REACTION | Wintersun | Sons of Winter and Stars - Sonic Pump Studio

[@black4pienus]

I get it when it comes to Finnish sound of metal bands. They're often more melodic, one way or another. And I love Finnish melancholics. When I was younger I thought metal could be great for when you're angry. At that time I never could've imagined describing this as beautiful. And 'time' is even more than beautiful. I felt that one.

[@Honken55]

Kai use Nightwish as a vacation ;)

[@ARetiredPirate]

Indeed

[@wfrancis25]

Hallo from South Africa...Yeah man, wintersun is something out of this world.

[@lisannedebaas9336]

"Goodness gracious" seems like the only reasonable thing to say after such a masterpiece 😂👌🏻

[@ThomFoolery1]

😂😂

[@marinaandersson4381]

Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮! "The Bee", Amorphis, please!

[@Scalemailmailmail]

Do it! you won't regret it!

[@Perrrkeles]

Hell yeah!!

[@semperfidelis7517]

Yassss!!!

[@frankmcfrank392]

I’ll third.. no, fourth that request. And Death of a King too!

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

amorphis. yeah.

[@TankTheTech]

Beauty of a song. I'd highly recommend "Time" from the same studio session if you plan on continuing your Wintersun journey. 🤘

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks Tank!! Yeah, I think I'll have to do that one next. Everyone speaks so highly of it! 😁🤘

[@Thnielsen85]

the beauty of Winterson is that they are insanely technical, and they put their heart and soul in the music \m/

[@ThomFoolery1]

💯🤘

[@christinamulligan7158]

The first time I heard this song I felt like my face was gonna melt off from the incredibleness of it 🔥🤘🖤🇫🇮

[@ThomFoolery1]

Seems to be the correct response 😂

[@Esmeagolly]

This band is utterly fantastic but those vocal harmonies are just out of this world majestic

[@thekillingtomat]

1 min of straight blast beat to start and then there is like 12 min of song left after that. kai is an absolute machine

[@camillaGorilla]

Best Band Ever. Jari is incredible 🙌🏼😊🇳🇴👌🏼 Watching first reactions to this masterpiece is my favorite thing 😊👏🏼

[@KL-qy4ye]

Unbelievable. The complexity and musicianship are off the charts. Yes, you were just staring.

[@darktitus]

"Land of snow and sorrow" also from this session is a great choice too, you won't regret!

[@Frankamaria]

or Time :)

[@Senvae]

I love this song, but honestly, "Time" from the same session is one of the best songs I have ever heard. So passionate, so powerful, deep lyrics!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Can't wait to hear it! 😀

[@pedjavukmirovic6770]

I loooove time so much

[@juditho.955]

I think, with "Sons of winter and stars" you picked the absolute masterpiece and I loved your reaction! They have recorded 2 other songs at Sonic Pump Studio that you should check: Land of snow and sorrow, Time

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank you Judith! Yes it's a masterpiece, glad you enjoyed the reaction. Will have to do 'Time' soon.

[@jessekendrick18]

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[@willhayes367]

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[@jessekendrick18]

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[@jessekendrick18]

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[@mattihelin5101]

Nightwish, MASTER PASSION GREED!

[@Kekoapono]

Yours is the best reaction to this song I've seen. Your reactions pretty much matched my reactions when I first heard this metal masterpiece. You had the best reaction when Jari used his screams to jump right into the 4th movement after that dreamy "acoustic" movement. I'm always blown away by how impactful that moment is. I know a lot of people who don't like metal music because of the use of screams/growls, but like myself, I'm sure they'd come to realize just how much screaming vocals can elevate songs. I'm not really able to explain it properly, but when you get it, you get it.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey there, thanks so much for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it and that you feel the same. I know, it's not for everyone unfortunately. I feel sorry for those people that don't get it. A good metal scream can hit your core like nothing else 🙂🤘

[@MrMauriv]

Alot of people recommendend "time" as a better song, but i think this is one metallic masterpiece. As better than Time.

