EPICA - Sensorium (Live At Paradiso-OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) - REACTION VIDEO
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Yes you reacted to Epica last week with Sancta Terra featuring Floor! They had a full orchestra and choir on stage if that helps you remember 😊
This live dvd was released 8 months ago but the performance is nearly 20 years old. They actually get better with line up changes around 2008 or so
Epica ❤❤ essence of silence.. kingdom of heaven Pt3... tides of time... and rivers.. basically any song by this amazing group of talent 🙌
ENJOY..
@Jonny Goulding Essence of Silence is a weird recommendation for this channel at this moment. I don't think Essence of Silence is what this reactor who is new to the genre would like... Especially compared to so many other Epica songs that are MUCH more gentle and easier to get into when you are not an experienced death metal fan. Essence of silence is the type of song I would recommend to the typical experienced deathmetal lover who has maybe checked out Nightwish and finds them a little on the soft and folky side. And is now checking out Epica and loves to hear more 'hardcore' symphonic metal songs.
Love the band, my favorite singer Simone Simons 😁.
When I first discovered Epica, the growling kind of scared me as well, but the more I listened to them the more I got comfortable with it. Mark uses growls in appropriate moments, but always has a nice balance with Simone’s bright classical tones.
EPICA is an amazing band it’s beautiful metal
Being so emotional you should definitely react to their unbelievable ballads, TIDES OF TIME, RIVERS, ONCE UPON A NIGHTMARE, SOLITARY GROUND, FEINT, but with care! About the song you just reacted, remember Socrates's famous quote! You've just listened an update version from EPICA! Greetings from Greece!
Greetings! Thank you so much 🥰❤️🥰
@@thequestionqueens The following is not a spoiler, since you can always react to its heavier version. It's just something to shape a smile on your face every morning! Greetings from Geece, once more! th-cam.com/video/tpy-KdtLsZY/w-d-xo.html
@@thequestionqueens Yes, please do Epica ballads!
They are breathtaking, absolutely beautiful. I'm serious, no BS. Epica songwriting is simply something else... in combination with Simone's divine soprano, it's an incredible experience. You can start with "Tides of Time" and a great fan-made video.
Here: th-cam.com/video/sn765tJuaoE/w-d-xo.html
Once upon a nightmare makes me shudder every damn time. A perfect Metal ballad
Epica - Unleashed Live at Retrospect! Simone is my favourite female voice, it's like clear crystal and turquoise spring water.
Epica is amazing, and I’m glad you are liking it so far. Many great songs, and I would recommend “Kingdom of Heaven Pt 3” from their Omega Alive Live DVD / Stream. Such an epic ending to the trilogy of songs, that is like a rollercoaster. That whole show was so fantastic for the production.
Her name is Simone Simons
Epica is an amazing band with so many great songs. you need to do more of their songs. Heavier than Nightwish but brilliant musicians and lead singer is so talented, Simone Simmons. Do sing Unleashed next.
Simone Simons is in top of the top 10, of the female super vocalist, coming from the Metal world, but actually capable of doing almost anything!! These are highly skilled and talented storytellers, raised in the tough male Metal world - but have raised far beyond their male competitors, when in comes to singing, crowd control and charisma - and core techniques. They are phenomenal - and their fanbase loves them all dearly.
Fun fact: Arjen Lucassen from Ayreon have found many of them, and brought them together in duets and choruses - along with most of the top of male metal singers as well.
I am not sure that you have got around to Ayreon yet - so here is a link to the song 'The day that the world breakes down' - with 11!! top singers from all over the world. The song is an introduction to the album The Source
And it is great!!!!!!
th-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/w-d-xo.html
Saved it! Thank you ❤️
Yes please do that song, I already asked for it earlier!!!
I concur
Highly recommend "Rivers". That won't get you heart racing, but it will get it fluttering. Such a beautiful song.
