I WAS NOT READY! EPICA ft. Floor Jansen - Stabat Mater Dolorosa
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The most famous duet of those two is "Sancta Terra" from the same live show. A masterpiece in my opinion
I concur
I concur also !!!!
I concur
I concur with the concurring….
Also, concur for sure! 🤘
Simone took the soprano spot and Floor sang the alto. No egos here. Good friends for 20+ years. Love how Floor acknowledges the conductor and the orchestra. Their voices mesh together so beautifully.
This beautiful song just shows how close some metal is much more closer to classical music. There is another beautiful song also with these two awesome ladies “Sancta Terra” It has a mix of classic and heavy elements and their voices are out of this world. Thanks Rosalie for adding what contribution the ancient classics have done for all of us. ❤
my pleasure :) it's a joy to explore all these various songs.
I concur, Sancta Terra!!🤘
I wholeheartedly agree with you
Yes you must react to "Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show"
You know, you can take a great deal of classical music and find it is metal, but without electricity. . . . . . . . . .
And that is how 2 Metal queens get metalfans quiet. You should try the other song they did from the same concert, Sancta Terra a little step in the way to real Epica songs….. you’re in for a big surprise going the Epica path
I concur
Also concur! 🤘
Not really representative of their music. You should listen to other songs of their 10 or 20 year anniversary concert.(I should have waited till the end :-), have fun with their other music)
I figured it wasn't :) but perhaps a very pleasant, gentle knock on the door :) looking fwd to really exploring who they are. :)
Truly Beautiful. The level of respect shown by the audience was remarkable.
Metalheads may look rough at times, but they are for the most part very sensitive and intelligent people. At least that's what I found.
One of the most famous of the classical religious tradition. This version is so good because of the emotion and story telling by two of the best in the business. Floor taking the majority of the Alto part was absolutely gorgeous as her tamber range allows her to support and enhance Simone's beautiful soprano. Because of her power Floor seldom gets enough credit for her ability to mold her singing to the required moment in the music. You almost have to go back to her early Aryeon background work to get a real feel. As that went on Arjen tended to feature her more so it is the early stuff you need to get that real feel.
Floor's ability to mold her voice to fit with anyone she sings with is unmatched. she truly does have this strange ability to shine without outshining who she is singing with
Wait until you hear Floor sing O Holy Night in Finnish while pregnant!
Mili Pro Simone was also pregnant here during this concert!!!
At the core of European Symphonic Metal is a classical structure. It’s unique and so attractive to my old (72) ears. Epica can go hard but also has some amazing beautiful ballads that you check out. Hopefully people will guide towards the softer stuff first.
Well, now you've opened the Epica box. You know what you have to do. Consign to Oblivion, live at The Zenith in Paris would be a good place to start. Enjoy.
Hopefully she’ll review some of their softer stuff before plunging into the harder side of Epica. Remember Metal is not her fav but is enjoying Symphonic Metal due to the melodic style.
@@randywhite1724 By this point, she is now a metal head head, slightly in denial! Note, she has stopped saying she is not a metal fan!
Kingdom Of Heaven pt 3 Omega Alive 😍
Amazing vocalists, classical music and symphonic Metal are always a good combination,.👋👋
Important note: Simone was pregnant at this concert & had only recently learned it.
I don't know if that influenced the choice of music, but, it's a sanctification of sorts.
Epica hired the (expensive & magnificent) orchestra as a celebration of ten years as a band. They usually use backing tracks. So this was truly a one time performance.
There is also another great duet by Dutch metal women, Somewhere by Sharon den Adel (Whitin Temptation) ft Anneke van Giersbergen. Anneke was the reason that Floor started in metal
th-cam.com/video/rGU461yUIu0/w-d-xo.html
Check out Valley of the Queens by Ayeron which combines a trio introducing the ladies
The Gathering was an example for a lot of bands to start with a female fronted metal band :)
EPICA, the most symphonic of all symphonic metal bands, EPICA are simply incredible, just be aware that their music spans from breathtakingly beautiful to very heavy and every style in between, their catalogue of music is the most eclectic of any band that I have heard, one other thing that you will notice is that EPICA's lyrics almost always look at the positive side of even the darkest subject, overcoming adversity rather than the adversity itself
A beautiful song. They performed it flawlessly.
