#2 Ion channels welcoming the outside world (Google Ion channels, protein molecules that span across the cell membrane allowing the passage of ions from one side of the membrane to the other. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_channel ) To the stuff of stars (the original star dust everything came from and still is.) Bedding the tree of a biological holy (the start of the tree of life) Enter life The tapestry of chemistry There's a writing in the garden Leading us to the mother of all (The periodic table of elements does look like a sort of patchwork tapestry, but this can go further. The historical function of tapestries was as "nomadic murals," pictographical histories which moving people could pack up and revisit wherever they went. The "writing in the garden," in nature, is not only the stone murals left by dead animals in the form of fossils, but is also this chemical writing that encodes the relatively nomadic DNA molecule with the instructions for life. The scientific investigation of this information leads us back to LUCA) We are one We are a universe Forebears of what will be Scions of the Devonian sea Aeons pass Writing the tale of us all A day-to-day new opening For the greatest show on Earth We are here to care for the garden The wonder of birth (the odds of us being born at all is 400 trillion to one) Of every form most beautiful Every form most beautiful (Forms Most Beautiful - Charles Darwin) We are one We are a universe Forebears of what will be Scions of the Devonian sea Aeons pass writing the tale of us all A day-to-day new opening For the greatest show on Earth [Part 3: The Toolmaker] After a billion years The show is still here Not a single one of your fathers died young (our prehistoric fathers must have been old enough to breed or we would not be here at all) The handy travellers (the first tool makers) Out of Africa (from whence we all came) Little Lucy of the Afar (Lucy was discovered at Afar in Ethiopia, an upright hominin, so called because the Beatles Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was being played at the time, Lucy is considered to be the missing link from apes to humans and believed to be about 13yo at the time of death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus))

#3 Gave birth to fantasy To idolatry To self-destructive weaponry Enter the God of gaps (God of the gaps is a theological perspective in which gaps in scientific knowledge are taken to be evidence or proof of God's existence. The term "gaps" was initially used by Christian theologians not to discredit theism but rather to point out the fallacy of relying on teleological arguments for God's existence) Deep within the past Atavistic dread of the hunted (relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral) Enter Ionia, the cradle of thought (Ionia is accepted as the cradle of thought and philosophy) The architecture of understanding The human lust to feel so exceptional To rule the Earth Hunger for shiny rocks (Diamonds and precious stones being suggested) For giant mushroom clouds The will to do just as you'd be done by (A reference to Mutually Assured Destruction) Enter history, the grand finale (when we will become extinct too) Enter ratkind (this suggests after mankind has perished/killed itself, the rats will become dominant and sentient life, then they hypothesise how we became extinct. It is a fact that the first life forms returning to nuclear test sites are rats living in radiation levels lethal to us, this hypothesis is from Dawkins also.) Man, he took his time in the sun (us now) Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library (the cessation of mankind and the ending of our recorded knowledge) Man, he took his time in the sun (us now) Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand (in this second iteration, the first two bars of Metallica “Enter the Sandman” are played as a nod to them, one of the first HM bands to work with an orchestra and the sand reference. Metallica is rather a favourite of Tuomas too as they set him off on a musical path. There are several Easter eggs in this too with some phrases from classical and pop music too. Someone said, and I take no credit for this analysis, the little hidden melody bits were some African tribal drumming, a medieval hymn (Dies Irae), Johan Sebastian Bach (Christian Petzold) - Minuet in G major and Toccata & Fugue in D minor, American banjo music, Metallica - Enter Sandman and the bassline from Nightwish - I Wish I Had An Angel. Also Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction.) He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library Man, he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day'll cease to be Greet the last light of the library (There will be a human extinction event, no if's, just when. The sun is getting bigger by capturing space hydrogen, space is not exactly empty, it will eventually turn the planet to sand and boil the seas, we will be long gone by then, or on a different planet. It will become a red giant and swallow Mercury, Venus and the Earth. None of us need worry presently, it's a very long way off, a very long way off being about 5 billion years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Life_phases) We were here! We were here! We were here! We were here! (We have always been here, we're made of the space dust and condensing gasses from the big bang, everything before us is still here in a different state and everybody and everything to come is here, as yet un-assembled, we are a universe as the atoms and molecules that make us and we have come from a universe.) [Part 4: The Understanding] (From Richard Dawkins) "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here. We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred" [Part 5: Sea-Worn Driftwood] (original text from Charles Darwin read by Dawkins) "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

Thanks for all of this. Some of the more technical concepts went a bit over my head (thanks for the additional context on most of this). This is a wondrous deep dive into the lyrical component that I lack the knowledge for.