Another great dutch vocalist is Sharon Den Adel from Within Temptation. Another great band 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great one 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I recommend "stabat mater dolorosa" by epica and the collaboration of Floor Jansen, a delicious experience
more Epica plz ......my favorit Band for all times
After experiencing Floor and Simone, it's no time for more great Dutch female metal singers:
A unique singer of her own is Sharon den Adel from „Within Temptation“. They are incredible as well. First songs to listen to might be „And we run feat. Xzibit“ (symphonic metal meets rap), „Paradise (What Bout us) feat. Tarja“ (the first singer of Nightwish), „Angels“, „Ice Queen“, „Stand my Ground“....
Charlotte Wessels formerly from „Delain“ is the next to explore: „Masters of Destiny“ is a must. Delain did a couple of songs with Marco from Nightwish like „Sing to me feat. Marco Hietala“
Anneke van Giersbergen (former from The Gathering) did a great duet with Sharon den Adel: Within Temptation „Somewhere“ together with a full orchestra. One of the most beautiful duets ever.
Another symphonic metal band to mention is Xandria from Germany. They had for some time another awesome Dutch singer: Dianne van Giersbergen. Try „Nightfall“.
Simone Simons is the lead singer, Mark Jansen is harsh vocals and rhythm guitar (no relation to Floor, but were in the band After Forever together).
Next Epica song :
- Chasing the dragon Live retrospect (2013)
-Kingdom of heaven part 1 omega alive (2021)
-Facade of reality Live at Paradiso (2006) 🤘🔥th-cam.com/video/_j8XnlixSeo/w-d-xo.html
Epica is the Metal in Symphonic Metal!
This is a classic from the band that did not consider it as heavy as the newest, I leave you some recommendations to train your ear to its sound: "Unleashed- live Retrospect" another classic, something more modern "Unchain Utopia- Omega Alive", a bit more mainstream "Storm the Sorrow- official video" their best known song "Cry For The Moon" (We Will Take You With Us DVD) . Enjoy your Ride! Greetings from Argentina.
Yes, you did Sancta Terra with Simone And Floor!!!
Glad you are looking at Epica too! Fantastic band! Simone Simons is the lead singer. She's also a cosmetics model - helps with the haircare! Love her red hair! Beauty and the Beast, hey!? Paradiso was a great venue. Check out anything by the band Delain performing there! Another female singer - Charlotte Wessels - at the time. They had a member of Nightwish sing with them too - and it wasn't Floor!.... Simone's husband is in the band Kamelot - their live work, such as "live at the 013" is outstanding and they have guest singers too - including Charlotte! Simone sang a duet with Kamelot too.
The Simone's voice is one of the best of this genere (for me the voices of Floor and Simone are the BEST, no doubt). In the future you will check Within Temptation (another great band of Netherland). Greetings from Argentina🇦🇷😉🤘
Nice reaction to another great symphonic metal band. You saw them doing "Sancta Terra" with Floor. But here you see that they can shine on their own. I hope you'll do more Epica.
Although this video has been published not long ago, it was recorded many years ago - in 2006. Last year Epica celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a show in Tilburg. I was there! 💕
Even if the growling shocked you a bit here, maybe you see that it makes a nice contrast to Simones voice. I'd see it as an addition to the harsh instrumentation.
As you like Pentatonics, the perfect song to go on with Epica is this one:
EPICA - Rivers |A Capella| (ΩMEGA ALIVE) ~ 2021 [Full HD]
th-cam.com/video/7geGtgjyQlI/w-d-xo.html
There are other beautiful videos of this song, but I think you'd especially like this one.
Fantastic ! Epica in Paradiso. Hell yeah ! Keep up the great work and cheers from Tha Low Countries, just a few miles over the pond !
Yes, you need more Epica in your life!
I do. I do. 🥰
Next…Floor and Simone in Stabat Mater Dolorosa. Rock, metal or classic..no problem for these ladies.
@@thequestionqueens Hello. Please do more Epica asap. 🙂
"Sensorium" is a beautiful song. Relatively simple for Epica standards, but still beautiful. This performance is from 2006. Simone was only 21 here and her voice was absolutely stunning. I mean her head voice (operatic). I've never heard anything like that before. She was only a beginner in classical singing but she sounded very unique, unlike any other singer I know. And she's absolutely gorgeous too. Simone is a goddess in metal. You definitely need to hear and see more.