Lovely reaction. Epica and Nightwish are two of my favorite bands. Epica is Nightwish's darker, heavier cousin. They have some really great heavy songs, beautiful ballads, and some amazing acoustic pieces. I think a great introduction to more typical Epica is Unleashed from the same retrospect concert. One of my other favorites is Essence of Silence live from Brussels. For beautiful ballads I love Rivers and Once Upon a Nightmare from the Omega Alive livestream show and Tides of Time. A lovely acoustic piece is Omegacoustic. My newest favorite is their recently released Sirens-Of Blood and Water with Charlotte Wessels and Amalie Bruun of Myrkur as guest vocalists. It is the classical tale of the Little Mermaid but with a different, perhaps darker ending. Simone has also done a beautiful cover of Part of my World on her YT channel. th-cam.com/video/aau6nI04G9k/w-d-xo.html. If Disney ever does a live action version of the Little Mermaid they need to have Simone play the part of Ariel.
Metal fans are one of the most intelligent and stable people there are, go to a metal concert and you will have a wonderful time all the people are just friendly and supporting, because they put their negative emotions into the music and that's it.
Also making Metal music is more of a passion for the artists then a money-making machine.
It is still considered a very niece market for a few outcasts metal heads by the big music industry.
So most metal bands perform on a very high level because of the passion they put into the music, and that's why Metal is so diverse they experiment they are not out to make a quick buck or 2 where the song needs to follow a certain poppy character to make a hit.
Although there are band who made the transition slowly towards the general public and more pop music.
Because it is sometimes hard to go on tour and just earn just enough to get through the year.
The Metal fans are used to all kinds of nuances in the metal music, and they can appreciate this.
The Metal crown loves a good classic song by real singers, while for example walk away from a Justin Bieber song.
Most Metal singers can really sing, although people who hear a scream or two think that they can't sing but are just screaming.
While Metal singers can out sing, if there is such a thing,,, almost all pop singers.
And for real Metal fan's, if they can feel the Music and experience emotions and enjoy it, then you really know it is good.
Good Music is Good Music
One Christmas I spent with a German family. We attended a Christmas service .. all in German but I could follow the children playing Joseph, Mary, the manger etc. One thing I remember was when they were singing Stille Nacht .. and I was singing along in English and one of my German friends turns to me in surprise saying "You know the words!" .. I replied .. "Well .. we stole it from you!" :)
The second I saw your comment spoke of a German Christmas, I just had to read and reply. Thank you for sharing that experience and memory. Our christmases and Christmas traditions are very special indeed. I'm happy for you, you got to experience that. :)
@@rosalieelliottofficial Good memories. They had this organization in Germany where people would take soldiers home with them for Christmas. I spent three days with a family who lived in what used to be East Germany. Had a great time spending time with the young people and Christmas with the family. That service was in a Lutheran church .. very old and .. cold .. and was something I will always treasure. I can trace my surname back to 1738 when my 6th Great Grandfather shows up in land records in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His name shows as John Traxler .. Trachsler .. Trexler .. my assumption is that this guy with a heavy accent is speaking to an English clerk! :) .. my bet is that it may have been Johann Trachsler .. but I once saw a truck in Germany with Traxler on the side so .. shrug! :)
@@eTraxx it could be Drachsler or Drechsler ?
@@dirkschmidt2276 Could be .. both of those are variations. Unfortunately .. the land record for 1738 shows Traxler, while land records of adjoining properties show him as John Tracklier and John Trucklier .. hence my guess is that an English clerk was putting down what he heard. My cousin thought his name *might* have been Johann Georg Dreschler. Heck .. I don't know if he was from the Germanies or Switzerland .. back then who knows. Fun stuff.
@@eTraxx Perhaps "Traxler" is derived from the profession "Drechsler", which is the German word for wood turner. At least in German history, profession names becoming family names is common.
I looooooove this version so much!! Epica was my first concert ever,, they are AMAZING I personally really love their live version of their song Unleashed in Eindhoven!
That was beautiful. They're both very talented ladies. Another song from this concert in which they also feature Floor Jansen is "Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show". You should check it out or even better react to it. LINK: th-cam.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/w-d-xo.html
Mark Jansen and Floor were both in After Forever at the same time for a couple of years, and Simone Simons and Floor are besties... they were roomates when they were young and just learning their craft!
Simone + Floor = Power Combo
Nuff Said !!!
NWSU/Epican. 🤘😎🤘.
As others have said, they're friends and there are one or two goofy videos out there of them practicing together. An interesting sidebar, After Forever was Floor Jansen's first band when Mark Jansen (no relation) was also in the band. After Forever produced some excellent music that is well worth the listen.
