THIS WAS INCREDIBLE! Ex Metal Elitist Reacts to Amorphis "The Bee"

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• AMORPHIS - The Bee (Of...

[@Baiko]

I'm from the same town as the singer, and he still lives there. It's kinda surreal to see him buying groceries with his family.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

NO WAY!!! THATS EPIC. whats his fav bread? hahah

[@uskok4636]

Oho moikka! Olet Lohjalainen 🤘😀🤘! nice! I lived there for 3 years and stood behind Tomi in a queue for a jäätelöä ja kahvia lohjajarvellä. My partner said it wasnt him he looked too short. I was adamant and Tomi turned and smiled shyly and gave me the thumbs up. I saw them live in Lohja at Rantajamit. bloody epic live

[@sateentuoksu]

​@@uskok4636ooh. I'm so jealous for ya 😁❤ He's the one and only star-crush a woman soon in her 50s can still have - forever. 😂❤

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Why is it surreal? You see people (almost) every day, right? Musicians do need to eat too.

[@JackM.]

In Kalevala the bees are lifegivers. They can bring the honey from the God and bring back dead people. "They build their castles in the heads of Kings" and "Honey will flow once more" are just epic lyrics and tell about the resurrection. 💪

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

GOSHHH THATS SO AWESOME!

[@Emilio-Esteban]

Not only there, in the real world too ;)

[@JariJuslin]

Amorphis is one of the bedrocks of Finnish metal and grossly underappreciated outside Finland. Setting stone for death metal vocals in Finnish music.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

well, they just got a new fan!

[@JoAnn69BC]

Yes ...way too underrated. I live in Switzerland and I know this band for loke 20 years now. I love actually every song they made...their style is one of a kind

[@rpgp6065]

Not exactly. They were known name already in 90's here in Estonia. That makes outside of Finland. :)

[@Brendo2386]

​@@JoAnn69BCAmorphis is playing in Zürich in October. I'm Australian and will be there

[@Brendo2386]

​@@rpgp6065Metsatöll, Tankist, Loits etc so many good bands from Eesti

[@randomstuffzofdoom]

Growing up with Swedish and Finnish death metal, this type of growl and music really hits the right spot.

[@Robert-gc9gc]

When this song shows on my playlist list I love it, this whole album is intense 🐝

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Yea this is an amazing album

[@wildhoney126]

this song fries my brain every time. Awesome. There is another Finnish band, they are similar to Amorphis in many ways, but still have their own distinct melodic sound, Insomnium. Awesome guys. I recommend to all Amorphis fans to listen. You can start with the absolute hit: Insomnium - “while we sleep”

[@cranboogie]

And Be’lakor!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Did you suggest Ren? So I just saw a clip of it on tiktok. Im gonna react to the whole video

[@EmAllWasTaken]

I came here to suggest just this one. Good pick. My additional suggestions for the same band: Heart Like a Grave, Pale Morning Star.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

@@EmAllWasTaken I have some insomnium coming. Yputube blocked one of em so im disputing it

[@wildhoney126]

@@EmAllWasTaken yes, heart like a grave - absolute hit number 2 ☺️

[@mattitu]

Amorphis is from Finland, like Wintersun and Nightwish from your past reactions. They started doing finnish folklore inspired death metal in 1990 and are still going strong. I think I saw them live first time ~25 years ago, in the late 90's, and many times after that. This song is from their 13th album Queen of Time, one of their best albums in my books. Tomi Joutsen, the current lead vocalist, is incredible! One of the best metal vocalists in my opinion, singing many types of growls as well as the beautiful cleans. Check out Amogst Stars from them, they have official video for that one and it features Anneke van Giersbergen in guest vocals.

[@Idefixu]

Anneke has been on stage with Amorphis as a guest. There's a video on YT. Marko Hietala, ex Nightwish, tours with Anneke this autumn in South America, in 8 countries, 20 acoustic concerts in 25 days. I don't know that they would have performed together before. They both have a set of their own first and then they sing together. The guitarist, Tuomas Wäinölä, from Marko's band is there too. I don't now if Tuomas plays with Anneke as well. As far as I know Anneke plays acoustic guitar herself. And Marko can play acoustic guitar too. And as a Dutch Anneke of course knows Floor, and Marko has been on stage with Amorphis as a guest, and Amorphis has toured with Nightwish as supporting act. Small circles!