I would suggest "Unleashed (Official Live)" for your next reaction. It's from 2013, the 10th anniversary concert with a live orchestra and choir on stage. "Sancta Terra" was from the same concert and you really liked it.
For more Simone, something from 2022: Apocalyptica & Epica - Rise Again (Official video). Her voice is incredible, you should be able to hear the difference from the voice you listened to in this reaction. 😉
If you really want to listen to Simone's voice check out Tides of Time th-cam.com/video/MFPn1lFDlyE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Epica-Topic.
Please more epica every song by them is great
Hi, you watched the EPICA song Sancta Terra, live with a full orchestra a choir, Floor sang with Simone as a guest singer
it's an old concert, it's just that it was released on dvd only recently. Not the best Epica song, now they make a little different music and their new sound is much better. Like Simone's vocals, it has changed significantly. She recently sang with Apocalyptica, a cello metal band, and their song together is just stunningly beautiful. In it you can hear the new vocals of Simone in all its glory. In addition, the video for this song is simply mesmerizing:
Apocalyptica & Epica - Rise again
I'd definitely suggest "Tides of Time", "Cry for the Moon", "Unleashed" (specially the live Retrospect 10th anniversary version). The first and the second ones features Simone's voice in a incredible way. It's worth checking out!!!
Simone Simons is a great singer. Saw Epica last year in NYC. I'm a sucker for great vocalists (It's one of the reasons why I'm also a Dear). Fun fact: Floor and Simone were roommates in college. I love symphonic metal, well also regular metal too. Floor did sing a song with Epica called Sancta Terra. That's an awesome performance.
I also need to see Nightwish live too. Ive seen Within Temptation (also a great vocalist driven band), but so many symphonic metal bands I have to see. So many across the pond. Great reaction by the way. Its written all over your face, but please remember to breathe.
Good thing you made it pass the growls.
You watched Epica do Sancta Terra with Floor singing with Simone, and full orchestra a couple of weeks ago.
One of my all time favorite songs and renditions of Epica is "Consign to Oblivion" live from the Zenith in Paris.
But be aware, there's a bunch of growling within the song and the roller coaster is going wilder. But never "aggressive" 🙂
And it starts with "The Wall of Epica" which is of course not the original name of what the audience was doing there ;-)
You watched Sancta Terra with Floor as a guest :)
@Debbie: a really unusal one to start with Epica. And yes. A few Death Metal growls included. That's why I mentioned other fantastic songs focused on Simone 😉. But here we go. *lol* And yes, Mark was the founder of After Forever (Floor's 1st band) and Epica. You did "Sancta Terra" live Retrospect Epica feat. Floor. No growls 🤩. And if you want to blow your mind completly - do some ballads! "Rivers" live from Chile official one shot or together with Apocalyptica "Rise again". And yes you now have met the siren (Simone), the Queen (Tarja) and the goddess of Metal music Floor Jansen 😘.
Epica brings it like no other symphonic metal band.
Unusual in the world of reactions but not in the world of Epica, after all, it's a classic of the Band!
epica is what nightwish wants to be, listen to unleashed live next, they play with a full orchestra it will give you chills ;)
The Day that the world breaks down from Ayreon also features Simone, and Floor many Ayreon songs intruduced us to new artists and both Floor and Simone even Floor's sister Irene have all appeared in Ayreon and Arjen's music. Epica is epic and has many heavy growly parts so strong and intense there music can be and Simone's clean and classical vocals. I don't know why when they growl i think of bloodthirsty Vikings running to battle lead by a Siren vocalised Viking Queen.
More Epica, please 🤘🏼❤️
Epica is EPIC.
Growling is not for everyone(I don't mind it though), but what I really like with growling in Epicas Music is it brings a contrast to Simones beautiful high notes.
Epica are fantastic but it is amazing how they have gone up several notches since this performance, good as it is. In particular Simone’s voice has matured beyond recognition from this performance.
In short, she started classical training aged 15 and trained for 5 or 6 years I think. That said she was learning on the job as she joined Epica aged 17. She would have been about 21 during this performance.