@@CriticalReactions You are most welcome. It is often like a second bite of the cherry digging into Tuomas' lyrics, let's remember he's using his second language too. Someone accurately commented a little while back, Tuomas has three languages, music, Finnish and English.

I bow to the icon of commitment that is this ABSOLUTE UNIT of a wall of text. 20 minute song and you went for the whole thing.

I'll agree with it not being random or accidental. I can't ever imagine Toumas letting things in the composition of songs being accidental. It may be left open for fans to read into it as they will, make it their own story but it's certainly not an accident.

@@EricManktelow Would be absolutely accurate, I believe every note, lyric and backdrop image is there for a cogent reason, Tuomas is not given to wasting anything musical or using embellishment frippery.

It starts with the planet? I always assumed it starts with the Big Bang!? So at first there was nothing but hydrogen in newly created space, slowly accumulating to the first stars, eventually going supernova breeding the heavy elements necessary for the next generation of stars having planets around them which can in turn breed life (Luca)

@@TheTaragond it starts with the formation of Earth 4.6 billion years ago, the Big Bang was supposed to be much earlier

@@dac2007 yeah, but that’s when she starts singing. The piano in the beginning should therefore be?

Without context you could even call Marseillaise reference in 1812 "random". While it seems pretentious comparing Tuomas to Tchaikovsky, they basically did the same thing there: they referenced a famous piece of music to make a point story-wise

I dedicated an entire timestamp of the analysis section to explaining this part of the song, having a smile on my face as I explained their intent.

Yup it included a bit of menuet then Tocata and Fugue from Bach's Symphony in D minor then a bit of banjo, some ragtime, a bit of edm ,Enter Sandman by Metallica , and a bit techno by Prodigy.

Let's not forget also the reference music/image wise to "Koyaanisqatsi" (the last part with all the traffic) 🤘

I can certainly see the consistency and live angle through my limited exposure to their work. They seem to have a huge track record of great shows and they never let their fans down.

@@CriticalReactions Absolutely. Saw them live on Friday and Berlin and it once again was just magical. Considering Floor had breast cancer surgery less than a month ago and was still delivering those kinds of vocals paired with the physical performance...just wow. It's just something else. No idea how she does it.

I read the book before they came out this song.... when I listened this song, I went crazy

Thank you. 😅 It's been wild seeing the comments telling me I was wrong and then repeat similar ideas I expressed in the vid. 😄

I was there. I concur.

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Agree!!

I concur. I went the San Francisco show and the two shows in LA.

Yea, and as a note it is much more a classical composition rather than a rock song.

Agreed. I appreciated his honest take, and after hearing it I believe he *might* enjoy the second CD of Human :||: Nature because it wasn't written for the fanbase.

agreed. All youre critics are solved in that album, a rendition to this and most in cd 2 All the Works of ......

"The spectacle of the show... that's why you go... you're not there to listen to the music" That's pretty much what I spoke about at the end and as I see more and more fans talk about it is going to be a huge hurdle for me. I'm a "music for music's sake" kinda guy; I'm not attending a concert for the visual spectacle, I'm there to hear some live music. I don't want to diminish how much work and effort Nightwish puts into their shows, but it simply isn't for me.

@@CriticalReactions hehehe well I already suggested the 2nd disc of Human : Nature which is totally orchestral. But I do have to say I find it strange that you do music VIDEO reactions, since videos are not your thing. You like to just hear the music, but expect people to be entertained by watching you.... Btw I saw NW live last night and it was awesome 🤘🏽

@@littleraven28 That's awesome! It's always a treat to see our favorite bands live. As for the video reaction, 90% of my reactions are just music and I typically use audio from Apple Music so I can get a higher bitrate, less lossy sound. But for this specific case the live video was specifically selected for the reaction. In the requestor's defense though I don't think they are a long fan of the channel. IIRC they had seen my Poet and the Pendulum video and then request GSoE.