[@Always-fd7pk]

Yesssss finally! 🤘 You know that you gotta do "Time" next right?

[@ThomFoolery1]

Yes, absolutely. :)

[@Always-fd7pk]

@@ThomFoolery1 Just wanted to make sure 😉

[@Ba_Yegu]

I dunno. Time is probably even better than this. I do of course appreciate those fans who keep this higher but Time is IMHO simply glorious. It's the quality dial set to eleven. ; ) You know the drill: Wintersun at Sonic Pump Studios Live Rehearsal Remastered: TIME: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoawqH-ue7N-iZI You will not regret it...

[@Always-fd7pk]

@@Ba_Yegu I agree. "Time" is probably my favorite song of all time

[@SlazakNY]

Jari, the singer has done all that screaming on 75% lung capacity due to tuberculosis when he was in the military.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Learned this today, so amazing!

[@fedexv.3451]

Premise: the whole song is a masterpiece. Period. But the transition at 16:12 is what gives me chills and prickly goosebumps every time. Before it it's like: "listen to this, it's epic, it's majestic, it's ready to perfectly close the song" A second later: palm mute the guitars, double (or quadruple) the amount of pedal, hit like a possessed blacksmith on those drums, and make it the base for a new verse that THEN leads into the ending of the song. It's incredible.

[@kristinabackman2391]

This is one of their masterpieces. I feel like Wintersun is the best band ever. I love it!!! ❤️😍🤩

[@juhavaris2144]

Suomipower 🔥💪💪🇫🇮

[@Perrrkeles]

Näitten heppujen naamoihin ei ikinä kyllästy, ku ne tajuaa kuin helvetin kovasta/kovista suomiorkereista on kyse😂😂😂!

[@dennislofstrom6177]

Sisu.

[@Fidel_L.Bousquet1970]

The blue screen T-shirt was a good choice, the beginning was like " Thomas Pearson.exe has stopped working" :)

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hahaha 😂 I definitely needed to reboot after this song.

[@Bonehead777]

Absolutely awesome band. I have heard this at least 50 times now and I still love this song. They have a ton more worth checking out too. Time, Winter Madness, Loneliness, the awesome Battle against Time to name but a few.

[@jukkahelminen9071]

Great that you found your way to Wintersun! Awesome band! Two of my biggest favorites are Nightwish and Wintersun. Both very creative and skilled bands. And skilled musicians. Jari Mäenpää, a blond guitarist-singer, means the same to this band as Tuomas Holopainen to Nightwish. Founder, composer, lyricist, the soul behind everything. There are many songwriters, good songwriters. But I call these two men composers. They are not just songwriters ... Both can also do really good lyrics. And both master their instruments really well. The band released their second album "Time 1" in October 2012. It contains only 5 songs, three of which were made into such a "live rehearsal video". I recommend looking at those other two as well. Maybe first the title track "Time". As many have already asked for.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Kiitos Jukka! Both bands are incredible and it's so interesting learning about Tuomas, Jari and all the other members. Definitely looking forward to hearing 'Time' since it's so highly requested. Stay safe, my friend and see you next time. 😀🤘

[@Fluttermoth]

Welcome to the altar of Jari, lol! I can't ever listen to Wintersun for the first time again, so now I trawl YT watching other people having the experience, and you might be my favourite so far XD Don't let it make you feel inadequate, some people are just on whole other level to us mere mortals. I'm a painter, and if I compared myself to Leonardo or Michelangelo, I'd never pick up a brush again, y'know !