Try listening to Chasing the Dragon from their ‘Retrospect’ 10th anniversary show… th-cam.com/video/rgl0hhKBMUk/w-d-xo.html
Saved it. Thank you ❤️
simone she is my #1 female singer then Floor
Hi Debbie, this will do your heart some good, Simone from EPICA singing 'Part of Your World' from the Little Mermaid, it is absolutely beautiful:
Part of your World - The Little Mermaid (Cover by Simone Simons)
Symphonic Metal is a genre greater than Nightwish, though they are a great band and a good entry point into that type of music. Within Temptation is one you should sample next. One outstanding characteristic of all of these bands is the overall talent level, not just the vocalists as shown by their live preformances.
In this concert was Simone 19 or 20 years old she came with 17 to epica 🤘❤️🤘
It was in 2006 so Simone was 21. 😁
Abyss of Time and Beyond the Matrix are on heavy rotation in my playlist. I hope might enjoy them too.
Simone is quite the fashionista, I think you will adore some of her costumes in Abyss of Time.
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This performance is so old that three of these guys aren't in the band anymore, and Coen had hair. :-)
epica unleashed live official is for you
Floor will always have my heart as a singer, but Epica has it as a band.
Another great example of Dutch metal singers.
Please react to Anneke van Giersbergen / the gathering.
imho she is the godmother of Dutch metal singers and the main influence of Floor Jansen and Simone Simons.
She is still going strong and has a beautiful and different voice.
For Epica, try the song "rivers" live version.
I know you will love it
Hi there again, You just listened to one of the best metal styles, the beauty and the best vocals... way before some said symphonic metal, one of the best things that happened to metal music, was add female vocals, doomy gloomy style 👌 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Girl they have about 25 songs like this some more heavy and her BALAD songs you will love them all EPICA is no 1 in my mind seen them 5 times now
Epica is my second favorite sensorium is my fav song
Hi Debbie, so much to say. Every day I wake up hoping you’ve released another reaction video. You are a breath of fresh air and a delight to listen to. I’ve only been down the Symphonic Metal rabbit hole since about March 2020 (just when Covid lockdown started so couodn’t have been better timing!!), first with Nightwish (thanks Spotify!) and then other bands like Within Temptation and without doubt Epica. As has been pointed out, this is an old video released recently, since then the drummer lead guitar and bass player have changed. Simone, Mark Jansen (guitar and vocals) and Coen Janssen (keyboards) remain. The sound is as good now, if not better, than it ever was. I too was a little disconcerted by Mark’s growls and screams but has been mentioned they always have a point and more often than not overlaid by Simone’s beautiful melodies. The entire Retrospect show (a special for their 10 year anniversary is great and has some special moments, not least the two duets with Floor. They also have a second special called Omega Alive, released during Covid. Both these shows are available on TH-cam. Please see the recommendations for more Epica below. My all time favourite track is one of theirs, called Universal Death Squad. Look out for the lyric video. As for Floor, I cannot sing her praises loud enough or long enough. Obviously her work with Nightwish is fantastic, as are her solo tracks. Please look out for her Beste Zangers performances (a Dutch singing show). You did try and react to Phantom of the Opera I can’t help with why there were issues with that. Floor particularly did a fantastic version of Shallow (Lady Gaga) on the show. Also she appeared on the German equivalent version of Beste Zangers called Sing Meinen Song. I’m afraid there are no videos on TH-cam for this (the German rights holder is very tight fisted) but all her performances there blew the other participants away week after week, they were in awe of her talent, vocal range and beauty (inner and outer). Also look for her versions of “Let it Go” and “Into the Unknown” (Disney Frozen songs), which she did because her daughter was singing them round the house. Heart’s “Alone”, “Adagio” (Laura Fabian?) and others all released in her own TH-cam channel. Her talent knows no bounds. Sorry this is so long, it is lovely to see your reactions because they mirror my own. Please don’t stop.