That's could definitely be it. A possible adjacent angle that I didn't explore in the video is that Tuomas has already "proved" his composition chops and is just having fun now. And of course there is nothing wrong with that angle as well. I think what sparked this topic is that this song, and Tuomas' composition in general, are massively hyped for me so I end up expecting something phenomenal. I mean, even in this comment section I've seen Tuomas referred to as a genius and get compared to Tchaikovsky. That sets my expectations at a very high level, regardless of how unfair that is to Nightwish. There are times when I wish I could have started my Nightwish journey like I assume most of their fans -- having an unadulterated first exposure with no expectations, just getting blown away by them.

@@CriticalReactions that problem was also had by another analysis channel, where the lady there was expecting some Mozart level of music. You were much more polite about it though.

@@dac2007 That's kinda what I was expecting. I don't want to put the blame of overhyping on the fans, especially since it seems most reaction channels end up fawning over NW as well, but there's going to be a group of people who's composition barometer is wider than your average music listener and those descriptions will instill an image of the band that is far beyond what they typically are. And I say that as someone who has potentially messed up the first time experience of some my friends by overhyping a piece of media as well -- I've been there and I get it 😅

@@CriticalReactions yeah lol but no problem I really enjoyed the analysis and understand reasons for not being sold to the band (at least not yet)

Right again as ever Skeeze.

Well no, the animal noises were in the backing track (chimps, birds etc.), but he incorrectly attributed the grunting to them also making animal noises, when they're mimicking our distant ancestors, like Lucy of the Afar and neanderthals. I guess, technically, we're animals too, but this was before homo sapiens sapiens learned to talk and grunting was the preferred method of verbal communication.

There are some that would be borderline physically impossible for the human voice to replicate. The growling is all live, but the bird noises and such were backing track.

Big bang is more obvious in Tampere version

@@ilkkak3065 You are both wrong,if there was a big bang ,there would be only 1 big "musical bang" ,the different bangs are the meteorites wich slams together to form the earth (and moon) and get slammed later on with more (musical) meteorites. So,there already was a universe,this goes back +/- 4.5 billion y. But,okay,it's not a big deal to have different interpretations,only the "time frame"would be different.😉🤘

Actually there is short version. In Bloodstock they played only 11 min version

@@ilkkak3065 I'll have to check that out. i can't even imagine what they cut to get that short.

@@grantharriman284 On Bloodstock channel has hole show. Someone has put Time stamps to comments.

I don’t really agree actually. If you listen to Human :||: Nature, can you really call melody lines like those in Schumacher “palatable” for the large audience?

Yes, I agree that there are parts of Nightwish that are more intricate and not as "mass-appealing". I think that Human :||: Nature as a whole took a step in that direction, but as a whole, their sound is still mostly more simplistic. Even the second half of the record, the half-hour symphonic piece, has a distinctly soundtrack-like feel to it which is, in my opinion, the style in which Tuomas excels at the most.

You did not go back far enough….the 1st movement was the Big Bang, the formation of the solar system and the formation of the earth. This was a violent time superimposed on the simple empty background of the early universe. This is what those huge stabs and dissonances were depicting.

@@scifimonkey3 nope, not the Big Bang. That’s too far back. It’s the formation of the solar system.

I think most metal fans can find at least one or two songs on each Nightwish album they enjoy. Then you have the Nightwish fanatics like myself that get emotional listening to nearly every song on every album.

Absolutely this. Same with Epica, their tone live is just massive virtuosos displaying hyperactivity. Studio is more clinical and feels more scripted. Especially Simone will experiment with adding runs and trills not there on the studio version if she's feeling the energy of the show.

Ya know, I wonder how much of the emotional disconnect is intentional. Not only because of the scientific angle but because so much of the song is specifically about time and concepts that we will never have any experience with. It's like the difference of reading about something massively influential, like say The Beatles, vs having been alive at the time and getting to feel and experience the massive shift in the musical landscape. None of us can have even the slightest understanding of the beginning of time, of the big bang, or of a post-human (or even post-Earth) future.

