This album is a masterpiece. It may not be tailored for your average metalhead but it's a musical journey I've never experienced before.

Oh and the best news of today: Tuomas has started writing Nightwish album 10 already, and recording site is booked already, yay!

I shed many many tears watching and listening to this. I listen to it regularly. The music along with this imagery provokes a lot of emotion for me personally 🌍🌎🌏💙💚

With this CD Tuomas reminds us painful which world we are going to destroy....

Ad Astra always gets to me too :)

Never let it be said that there are no great modern composers, we all know of one !!

At start it was Lord Byron's quote: "There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more."

I haven't been religious now for about 25 years. But I swear this music is like those religious experiences I used to have as a youth.

What a Masterpiece. We are so lucky,live in the same Lifetime with this Band. This with the Danish National Symphonic Orchestra live .it must be awesome.(or with her House Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra)😊 what a great Fan Video.

Sensei Music Video has done a marvellous job matching the imagery to the vibe of the music. Dark, threatening, light, bright and colourful when needed. I think (s)he studied the music into detail and understood and captured the different moods. Excellent job. A masterpiece to celebrate a masterpiece.

Give him a sympnonyorchestra and a free mind and you get the most beautiful music in the world. Give him an operahouse and he would give you an amazing opera...waiting for that 🙏 thank you for a great listening to this, did enjoy it very much.

What I love about Nightwish, is that it isn't just a band. It's Tuomas soul's reflection as music. You can feel that it's genuine, it's caring, it's deep. P.s. tell me "Blue" in the beginning doesn't remind you of Ramin Djawadi's Game of Thrones soundtrack 😊

Uuuh, I sat in my seats and listened and almost forgot to breathe. What a masterpiece x 1000.

Earth; "That's Here. That's Home. That's Us".. F'ing love this quote! I wish "Us" was more united, accepting of each other and caring about "Home" though.. but hey cheers to you Thomas! 🍻

I just love this second cd, my favorite is Quiet as the Snow, it gets me to tears every time. You heard the wishpers in the beginning of it, they are saying the song title in many different languages. Also did you realize that it was Floor singing those beautiful parts in these songs! And Tuomas playing piano and keys. And yes it was Troy with pipes. I listen to this second part usually in the evenings to relax and meditate such an amazing composition, the wall of sounds, magnificent!

This is mandatory for me every week. Very soothing music

Best music album ever in our time

Thanks for reacting! We don’t mind that there’s not much to say because of the sheer grandness of it, we just love to see your face in awe 🤗

Such a beautiful album. It's worth evey second 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

So first Tank the Tech on Sunday, and now Thomas? What a great last few days! :) This is truly another level of music this whole album. So original. I´m looking forward to that virtual concert, too. We´ll be watching at my friend´s place, she has a really big TV, and I´ll provide speakers. :)

Thanks for doing this whole masterpiece album! The first quote is from Lord Byron and the second quote is from Carl Sagan, both spoken by Geraldine James. Tuomas calls this piece of music his love letter to nature. I can really recommend to check out the official video of Ad Astra as well, as it links beautifully to the lyric video of Procession.

Ad Astra... 🤧 me too,every single time!

This second part of the album especially has been my therapy during this year. Listening to this while walking in the forest. Perfection. ❤️

Thank you Thomas! Beautiful reaction to beautiful music.

In some parts it reminds me of Kooyaniskatsi, a film that had no words, only music and images. In that film, by Godfrey Reggio if my mind isn't mistaken, the magnificence of our planet was portrayed, followed by what modern man's lifestyle was doing to the planet. I remember leaving the cinema in a shocked state of mind, such was the power of the images and the music. The way Tuomas has presented the music, and the anonymous filmmaker has put together the images while having the elements of a cautionary warning of what we can do to harm our planet, does have a feeling for the magnificence of our rocky spacecraft, and a more positive view of our capacity, and willpower to avoid destroying it, our only home. Tuomas' music is magnificent, and the images add by providing a visual interpretation. Great stuff!