There's a bunch of good Dutch bands in this genre worth checking out: After Forever and ReVamp (Floor's bands), Within Temptation, Delain, The Gathering, Ayreon, MaYan, and others that are worth the look. Ayreon (or Star One, same thing) is a Dutch project lead by Arjen Lucassen. He puts together a collection of artists to produce some outstanding music. You'll see a lot of familiar faces popping up in his music. "The Day the World Breaks Down" th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
Onto our side of the pond, check out Unleash the Archers "Awakening" for a (mostly) power metal experience: th-cam.com/video/gqUPGa15Oto/w-d-xo.html
I concur!
Mark Jansen was one of the two founders of After Forever.
@@northof4912 Me too!
The composition was by Giovanni Pergolesi, who wrote the music on his deathbed, dying of tuberculosis at the age of 26.
Giovanni Pergolesi died the day he finished writing Stabat Mater. You can sense that he knew it was coming and he put everything he had into making it perfect.
And Floor Jansen was the lead vocalist of After Forever ;D .... btw also a must see and listen to Symphonic Metal Band. Fantastic. And I am really excited seeing you reacting to EPICA. For me NW & Epica are my Yin & Yan of music. Simply the best. Love 'em.
Epica forever and ever!! Check out "EPICA - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PT 3 - (OMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)" You will be blown away! It is such a mind blowing ride!
Epica !!!! yes ! This "retrospect live" is great ! You can find in it a second duet with Floor: "Sancta terra" and the incredible "design your universe".
Thank you for your respectful handling of the humanity behind music of all backgrounds! 💚
Rosalie, Epica is epic.This 3 hours concert is a must with symphony orchestra and great choir. Floor is also in Sancta Terra from this concert Retrospect. Besides, there is a lot of music from Epica . Special moment is Rivers a capella from last year. But all over listening to Epica....fasten your seatbelt is recommended. Carry on please! Greetings from The Netherlands.
Of course many people here suggest checking out Sancta Terra which is certain a great song and the performance with Floor on this concert is very special. However for Epica standards, it is a very simple song. So let me suggest the less trodden path and suggest "The Holographic Principle". It's probably Epica's most symphonic piece and certainly a masterpiece. Unofortunately, there is no high quality live version, so the best version to check out is the following nice lyrics video: th-cam.com/video/CYlQJ_t2iks/w-d-xo.html
Epica suggestions from this Retrospect concert:
Chasing The Dragon
Unleashed
Design Your Universe
All stellar performances by Simone!
It was beautiful. The two harmonise very great together. Love your content. I noticed that Germany is missing in your Playlist. 😅 Try out Blind Guardian. They are a german metal band. I recommend Bards Song & Valhalla from Wacken 2016 live. Keep up the good work.
Rosalie you have to listen and react Epica with her Album Omega it is worth to listen 🤘🤘
Hello, nice reaction, Floor and Simon are two friends and two Dutch Goddesses, greetings from Poland
Symphomic metal fans love beautiful music of all kinds. Especially when these 2 amazing women are singing.
I hope Sancta Terra by Epica ft. Floor is on the bucket list, because it would be a shame to miss one of the most epic songs ever performed.
I concur.
I concur
I concur. Somebody buy this lady a coffee.
This is the way.
I concur!
Hi Rosalie, New subscriber! Now you’ve seen what Floor and her best friend Simone are capable of, it’s mind blowing isn’t it! Bear it in mind Simone was 3/4 months pregnant here so wasn’t at her best! As regards Epica I think that you will have a most enjoyable experience watching them, they are somewhat like Nightwish but a bit heavier.
Have fun and most of all enjoy!
So much talent on one stage and loving what they are doing. The "metal" audience was respectful (and in awe) of this song. Floor and Simone are long time girl friends (Floor was Simones vocal coach for a time). Many composers have written the music for this great piece and they chose one of the more popular ones. Pergolesi was dying from tuberculosis (27 years old) when he composed this one. He knew it would be his last composition. You can almost hear his pain in the long violin intro to this song.
Floor was invited to do another duet with Simone during this same concert along with the Epica Band. Hold on to your seat for this one. "Sancta Terra" is a great piece combining the vocals, the metal band, the orchestra, and the choir. According to Tuomas from Nightwish, if the classical composers had electricity. All classical music would be heavy metal.