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey Lorelei, thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I know the feeling, there's some songs I love so much that I can't watch enough reactions for. Yeah I feel you, great artists like this are inspiring and make you want to make art even more. 😀🤘

[@queenssv6569]

Thanks for the reaction. I don't know what to say either. First time seeing this I forgot my mouth open so that spit dropped on my shirt.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Totally understandable 😂🤘

[@mailen5187]

Everybody did a full day job, especially Kai by hammering those drums. He is a human metronome 👍 Thanks Thomas, I enjoyed watching your react

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@bazkeen]

Jari has an impressive voice👍🏻👍🏻despite being down half a lung. It's certainly a journey👍🏻👍🏻 I always feel exhausted after it🤣🤣

[@ThomFoolery1]

Yeah, just learning that today. So amazing, I couldn't get close to that if I had 3 lungs haha

[@bazkeen]

@@ThomFoolery1 Not wrong there👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@scray00]

I feel that 🙂

[@lujalainen1]

when i see this video first time i just looking stupid smile my face and thinking holy fu.. :) well this is valhalla music for sure. fanfare to guitars and drums all over the world. thanx to great reaction thomas and have great day there.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Valhalla music, I like that 😀 thank you for watching! 😀🤘

[@andreluizcastro5163]

welcome to my favorite song

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

they are awesome. and Jari (singer and guitarist) is special. not only because parts of his lungs had to be removed, but also as a great composer.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Just learning this today. Unbelievable!

[@Ba_Yegu]

You've seen the first examples of Finnish Metal, Young Padawan. You have much more to experience. *Good Luck in Your Adventures!*

[@ThomFoolery1]

Kiitos!

[@TheNismo777]

We call this simple music in nordic countries :D Could be even more complex

[@petri4625]

Fantastic !!!

[@ianknowles8934]

Time next please!

[@opex8396]

Basically just the four best musicians of all time put in one band😅🔥🔥

[@charmainenicholson7018]

There once was ( a British invasion) now it's the invasion of the Norsemen!). Such amazing talent ! So many bands to choice among. It's not loud for the purpose of noise, if that makes sense. it's complex musically and lyrically. there's a purpose for every note ,tone, beat and lyric. AMAZING !

[@nubiatb1151]

It's getting even better the more you're listening to it, I had the pleasure to see them live, it's amazing 🔥 🖤 🤘

[@Viryn]

One of the best songs ever made 💪

[@TheRealCoyote]

Great reaction! Glad you found them. More Wintersun please! Time, or perhaps a slow one: Loneliness (Winter)

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks a lot!

[@jeffbowden8367]

Dude, YES,YES,YES,YES. 🤘🤘🤘, you have not just made my day, but my whole frikken year 🤗❤️🤘and I promise I will not put pressure on you ever again to react to a band/song. I just frikken knew that you would love this and your reaction was genuine and priceless. Every time you paused I thought “he has no idea what’s coming” 😂😂 so welcome to the awesome,amazing,incredible world of melodic death metal 🤘🤘I wish I could give you a thousand ‘likes’ dude. AND, I have to say a huge THANK YOU too. Yesterday you reacted to Sabaton, and I am now hooked completely on another metal genre to complete my metal triumvirate. Nightwish, symphonic metal, Wintersun, melodic death metal and Sabaton, power metal. So, no pressure like I said, but there are two other performances by Wintersun filmed at the same time as this one, in your own time dude 😂🤘

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey Jeff! My friend, the gratitude is all mine! Thank you for suggesting this amazing masterpiece! I feel like if metal was a video game, I just unlocked the final boss level 😂😂 You won't need to ask me twice to react to more Wintersun! I can't wait to see what else they are capable of! Thanks for enjoying this awesome music with me. See you in the next one bro. 😀🤘

[@Tsadam01]

Wintersun is quite amazing live as well. Easy to guess this I suppose, as these Sonic Pump Studio recordings are live sessions :)

[@karlschmidt5060]

just stumbled across this one here, absolutely nice reaction, loved it!

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Yeah I like this epic pirate song a lot. So much variation and small details. My fav part is where they go into layered singing, because that is so unexpected in music like this. And it's very good too. Just a wonderful moment. Also, I really like Jari's singing, and that's why I have difficulties to pick which is my fav, this or "Loneliness," for the latter one is quite emotional.

[@Mark_-jq6wg]

I love watching reactions to this performance which is just masterclass. Kai is just a surgeon on them drums. The vocals and guitars mmmmm just perfect.

[@RonniePeterson]

"on another level" says it all really.