I keep on going back to your reactions to Nightwish 'cause they alone are a journey. 🤩👍

I just love the way tuomas uses cello. It is so rich sound

Seeing someone else enjoying the beauty of the world makes me smile and feel better, thanks

At the Green part now.. But its stunning,isn't it Thomas? Like you say,it's like a meditation almost. Everytime i listen to and watch the music videos,i feel so humble and grateful to live on this beautiful planet earth. I feel so much love.

This music has got the imagery it deserves and our vocabulary painfully lacks words to describe both their splendor.

Floor was absolutely magnificent singing in AD ASTRA....

I love watching your reactions, they are always so heartfelt and with genuine emotion.

The beginning quote was from Lord Byron. Floor is doing the vocalizations on this music. Great comment my friend. This is very much "meditative". This really gives us all a window into Tuomas' soul and world view. Remember Thomas, we humans are a part of nature. Only a small part of history."Anthroporcene". "relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment." Did you catch the quick visual at the end of the red planet? Was this a hint at where humanity's destiny may lie in the near future? If we want to survive our devastation of our home.

Anthropocene has an ancient easter egg in it - Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal - oldest annotated music ever discovered! It's all quite wonderful, isn't it ☺️ my favourite remains "the Blue"! Maybe a dip into Auri (Tuomas, Troy, Johanna) as next stop in Tuomasville 😬 I would warmly recommend The Space Between.

Soundtrack of the nature... images that might be in past for future generations...

Nice Video! Greetings from Germany! Nightwish is my favourite band for nearly 23 years!

Thomas - EXACTLY - on all counts. I so appreciated listening to and watching this masterpiece - and sharing your response. Thank you.

That first line was from Lord Byron.

I discover something new in these songs every time I listen. Now it just occured to me how many influences from Sibelius’s Finlandia are in Anthropocene (the beginning). I doubt this album will ever get old… Great reaction, again, thank you! I don’t know why it took me so long to watch it!

A hymn for Mother Earth 💚 Can't wait for the online show!

I fall in love with this masterpiece every time I hear it. Thank you Thomas.

Great to see you reacting to this. Such powerful music, such beautiful images to accompany it and such a powerful and important message. Metal Mozart at his best ❤️❤️❤️ So exited for the digital show in the end of May 😍

Great reaction Thomas😍 you feel the same as all of us who love and appreciate this amazing band. So talented and inspirational ~

Thank you for your reaction, nature is so beautiful and what an awakening....we all need to learn again to love life and nature and give our children their rightful future....we all need to start now to do our part for the future....

I use this side of the album when I work on my art. Very inspirational music.

gotta love the sound of those welsh pipes that troy can play really well and then the drums trumpets and horns then the pipes come back into that nice flowing energy

Such a beautiful song to be grateful with the nature.. thank you for your reactions of NightWish!

Hahaha yep that are whispers... "quiet as the snow"

Yeah....if Moors doesn't wet the eyes, Ad Astra is a sure kick to the chest.

Beautiful,pure reaction Thomas,thank you for taking us on this journey with you!

It was our pleasure to watch this video with you Thomas . Nightwish Is endless forms most beautiful after all . Nightwish Shadow Unit From Estonia

GENIUS ..PURE GENIUS ..SO EMOTIONAL..How lucky are we to live in the time of Nightwish ..

I love loud metal and rock but this is so relaxing to hear while resting... Nice merch, i would purchase something too but with our currency plus the shipping charges is not all that possible for me. But I will be in the virtual show as well as the physical one whenever it happens, see you there!

This is what I have to listen when I can't get sleep. My insomnia is quite severe, I often have to listen this second disc twice to finally fall asleep. But I also love listening to it being awake. I cannot but wonder Tuomas' knowledge and apparent interest, not only to nature but also to the human history. It's a pity many people only listen the start of the disc. The one with the interesting name, containing "Hurrian hymn to Nikkal..". That is actually the oldest piece of music ever written down - in cuneiform a few thousand years ago, found in northern Syria.