Floor was not Simone's coach, That was Amanda Sommerville. She corrected Simone's strong dutch accent and her breathing. Excuse My poor english, is not My language.
@@raull2761 I concur, it is correct, Amanda was the vocal coach
I can't wait until you will explore the biggest rabbit hole you can find.
AYREON!
A rabbit hole you'll never climb out again.
Not because you can't.
Because you didn't want.
Let's start with Ayreon - Valley of the Queen's - LIVE - from Ayreon - Universe.
And with three beautiful Ladies.
Called : The Ayreon Angeles!🥰
"Everybody Dies" please next.
I guess that's a great way to start your experience with this Project called Ayreon.
The biggest rabbit hole of all time!
Yes please, more Epica 😃
If you like both, check Aryeon "The day when the world breaks down".
I've seen many suggesting 'Sancta Terra', mostly because it is another duet with Floor. I would suggest however 'Unleashed' from this same concert. It is a beautiful mix of modern music with classical influences performed by Epica with this same orchestra and full choir.
th-cam.com/video/rxd6sxLxdys/w-d-xo.html
musically Epica is all over the place and its hard to give one song that would summarize their style. I would say EPICA - The SKELETON KEY - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO) is a good song thats somewhat in the middle. People usually suggest consign to oblivion as first song, but that`s one of their heaviest.
Also they just released new song with video EPICA - "Sirens - Of Blood And Water" feat. Charlotte Wessels & Myrkur, but thats two new singers for you, might be too much, lol.
Sirens is a Masterpiece and made it immediately on my all-time favourites playlist. But it's of course not representative of much of Epica's music.
Nice. Please move straight to Sancta Terra next 😃
They are best friends from since 5hey were school age.
that is amazing!
Simone Simons have been friends since their teens. I suspect that they sang this song together a lot in earlier days.
they sound so perfect together with there singin simone and floor used to share a flat together in there early days and ave been friends for yrs and still close friends to this day
Epica is The Shymophonic Metal Band .....more plz
FunFact: Epica aren't the only symphonic metal band to perform accompanied by an orchestra:
Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra - Mother Earth (Black Symphony HD 1080p)
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - Heroes of the Dawn (Live) (Official Video) | Napalm Records
Who isn't made is Nightwish. Floor said in an interview that there are more mistakes when there are more people on stage. Nightwish didn't want to risk that until now.
I’m really enjoying your reactions. It’s so refreshing to see a reactor who is open minded and willing to stray from their comfort zone and to give unfamiliar musical genres a fair & honest listen. To see reactors break the bonds of previous biases & to embrace the musical talent of these artists is a wonderful thing to watch. I’ve found a lot of reactors with a religious upbringing are hesitant to give “Metal” a fair shake and refuse to see anything more than🤘. I just feel they are missing out on a beautiful journey, especially when it comes to Nightwish. Keep up the great work! You have a lot to look forward to on your journey including this magical & hauntingly beautiful & harmonious performance by Floor, Anneke & Marcela.
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This was at the Retrospect 10th anniversary show in 2013, Simone was about 3 months pregnant at this 3 hour show. Their 20th anniversary show was just held in September.
Mark does the harsh vocals. As with Nightwish ,they are great live. To check out the full band, try The Skeleton Key or Kingdom of Heaven Pt 3 from the Omega Alive show, or Consign to Oblivion or Beyond the Matrix ,live at the Zenith in Paris.
I am very convinced you will love Epicas metal ballad called "Once upon a nightmare". No growls and very beautiful composition. The covid-live stream version from omega alive is amazing. Beautiful camerawork and it punches you in the feels for sure.
Epica is going to be an exciting journey for you Rosalie, full of many contrasts.
"Dank je wel, FloorTJE" 😁😁"TJE"= diminutive for Floor 😉😉😁😁
"Stabat Mater Dolorosa" = "Stood the Mother, full of grief.........." the hymn of the Virgin Mary's sadness at Jesus's crucifixion......Pergolesi knew he was dying when he composed this piece at age 26.....very well known in the classical repetoire, originally for 1 soprano, 1 alto and a 4 piece chamber accompaniment.........
No words but 💜💥🌺🎻🙏🏼
of course all nichtwish fans are going to say you have to do sancta terra because floor also sings in that video..... don't do it epica is so much more than that song and has made 10 times better songs here are some suggestions to start with
EPICA - Unleashed (OFFICIAL LIVE) this is the same concert with orchestra and choir
Epica - The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) this is the heavier side of epica with growls
EPICA - Rivers |A Capella| (ΩMEGA ALIVE) ~ 2021 [Full HD] and this is a great a cappella song simone sings with a choir.