[@dtsstealthypiano]

So glad you liked it! I'm hoping to see you react to 'Time' as well. It's such a beautiful song with incredible vocals.

[@R---66---R]

Basically we're all just simple humans, Thomas...........I 'guess' we are.................................are we?????

[@jurristi]

it's like progressive heroic metal jazz

[@ThomFoolery1]

Haha best description ever 👏

[@Ohris]

This song is Epic as all hell

[@shawnpaquette5835]

I was lucky enough to meet Jari after a show in Toronto. I got a picture with him, he signed my ticket. My friends and I asked him if he wanted to smoke a joint with us, but he said no because he has tuberculosis! Very, very nice guy. Soft spoken as well. I too am obsessed with everything he does. Have you listened to his work with Ensiferum? ;)

[@mattdye2870]

The breakdown at 15:30 is one of the best things musical I’ve ever heard.

[@kdkttn19]

Yeaaaa, if you aren't AMPED up once that final chorus hits, you aren't paying attention. This song melts faces off no matter how many times it's seen, so your reaction is very fitting. 🤘

[@ThomFoolery1]

100%, relistened a few times and that bit gets me every time. 😀🤘

[@MY1BLACKCAT]

Finland forever - best metal in world

[@ThomFoolery1]

❤🤘 🇫🇮

[@joshb4613]

And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope by Ne Obliviscaris. Dan Presland on the drums is another talented, technical drummer who has loads of stamina. The live video from Colorado 2016 is absolutely fantastic. And Presland himself has his own channel which is just excellent footage of him playing the songs. But the live video at Colorado is definitely something special!

[@oikeesti]

I enjoyed this so much, thank you 😁

[@ThomFoolery1]

Glad you liked it! I just posted a new Wintersun reaction if you're interested. :)

[@stevehill9167]

You should check out their video for Time I from the same studio session. Also another band I recommend if you haven’t already, is Unleash The Archers, have a look at the tracks Awakening Tonight We Ride Abyss Soulbound. 🙂🤘🏻

[@ThomFoolery1]

I did post reactions for Time 1 and UTA already. 😃

[@Pyllymysli]

I kind of wanna see a Wintersun and Nightwish playing on same night with Kai on drums on both sets, but Kai is like my favorite drummer and I don't wanna see him die.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Haha yes that would be epic if he could manage it. 😄

[@Juhasante]

Welcome to journey of the wintersun 👍. Next song is time!! 👌👍💪😁😎❤️

[@TanaBaka]

Splendid reaction!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks Tana :)

[@TanaBaka]

@@ThomFoolery1 I'm going to go through your Nightwish reactions now, thank you for all the good content! Hope to see more Wintersun soon!

[@seanstevenson9891]

Nice reaction, Mate. Try Time from the same rehearsal session. You'll dig it. 🤘😜🤘

[@ThomFoolery1]

Cheers Sean! 😀🤘

[@ytbabbler]

Drum cam: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmnCgZeriLCBjbc

[@ThomFoolery1]

Holy s***!!!! How is that even possible!?

[@ycdiRocky]

Keep it up Bro, one of the best - if not the best - Reaction that I've seen so far for Wntersun! Loved it. (P.S.: Love drinking and watching reaction Videos, turned all the way up, love that you didn't pause that much, so it felt like drinking and enjoying music with someone else!)

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey dude! Thanks very much, I appreciate it. I like your style man, I also like to get drunk and do that haha. I plan on doing another Wintersun reaction soon, I'll be sure to have a beverage for that one. Cheers 🍻

[@attilapinter5471]

Yours the best Sons of Winter and Stars reaction on KZbin, and I've seen most of them. Liked, Subscribed. ;)

[@ThomFoolery1]

You're too kind, thanks very much :)

[@maianation]

Oh yes!! Love both Wintersun and Nightwish. And another Finnish band (not related to Nightwish but a folk metallish). Amazing band also.