I am so excited you are checking this out, I love love love this entire album. Thank you!!

Wonderful seeing your reaction. What a brilliant piece of art this entire album is, and I had no clue what to expect from this second part. I feel like I held my breath through the entire thing the first time I listened to it, and by Ad Astra, right as the spoken words end and I actually processed them, BAM everything crescendos (and of course Floor does what she does best), I'm pretty sure I cried through the entire end of it. It's become my go-to when I need inspiration, and I hope it'll keep inspiring you as well! Hope you enjoyed that walk, take care :)

Ah Toumas's music just brings so much happiness to my heart! And i aint gonna lie i cry every time i hear the last part of us just living in a sphere suspended in the universe. That's just beautiful and eye-opening for sure

This is such a well-made video and together with this marvellous music it always shakes me to tears.

It will be cool to have such a beautifully put together drone footage and the time lapse photography such gorgeous footage and quiet as the snow and everything you see and experience top tier production quality beautifully put together everything about it Tuomas and his crew should get like some oscars or some kind of recognition for this kind of work and for this level of documenting as much of the natural world in all its majesty. Everything anyone could love about the life on this planet can be found right here with the ultra high definition cameras and timelapse footage someone like Tuomas Holopainen or those around him deserve some very nice recognition for this just absolutely stunning nature documentary or series of with as much drone footage they have holy smokes what nature masterpiece. the music is tailored rhythmically to match the beauty and intensity and the biorhythms of the natural world and the seasons each one has its own rhythms that make it unique like the moors or the green like i said its absolutely stunning

The beauty of Tuomas' genius is that it is unconstrained. This leaves some behind, but that is to be expected. The entire album - both CDs - is a masterpiece, and Tuomas stands easily in the company of modern composers like Sibelius and Nielsen, Ralph Vaughn Williams and Karl Orff, Hans Zimmer and Thomas Bergersen. The second CD in particular is breathtaking and at times heartbreakingly beautiful.

i have to say; watching this vid was maybe the 4th time ive heard this piece in its entirety and this time it finally hit me how amazing this CD is. i always appreciated it, but i thoroughly enjoyed it this time as well. i only came back to it after seeing floor sing ad astra live, because that was god tier. thanks so much for doing this one. if i could make a request, you and curtis/parisa should check out Stargazers, live from Tampere. i believe nightwish has on official video for it. its a really fun song

