Wintersun - The Way of The Fire First Reaction (Time II)

[@JohnDoe-rj8nd]

So happy with this album. Exceeded my expectations, which were high to begin with.

[@metalanthology]

I'll publish my other reactions for the other songs one per day and you'll have my final impressions for the overall album at the end of Silver Leaves. Expectations were skyrocket, glad you were happy with the result, cheers🖤 \m/

[@vitaliiv.6629]

Got these album on vinyl yesterday. Sound fk amazing! 12 years of waiting, after Time I !! So happy, its a masterpiece!!!

[@metalanthology]

Such a relief to finally witness this strong bombastic record, have you seen my reaction to the other song as well, it was so much fun to do that, have a blast today mate, cheers 🤘🏼🖤

[@AlanHernandez-tx4gw]

Joy. Pure joy

[@metalanthology]

After waiting 18 years, it's pure relief and satisfaction listening to this track, cheers \m/

[@exitus7726]

Love this album and whole time package was pure gold! 🤘

[@metalanthology]

I’m just discovering it, I had my family at my place until yesterday so I filmed all four songs last night and probably I’ll do some of the early demos as well this week. Any songs you think I absolutely have to react to ? I think the time package is incredible because I already know that the early demos will please me a lot with the reactions I already did back when Jari was teasing us 😬, cheers mate 🤘🏼🖤

[@exitus7726]

I love one with shadows. It has that old-school vibe 🙂

[@metalanthology]

Yess and I learned that he wrote it in 1998, makes so much sense haha

[@vinivmoraes]

WTF was that?? I felt like I was in an Odyssey while listening to this beautiful song. How come I have never heard about this band? Geez, what a fantastic composition I found here. I definitely added it to my playlist.

[@metalanthology]

Are you kidding me Vinicius? You're almost in luck not knowing this band. I'd recommend you to listen to the first eponymous majestic album released in 2004 then Time I and Time II (2012 and 2024) back to back since they were part of the same songwriting and recording session. Finally, The Forest Seasons (2017) and you'll have the whole picture of this incredible band. The Way Of The Fire is a total masterpiece, cheers my friend \m/🖤

[@vinivmoraes]

@metalanthology I'll listen to them all.

[@metalanthology]

Let me know your thoughts once you did, later amigo 🤘🏼

[@vinivmoraes]

@metalanthology I listened to their debut album from 2004. Man, it's unbelievable! 20 years ago with such technicity. By the way, I think the song "The Way of The Fire" brought a lot from their first album. I'm happy to have found this band. Cheers 🤘

[@metalanthology]

Hahaha yeah at the time, we were all freaking blown away by the debut, it’s still one of my favourite record ever in any genre, masterpiece with a lot of diversity. Jari wrote that piece all by himself, only the drum were performed by Kai Haito! Glad you found them and I concur for The Way of the Fire, later amigo 🤘🏼🖤❄️

[@corpseflowerbaby]

Nice! Such a great song! Wintersun always make me feel like I've just stepped into an epic fantasy world. Their songs are so immersive! Awesome reaction as always! 🤘🖤

[@metalanthology]

Yeah totally immersive, full of emotions and those vocals and solos are so tasty. Thanks for your comment mate, more is coming tomorrow :) \m/

[@ivospazzadeschi4049]

Fantastic Song One of the best

[@metalanthology]

Yup would be amongst the top songs this year indeed, need listening to it like crazy today haha, cheers mate and you're welcome to subscribe if you want to stick around \m/

[@Canadaction_trail]

Le Caliss à la fin hahaha !! 😂😂 je suis un fan de wintersun mais pas un gars qui mix ou qui connais les programmes de song et je vois une différence entre n’importe quel album et d’autres groupe ça ne sonne pas pareille c’est énorme on ce s’en envahit etc…. Ceux qui critique je pense esseye trop de trouver ce qui ne va pas…. L’album est un ** masterpiece ** pas assez long à mon goût sur repeat depuis la sortie ! 😅

[@metalanthology]

Haha parfois le québécois en moi refait surface sur l'émotion, j'essaye d'éviter, mais je veux demeurer intègre aussi :P. Je suis d'accord avec toi que beaucoup de gens cherchent un moyen de rabaisser cet album en raison de leur frustration envers Jari qui peut être très compréhensible. Si je prends la musique pour ce qu'elle est , c'est une sacrament de toune, toutefois oui le mix pourrait être meilleur surtout avec les attentes énormes de production qu'il nous a créées. Cheers tabarnak haha \m/

[@lrtt99]

One with the shadows destroyed your soul, I bet.

[@metalanthology]

Man hahahaha, you’ll see tomorrow, video is ready to go since yesterday! I can say there’s a lot of emotions in that song and I love soulful/heartfelt music, cheers 🤘🏼🖤

[@vikingblood85]

In my opinion, this is the best song jari made, next to "beyond the dark sun".

