcomed. I would love to get a ballad from Lacuna Coil in there, if anyone has suggestions. Maybe some vintage stuff like Lita Ford. Going for a sort of metal lullaby theme here, lol... I'll hook her up with more music when she's older, of course.

[@itedcoe]

Great reaction! We all love Tomi's vocals too! ❤ Here's few recommendations of their earlier stuff: Live House of sleep kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJOkqGONaLaKpKs Silent waters kzbin.info/www/bejne/goexY56rmqiCack Majestic beast kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKmYZmSsbbxsqJI Silver bride kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn-Qpahndtt0qJY Black winter day kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmO7Zqx3fbycjrs Under a soil and black stone kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWalYaOblseag6M Sampo kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXi8eYeAmtuLobM Against widows kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZqUfWyoj8pshs0 Music videos House of sleep kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ3Ig2WkjqaGmtE The smoke kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGGllWNqpt1peZo The bee (inspired by Kalevala) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpfCZaisrtKqiNk Acoustic live songs: My kantele kzbin.info/www/bejne/q368mH1sqpaWaLcm20s Far from the sun ttps://m.youtube.com/watch?t=00m20s Empty opening kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXKQeKmhbplmo9E I of crimson blood kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJi3nJ6neLx-iJI

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Ohh thank you! Cause I want more of this band!

[@helky8]

Best male singers from Finland: Tomi Joutsen, Marko Hietala, Ville Valo and Marko Saaresto ❤ Tomi's voice is like honey and he is amazing live too! Don't know where you live but highly recommend to check them out if they ever come close to you 😊 Other great songs Silver Bride, The Smoke, On The Dark Waters, From The Heaven Of My Heart, House Of Sleep.... There is so many! Too bad many reactors don't find them or just refuse to react if I recommend them 😅 Well, their loss.

[@felderup]

a lot of the better bands grew out of crap, there's few where they had consistently good music almost from the beginning, if you ever check out the early amorphis stuff, you'll find out which they were.

[@timmy6563]

Thank you for the reaction! Amorphis has my been my favorite band for a years now. I recommend listening to Bad Blood, Silver Bride, On the dark waters, Silent waters, Under the red cloud from them. But whatever you listen from them it cant go wrong. I cant think even one bad song from them 🤘 There is also nice acoustic live recordings of their few songs Silent Waters kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z56lo3V9YrifrqM My kantele kzbin.info/www/bejne/q368mH1sqpaWaLc Far from the sun kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ64o6Sjd950aZo

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I plan on diving deep into them. I really like em