Dear Thomas, this reaction of yours was such a wonderful treat! Don't worry, it's not boring in the slightest. Very entertaining, at least to me personally. Loved to see your reaction solely on your face while listening (laughed at your eyes when "Aurorae" started tbh, was that for the theme, music or video footage, or all of these?? xD). The few words you were saying throughout the reaction hit home at quite some moments as well. "therapeutical / meditative": 100% agreed. For the music, the video and the combination of both. My mental health didn't do well during the last 6 months but this MV always managed to calm me down and get me back on track. The music does the same when I cannot watch videos. I usually refer to the song and/or video as a "mental journey", bc that's what it puts you on imo. It was nice to see you thinking similarly of it. "cleansing to watch" would be another quote from you in this video which I'd agree under that same topic. And obviously, that "almost out-of-body experience". (May I recommend you to listen to this piece in an as empty as possible room with your eyes closed next time? You might get on a "mental journey", too! ;D From my own experience, "The Green" does one of the best jobs in this matter. If you allow yourself to dive into your imagination, led by this music, you can almost smell the fresh woods and might even end up to see some fairies dancing in the sun beams~) "gateway to his mind and his genius": Just wanna mention, I LOVE how you put that!! Phrased perfectly. ♥ "just doesn't feel right to give it words": Well that nailed it. I guess some pieces of art should just be enjoyed, not talked over endlessly. Aside from the relatable quotes: I enjoyed to learn you're a fellow nature photographer!? As one myself I could so FEEL all the photographergasms(? lol) that occasionally showed on your face so clearly! I think when I first watched this MV, most of the time I just stared at the screen with my jaw dropped in awe. xD Those shots are simply amazing and I really wonder what it takes to catch some of those lighting situations... (sighs in imagery satisfaction) One confession: For some reason I actually thought you'd tear up VERY hard during Ad Astra! But you kept it together surprisingly well, respect for that! Then again, Moors hit you more than expected. I mean, this part always hits, like the entire piece, but yeah. What can I conclude best with? Maybe agreeing with another point: We should be so GRATEFUL to be this LUCKY. How are the odds to be alive on this wonderful Planet Earth, and during that EXACT SAME TIME when Nightwish exist and are blessing us with their masterpieces? How are the odds to be born in THIS generation, just a few years (considering the age of Mother Earth as a whole and how long mankind has been here in the first place) after WWII, and instead of this horrible time of the world, we live in one where we can enjoy such wonderful music and get to know each other through the most amazing technologies our species ever came up with. (Obviously the world we live in right now is messed up in many ways as well, that's just how humans are, sadly, but I mean. We're so dang lucky to be part of our generation instead of the ones of our grandparents. THE ODDS!!!) I didn't even mean to write this much but this music, your reaction etc. was just so inspiring!! Thank you for this wonderful content, have a great day and stay safe! Greetings from Germany ♥ ... Another side note: Speaking of odds. The timing of your reaction to this, which I've been looking forward to ever since I found your channel, couldn't have made it more special for me. I had just written my last final exams of vocational training today, only have one oral exam left... Afterwards had to ride my bike home through a heavy rainstorm for an hour... Then when I finally got home I opened YT and saw the notification of this upload!!!! It was just such a PERFECT way to end all of the stress I've gone through during this year and the last weeks. For this alone, thank you again and again and again. Absolutely made my day. (Sorry for talking so much about myself, I just wanted to explain to you how this particular reaction with this timing means so, so, so much to me! ♥♥)

This part always gets me... Thank you so much! You're a fan too, I suppose...?! 😉

Cool shirt Thomas 😎 I got the womens t-shirt yesterday. Am going to listen to your reaction now 🤗

The only thing I can say: I totally agreed to everything you said and to all you felt. Out of body experience: some of Nightwish music has that effect on people.

Real heavy metal...

I'm crying ;; is a masterpiece🔥 thank you for reaction💕💕💕💕

Here in ad astra and in some other compositions, the voice of Floor is recognized.

Ahhh I love the shirt man. Also great reaction video !

I feel you Thomas, this is Beautiful 🌍🤘🏽🇳🇱

The part 'Antrphocene' is the part of an era where the Earth experience the consequences by human activity.

Hi thomas, it is so beautiful, i enjoyed watching you enjoying this masterpiece i have listened to this many times and every time, tears and goosebumps Nightwish is absolute amazing!!!! See you. Bye

No words just beautiful..

I only say one thing....I love your reaction 👌💙👌

no research needed ... let your emotions take you away .... our five senses may be limited .. but not with nature ... we may submerse ourselves fully into the experience .. 'with joy .. we shall draw water .. from the wells of salvation' .. really enjoy your reactions to the Nightwish music Thomas ..

Hey Thomas! What to say... Epic! Truly epic. This was, like you, my first time hearing the whole thing. Tuomas really outdone himself in this one, I can't even imagine how to even start writing something like this... And indeed, beautiful video to accompany this masterpiece! So thanks for doing this one, I don't know if ever would have experienced the whole thing if you didn't. Catch you later my friend! 🎼🎶🔊🤘 Btw, got soaked on your nature walk afterwards?? 🌧️😉😄

Kiitos.

Wonderful

so glad, you took the version with sensei music videos fantastic video. they felt the music too. thank you for sharing you experiencing this masterpiece with us and your thoughts to this, thomas.

