Vocal Coach reacts to Epica - Chasing The Dragon LIVE (Simone Simons)

[@rolsen1304]

Happy birthday Simone, thanks for all the goosebumps over the last 20 years!

[@timhutchinson8485]

I hope you will react to some of their Omega Alive concert too, to see how she sounds now.

[@davidhenriquez4939]

Me too!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Chinonzalo]

Definetely!

[@simse77]

yeah, that is 10 years later, would be very interresting :)

[@imprince95]

This is crazy! I haven't listened to this song in a few years, but today i felt like listening to it, and as soon as the song was over i got a notification for this video!!!!

[@bryanthompson973]

I honestly dont know how Epica isnt much bigger. They do metal/operatic dynamic the best, imo. Also, Simones vocals are god tier. You can really hear her control and versatility on albums like Design You Universe and Requiem For The Indifferent. Crescendos, belts, head voices...ahes master class.

[@markfrancis6886]

Once apon a nightmare and rivers are the two songs where she sings beautifully and then suddenly soars for a moment, and you end up listening over and over for that moment. Tides of time still makes me cry like few others

[@fritsyt2090]

Epica forever and ever!!! This is how true symphonic metal is supposed to be! Rock On Epica!!! 🤘🏻

[@gavintodd3571]

One of my favourite EPICA songs, and one that is rarely reviewed . Thank you

[@J24777]

Awesome!! Thanks for doing more EPICA!! Simone has a wonderful Voice! The Whole Band is tight! Hope you are doing More EPICA.

[@pollomago]

I have seen Epica twice with 10 years in between, and I was amazed by how Simone voice still so great...

[@deminybs]

Lucky!!! I wanna see them sometime , preferably when they have the choir/orchestra with them

[@rollingmetal949]

Not sure if intentional but IT'S SIMONE'S BIRTHDAY

[@BethRoars]

I did not know that! Really cool!

[@cancelled_user]

@@BethRoars Your reaction is a nice little present for us, Epicans :)

[@DanasLilMakeup]

This song is one of my “pull through tough times” hymns. When the divine conspiracy came out, I was going through a lot of issues in my life and this song simply pulled me out from a very dark place. I love Simone she is just wonderful

[@franshinlopen2166]

I understand! For me it is not this song, but that does not matter, it all depends on the circumstances. I hope you are ok.

[@watchtheskies]

Hi Elizabeth, this is a good one, from a live acoustic session, Simone sounds absolutely beautiful - Epica Dreamscape (Acoustic Version) Pinkpop 2014

[@danielvilches7185]

This is a beautiful song from Epica. Thank you for reacting to one of the best symphonic metal bands of all time. And yeah the drummer is insane!!

[@SpyKiFTW]

my favourite Epica song!

[@shirazzza]

She really has a beautiful voice, impressive to stand up to the metal tbh

[@jandemanist]

this whole show remains amazing i bought tickets for their 20th anniversary this week i hope it will be as great as the 10th anniversary

[@josverhaar9985]

I hope so too. Tickets already in the pocket. Now hoping this show won’t get delayed like their show with Apocalytica.

[@konradstanczyk5158]

Always happy to see more Epica on the channel! Wonderful reaction and analysis

[@AkelasanAK]

... thank you for Epica and nice commentary ...

[@davidhenriquez4939]

The videos of their Omega Alive strem concert are just awesome! Specially the song "kingdom of heaven part 3". If you want to hear something new from them, thats the place! Hope you have the chance to react to that 🙏.

[@nightgoblin29]

I always love when Simone or Floor sing in a lower darker tone.. In this case the lower voice of Simone fitst perfect for when Mark comes in haha.. Thank you for this amazing reaction!

[@cancelled_user]

Beth, more Epica please! :)

[@PK--ITA]

Hello Beth! Thanks for returning to Epica songs, try "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" with Simone and Floor, you won't be disappointed

[@adriaDythea]

In my opinion Epica has the greatest songs of our generation each one is like a piece of art musically and lyrically. Ps this is one of my favorite songs it kinda of represent my state of mind right now...Canvas of life is also fantástico.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Yes! Epica time 🤘😎🤘 Waving from the audience 👋

[@Hammerbruder99]

My favourite band! ❤❤❤

[@Benobot99]

One of my favourite Epica songs! 🙂🤘

[@obud3777]

Epica Forever!

[@issabahaaeldinebatakji196]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!!