For sure. I don't pretend to be anything other than some dude with a pretty good ear and the last thing I would ever want to do is gatekeep art (or anything, for that matter). I'm so glad that NW has touched so many people and, like I said in the video, they're obviously doing something right as they continue to sell out shows like this -- not to mention that I saw a few people tearing up near the end of this specific show. They definitely resonate with people and I'm glad that they've hit you in that manner as well. Everyone should have that one band (or more 😄) that absolutely makes them feel something.

To you it is an acquired taste perhaps, but for most I'd say they are the opposite. After all, that's the reason they have become so huge and why reactors not used to metal instantly like them. An easy, catchy intro to the genre. Having been metalhead for 35 years, I have yet to meet someone who would define them like you. Interesting. I have, however, played them for many who didn't like metal and went on to love them and then leave them in favour of more challenging listens. It's well crafted but perhaps too much so? It feels too polished, a beautiful piece of art but without soul. Imo.

@@vogel2280 GLS and Romanticide are both in the same album (Once, 2004)

@@dac2007 I stand corrected

Oh no, the garbage on the ground while that song is playing is so ironic 😬

You're not the first person to say that their ability to balance the complex and the accessible is a strength. I honestly thought I covered this in the video but either I wasn't clear or I didn't say it at all. I completely agree though, it's a massive strength and them leaning into it is obviously a fantastic decision given their popularity and ability to connect with people (see the people in the front row tearing up by the end of this performance). I've been told to check out both older works and Human Nature but I don't think I've been given specific older works so thanks for suggesting Oceanborn and Wishmaster.

@@CriticalReactions Oceanborn and Wishmaster are albums, so it's not that specific either 😉 I'd go for Gethsemane / Devil & the Deep dark ocean / Dead boy's poem / FantasMic

And English is not my native language, I can say my english is very bad. So I have to pay a lot of time and effort to understand their song

Yup, the format is prone to this on occasion but I'd like to flip this around a little. While I did miss the conceptual scope of the opening I still had the right vibe -- small beginnings evolving to greatness. I think that stands as a testament to Tuomas' writing that even without the lyrics to guide me I was still able to glean the general concept he was going for. Despite my criticisms regarding Tuomas' overall composition on this song in specific, it was again a strong showcasing of the thematic clarity that he consistently puts on display in his writing.

Great perspective. I've seen some recommendations for Human Nature and a few comments that Nightwish's older stuff might be a bit more my speed. So while these super popular tracks aren't my cup of tea, I haven't written off the band yet. If nothing else I stand by the idea that no matter who the band is there is probably at least 1 song in their discography that will totally work for my tastes.

@@CriticalReactions Human Nature is definitely going in a different direction and I have two favorites on there (Procession and Endlessness) that will probably never be played live. You're right, on any album there is a high chance that you'll like at least one song :) enjoy your journey!

Thanks for the book recommendation. I finished my last owned book last month and have been looking for something interesting to dig into. I'll check into that.

Well, Nightwish is a european band and as europeans we have a very bad and long history with religion,so don't blame europeans that we are very critical about religion (a lot of europeans are).As a european we look at Americans with amazement and we see a lot of hypocritical things going on ,especially nower day's,where politics and religion is intertwined and so misused by the "right" side in the US.We also have maby some more trust in sience. And what do you mean that Dawkins is "polarizing",is "your's the only truth??Queen made a very nice song"Who want's to live forever? ". Maby listen (on youtube) to Christopher Hitchins ,he exposes a lot of the sanctimonious things of religion. By the way ,listen to "Weak fantasy" from Nightwish ,also a masterpiece about religion. Should we care what sanctimonious Americans think? It's funny that there is some discussion about Nightwish going "mainstream"here (making more popular music) ,than the first thing that you should not do is "making songs about religion and evolution".🤣

There's definitely something to this song -- it connects with a ton of people and the concert seemed to have very high emotional energy. I saw a couple of people in the front row of the video in tears. NW is doing something very, very right with this track and performance. And you're right the balancing complex music with accessibility (I wish I had thought of that word during the video) is a massive strength of theirs. I tried to speak about this as a positive but it seems that tone didn't get across in the video. Walking that extremely fine line of approachable but still complex is difficult already but they do with metal guitars and drumming as well -- sounds that most people will find a bit aggressive. It's no small feat to have accomplished what they have and I didn't want to diminish that at all.

