Don't be afraid to stop the video. If you have something to share most of us want to hear it. It's your reaction, your rules.

Oh yes, I almost forgot: if you want to hear some more of Markos vocals: The Islander (live at Tampere) 🤩

I don't know why. But the moment of Tuomas singing along... "Try to save them all". Always breaks my heart. It's my favorite moment of this performance. Thank you so much for reacting & breaking it down for us. 🤘💜🤘

I'm not ashamed to admit that every single time this song gets to the last movement I start sobbing. I love this song so much.

You’re the only person I’ve seen that caught the “3 minutes” part of the spoken word, and yes, from that moment until the blade falls/the keyboardist dies, it’s 3 minutes. Amazing!

The Father & Mother part makes me cry every single time. It hits so hard emotionally

you just watch Tuomas (keyboard and songwriter of nightwish) musical suicide in this song, which helped him getting out of depression after having to kicking their first singer (Tarja) due to some reasons and the following backlash from fans. Therefore this song is not just another song from nightwish. But great reaction.

Marko and Floors voices together is just pure gold.

I was in that audience, near the barrier (right in front of Tuomos). Still the best gig I've ever been to. They were beyond magnificent. They're always great live but that night was just something special.

OMG, dude, trust me, “The Greatest Show on Earth - Live at Tampere”. Very next. Period.

That is a signature Floor move that we call the windmill. Floor is Dutch. This is a deep song for Tuomas the songwriter. You nailed it 3 minutes until the end of Tuomas. This song is dealing with the firing of the 1st Nightwish vocalist, Tarja. The fans loved her and Tuomas received lots of complaints from the fans which sent him into depression. He contemplated suicide when he though it might be the end of Nightwish and this led him to write this song about him manic depression and guilt for the firing. thank God he wrote this song about a musical suicide instead of the real thing.

I think it’s an absolute masterpiece and every time I watch it I say the same thing. It’s perfect. Tuomas is a genius.

You are hands down the best Nightwish reactor. You feel what we all felt the first time we heard these performances. It is like we are re-living the first time we heard this through you. Thanks

YES finally someone watched it with the lyrics, they are so important to understand this song and its purpose.

Yeah, when Floor starts singing "Sparkle my scenery, with turquoise waterfalls" I cry too. It's so angelic and otherworldly.

Tuomas (the keyboarder and songwriter) was in depression after the split from their first singer Tarja. He was in the position to either commit suicide in real real life or to write a song about it and die within that song. Luckily he choose the latter option. He is the poet, "killed" by the pendulum. And afterwards there is darkness, silence and just a fading heartbeat. It gives me a shiver every time. As this song is so emotional for him all the others have an eye on him. He even had his in ears turned off during the spoken passages.

Search for beauty, find your shore. Try to save them all, bleed no more... That's Tuomas who sings that with her. I always get chills from the raw FEELINGS in those simple words...

The tribute to the American Eugene Shoemaker, a song about his life, i loved it, it was so emotional, beautiful. the song called Shoemaker

Sweet reaction, brother. Floor's windmill is just one of many forms of headbanging that Metalheads do. Females mostly do the windmill, but I've seen some men do it, too.💜

It begins with a choir boy singing, that is not Floor.

This is my fav Nightwish song. It's a pure masterpiece.

Your commentary before, during and after the video is your added value to the video. If someone wants to watch the music video without interruption, they can watch the original you know :-) You've got a good balance and a sense of when it's a good moment to pause. With this reaction, I did find the volume of the video to be rather low compared to that of your voice. Looking forward to you reviewing The Greatest Show on Earth which Tuomas considers his "Song by which he wants to be remembered".

Greetings from Finland & welcome to the international family of Nightwish fans. Just wait until more members of the Nightwish army troopers discover your channel. P.S. Their current female lead vocalist since 2012 (official member since 2013), Floor Jansen, joined her first metal band "After Forever" at age 16 as a backing vocalist, but soon became the lead vocalist. When After Forever disbanded, she formed her own metal band "ReVamp" before being asked to join Nightwish. She's also featured on many other bands'/artists' records simply because she's one of the most versatile & best vocalists there are in the world of popular music. P.S.S. To show Tuomas' attention to detail in composing songs, if you start a timer during this song when the young boy speaks the words "Now I only have three minutes..." and stop it when Tuomas makes a hand gesture of cutting his throat, the timer will show 3 minutes, give or take a few seconds depending on how you actually managed to start & stop the timer.