[@oscararzate7956]

Que canción tan bonita pareciera que contara la historia de una leyenda bien Beth 👏👏🍀🍀

[@BethRoars]

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[@cancelled_user]

Hi Beth! Perfect timing with this reaction on 17th January. It's Simone's birthday :)

[@burd3984]

PLEASE DO CASEY CRESCENZO OF THE DEAR HUNTER

[@evilvolts]

Another Epic Epica performance that has acrobatic performers on a Chandelier is Epica Kingdom of Heaven part 3 from Omega Live kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJWldImDeZ2Hn68 she also uses a few different styles during this song

[@Beebee-tn4bn]

React to epica unchain untopia omega alive.

[@santiagorodriguez3330]

your happiness is incredible. God bless you

[@kajlennartsson4234]

Thank you Beth for the interesting videos on this channel and your second channel. Its always fun to learn something new.

[@jorgebrito8807]

Love your reaction & analysis you should check their Omega Alive it's just mindblowing (Kingdom of Heaven part 3, Unchain Utopia, Victims of contigency, Skeleton Key)

[@xabrau6730]

Powerfull Voice 😍

[@NeeceLoneWolf]

Happy Birthday Simone 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 The Omega Alive playlist is on their channel. Its a feast for the eyes. Every video I see something I have missed previously.

[@otexote8954]

Youre the best Beth

[@seanherskowitz665]

Thank you @Bethroars ; now I have a tribute video forever Loved you acrobatics on your other channel , promise I didn’t know you were doing a video on aerial acrobatics so it seems my late sister synched up the universe lol 😝

[@rolsen1304]

Thank you Sean for requesting this song, more people need to see what music can be like outside the mainstream artists!

[@adoryntriggerhappy]

Hey Sean, what a beautiful idea and good suggestion. May your sister rest in peace! You belong to the good ones! Good job @Beth 👍

[@alisehuisman9842]

Love this song !!!!

[@SunOfTheSun]

Please do Epica Kingdom of heaven part 3 live at Omega Alive

[@spiderfingers86]

I enjoy listening to Epica on occasion

[@7CeLsO7]

Such a good finding for me.

[@wreckemDad]

Simone is part of the holy trinity of the Netherlands and symphonic metal. She is almost as versatile as Floor Jansen (Nightwish), but fits in nice with Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation).

[@NZWozza]

Thanks for doing this one. So good, and really ties in with your other channel.

[@TFOLLT]

You should know she was pregnant during this show, if I remember correctly she was like halfway. Which makes this performance even more impressive since surely a half-grown baby in your belly takes away some lung capacity.

[@deminybs]

I like this DVD (have watched only like a thousand times 😂😂) but still almost always prefer the studio version of most tracks by all bands..... unless I'm physically at the show myself then that's the best time 😉

[@mssxwc]

Roar!

[@ARetiredPirate]

The 2 other songs you reacted to before were both from after this performance... one 16 songs later and the other 4 years.

[@thecaptainmarko]

I finally get what you are training for 😉👍

[@arieldamian85]

Tendrias que reaccionar a Kingdom of heaven parte 3.. saludos

[@DefendUSA1776]

Since BR knows all about Epica, when will we be blessed with an analysis of Kamelot?

[@jgoods2101]

would really love to see a reaction to the lead of The Backseat Lovers

[@kennethwilliams5063]

Two gorgeous red heads in the same video? How lucky are we?

[@tarkmutlu5707]

Please React Venefecium Live From Apocalpyse -Lacuna Coil

[@cometogether999]

Hi Beth, I'd like to make a suggestion for a vocal breakdown of a song called "A Love of Your Own" by the Average White Band. They hail from Scotland as well, their heyday was in the 70's.

[@airbagradiohead]

Suggestion: Lara Fabian - Love by grace

[@Kelly_Cook]

She was also 5 months pregnant in this video.

[@janefenix3930]

Solo vine por la bella Simone 🌸

[@christophschmedes5975]

Floor Jansen sing with Simone a soprano.floor have A classic vocal

[@MrRaulChingon]

Can you react to "Del altar a la tumba" from José José next? It is my favorite song from him 💚

[@burd3984]

PLEASE DO CASEY CRESCENZO OF THE DEAR HUNTER and ANDY HULL OF MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA

[@ryanodriscoll]

I love this show so much and think Simone was great, but I have seen quite a lot of online flak about her performance as some people felt she struggled with her vocals. While I don't agree with the hate, I do think there is some degree of truth to that. She was pregnant during the show. I may not know much about this sort of thing, but I know that there is only so much capacity inside a person and babies tend to monopolise that and then some during pregnancy, so I am interested in understanding the challenges a pregnant singer would face.

[@ryangjewell]

Would you do Jacob Collier's cover of Fix You?

