Just wait until you hear “Time I” from the same rehearsals as this. Also ”Loneliness (Winter)” gives me chills. Jari, the vocalist, is also the mastermind and composer on all of their songs.

oh yes it is there, the deep low voice, Jukka, the bassist.. from Wintersun to Nightwish.. Not just Kai but Jukka too.. Jari the singer/guitarist is awesome and so talented.. oh and the other quitarist Teemu, he is equally talented and awesome. Well they all are!! what do you expect, they all come from Finland!!

"TIME" from same rehearsal.

I am not musically trained enough to know what the blast beats are, though I think I can guess. I love this song so I am glad you reacted to it. Great job

i love blast beats in this song, but i also love that you re telling us that you dont like em. There is too much those reaction videos where everything is amazing and great. Honest reactions4tw. IMHO this song is 10 out of 5

it's ok... I don't like triplets

"Time I" is a masterpiece and "Loneliness (Winter)" is the saddest, most beautiful song. You¨ll enjoy them!

To me, the blast beats, and the rest of the rhythm changes are to give the feel of the cold winter of Finland beating down and then gloriously overcoming them. I could see listening to this as a blizzard envelops the world around you until breaking into a star filled sky.

This definitively feels like 'too much' first 5-6 times you hear it. Then, its like a story of a journey you can enjoy hearing every single time. If you didn't like the blast beats here, you might be put off in the future too. I disagree about the blast beats though, I think they fit very well into this over-the-top self-indulging fairytale adventure.

Looks like a vampire.. well.. I hate to tell you.. but these lands are perfect to be a vampire.. we get up to 4-5 months of darkness with atleast 1 month with no sunlight at all. :]

I think I've listened to this song 3-4 times today (and it never gets old) by different reaction youtube channels. A couple voice coaches, and a former cinema composer who picked apart all the fine orchestral nuances and said their music was cinema worthy. I love seeing people discover Wintersun for the first time, and react with such jaw-dropping surprise to all the different parts, melodies, and compositional layers (upon layers), that went into making this masterpiece (whether they liked it or not). For me the transitions with Jari's range from growls to clean vocals is just phenomenally flawless. And wonderful Kai..like a human Machine Gun! The stories their songs tell is just as amazing.. A true 'gallop off on a quest' across snow-swept wintery landscapes.

When i first time heard this, i was wondering same thing, why the blast beats. (I don't like those normally) But because the song was so good, i had to listen it couple times more and after that, i could not anymore thought this song without those. They just fit perfectly when you found those couple layers which you (probably) don't register on couple first listen.

As someone who loves this song (listened 100+ times) and band, I love your genuine reaction! Thank you! Keep it up.

This is what I was waiting for !

I wasn't sure about this when I first heard it, but now I fucking love it, it's utterly epic. I come from more of a prog background so the time signature changes just make it more interesting. I agree though that Time is even better.

Jukka the baseplayer is also in Nightwish. Jari the founder and singer has half of one lung missing due to TB contracted during his National Service.

I beg to differ. You can never have too many blast beats! I appreciate your honest reaction and comments and I suspect this band is not for you. For me Wintersun are one of the greatest bands of all time bar none. When to some your better than everyone else I suppose it might look like showing off. Pink Floyd think they have a great song called Time but its not even close to Time by Wintersun. Your channel your choice, always.

I do like this. For me this one of the best songs produced the last decade. I just love the off time signatures and also the blast beats from Kai. We all love different music and i respect your reaction on the song. I can only say i personally love this way more than the old school trash metal.

Jari Mäenpää (guitar, leadsinger) is mastermind behind the band and Wintersun started as his soloproject while he was still playing in Ensiferum. Jari lost part of his other lung during military service... so that makes his vocal abilities even more great.

Time next. There's no blast beats. Just beautiful musisianship.