PS - I do get jealous when you react to other artists (never quite got into Dimash), but that’s my problem not yours 😁
PPS - I’ve never managed to get into Jinjer. Floor and Simone, have filled my heart enough 😂
Forgot to say! Greetings from the UK. Weirdly, I did already reply to this comment, and put in a link to Sing Meinen Song, but it got deleted! I won’t do it again in case you get into trouble, but I’ll try and find a way to get it to you, because I really think you’d enjoy it
So strange that was deleted. Maybe it’s held for review for some reason. I’ll check.
Thank you for such a warm and happy comment to greet me this morning. I’ve bookmarked the requests. Have a super happy fluffy baby duck rest of your day 😂😂🥰🥰❤️❤️🐥
@@jonskelton395 I have noticed that YT doesn't like links to other platforms. My comments with a link to Annika Hausen's analysis of Nightwish's Poet and the Pendulum, which I think ae amazing, always get dropped so now I just tell folks to search on it in your favorite web browser and hopefully it comes up.
Hi this concert is from 2006
Floor. and Simone are really good friends and have the up most respect for one another. In my eyes those 2 sirens are the greatest symphonic metal singer's today. There are others that are up there with them (Sharon from Within Temptation, Tarja and Annette both ex NW singers) however these two are in my eyes a league of there own. Alot better than what we got going on the states!🎼🌹
Epica (and Simone) are in my top 3 list: Nightwish, Epica and The Warning. Here is a very young Simone singing what has become a classic: Epica - Cry for the moon - Simone is 19 years old
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That is Normal Music for me !
I think it has become obvious that Epica is a fantastic band and should be reacted to more often, we love your reactions, Simone of Epica, Floor janson, Sharon den Adel of within temptation are the best singers in metal
You missed Tarja.
Sharon den Adel (not del Adele) ... 'Den Adel' is a Dutch surname and means 'of noble decent' in Dutch language.
@@hansolo2121 yes yes thank you I didn"t pay attention
The Singer Is Simone Simons
When I listen to Nightwish, they are my favourite band. Then I listen to Epica, and they are my favourite band 😂.
Floor Jansen, Simone Simons, Sharon del Adel (Within Temptation), Charlotte Wessels (formerly Delain, now on her own), and the woman who inspired them: Anneke van Giersbergen, are just five of the top female metal/rock vocalists of the Netherlands. And there are many more: Marcela Bovio (technically Mexican but longtime Dutch resident, working a lot with Arjen Lucassen on his projects, including Ayreon), or Zora Cock of Blackbiar, to name just 2 more. As a German, I can almost envy the Dutch for these ladies, despite us having some great female rock/metal vocalists of our own.
So much to discover for the lost little duckling. 🖤🤘🏻
Also from the New Comer to a MetAll Diva ❤️🤘❤️🤘
Please some EPICA songs: "KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PT 3 - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)", "The Final Lullaby (ft. Shining) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)", "Consign To Oblivion - Live at the Zenith (OFFICIAL VIDEO)", "UNCHAIN UTOPIA - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)", "The SKELETON KEY - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)" etc...
Thanks
Lovely reaction. Glad you enjoyed SImone SImons beautiful voice. Yes they do have some death metal growls in some of their songs (that is band founder Mark Jansen) but always appropriate. This style of combining beautiful female classical trained vocals with male heavy dark vocals is called "beauty and the beast". Watched the livestream of their 20th anniversary concert back in September and then saw them live with Sabaton a few weeks latter in Boston. Both were amazing concerts. My current favorites are her collaboration with Apocalyptica, Rise Again, the live performance of Rivers from Chile (incredible visuals), and the song Sirens- of blood and water. th-cam.com/video/svGQ-q9gx68/w-d-xo.html. It is from their Alchemy EP they released recently which is a number of songs where they collaborate with other bands. Sirens is inspired by the original, non Disney, Little Mermaid fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. Features Simone with Charlotte Wessels (Dutch singer formerly of Delain) and Myrkur (Danish Black metal and Folk singer) and is just stunning.
The easiest way to tell if its old or new is the keyboard player with hair (old) or bald . They are now a lot better. They are now one of the best live band in the world. Try Kingdom of heaven part3 , Consign to Oblivion" (Live at Zenith) or Sirens- of blood and water.