[@Arkryal]

@@Idefixu Good tip on the concert. Don't know if I can make it to South America at that time, but maybe I can sneak a buddy of mine in there with a camera, lol. I love Anneke's work, even her softer solo stuff. I never did get to see The Gathering live, sadly, but she's amazing. As for Amorphis, I've been listening to them since the mid 90s. Their CDs used to come with the band's contact info and pricing for private shows (which if I recall correctly was like $10k + expenses or something ridiculously cheap like that), lol. They've clearly come a long way since then.

[@mattitu]

@@Idefixu I've seen Amorphis live on stage with Anneke at least once, I think twice. Anneke does also play guitar, I've seen her solo acoustic set two times as well. I've also seen her live with Devin Townsend few times. Would be nice to see Anneke with Marko, but luckily I just saw him with his band in Tuska Festival in the end of June.

[@billmesh]

I have to be honest.. the algorithm led me to this song. Un-fucking-real how good this is.

[@ValtteL]

Nightwish, Wintersun, Amorphis... Finland heavy metal trip going on? 😅 Check AMORPHIS - Amongst Stars (Official Music Video)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

lol we should totally go over!

[@ApocalypseRider]

Great reaction again! Although the lyrics are based on finnish epic folklore Kalevala, as always on Amorphis, you can take many more interpretations. Singer Tomi Joutsen answered when asked in interview about the lyrics of this song, that maybe it's just that the tiny one is the most important. They gather their forces to make something big...

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

oh thats awesome! Either way, freakin cool

[@Kai_kmk]

"The bee is a prominent character in the Kalevala and features in moments of birth and resurrection. Once the world has been created we are informed: ‘“from the clouds dripped honey.’ The women of the north are coveted, not just for their beauty, but also for their culinary skills with honey: ‘she may bake honey bread, know how to brew beer.’ Shortly afterwards, ‘smith Ilmarinen was born’ and a ‘bee rose up from the ground… O bee, lightweight man, bring mead on your wing, carry honey on your tongue, from six flowery tips, from seven grass tops, for steel things to be made, for iron to be wrought… spill honey on the earth.’ Apparently, the bee is essential to the forging of the world. Lemminkäinen’s mother resurrects her son using honey-based potions and spells, collected from the underworld with the assistance of a bee. Her concoction includes a drop of mead brought to anoint the weary one, to tend the ill-befallen… O bee, bird of ours, king of the forest flowers, go now to fetch some honey and to find some mead… to heal the ill.’ The resurrection ritual continues: So it (the bee) comes panting, travels doubled up, all its wings drenched in mead, its feathers in melted honey. She, Lemminkäinen’s mother, took the ointments and anointed the weary one, tended the ill-befallen; but no help came from them, no words came to the man. Lemminkäinen’s mother’s does not despair: Bee, my little bird, fly that other way, right over nine seas to an island on the main, a honey mainland, to Tuuri’s new cabin, the Worshipful boundless one. There is pleasant honey there and good ointment there, which will suit sinews and be good for limbs. The bee obeyed: The honey was being cooked… in tiny cauldrons, in beautiful pans that would hold a thumb, fit a fingertip. The bee, slight man, got some of those ointments. Next, we learn: The Creator sang charms and the pure God talked, the lord anointed his brood inured by an evil power. Dip your wings in mead, and your feathers in melted honey. The bee laments its chances of completing the task and is told: You will get there easily, trip there handsomely, over the moon, underneath the sun, between heaven’s stars. For one day you will flutter to the moon’s brow-bones, for another you will whizz to the Great Bear’s shoulder blades, for a third you will soar up to the Seven Stars’ back; then ‘tis a mite of a way a tiny circuit to where God the holy lives to the blessed one’s dwellings. And so the bee flies to the ‘Almighty’s chamber’ and returns with the ointment that allows Lemminkäinen’s mother to successfully complete her son’s resurrection."

[@rolsen1304]

Thank you!

[@nuclear.musicaddict]

Cosmic, you are making your way through my favourite bands and I really enjoy seeing it! Check out The Moon, Amongst Stars, Silent Waters and Alone (with their previous singer). Definitely My Kantele, any version you find, they are all exquisite imho. Honestly I haven't heard a bad song from them and I've been listening since 2007.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

oh gosh, I cant wait. This song I listened to on repeat today haha

[@Brendo2386]

My Kantele (acoustic reprise) is 1 of my top 5 for sure

[@Latexi_LMX]

Awesome finnish band, subbed!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Awesome! Thank you so much! I cant wait for more

[@SnibediSnabs]

I have been saying for years (and will for many more years, probably), that Tomi Joutsen is one of the absolute best vocalists in today's metal scene. There's lots of singers who can do silky smooth cleans, and lots of singers who can do absolutely brutal growls/screams, but the ones who can do both impeccably are the ones you really gotta watch out for.