[@metalanthology]

This is an exceptional songs indeed, I will have to digest and listen to it for a while before saying it’s better than Winter Madness, Battle Against Time, Death and the Healing, Starchild and Sons of Winter and Stars but it’s up there definitely. Beyond the Dark Sun is short but incredible as well, cheers 🤘🏼🖤

[@jeeve12]

Le mix est certainement questionable par bout mais j’adore l’album au complet. Le fantasy metal project est incroyable aussi! Can’t wait for you to hear it

[@metalanthology]

Je suis tout à fait d'accord concernant le mix, ce n'est pas optimal surtout les guitares rythmiques. J'ai déjà réagi à The Dragon Song et Fountain Of Life lorsqu'elles étaient sorties et c'était une déchausse totale. Je vais probablement réagir à 2-3 chansons de plus sur cet album avant de plonger tête première là-dedans, cheers mec ;)

[@cosmicvergil1397]

Personnellement je trouve le mix plutôt bon considérant le nombre de track présente dans chaque chanson. J'écoute la version wav HQ du Time package et ça sonne solide mais je peux définitivement pointer du doigt certaines imperfections au niveau du mix. J'ai vu beaucoup de gens se plaindre et jamais pour les même raison. Pas mal de gens sont mécontent du drum, d'autres du niveau du son de la voix, d'autre pour la guitare rythmique, etc. C'est vraiment une question de goût j'ai l'impression.

[@jeeve12]

@@cosmicvergil1397 J'aime le mix, mais comme @metalanthology a dis, les guitares rythmiques sont souvent basses malheureusement :( ca reste excellent

[@metalanthology]

@@cosmicvergil1397 C'est définitif qu'on a tous des goûts différents en terme de mix et Jari ne s'est pas aidé en faisant attendre 18 ans pour des raisons de production insuffisante. En somme, on s'attendait quasiment à une production crystal clear révolutionnaire et ce n'est pas ça qu'on obtient. Personnellement, je préfère la prod sur Time I, toutefois je n'ai pas encore écouter les version wave HQ, p-e que je vais changer mon fusil d'épaule. Je trouve que le son du snare est trop fort, trop compressé et ne sonne pas organique du tout malheureusement. De plus, les cymbales sont très basses dans le mix et on entend mal toutes les subtilités dans le jeu de Kai. Je parle de détails, mais ça ne m'empêche pas de trouver que ça sonne large et très bien en général. Le plus gros défaut est la hauteur des guitares rythmiques à mon humble avis, le vocal sort super bien je trouve. Merci pour ce commentaire constructif chum \m/

[@cosmicvergil1397]

@metalanthology J'entend parfaitement ta critique face au drum, très compressé et ''dry''. Est-ce une raison artistique, technique pour faire en sorte que le drum ressorte mieux à travers ces centaines de track ou autre? Je sais pas mais je l'ai remarqué aussi. Tu vois pour les guitares rythmique c'est le premier commentaire que je vois à ce sujet parmis toutes les videos réactions que j'ai pu voir ou les commentaires. Je pense que le long délais va faire ressortir encore plus la critique et l'analyse technique de cet album et surement avec raison. Malgré tout on peut s'entendre que l'album est awesome en général malgré ses imperfections. Très bonne réaction! \m/

[@Finkele1]

Probably unpopular opinion. This took 12 years. There are albums mixed better in a couple months. Otherwise yea it's wintersun alright.

[@metalanthology]

I have to agree, I said it in my reactions on this album especially in Silver Leaves. The mix could have been better, rhythm guitars and cymbals are too low, the snare sound is too compressed and could have been way more organic. The fact it took so long, it's normal to be very critical but I think overall he delivered a wonderful bombastic album, cheers mate \m/

[@Finkele1]

@@metalanthology Jari is Jari so if he want's it that way. It's his art but we can always give critic. Salut mate

[@metalanthology]

Absolutely, he’s a masterful songwriter and player and when it comes to art, every artist is entitled to do whatever he wants. Best production personally is still the debut though Time really nice too, larger and more bombastic. Salut l’ami 🤘🏼

[@crazyjoedavola7493]

I think this song has the poorest mixing. That is a shame.

[@ugluk56]

I dont get this complaint. Sounds fking epic to me

[@cerberus255]

Keep thinking then :D Nothing wrong mixing. Listen original video.

[@metalanthology]

It sounds really epic BUT there's definitely some improvements that can be made in the mix. Rhythm guitars are low and some very refined arrangements are barely audible. Snare is a bit too loud I think also, hope you still can enjoy this bombastic track, cheers mate \m/

[@Mulukkis]

My biggest issue is the drum sound. Snare most of all sounds pretty bad.

[@metalanthology]

@Mulukkis I have to agree, it sounds a bit too compressed, loud and not organic enough for my taste, still it's great as a whole, cheers \m/