Hi there great reaction
NW and Epica are great
Other Dutch metal queens are:
Within Temptation - Sharon den Adel
Delain - Charlotte Wessels, not in the band anymore
Xandria - Dianne van Giersbergen, not in the band anymore
Another quite new experience for me is the Austrian band "Visions of Atlantis" with French singer Clementine Delauney
Greetings from Sweden
Greetings, Sweden! I’ve saved your suggestions. Thank you ❤️
By the way, I hope you can check out the live studio version where you can appreciate the work of the choir and the Strings, it's even more incredible! link:
th-cam.com/video/GECJPWF4IKU/w-d-xo.html
Feel you the Power of Heavy Metal Music ?
They didn't rehears, it was a 2 songs that they did. Sabat Mater Dolorosa is another Floor - Simone song. And they were in Ayreon's when the world breaks down.
After seeing your huge smile in the beginning before the singing starts, I already liked (I have been subscribed for since you started Nightwish reactions). And you did quite well pronouncing Paradiso! Dutch and English are very related linguistically, even though Paradiso is not a real word.
Really glad you liked this!
In the days before I really enjoyed growling (pre-Tatiana) I listened to a lot of Epica. Simone is great and the bassist rocks. They use growling very sparingly as a special effect or counterpoint and it was as much as I could cope with. Nowadays I'm much more open to a bit of growling, done well.
The problem I find is that more often I want heavier stuff than I used to, now I've discovered that it hits different.
Also, I'm still hoping you'll gather up your courage and try "Wallflower" OMV by Jinjer. Fingers crossed!
La Cantata del Diablo (live Mexico 2017) - Mago de Öz----- > just a Master piece
Hijo de la Luna - Stravaganzza
The Crown And The Ring (Lament Of The Kings)Live 2008 - Manowar
Design your Universe (live Retrospect) / Cry for the Moon(live Retrospect) - Epica
I remember you - Skid Row (live)
Soulbound - Unleash the Archers
Burning Time (live) / Dracula - Iced Earth
Ategnatos / King - Eluveitie
Simone, with Floor
Consigne to oblivion you should start with. Metal greatings 🤘
Hi Debbie, like you I am not a fan of growling. After listening to Epica's Sancta Terra, my second song was Consign to Oblivion. At first I wasn't a fan of it at all, because Mark has a long growl time in it, but the more I listened to Epica and Mark, the better I liked the music. I can imagine that it happens to you too, looking forward to more Epica songs from you, my suggestion has already been mentioned. It's the Rivers song live in Chile, here's the link th-cam.com/video/qcLGgfyOmZE/w-d-xo.html wish you much fun looking
Thank you for the link. I saved it ❤️
Great reaction again! You did react to Epica, that was the song together with Floor. That one was 10 years ago, this one was 20 years ago. Maybe you could react to Beyond The Matrix, live At the Zenith. That one is just a few years ago and you can see how they look now and how much fun they have to play. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ix_PpfputKY/w-d-xo.html
within temptation, our solemn hour
it was the floor and simone duet video you watched debbie!
Next arch enemy - Eagles fly alone.
As you found out yourself, good (!) headphones make a huge difference! Symphonic Metal usually has a lot of instruments playing at the same time. So with small crappy speakers everything just mushes together. I think you use airpods. They are OK.
The sound quality of youtube is quite bad anyway. Listening the same music from CD or as uncompressed audio makes it even better, but sadly there it lacks the visuals - so the actually best experience (besides being there in person) is from Bluray. (Most of the videos you have reacted to, originate from the BD versions, but got compressed at upload).
When I get back home, I’m going to invest in a really good pair of headphones
Simone Simons best friend of Floor Jansen.
Simone Simons
Simone (female lead singer) is Floor's BFF in real life. They used to be room mates back in the day.
Not true.
Floor is 4 years older than Simone and they never been roommates.
They’re not even BFF, just colleagues that collaborate sometimes.
I wonder where this urban legend comes from.
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Probably from the video where they are both fooling around together in Simone's house, so some fans may be thinking they were living together, I guess.