​@@CriticalReactions Hey, for some hardcore fans, critiquers and reactors will always be "ripping apart" their fave band if they don't worship everything they do. I know I need to take time to chill out when I hear criticism of my loved musics. Like you said, lots of emotions are involved, so it's hard to return to an objective conversation about the music. Plus personal preferences and biases = you'll have a lot of "you're wrong!! and probably stupid!!" reactions. :D My "old Nightwish" recommendation is probably Once or Oceanborn if you ever get in the mood.

Grander, yes. Difficult? I don't know about that one. Looking at this song specifically through the lens of music (purposefully disregarding the lyrics) it's not an overly complex song at all. It uses familiar structures (ABABCB), hooky riffs, and lots of pedal tones. It could be argued that it's a series of shorter traditional metal songs with atmospheric transitions and synth stingers -- and that's not a bad thing. I have heard that Nightwish does have challenging songs though, they just aren't the ones that get requested. Human Nature consistently gets brought up as does the albums Oceanborn and Wishmaster. I think the next time I visit them I'll be looking for the deep cuts rather than the popular choices and see if those resonate with me any better.

Interesting perspective

That's a great angle. I took it as a simple easter egg, despite how thematically appropriate it was, but I love how your interpretation leans even more into the themes of the song.

@@CriticalReactions To really put it things into correct scale, the section for the whole history of human music should have lasted about 50 microseconds if the whole song represents the life of the known universe and things scale linearly. Of course, humans couldn't recognize anything from 50 microsecond sample even if it could be accurately represented in digital audio. (And for CD audio quality, that's about two samples of data, or 8 bytes, so it cannot represent history of music even in theory.)

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Aside from the fact that preferring the Tampere performance is a subjective opinion and not an objective fact, one other great reason for having multiple versions of music available on KZfaq is for preservation. It is beyond important to document as much as possible with art since it's so easy for anything to be lost. This is doubly so for lesser known, or less preferred, arts as they'll more easily slip through the cracks of preservation and be lost to time.

I figured I missed something since it was a rather short idea AND I caught onto the concept in the middle of it. Pretty cool that they got some of that in there as well since it's some of the earliest types of document western music.

Metallica is (was) trashmetal sir, like megadeath, slayer and anthrax :/

I think a lot of the confusion you had on initial listen could have been alleviated if you knew that the song was about Earth from 4.5 billion years ago up until current day and even into the future so yeah, I think the requester messed up.

You even talk about the spectacle haha. While I think every album stands on its own musically I do think that they've leaned more into the live spectacle with time and it's something I really enjoy because it amplifies the music. I still think the album Once is peak Nightwish for me and that was before Floor and before I really got into live music. Toumas really cares about the "whole package" so to speak, they even made a movie musical called Imaginaerum.

A lot of people are pointing me towards (I think) a very recent album of Nightwish, Human Nature, but given your comment about them leaning more and more into live spectacle over time I think I'd actually be more interested in older Nightwish.

@@CriticalReactions this gave me a thought (that nightwish diehards might wanna crucify me for but whatever) and it's: Toumas has definitely gotten better as a writer but with increased ability comes greater ambition and more of an opportunity to miss the mark. Another option is complacency cuz you think you're "so good" or "a metal Mozart" (I've seen many call him that) and you instead phone it in cuz you're high on your own supply. Or like I previously mentioned you have another goal and the music is secondary or tertiary. Early Nightwish IS simpler and in some ways more fun. Stargazers and Gethsemane from the Oceanborn album are great examples, the album Once is in the middle and it's where Ghost Love Score is from, last album with Tarja. I think their cover of phantom of the opera is really enjoyable but again, it's easily digestible pop. My favorite song of theirs is Poet and the Pendulum I think.

@@ErikGrimms Something I was turned onto in this comment section was that it's possible that Tuomas felt the need to "prove" himself in his younger years and is now just having fun these days. It sort of piggy backs on your idea of "phoning it in" on recent albums but takes a more positive spin to it. Kind of like metal retirement -- less effort and stress but still enjoying your time left and keeping active.