2/3 nightwish long epics done, the greatest show on earth left, live from Tampere. Ty

My favorite band! Nightwish + Foor = heaven!!! She is the best!!!

Stop and comment all you want. If people want to watch uninterrupted they know where the video is.

You mentioned the duets, 7 Days to the Wolves (from the same Wembley performance) is my favorite, I think you'll like it too. Subscribed!

One of the most personal song for Tuomas 💔🎩😍

Man her voice pierces right through my soul, it’s very rare for me to listen to a live performance from them without tearing up a bit... her voice effects me in a way that no other voice does

List of recommendations: For Nightwish: Greatest Show on Earth Yours is an Empty Hope The Islander 7 Days to the wolves - Wembley live Other Bands: Judas Priest - Dreamer Deceiver Rainbow - Stargazer Unleash the Archers - Awakening Pantera - Cemetery Gates Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope Jinjer - Pisces Disturbed - The Sound of Silence Eluveitie - Deathwalker Draconian - Stellar Tombs Killswitch Engage - The Signal Fire Guys let's compile all recommendations under this comment. I will add any recommendation under this comment to the comment itself

This is a most touching perfomance I have ever seen. At least twelve floorgasms🥴. Band is ofcourse great too❤️.

I really enjoy your reactions, as they are more than just a "nice". And they are emotional at the same time. By the ay: We all still get Flooogasms :-) Here are some suggestions for your Nightwish journey: -> "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" (Buenos Aires) will give you a metal and power blast: Maximum speed and Marco (the singing bass player) becomes Hannibal Lecter ;-) -> There are a couple of great songs from Wacken: "Storytime" and "Ever Dream" are catchy in a very positive way. "Song of Myself" starts catchy and ends with everyone headbanging. "Romanticide", "Last Ride of the Day" and "Ghostriver" are the heavier ones. -> "Yours an Empty Hope" from Wembley (have a good look!! at the growls. You'll be surprised.) -> „Dead Boys Poem“ from Buenos Aires (so amazing and emotional) -> „Weak Fantasy“ (Tampere): Kai the beastat the drums, Troy joins in, great duets with Floor and Marco, ... -> "The greatest Show on Earth" (Tampere) is epic as "The Poet and the Pendulu" -> Then the new stuff from thei current album with "Noise" (awesome Video), „Shoemaker“ (takes you to the stars), "Harvest (Lyric Video, you will not believe you listen to Nightwish), Tribal (very heavy and with an incredible "dance part") ...

I think it's clear by now that Nightwish is not just another band. The theatricality of their performances and the majesty of the compositions that Tuomas comes up with is on another level. I dare say, the history of music will remember this man, proudly, among the great composers.

7 Days to the Wolves from this same concert is a mini-epic highly worth your while to check out

Moore Marco "High Hopes" Pink Floyd Tribut ( cover) !!

This song is so fantastic! I am glad you saw it. Your face is everything! You are better than I in keeping it together though. Even after all these years, Floor singing certain songs still make me weep. She is such an amazing and talented singer. 🌻

I think a great song for you to tackle next would be Everdream at Wacken. It's got insane belty Floor and it does a good job of showing off Marco's voice

One of the greatest performances I have ever seen. Magnificent.

I actually much prefer it when reactors, especially when they're teachers/professionals, pause to share their thoughts. If I were just wanting to watch the video again, I'd watch it again, not a reaction vid!