[@Arkryal]

A little background context on their songs. First you have to know the Kalevala. But here's a super-condensed, no-spoiler, background on it so the lyrics make sense. 1) The God, "Ukko" made everything. 2) There are lesser gods for everything. They literally are the thing which they are the god of... The god of the sea IS the sea. The god of the Mountains IS the mountain, etc. So these gods are everywhere and in all things. Everything is "alive" in that sense. They can take human or animal form, but seldom do. 3) The great heroes can use magic to be granted boons from these gods. But the gods respond to song, and favor the better singers. So in a magical duel between heroes, it's basically "Ye Olde Bardic Rap-Battle", lol. And now you see why so many musicians love this folklore, lol. In the Kalevala, which is a compendium of many smaller fables, you meet different heroes who have extraordinary but narrow abilities, and all the normal human vices. The Cast: Väinämöinen is the main protagonist for most of the story, the most powerful musician/magician, and the wisest. Think Odin meets Gandalf, lol. Ilmarinen is prominently featured. The mythic blacksmith, he created the sky in his forge, and can make many magical objects including the "Sampo", which is a device that could give riches, food etc magically (depending on who you ask, it's function is debated, lol). He's basically "Ironman", lol. Joukahainen is Väinämöinen's rival and the main antagonist. Lemminkäinen is a young upstart hero, a good fighter, extremely rash and unpredictable, prideful, but not a bad guy. Just overly cocky about everything. There are many other characters, but usually the songs are written about or from the perspective of one of these characters. "Tuneola" is the land of the dead. But unlike Heaven or Hell, it is a real physical place, an island off the shore where the spirits of the dead reside. Sometimes seen as a mirage, the living can see the island, but few can reach it. A lot of the songs won't make much sense unless you're familiar with the stories. But they do stand on their own apart from the source material, you just might not get all the little references, like killing the swan, chasing the firey steed, fishing up a gorgeous woman from the sea, or why people are talking to trees and mountains, etc. The Kalevala is in the public domain, you can get a PDF for free by googling it, and it's in almost any bookstore. It is a classic. If you enjoy any fantasy literature, RPG video games etc, they all tie back to this. It inspired Hans Christian Anderson, Tolkien, etc. But the English translations are a bit choppy. Still very readable though, but the poetry is not structured as it would be in English.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude.....this is EPIC!!!!

[@Darkside7785]

Best....🤘🤘🌚🌚

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Love this song so much!

[@opaman4847]

Greets from Finland Cosmic! Thanks for sharing your musical journey. This is my favorite Amorphis song, thanks for the great reaction! :)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Glad you enjoy it! This band was such a pleasant surprise and I have been listening to this album. Thank you for the kind words friend!

[@Arkryal]

Amorphis is awesome. It goes over the heads of a lot of people in the US. Most of their songs are based on the Kalevala (a Finnish epic, along the lines of the Nordic Eddas, or the Greek Iliad and Odessey). But it doesn't translate very well to English. In fact, they have provided better translations in their lyrics than Elias Lönnrot (the original and definitive translator from over 100 year ago). But it's a very good read and is the origin of so much modern mythology. The notion of "Magic Words" comes from there. Mermaids. The flaming horse. Things you see commonly in media go back to that folklore. As for the band, I'd recommend "Tunoela" (brilliantly written). I also like the more recent track "My Name is Night", which is a simple song, but deceptively so... there are some subtle but technically challenging techniques used there.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

dude Im for sure gonna listen to more

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

Thank you for the reaction. One of my favorite songs by them. Other really good one`s: Shades of grey, Silent waters, Silver bride. Please do check these out.

[@SargonnasIncarnate]

Tuomas's growls, dude...

[@BibsBPunkt]

Another great reaction! Well done! keep on 🤘☺️🤘

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Much love Bibs!

[@marikasande]

I just listened to that live ❤ this past friday. I love love the band!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I cant believe Im just learning about em!!! I fking love this song

[@PeeVee1979]

These guys have some seriously amazing songs. I haven't really listened to their older stuff, but ever since Skyforger (2009) it's been absolutely fantastic. I would definitely try Silver Bride, From the Heaven of My Heart, Death of a King, Amongst Stars, On the Dark Waters or The Moon. Not sure if you can really go wrong with them though.