I spent twice as long as the song itself explaining all of the cool things that they did musically, exploring the lyrics and how those themes lined up with their musical ones, and praising their ability to put together a song that resonated with sooooo many people -- but sure, I had a closed mind going in.

@@CriticalReactions I don't think you ever have a closed mind Brian there's a looooot going on in this song you'll have to spend more time with it give it a few spins or whatever without the video if you like the song I prefer romanticide myself

This one is Wembley-15, and that bigger wersion was Tampere-15 🇫🇮🤘😊👍💙

@@wanmac31 ty ty, tbh nightwish has waaaaaaay too many amazing live shows it's hard to keep track which performance is which, they are all so good

I will continue to check them out as long as there are new songs to experience. I will never write a band off unless I've exhausted their works as I believe every band has at least 1 song that I'll wholeheartedly enjoy. But even past that, I like listening to Nightwish. They're a creative band with great musicians and it's a joy to check them out even if the music bounces off of me.

its more prog than metal

That's just you. I felt the opposite way from the very first listen. ✌

Enter Sandman was followed by Darude - Sandstorm.

Overblown pompousness is the last words I would use to describe Nightwish. So not only is it not inevitable it is wholly inaccurate, in my humble opinion.

@@StarStuffGal321 "Overblown" is an opinion if course. "Pompous" is a description of the style frequently used in symphonic and power metal that often throws me off completely. Not this time though 🙂

I think that's the framework I'm missing here. I keep hearing how Nightwish is "the best" or "boundary pushing" but never with the caveat of mainstream music. Even your comment says "reject the limitations 'most' music works within" and that seems a bit loaded to me. A 20 minute song isn't uncommon in classical music, something that's obviously an inspiration for Nightwish. As far as chordal structures, song structures, musical ideas, and general complexity the few songs I've heard from Nightwish are all rather genre conforming as far as lengthy rock/metal epics go. Now maybe some of their less popular songs are more complex, and I've heard that Human Nature is a drastically different album from everything I've heard of theirs, but so far my experience with them hasn't exactly been "genre bending" nor "rule breaking." What they do very well though is balance complexity with accessibility, which is no small feat at all and a ridiculous tight rope act to continuously succeed at song after song after song. That's not to say that Nightwish never pushes boundaries, but their rejection of boundaries is, from my experience, such a small part of their composition technique. If you want to hear some music that rejects limitations I highly urge you to explore free jazz, 20th Century Classical (specifically look for modernism, minimalism, expressionist, or post-modernism), early prog rock (check out bands like Colloseum II, Yes, King Crimson), or anything in the avant-garde and experimental realms of music. Most people will find those styles of music to be....well, "not music" but they're a fantastic way to explore the very edges of musical exploration. And again, none of this is to say that Nightwish isn't as good or as "rule breaking" as other bands -- it's not a gatekeeping situation -- but it's always important to expand one's understanding in all aspects of life so they can more accurate assess the art around them.

@@CriticalReactions Jazz is something I have dabbled in and never found purchase with. Minimalism, while interesting, does not suit my tastes. I tend more towards the bombastic, Bartok, Chaikovsky, John Mackie... oh, right, metal. Bartok is arguably an early pioneer of "not music". A common thread I find in talking to other Nightwish fans is that those who dive headlong into the nightwish army tend to favor the less mainstream songs of their catalogue. I love their folk metal influence in songs such as Elan and Islander. I still enjoy pop-esq songs like Amaranth, but get thoroughly lost in the woods of my own imagination when I put on My Walden.

It's good to know there's gems to be found outside of the popular selections. I'm glad I've had a chance to listen to their 3 or 4 big ones but now I'm interested in digging into their deep cuts.

@@CriticalReactions I wish you great enjoyment in your many and varied listenings

It's a rarity, but yeah that was my kid and niece playing. Schools were out in my around of the world. You'll notice a rare hard cut in the video around that point too -- I had to ask them bring the volume down just a bit 😄

@@CriticalReactions hahaha wish i could cut those parts out my life. Got a 2y and a 6y old both boys. 😂

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The E-bow has a magnet which will cause the string it's held over to vibrate and resonate continuously for however long you want as long as it's held in position