Great reaction mate! 😊 I would like to suggest you to react Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars live rehearsal at Sonic Pump studio. Please and peace 🙏🏼😎✌🏼

Came as soon as I saw the new nightwish reaction was up. I thought it was a bit early for you to react to this song, as other reactors had attempted it early on their nightwish journey and without enough music knowledge or history of the band knowledge, they fail to completely appreciate or understand it. But you did it justice Won't ever doubt you again, and definitely subscribing LOL If you want more songs with Marko on the vocals you can go for Islander or the Pink Floyd cover High Hopes. Or for the combination of both voices Romanticide from Wacken or Devil and the deep dark ocean from Buenos Aires are both amazing I cried horribly most of the song.

the "Signature" is called headbanging ... i think at least that is something anyone knews xD never seen someone who doesnt im flabbergasted xD

You got it, the throat slash motion was at exactly 3 minutes after the 3 minute lyric. You need to react to Ghost River same show!!

I've been kind of addicted to reaction videos in the last couple of months and I just have to say yours are superb. Keep it up

I love the contrast at the end, the 3 musicians, standing together, separate from the vocalist, who cries alone. Power in that ending.

Basically, be ready to react to all Nightwish songs. The Poet and the Pendulum is definitely my favorite song ever. Now, I would strongly recommend Dead Boy's Poem which is amazingly beautiful (and sad) as well

Opening Lyrics vocal is "Lead boy soprano: Guy Elliott, courtesy of the Reigate St Mary's Choir School. As Nighwish's songs always tell a story, in particular this one, (it is autobiographical depicting Tuomas' anquish & turmoil when he let the first lead singer go), it is important to do the backstory research before viewing the video.

Ever Dream from Wacken is amazing and it has everything in it, top tier music, guitar solo, amazing male and female vocals

Mate, we need Nightwish to become known throughout Australia, and replace all the American Idol clones that the stations repetitively push upon us. Floor is my dear Mum and Dads favourite singer and they're in their 80's.

Wonderful reaction !!!! Thanks for your comments and support of ALL the Nightwish lovers. They really are the greatest band I have ever heard !

Thank you! I see a lot of reaction videos and you're the first I've seen by a music teacher and not strictly a vocal coach. You understand (as I do, being a musician for 30 years and also a music teacher) what goes into composing something like this. Tuomas is an awe-inspiring writer. I've been following this band since 1998 and I absolutely love them. I very much appreciate your reviews of them and also your reaction. I'm happy I've found this channel to check out. I'll be off to watch your reaction to The Greatest Show On Earth, which I'm certain you've thoroughly enjoyed, it being about the universe and the origin of life on this planet. Rock on, sir.

“Beautifully resonating, not protruding” on those high notes. Well played sir! 😉🔥🤙

Got another Finnish band for you to check out: "Apocalyptica". I'd recommend "Faraway" (my all-time favourite by them) - preferably the original version, but there is a Vol II with vocals by Linda Sundblad. You're up for a treat: it's Metal, played by Cellos.

Ive seen so many reactions to Nightwish but most of them just were stunned by the Voice. You understand the whole thing... the parts... the way its written... To be honest your talking brought me to tears cause it was so on point!! Best reaction ever!!! Pls my friend try Dead Boy's Poem from Decades Live in Buenos Aires

Would love to see your opinion on Song of Myself from the Wacken concert, the breakdown at the end is just sublime!

I’ve listened to this song thousands of time and I still cry every time.

the movements of the band members … the stillness of the blue … the sirens calling Tuomas home … the audience amazed at what they have just experienced …

The head move is 'windmill', common alternative to just head banging. Signature moves for all metal music.

Great reaction. Love your expressions. Ghost river, seven days to the wolves and devil and the deep dark ocean are dramatic, powerful and amazing. Would love to see your reaction to them. Thank you 😀

Maybe the best reaction of this epic experience I've watched from the dozens before. Love your surprise and emotion, but really enjoyed your structural and technical analysis. I also loved your expressed appreciation for the composition and the members of the band, each a top notch pro. You already know the back story of Tuomas and I feel his pure genius shines through in the way he mixed very dark feelings with absolute beauty in his music and lyrics. Must have been quite an emotional ride for him. Stay safe.

Your reactions are really amazing and entertaining to watch, please keep the Nightwish videos coming!