@@cancelled_user Oh, that rehearsal of "Sweet Curse"... Adorable.🥰
Yeah, maybe. I don't even know when exactly they met the first time, but it must have been around 2002 when Mark was still in After Forever and Simone was his girlfriend. I guess.
Tip : just do a search through your own channel and there you will find :
Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show - I WAS NOT prepared for THIS!
th-cam.com/video/a6K-71KQozs/w-d-xo.html
her name is Simone Simons btw.
I swear my memory! Blah…well, that’s a great idea. I should have done that lol thank you for searching that one out. I’ve done so many and bunny hopped around that I forgot.
Hey debby you like Sensorium by epica . Than check out Consign to Oblivion live at Zenith Paris France 2017 . A liddel waring eica are more havyer as Nightwish.
Its more Symphonic death Metall . I know the Mix between the Growls from Gitarrist Mark and simones Vocals Sound s a liddel bit crazy but its Epic 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Suggest you try listening to Beth Hart singing "Am I The One" live at the same venue -Paradiso. Don't worry, she doesn't growl, but she does almost everything else. Afraid you might need to bleep out a couple of choice words if you want to keep the channel family friendly.
Two out four dutch queens met, two to go. Anneke van Giersbergen and Sharon den Adel, good thing is you can enjoy both of them in duet version of Somewhere.
You’re forgetting Charlotte Wessels
@@finekejager4256 Its hard too kepp track with the number of great dutch musicians.
Doh! Another one of my comments has disappeared.
I don’t unite why that happens. :(
I don’t know if you have it on your list yet, but I recommend Stabat Mater Dolorosa with Simone and Floor: th-cam.com/video/nhtOORYTGx8/w-d-xo.html
I do have that in my list. Promise I’ll do that one.
@@thequestionqueens Thank you. FYI, it would be appropriate for a “pajama” reaction, just as Ave Maria was.
@@thequestionqueens It is in Latin, so I include a translation here:
At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last.
Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
All His bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword had passed.
Oh, how sad and sore distressed
Was that Mother highly blest,
Of the sole begotten One!
Christ above in torment hangs.
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying glorious Son.
Is there one who would not weep,
Whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
Can the human heart refrain
From partaking in her pain,
In that Mother's pain untold?
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender Child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
For the sins of His own nation,
Saw Him hang in desolation
Till His spirit forth He sent.
O thou Mother: fount of love!
Touch my spirit from above,
Make my heart with thine accord.
Make me feel as thou hast felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ my Lord.
Holy Mother, pierce me through;
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.
Let me share with thee His pain,
Who for all my sins was slain,
Who for me in torment died.
Let me mingle tears with thee,
Mourning Him who mourned for me,
All the days that I may live.
By the Cross with thee to stay;
There with thee to weep and pray,
Is all I ask of thee to give.
Virgin of all virgins best,
Listen to my fond request:
Let me share thy grief divine.
Let me to my latest breath,
In my body bear the death
Of that dying Son of thine.
Wounded with His every wound,
Steep my soul till it hath swooned
In His very blood away.
Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
Lest in flames I burn and die,
In His awful Judgment day.
Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,
Be Thy Mother my defense,
Be Thy Cross my victory.
While my body here decays,
May my soul Thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee. Amen.
@@Bolo2028 you're so sweet for even remembering I did the whole pajama reaction. I might start having pajama reaction night for the more emotional songs that touches the heart.
@@thequestionqueens I think that is a good idea, especially if the song is calming. An example would be Sleeping Sun by Nightwish: th-cam.com/video/pVPTUEW1PEM/w-d-xo.html
haha, you nailed Paradiso, so we can skip that Dutch lesson.
consign to oblivion by epica next sis
Not a good one for Debbie 😂. She isn't used to growls (stopped Jinjer for ex) and C2O is one of the harshest. We are Metal heads. If we like Debbie to love Epica the tough ones should be last. 🤩
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I agree with Marc. I think that would be too heavy for her. Way too much growling.
Marc nailed it…C2O is too much deathcore metal for her to absorb. Not recommended until maybe if she grows to appreciate it