[@DarkestWinterNight]

🥰

[@spiderfingers86]

You have very pretty hair

[@franshinlopen2166]

There are so many alternate histories here. What if Floor and Sander had not forced Mark Jansen out of After Forever? Would we have ever heard of Simone? What if Epica had not invited Floor to join them for incidental songs when she was recovering from her burnout, despite some bad blood between her and Mark Jansen (It might be relevant to note that that Mark Jansen is a university trained psychologist)? Would Floor have accepted the (then) temporary Nightwish position at the trailing end of her burnout? What if Annette had not published her infamous rant comparing herself to Rihanna and torching the band for letting the Denver show go on? Given all of the talents involved, I believe everything worked out perfectly. There is a novel hiding in here, but I am not going to write it. Having been a fan of both Floor and Simone since their earliest recordings, I will say that Simone has really impressed with her growth as a singer. Studio was always great, but in the earlier live performances but she was sometimes unsteady. No longer! As to this song, it is absolutely beautiful. Epica is often quite cerebral, but this song is about a friend who died of an overdose. Chasing the Dragon apparently is code for looking for your next fix. I was already subscribed but I am glad to give you a like for your great reaction to this underrated song.

[@MarcelCox1]

Hello Beth, Thanks for reacting to this song. It is among my favorite Epica songs, but alas it is not so often reacted to, in spite of this being a song which really allows Simone to shine. Now if you want to see Simone sing a completely different style, I suggest you check out her singing for Ayreon in the song “This human equation” kzbin.info/www/bejne/onzaknWAoriIptU . This performance is so … NICE!

[@RobertTaylor-uz1yt]

Cmon down to Austtalia Suggestion JOHN FARMHAM Sing HELP from the Beatles with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. John Farnham And Jimmy Barnes sing There is something wrong with my Baby, There is something wromg with me. From A performance on a TV show called Hey Hey its Saturday. Jimmy Barnes and Joe Bontamasso Sing - Stone Cold

[@Rosannasfriend]

You mention only two singers that make various sounds within their songs, but there’s also Dimash and Devin Townsend. You’ve reacted to Dimash enough times not to forget him doing that. I don’t think anyone has the number of timbres in his palate that Dimash does. And also, Katrina Velarde and KZ tandingan in particular do a lot of the various sounds in their songs. KZ can sound like instruments literally. And by the way so can Celine Dion and Rachelle Farrell.

[@mrneonsplat]

I love your reactions. Can you PLEASE react to Jim Neibors a.k.a. Gomer Pyle "The Impossible Dream"? If you've never heard it you are missing an indescribable mind blowing performance. I'm begging you to at least listen to it even if you don't make a video. Thank you for all the work you put into your channel you are amazing.

[@andrijavrba]

🤘

[@Beebee-tn4bn]

React to epica unchain utopia omega alive reaction

[@adamkeane2622]

How is your aerial skills training going, Beth? Ever thought of a career change? 😉

[@iDEATH]

Man, the way the human brain actually reads and parses language is so funny sometimes (we don't read letter by letter, but by groups/words). I was scrolling through the comments and my brain grabbed "aerial skills" as "serial kills" which was momentarily alarming as it put your comment into a whole different context. lol

[@adamkeane2622]

@@iDEATH My man! 🤘

[@Antawnyoo]

«...My ears long to hear, A melody...»

[@MihzvolWuriar]

8:27 *right before the moment that always gives me goosebumps and you pause, how dare you? /j Anyway, this is the Epica I really like, things I don't like in the band started in the album this song is in, they wanted albums with over 70 minutes of songs, so, you often get masterpieces like this (this song is my 2nd fav from the band) and completely bad songs like Beyond Belief that has not a single good thing about it, reused riffs, reused tones, reused everything, the thing is, as time went on, they started reusing more and more things, and forgot about the great masterpieces they made in the past, that was what driven me off Epica. But hey, the last album is great, while there is some reused stuff there, there are mostly new attempts at composing, and most songs have a great feeling to it, Abyss of Time is such a great song.

[@awanaruan3808]

Beth, in some ways.. You remind me of Amy Adams..

[@bryanmchugh1307]

She is still no Floor or Tarja. Still alright though.

[@cancelled_user]

She doesn't want to be Floor or Tarja. She is perfect just as she is. And in her early years, Simone sounded most unique, unlike any other singer in metal.

[@off6848]

Is this song about heroin/dope/dogfood

[@off6848]

The power metal nerds need to give Beth a break. How about some RnB or Indie rock

[@redfielduniverse]

This isnt power metal.

[@Percy92]

Epica is symphonic metal.

[@off6848]

@@Percy92 so is power metal

[@redfielduniverse]

@@off6848 it's not. No what you say is not true

[@off6848]

@@redfielduniverse you sound like you’re in denial

[@marcokruijsheer9947]

Je praat te veel