Brilliant reaction as always, love your explanation of the whole song and the music not just Floor. You did spoil it slightly but stopping halfway through the last section. If you had heard the full part you would have been in floods of tears just like me and many others. Keep your reactions coming

tuomas, the guy on the keyboards, is the composer. this album and this song in particular is what he credits to saving his mental health. this is him pouring out his heart and soul and it's spectacular.

The lyrics in themselves are deep and rather dark, but just te pure emotion in Floors voice in this song makes me weep each and every time I listen to it... The pain in the last notes, goes straight to the heart...

This story is pure emotion trough music... one of my favorites. Now take a listen to the greatest show on earth (live finland) to complete the holy trinity.

I came as fast as i saw the notification 🔔😂

You're good, you see what needs to be seen and I cannot wait til you do The Greatest Show on Earth. That one is usually held off for awhile until one is acclaimated to Nightwish but you do not need this as you understand and greatly appreciate good music. Great music. But...so many songs...some short some long and all in between, and so diverse from one another. I just know you are forever thankful to whatever and whoever turned you on and got you to react to this most awsome band.. \m/

Great reaction again, mate. This song never fails to get me teary eyed, you can see how much it means to Tuomas and how painful reliving those emotions are throughout the performance. If you're interested in complex and interesting compositions and don't need a live video to react to then I'd recommend 'A Change of Seasons' by Dream Theatre. A long piece but a masterpiece.

i think, for you, it's best to pick "dead boy's poem" next. live Buenos aires 2018 it might hit you even harder than this one

Yes magnificent from start to finish including your reaction. Thank you. 😊👍🙏

Wonderful reaction again, thank you. Your silence through the songs speaks volumes, taking it all in...love it...please keep them coming..😊👍

with absolutely no disrespect to the former NIghtwish singers, Floor just conveys emotions in her singing in the best possible way :)

Your face is wonderfully expressive :) it’s so nice to see the music flowing through you like that :) you can tell everything you are feeling.

As a music teacher is this something that you will suggest to your students to listen to? The lyrics, the music, the composition, the ebb and flow. the theatrics. This is just music at it's absolute finest! It would just be a shame for students of music to not know that a modern day masterpiece called Nightwish exists.

You're clearly passionate about music and I love the way you make out all the little compositional details - kudos to you! Your students are in good hands! :)

Another great reaction! Regarding your question about the hair thing, when Floor does it it's called a "Dutch Windmill". ;-)

I thoroughly enjoyed your explanations and comments, I loved your feel for this amazing work of art, your respect for it and these incredible artists. None of our words can convey the extraordinary emotional experience of their performance's. I am 69 years old and have been going to concerts for 57 years, I'm a great grandfather of four, This music has allowed me to feel things in ways that were always there just out of reach of my mind (or my heart). I am more then a fan I am grateful, Its nice to meet a fellow traveler.

Excellent reaction! I can tell you really appreciate, love and understand not only the technical side of music, but the artist and emotional sides as well.

The great thing is, there are a few dozen more great Nightwish songs from Wacken, Wembley, Tampere, and Bueno's Aires to go and each one is uniquely different but all superb.

Yay, another great nw reaction! Told you, you will love them! Your face says it all. I think you will also really enjoy 7 days to the wolves live at Wembley. And of course the greatest show on earth to complete the ‘holy trinity’ LOL (do that one with lyrics also! It’s a big subject, all the way from the Big Bang up untill now)

She broke my heart in this Song! Omg 😭

your reactions are amazing but also... you are genuinely effortlessly hilarious in a super wholesome way, subscribed

You’re reactions are great! There is so much fantastic metal out there for you to hear.....

I never get tired of witnessing other people listening to my favorite artists for the first time and recognizing the awesome talent and artistry that goes to creating such symphonies. (I guess that is why reaction videos are so popular, we all like to be validated on our interests) Especially cool is hearing someone with actual musical training analyze things that I never even noticed, thank you for that, you truly open new dimensions in these songs for me. Carry on and greetings from Finland! PS. I would recommend reviewing "The greatest show on Earth (Tampere live)", it is an epic, all encompassing piece of metal opera with awesome variation.

You are a maestro of emotion and comprehension, open-faced in delight...your mien mirroring my own reactions right to the end of the song. You are literate, and happily lucid; a pleasure to watch.