Thanks, Rosalie. Now you're ready for Simone and Floor singing Sancta Terra from that same concert. th-cam.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/w-d-xo.html
I would highly recommend Sancta Terra (feat. Floor Jansen) and Unchain Utopia.
I Think you will love Epica live Retrospect the song called "Design Your Own Universe"
Wonderful reaction to this beautiful composition. I love performances like this because it shows that most metalheads are secretly big softies. ;) Thanks for sharing with us!
I'm sure you'll get tons of Epica suggestions so I won't bother. Excited to see more!
Simone is second only to her friend Floor.
You won't be disappointed with Epica...
If you want to hear Simone singing high notes, check out her official music video singing "Rivers" 🤗
Oh gawd Simones voice in that song really hits me in the emotions.
There’s so much Epica to recommend, Rivers, and Chasing the Dragon are amazingly beautiful ballets.
Lots will recommend Sancta Terra which is great and all but Epica stand tall even without Floor as a guest.
Consign to Oblivion is cool and the band has a lot of fun, but I would recommend Unleashed as it’s such a great example of Epica’s Classical/Metal mix.
th-cam.com/video/rxd6sxLxdys/w-d-xo.html
Simone & "Floortje" are so adorable together here🥰
Hihi, yes its funny. Greetings from nothern Germany 🤘🎄
@@ralfmeyer9086 Greetings from the USA Ralf 🎄 🤘☺
@@Green-Lyon in the US. Merry Christmas, and all you love, happy and safe new year 🎄🎄🧚♂️
@@ralfmeyer9086 ☺Same to you and yours, Ralf 🎄🌟 ☃
Two important notes:
* It's nice to hear the history of the text of this hymn, but there have apparently been several melodies composed for the same text. This melody was written by Pergolesi, just weeks before he died at the age of 26.
* I think both Simone and Floor are non-religious.
this one gets me in the feels every time
also I would HIGHLY recommend "once upon a nightmare" by Epica, probably my favorite ballad from them
& would recommend the studio version first, it's far superior 🎶🥰
Hello Roselie, speaking of psychology and being in the shoes of the writer. The verses are from the 13th century as you said in your introduction. The music, however, is by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) and he wrote it literally in the last weeks of his life. He was dying and he knew it (tuberculosis), that's why the strings at the beginning of the piece are so melancholy!
Oh interesting. didn’t know. Thank you for that info
@@rosalieelliottofficial The whole piece is absolutely amazing and beautiful (this was just a short part of it). In my opinion one of the best performances of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater is this one: th-cam.com/video/FjJ02agjjdo/w-d-xo.html
Welcome to this amazing band!
You have been mostly correct with your description, except Simone doesn't do the growl vocals, they are done by the guitarist Mark Jansen. But those parts are integrated to the songs in a very clever way and play a contrast to Simone's beautiful vocals, rather than taking the main protagonism (in most songs at least)
They have a huge catalog and following, just like Nightwish but the music is fairly heavier.
I suggest you to do the song Kingdom of Heaven (Part 3) from the streamed show Omega Alive to get a grasp of what they usually sound like.
Hi Rosalie! I like all your reactions i've seen very much. Another song they sing together is Sancta Terra. I'm not sure, if i understand you right you speek from Mark Jahnsen and After Forever and you say Simone Simons was their singer, no After Forever was Floors first band. I like your Nightwish or Floor reactions! I like EPICA very much, after Nightwish my 2nd favorite band, Simone has a great voice too and she and Floor are very good friends. I would like an Epica song reaction from you, maybe "The Skeleton Key" or "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3"? 😉 look this 2 songs from the virtual "Epica - Omega Alive" show they did last year. The whole Omega Alive show is a true masterpiece and i'm sure you also would like it.
I wish you a great week and send you greetings from 🇦🇹Vienna! Bye!
More Epica! Serenade of Self-Destruction
I have no idea to this day what those two Dutch ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know.…
i have heard this so many times - epica is one of my most favorite bands - this performance is must so amazing
but Erica is much harder than nightwish .. ahah I have tickets for both :)
Two Dutch queens and the silent respect of a metal crowd
Early work of Epica: th-cam.com/video/V1sGSUOi6Mw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Artemus
Not the more famous meeting of those two, but still good stuff…
Epica and Floor Sancta Terra live - Synchronised windmilling
React to Epica-Rivers (one shot video)
I was hoping you'd get to this! Simone is a good friend of Floor's, and as you heard has an EXQUISITE voice as well. It still stuns me this was in the middle of a metal concert; and how well it was received. It's like the crowd was all "Wait...did that just happen?!?!?"