[@Arkryal]

Of their older work, "Tuneola" is their best album. Earlier than that and the sound was a lot heavier and faster, later albums have become softer and more complex and nuanced, but that album struck the perfect balance between the two.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

This was my first exposure and that dynamic of cleans and growls were on point!!!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

@@Arkryal oh gosh, I'm gonna have to check it out

[@PeeVee1979]

@@Arkryal I listened to their audio like a couple of years ago and their earlier stuff was death metal-ish. I'm not into that sort of stuff at all but I might try Tuonela at some point.

[@Cormyre]

If it weren't for the possibility of getting stung I'd be right there with you on the homemade mead, thankfully I've a local meadery that puts out killer stuff. Amorphis, I've met them 3 times now out of the 5 times I've seen them, such power always, nicest guys as well. Tomi's voice is just *chefs kiss*, I found them decades ago when they had a different singer, dug it, not enough to stay actively seeking them, then I came across Tomi singing their songs "Silent Waters" and "Silver Bride", hooked HARD, never looked back, diehard fan.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

zthats amazing! I really wanna make my own.

[@mikkokankaanpaa1679]

Death of a King next!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

The thing to know about Amorphis is that pretty much every album has totally different style. This specific song is about a scene in Finnish mythology story called Kalevala.

[@Erik-fq7sx]

Worldclass analysis!

[@portlypianist]

Great reaction to a great song. Cheers!

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

much love friend! Loved it!

[@blade2814]

Wanderer,the Mission, Brother & Sister are also very good! ❤❤❤

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Ohhhh after this song, I will do more

[@blade2814]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody At first I only suggested 3 songs, which I think are very good myself and since I'm not a big fan of growling/harsh vocals, the 3 suggestions are without this

[@MetalBackingTracks]

well, i guess you should do the #1amorphis song which is ofc - "Black Winter Day".

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Ive seen a few comments on it. I will for sure

[@Songfugel]

Oh nice, so glad someone recommended this! love this song, except when it gets stuck in your head for weeks! 4:02 damn, anyone else getting some ME1 flashbacks from this bit? xD 7:15 yeah have to agree, you've been on a roll on reactions based on suggestions! Also, Jinger never worked for me either for some reason

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

dude, Im a sucker for great growls and this has it

[@paulwakefield]

You really need to check out Insomnium and a song called Godforsaken. More finnish melodic death metal, this one has Johanna Kurkula on guest vocals - she is the wife of Metal Mozart Tuomas Holopainen from your Nightwish journey. Stunning song.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I have a song scedhuled to come out soon.

[@Ortti]

Kalevala kunniaan!

[@ZerilathImmortal]

Alright reaction challenge List Wolfheart - Horizon On Fire Lorna Shore - Pain Remains I Ihsahn - A Grave Inversed Scar Symmetry - Kaleidoscope God Borknagar - The Earthling Gojira - Esoteric Surgery want any more?

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Is that all...lol yea dude, there was this one band chat kept talking about during stream. Sound like elf or I dont remember.

[@ZerilathImmortal]

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody not sure about Elf but a folk group like heilung called Eldrvak has a new album if you like deep primal music

[@TheNordicBee]

The bees love you Cosmic ❤ This song was an immediate add to my Playlist! I highly recommended "Pizza" by Attila. Who knew a song about Pizza could RIP AND TEAR. Keep up the great content as always ❤

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

MY LITTLE BEE MAN!!!! love you bro!!! message me on discord that song

[@seanstevenson9891]

Love this song. Nice reaction. Subscribed. 😊

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Dude thanks so much bro!!!

[@recurrencetheorem4264]

The entire album is awesome!

[@juhavaris2144]

Amorphis ❤️❤️🔥🔥🇫🇮🇫🇮🤟🤟

[@juhaimmanen6041]

Amorphis takes many references from Kalevala (Finnish Epic story). Kalevala has some metafora stories. I guess that the Bee is knowledge/education. Knowledge travels through time and space (even beyond death). Knowledge is also power and makes prosperous.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Thats sooooo sick! Love it

[@toma6164]

Here are a few bands to check out from Finland: Lost Society, Mörbid Vömit, Finntroll, Stam1na,Beast in Black, Battle Beast Sweden: Graveyard, Soilwork, Bloodbath, Soen

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I loveeee finntroll

[@draagnipur8767]

If you like this you should try Draconian - fantastic blend of men`s growls and female`s vocals. Maybe "Stellar Tombs"?