[@MountainMetal]

"A whole world of amazing music out there" Yep. Great reaction. We with some musician experience are especially impressed by Wintersun. Apart from the composing, to play such complex stuff, and in Jari's case to play such difficult parts with such precision AND sing so passionately while doing so is something not many people can do so well, eh?

[@ThomFoolery1]

Absolutely, my friend. It's really something else. I've seen plenty of stuff of a similar technical caliber but I can't think of anything with this much soul and passion. It is so enthralling. I think I've relistened to this about 7 times already haha

[@LenzaPenza]

Great reaction, I looked about the same first time watching it, earned a sub 😀 Suomi Finland Perkel

[@ThomFoolery1]

Haha thanks, I was frozen.😂

[@SlazakNY]

You should check out Ne Obliviscaris - And Plaque flowers the kaleidoscope live in Denver. Talk about great musicianship

[@toiddiot1629]

Got a new sub with this reaction 🤘 This band is great and full of amazing talent. Kai is no longer with them, since joining Nightwish and they've got a new guitarist also. Jari wanted to focus on vocals. Only downside of Wintersun is that Jari, being a perfectionist about his music, they don't release new music very often. Please do a reaction on Time and Land of snow and sorrow also. Both from this same session at Sonic pump studios.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Wow, that's fascinating. You have to respect him for that. I'm sure it'll be worth the wait! Looking forward to hearing these two songs too. 😀🤘

[@toiddiot1629]

@@ThomFoolery1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmnCgZeriLCBjbc check out Kai on this drum cam video of Sons of winter and stars. He's such a beast.

[@sjc9121]

This is pure precious metal from Finland!

[@elhefe83]

Dude is feeling it.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

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[@ntak8262]

Music industries and media are weird 🧐 Thanks from Finland 👊❤️🇫🇮

[@l.k.9392]

this is simply epic :-) - please react to "time"

[@tonyheiz5761]

Vikings just reborn in Finland and Make the greatest Rock/Metal songs 😈😈

[@bjhellstream]

If Game Of Thrones was a band...

[@scottchadburn1535]

Awesome reaction dude, thank you 😃🤘🏻 try out Time from the same session. Mind blowing 🤯🤘🏻

[@ThomFoolery1]

Cheers Scott!

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

Dude, instantly subbed. This is my favorite song ever. Love the reaction

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank you! Appreciate it. 😀

[@andrewludwig9251]

I love your „blue screen of death“ t-Shirt!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks! 😄

[@maxviking3210]

Thanx for the reaction. Wintersun is one of my favourite bands and Kai is a god! But I suggest you listen to another band, not same genre of metal but to step it up even a few steps if thats possible on the technical level. The band I am talking about is Meshugga and the kind of created a genre thats called technical metal. The drummer is Tomas Haake and is the drummer with 5 brains. One for left foot, one for right, one for left arm and one for right and one brain to connect it all together. He plays polyrhythms a lot and what he does with his feet is difficult to do with your arms. As I said.. a little different version of metal then this. There is many songs.. bleed is one of their big once but if you react to them pic a live (often drum cams) version as their videos is soooo intense and I think it.. it makes you loose focus on the music. But again.. just love Wintersun!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank you very much! Yeah I'm very keen to check out Meshugga, I've heard that name a lot but never really got into them. That sounds really crazy and interesting. Thanks for the tip! 😀🤘

[@randalljones4370]