React to design your universe live retrospect next, it is pure epica greatness
Perfection
Great reaction and thank you for doing it.
One thing that used to irk me when I was younger (25+ years ago) was being labeled "uncultured" because I was a metalhead. Yet my group of friends and I had season tickets to the local symphony and often went to local opera productions for years.
For many of us, we are musically well rounded and have a huge appreciation for classical music. Some of us, myself included, also have classical musical training (flute and cello for me). And performances like this, smack in the middle of a metal concert, prove the label "uncultured" otherwise.
Great reaction to beautiful song! Thank you Rosalie.
Simone calls Floor "Floortje", which means "Little Floor"...
aww that's sweet!
Listening to Floor singing this song always reminds me of a classical singer
eactor\Nightwish fan who once said very emphatically, that Floor did not sang opera, although she did used a classical style from time to time, and songs like this make me wonder: how the hell is this not considered opera? Floor and Simone (singer of Epica) have sucb a beautiful friendship, and very special chemistry on stage, another song from this same concert would be Sancta Terra, highly recommended, if you haven't reacted to it yet
Epica has been known to have moments like this in their concerts. They also start many of their albums out with an orchestral song.
i'm not positive (so many composers have reinterpreted the piece) but this sounds like its either Pergolesi [1736] or Scarlatti [1724] commission of the hymn. since, both feature two voices: a soprano and and contralto. and the particular 'melody' [i never studied music,so i'm unlearned to correctly articulate i mean] of the continuo and the violins.
It's Pergolesi
@@annelillrajala thanks
I'm starting to think you're peeping my to-record list :p. Another amazing moment.
Haha I promise I’m not. Great minds just think alike, eh?
When Floor left the stage during Ghost Love Score, she went through a portal and came over here. Floor's amazing like that!
Check out KZ from the Philippines - either of her performances of Rolling in the Deep - Wish Bus or The Singer. I like The Singer, because you can also see her perform on stage, but both are amazing. Anything she does really.
Simone always sings the clean vocals..Mark does the growls and harsh. Floor can do harsh, not so much Nightwish but in her earlier bands.
For a newbie: I saw After Forever as an opening act for Nightwish in 2001. (Instantly bought their album "Decipher" during the break.) Interesting to me was, that, while Nightwish with Tarjy where on the "fantasy" side of things, After Forever where political. 9/ 11th was not that long ago. And they showed up on stage with music, standing against supression of femals in the muslim world. This statement alone: (I'm atheist) I found it so very strong!
We where all in shock. And not knowing, if more than this assault was already in the pipeline of some sick minds.
A girl from my department had been visiting NYC, when it happend.As tourists. 3 days later, I recieved her answer: "We're fine! We weren't there!". But this combination of beeing "so close" to that assault, and then listening to that music so shortly after:
to me, it was just as impressive than the whole fantastic performence of them.
And now, Nightwish has turned away from the "fantasy", more to science. What a change.
An amazing journey.
Greetings from the far north of Germany!
Hope this helps, without giving too much away.
The versatility of Floor Jansen is incredible! I recommend listening to Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens (Ayreon Universe)
Stunning; thanks, Rosalie!
A few comments on here about Simone performing while 3 months pregnant, so being a little off (similar comments about Floor on other performances). They both sang quite far into their pregnancies and only stopped when it became physically difficult. So I don't think this affected her at this time (it's not an illness, which both of them have sung through). Anyways, they are both pros.
Love listening to these two Ladies. Simone was 3 months pregnant. You should react to Sancta Tera from this concert.. The only thing that was wrong was ; it was too short. If you want silence at a Metal show react to Floor singing with Revamp. The song is called O Mio Bambino Cara. Simone doesn't do any growls just Floor. I think you should react to Floor's home music videos
I recommend the first song you should listen from Epica to is Consign to Oblivion the live version at the Zenith in Paris France
You have to do Sancta Terra from same show featuring Floor again with Simone. It will blow your mind !
Sancta Terra next now. That one will show what they can do together....this one is the gentle breeze ......Sancta Terra is stronger stuff....:-))) And promise: you will like it.
All Hail Queen Floor !