Thankyou very much it was a joy to watch you watching this masterpiece, loved your incite and comments on it too. Hope you will do more nightwish soon, maybe the greatest show on earth from tampere another epic.

Love your reaction videos, they're in-depth, entertaining and knowledgeable and just great fun! I don't have any music education so can't really put to words well what I'm noticing or feeling and will probably use the wrong terminology, but I'll try anyway :D There was one thing I noticed Nightwish does really, really well, and I noticed it because it's something that I always applaud in techno DJs (avid techno fan, fyi): when they have the confidence to dare a build-up to be drawn-out, building that tension on and on and on until it's no longer about the upcoming release of the tension but there's only the tension itself, the current moment. I can imagine it's quite scary to dare to captivate your audience with a "mere" build-up instead of going for cheap huge drops (yes I'm looking at you EDM), but it has the effect of putting the listener (or dancer) in the now instead of the upcoming. Nightwish uses this effect so well, for instance in the beginning of Part V: rather than going for the "cheap" effect of putting Floor's gorgeous voice on quickly to steal the show after the first four bars (if that's the right term), or possibly repeating those four bars another time, they take their time to allow you as a listener to focus on the music and become familiar with it, and appreciate it for it's own quality rather than merely as a support for Floor's voice. Love that stuff. Love your channel. Keep up the awesomeness!!

I loved the way how you guided us through the whole composition. The intensity in how you inhaled the whole performance. Your suprise when the bass guitarist started to sing. The setup in a cellar and its dark background, the dark clothes you wear is totally in synch with the performance we see on the video. For me you became the perfect Nightwish reactor. Looking forward to the next reaction.

Dude, I love your reactions and how emotional and excited you get. Always makes one smile. Keep up the good work! 👍🏼

It was great taking the Nightwish ride with you. What a band. Holopainen is the 21st century Jean Sibelius, or what Jean would be composing had he been around now. Sibelius, Tuomas, you been working on anything? Sure, J.S., there's this one. Sibelius, saying damned sweet, kid.

You are a true mad lad, jumping straight into The Poet and the Pendulum. Loved the reaction and I can see that everyone in the comments is on the same page. Better buckle up for The Greatest Show on Earth. It's quite the ride.

Perfect done !!!!! PLZ do Storytime live at Wacken. Peace from Austria

Now, "The Greatest Show on Earth" live at Tempere.

Great reaction video! Thank you! This song is such a beautiful masterpiece that it gets me every time - goosebumps, chills and tears. But what is just as big is the story BEHIND the song. When you understand this, it becomes even more moving. I see that others have explained this story in these comments.

Thank you for listening to 'Nightwish', and for giving your opinion on the band and the singers. It's great to see another Australian and one who is a musical and vocal teacher - most vocal coaches who do reaction videos to bands and singers like 'Nightwish' are American or from Europe, not Australia, so your channel and analysis is a refreshing change!

The first symphonic metal band I ever listened to was 'Nightwish', and I fell in love with the band and Tarja (Turunen). Floor Jansen is also brilliant, and wonderful to listen to. Who else is enjoying Nightwish' in 2020?

The old adage "All artists must suffer" has never held more true. This masterpiece was born from one of the darkest eriods in Tuomas' life. It is a blessing that he managed to get through it, gifting us with this wrenching experience, instead of falling the way of so many others. Side note: incorporating and modeling the theme around Poe's "The Pit and The Pendulum" is but another stroke of genius on his part; the imagery and atmosphere fit like a glove.

You have the best facial reactions too Nightwish ever and I’ve watched at least a few dozen reactors reacting to this unbelievable band.

Part 3 and 5 always make me cry no matter how many times I listen

Floors signature headbang is the windmill! Tarja does it too but it seems awkward to me. Marko is a vocal beast as well. While Your Lips Are Still Red, The Islander and High Hopes are where he shines in Nightwish as far as being the main vocalist in the song. If you like theatrics you might want to checkout Avatar live. Probably Hail the Apocalypse, Smells Like a Freak Show or Bloody Angle. The singer Johannes Eckerström is a pretty awesome singer.