Love Ad Astra what a magical piece

and about time dude 🤣. Tuomas is officially a musical genius. First time I listened to this opus, I followed the advice he gave in an interview and took myself outside into nature which for me is the sea cliffs near where I live. Watched the gulls hanging in the air and the waves crashing and yes dammit, got more than a little emotional. Might ‘see’ you at the concert dude, I heard or read it’s interactive (avatars). 🤗💙🇬🇧

The carl sagan quote is from the book pale blue dot

This is special- thanks Thomas.

I love the development of elements of the music throughout. The melody developed near the end of the moors, is brought to its triumphant crescendo in Ad Astra. I get really emotional at the end in Ad Astra after all the build up. btw, I heard Floor's added vocals throughout, with the choir. She now sings Ad Astra to close out the concerts for the Human::Nature tour starting with the 2 Virtual Concerts. Thank you for this reaction and showcasing this wonderful fan video. I had seen it before, and it and this Nightwish music is a masterpiece I intend to return to often.

It's a great album - well done following it through to the end.

First reminds me of Procession (easy one) Second sounds as if its equal to Harvest. Good for falling asleep. 3.the opposit Song of Pan and Greatest Show on Earth. 4. Is Shoemaker/Music related. 5. Spring Themed, Endlessness Theme 6. Antriphocene..has a Tribal kind if flow Ad Astra..Procession Variation and again Greatest Show on E. That is at the End of that Song when they bow down and they all line up while she is singing the last Notes til the Cascade of the Ending of Ad Astra.

It is quite something, isn't it.. 😊 My favorite parts are Green, Moors and Ad Astra. I hope you'll still continue with earlier Nightwish stuff on your channel in future? 😊 Also, that shirt is awesome! 👍👍

A masterpiece of an album 🔥🙌🏼😭 Greetings from 🇫🇮❣️

This is an Experience....

Lovely. Hope you had a beautiful walk and revelations about the universe. Good to contemplate the universe. Would be lovely indeed to meet at a concert and experience it together. Defo will be at the virtual concert too. Let's see how that's gonna work out but Floor said 'this is something else!'...so..buckle up.

Its quiet a journey all kinds of feelings are pasing bey , if we all appreciat the world and all whats on it more Leave this beautiful wonder in perfect state behind for or kids and generations to come and stop destroy it

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I dont know if you are aware of this, but Ad Astra got a official video, not that this fan made part isnt very well made, but it tells more of the partnership Nighhwish got with World land trust, and stuff, i put the link if you want to react to it separate, or just watch it yourself. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNmYo7Nzp8vMqHk.html Tuomas did say about this 2ndCD, the nature part of the album, that it was just one of those things he nedeed to do, and get out as a artist, like hes solo album about Scrooge Mcduck right, and well a artist should really put out, what he feel is needed for him t to let out, to make hes process work right, and for me personel, im pleased Tuomas did this, as i now also got meditation music from my favorite band, just perfect to me, and i love both CD´s.. its just one big masterpiece to me..

You may like Weak Fantasy by Nightwish live from Wembley.

First comment! Great mate! Keep up with Nightwish!

Ad Astra it's the ultimate onion ninja. By the way, i miss more "tropical" escenes in the videoclip, or desert..

Thanks for that! As I said, it's very hard to react to this piece with any sort of analysis, because it is very emotional, very grand, and outside of most reactor's experience. You did it justice. And you're right, that video is magnificent! I'm also looking forward to the stream at the end of the month but more than that, I have tickets to their show in LA! If California allows it to go forward, I'll be there! I'm so excited!

Crewish? ... Got the T-shirt ...

It means a lot to us, Nightwish fans the dedication you've put through this whole journey. Thank you so much. On your next NW reaction it would be cool to visit some really old school work, specially "The Siren" and "Creek Mary's Blood", both form "End of an Era" DVD. Cheers from Brazil!

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