Thomas, go back to yer pre-school days.... remember that kid... that one kid... who would take a box of crayons and madly scribble-color and fill up the entire page with a jagged, fire-breathing dragon in a field of flaming poppies and a volcano exploding in the background and make it all look like Van Gogh had a Francis Bacon-moment? Yeah, that kid.... Well, apparently he's a metal musician. Good Lord, what a composition. I know the singer does the songwriting here.... but ... did he write the drum part too? Because that is unEarthly. Oh, and my apologies for the nearly one year old reaction-to-your-reaction... I'm having a Wintersun Marathon Night, since I can't get back to sleep. .. And now, for the Reaction : : a) The Dreaded BlueScreen shirt... a perfect choice. b) Metal must be in our DNA, because in the first 30 seconds, you grew Jari's nose, on yer own face.... dude, you coulda been his brother. c) you were gasping for breath by the end of the first moment.... pace yourself... this is Finnish Metal. d) 7 min in : "I feel like there's themes developing..." .... my friend, I think there were entire languages and mathematical constructs developing. There are no words. e) during the slower acoustic part... the look on our face "Alright, something I can finally take apart in real time and..." Jari sings "My dreams wither in fragments of time" .... and your face melts when they do the Tim Burton/Danny Elfman SnowGlobe/Psycho-harmony-key-change f) THEN the insane laughter kicks in as they shift right back into Metal Madness. And it continues... You should get overtime pay for this.

[@ThomFoolery1]

Hey Randall! This is an amazing comment, thank you! :D I know what you mean, Jari probably was that kid making crazy doodles and daydreaming of grand creations. Wintersun has been one of my favourite discoveries from this channel. The time and detail that has gone into each song is so apparent and it evokes so many damn emotions while still being just a technical draw-dropping masterclass. It's almost like watching top athletes performing, it's so other worldly. I've been painfully resisting 'The Forest Seasons' for a reaction, I'll have to do that soon. Glad you enjoyed this one mate! Take it easy! :)

[@petri4625]

WOW !!

[@Colphin]

Only thing I have to add is that Wintersun is Jari's band, not Kai's ;) It's pretty much a solo band that requires very skilled musicians to perform Jari's work

[@rolandmertens1604]

Yeah! Fanf#ck*ngtastic! I'm not a black metal fan but this is from another level!!! Love your reaction, glad my first reaction is not filmed, hahaha!! But yeah that's something else! Can't believe Kai's performance in this. And, indeed, normally when you see a good guitarist play, you get excited and motivated, but when you see and hear these guys play you just wanna chuck your guitar in a corner and be done with it 😄 Awesome!! But still... You really should check out 'Winner' performed by Floor in 'Beste zangers'!! And yes, I'll keep on buggin' you with this performance 😉

[@ThomFoolery1]

hahaha thanks very much Roland, glad you enjoyed it! Yes I'm sure I'll react to that 'Winner' performance soon. :)

[@rolandmertens1604]

@@ThomFoolery1 Just had a craving for this song man 🤪🤯

[@ThomFoolery1]

@@rolandmertens1604 How was this 2 years ago!? Still listen to this album weekly 🤘

[@Groggen]

I had a hunch that this would hit home. :)

[@maianation]

Amorphis next!

[@TheJama64]

Tales your breath away every time.

[@feanrassilmaril579]

I must have such BSOD t-shirt m8!

[@Pave999]

Time II, it's coming, D-27... 😎

[@Illaga1]

You are in, or on, Vancouver so I'm just going to throw it out there - Unleash the Archers. I think you would like "Test your metal", a real party starter which always makes me happy!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks Boris. Yeah I should support some local acts!

[@Illaga1]

Oh, how lovely that you don't yet know of them! It's not that they are local. Symphonic metal has Floor and Simone. Power metal has Britteny and the mucisians are on par. I'm just suggesting you start with a "light" one to prevent your brain from melting but if you want the "kick in the head" straight away then Awakening or Tonight we ride.

[@itedcoe]

Great reaction, epic stuff, thank you! 😊🤘

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@RangePisteMies]

You must check Before the dawn-Ghost album! And Deadlight album was good too.

[@Beatz-he5xe]

What a great band and dito reaction..thanx man!

[@ThomFoolery1]

Thank you! 😀

[@iggy9649]

Kai might not have the flash like a lot of rock and metal drummers. But technically there is nobody better!!

[@maggaw9869]

Maybe TAROT Heavy Metal On Ice Live- Guardian Angel and Things That Crawl at Night. Marko and big brother Sakari on guitar :)

[@EricManktelow]

Kai is a monster! They are all so talented.

[@js0988]

He'd win the Tour De France easily! :)

[@skurkela]

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