[@awolsam]

Amorphis are great and I like that most of their song including this one tell a story from the book of Kalevala. It is a collection of old Finnish folklore and mythology, interesting reading and many of the books tales are related to nature. People in the past seems to have had an understanding of bees relecance to life.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I loved this song!

[@flampy1]

Assemble the Chariots - Galactic Order !!! (video)

[@howlandgrowl]

Never heard of them, but wow what a song. Your channel is taking off quicker than a F-16, and very well deserved. The thing I find strange is that you are an ex metal elitist, and all we keep recommending is metal? How about a reaction video to say, Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky? only joking

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

hahaha you all are expanding my metal love gahaha cause growing up nothing was better than Metallica hahhaa. Dude agreed, this song completely blew me away!

[@WNYretiree]

OK, I have to listen to more from this group. After this, I listened to one called "The Moon." So far, the music seems very dark, to me. The instrumentals are great, and when the lead, Tomi Joutsen? sings clean, I really like his voice. I'm not going to give up on them before i listen to several more songs. I won't make any kind of a decision before I do that. Thank you for introducing this band to me.

[@MetalBackingTracks]

see "Black Winter Day" its their most known. enjoy!

[@Arkryal]

You should also check out "Cares"... that's an interesting one. "The Way" is pretty good. "Silver Bride" is awesome if you know the background story... Doing no justice to the source material, the legendary blacksmith, Ilmarinen, who is alleged to have forged the sky itself is mourning the loss of his wife (the goddess of rainbows and a stone cold bitch, but that's a different story). So he decides to forge the most beautiful wife ever. He steals gold from the sun, silver from the moon, and sings a magical song to summon the 4 winds to breathe life into her. She is the most beautiful woman ever created, but her body is cold as metal, she doesn't have the soft throat to sing, despite her appearance of perfection, she is just an ornate pile of scrap. That story is commonly used as an allegory for vanity, even things like porn addiction, lol. But the song itself is just a retelling of the source story.

[@MetalBackingTracks]

@@Arkryal were u when elegy came out and the song Cares got lots of hatred because of the electronic part in the middle (which is awesome)

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

Ya those cleans are sooo nice. I love those growls, Im really picky about the growls and they got depth.

[@WNYretiree]

Once again, I am struck by the kindness of the metal community. Thank all of you so much for all of the suggestions. I have been listening all afternoon, choosing two versions -- live and official or lyric video--for each. Here's the deal. I'm very old, never listened to metal in my life before a few months ago. With this band, I really like their instrumentals, and the singer has a great clean voice. I just get hung up on the growls and the darkness of the lyrics. It may be just a case where I'm just too old to adapt. But, hey, I gave it a good go. I guess I'm just a Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Wintersun kind of lady. And, let me tell you, that's better than a lot of my contemporaries who don't listen to anything that isn't 50 years old. Appreciate your suggestions greatly.

[@VivK-Real]

Love Amorphis ❤ Something more/else from Finland? BloodRed HourGlass "Drag me the Rain" kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXbFkmyBnK51mdk This is not heaviest by them 😁 Another one, from Norway (I have seen them probably 35733 times live 😂 Leprous "Slave" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4KuqZJorsxnmbc

[@andyventures6574]

Get yourself a copy of the Kalevela . The Finnish epic peom on which most of Amophis' songs are inspired by.

[@VXGaming]

The Bee is a awesome song, If you want some more fun bands to check out try Gloryhammer (they do space metal story telling), Alestorm (comedy pirates), Brother of Metal (viking music) and Powerwolf (who sing songs based on religious stories).

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

oh Im down for sure

[@jayray6488]

Cool track! Im embarrassed to say that I have not listened to Amorphis since Elegy.

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

...im embarressed I never even heard of em till this...lol

[@wolverine669]

If I may recommend a few more bands from Finland. Swallow The Sun - "Sleepless Swans" (Kai Hahto era) and Barren Earth - "Set Alight" You won't regret it 😊

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I'm hyped!

[@Marko-TKDD]

Welcome to a new Finnish rabbit hole

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I'm all for it!

[@mattihelin5101]

From Amorphis, there are better songs imo. Not that this is bad song, but Shades of grey for example is awesome,. Under the red cloud... Beautiful as well. So many to pick from.

[@drtheengrumb4439]

Do " From the Inside" by Orbit Culture pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@TheWolffAndTheMelody]

I did

[@ntak8262]

🤝🇫🇮🙏🏻❤️

[@MetalMann-de3xi]

I wish I could sit down with you and experience 'Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor' with you. If you slept on this band, you're in for a real treat.

[@simolaurila7905]

Its the same Singer ho growl and sing clean