ABCs of Metal - [I] - INSOMNIUM - "Pale Morning Star" (REACTION!)
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"This is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard. " That's Insomnium
Facts there's other great Melodeath bands, but Insomnium are the best in my opinion because the emotion they capture in their songs is just incredible not to say other Melodeath bands don't but with Insomnium it's every song, Shadows of the Dying Sun, One For Sorrow, Weighed Down By Sorrow, The Promethean Song, While We Sleep, etc. They're just a phenomenal band.
Have you heard Omnium Gatherum - The Unknowing? That's what I call beautiful ❤
@@Bosco-nq2kk then you have never lost anyone close to you
@@Bosco-nq2kk well maybe you just don't appreciate music then, no other way I can explain you shitting on a song that makes grown men cry
@@Bosco-nq2kk This song IMO captivates the feeling of loss and the range of emotions stemming from it. I do understand that it obviously doesn't do it for everyone, so I don't think it's fair for anyone to attack you for it if you don't feel what others feel.
Insomnium are one of those bands you kinda have to help you feel when you have trouble. Like, when you need to feel a bit gloomy and explore those feelings, Insomnium are the band I turn towards. A lot of their songs portray themes like sorrow and loss for these reasons I believe, because it is good sometimes to let yourself go and feel things that perhaps you have been holding back.
If you wanted to listen to more of their stuff / react to more. I'd heartily recommend:
While We Sleep
Through The Shadows
One For Sorrow (The music video especially, but the song itself is quite emotional for me)
Ephemeral
Thank you for the awesome reaction and the content you create, much love
hell yes on all the song recs
agree.. Its my "go to" band every winter when the darkness is holding the mood down.
seriously insomnium is magic for me. when i'm depressed and ruined they do some kinda shit to me and it makes me feel better. easily my all time favorite band.
Revelation (with the lyric video), mindblowing and uplifting,
Out To the Sea, the amazing guitar part... and the whole atmosphere.
They are Masters of creating that "Aura".
Heart like a grave? Music video is literally telling you that come visit Finland :D
'"Heart like a Grave" is one of the greatest recordings of melodic death metal.
As well as "Shadows of the Dying Sun"
@@nickycamaro And Winter's Gate ^^
Man, Insomnium is real art. Melodic death metal in general takes you on a journey, (for example winters gate ) provokes true feelings. My fav from Insomnium is bereavement. Not very popular song but i love it to death.
@@araquiel3087 Or In the Halls of Awaiting. Or like every Insomnium release tbh
Amen.
Man I dropped everything I was doing to see this reaction, great song from an amazing band
Insomnium make some of the most beautiful, if not THE most beautiful music in all of metal. What's crazy is their song making is only getting better as they evolve: better vocals, instrumentals, production, etc.
yes!! one of my favorite bands
@Morbid Angel is better than Death what's funny?
@wickedguitarguy They are pretty popular given their genre. about 600k followers on fb
O - Orbit Culture - The Shadowing
Great request!
this song is awesome!
100%
Yassss!!!
These guys are so talented!
This is truly a beautiful song, there's so much dynamicism, contrast, melody, dissonance, harmony, brutality. It's all there, and the lyrics are great too!
Insominium are one of the most comunicative and soul-piercing band in this fucking world! They are awesome on this!!!
O - Omnium Gatherum - The Unknowing
Insomnium - Valediction, The promethean song, Shadows of the dying son, or While we sleep
i think "just pick insomnium, itll be good"
While We Sleep is my favorite.
he already did "While we sleep" in 2019
Insomnium "while We Sleep" "Through the Shadow"
He's reacted to While we sleep I believe lol
@@jordang9152 😂 😆 😛 no
@@Buffalodan66...yes he has lol. Search for it
@@jordang9152 i'm sure he has. "Through the Shadow" it is...
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PLEASE. Do a *one take* Reaction to Winter's Gate by Insomnium!!! It's their most incredible album, and it's a concept album that forms a single 40minute flowing song of perfection. The lyrics were a short story about Vikings going on a raid, and dying on their way home while chasing a the treasure of a great golden wolf with six legs, the come upon a gate that was made by the Gods, and then the demons of winter are released from it (sort of). It was written by the bassist/vocalist/lyracist that won an award in Finland from what I read. They brought the idea to Nuclear Blast records and they approved making an album out of it. It's a mix of their special flavor of melodic death metal but they added a touch of black metal influence to it as well.
It is my favorite album to play through on guitar and one of my favorites to sing along to.
You will absolutely love it, I hope to see you make a video on it!!
OMFG YES! seriously one of my all time favorite albums, i usually just have the whole thing on repeat most days.
I like the Album Shadows of the Dying Sun more, but luckily Winters gate is like one song, so i can say its my favourite SONG by them ;) See what i did there
All of the yes.
I endorse this. One of my favorite, most relistenable songs/albums.
Shadows of the Dying Sun is my favorite personally, but they are all amazing. I'm so glad I found this band
You should definitely listen and react more Insomnium! They have so much epic and beautiful songs. Greetings from Finland!
Boy, where have you been? Insomnium is one of the best bands in metal and at the top of my list. They cover every emotion and always end up laying you at the gates of peace. Dig deeper and you’ll find everything you could need.
According to Wikipedia, Niilo, the vocalist/lyricist has a degree in literature and history of culture. Even though English is not his mother tongue, this fact just shines through his lyrics. Definitely some poetic veins going on there.
Hell yeah.. I've read that about him ... thanks for highlighting this
One of my favorite bands ever. They do not have a single bad song. Literally you could have reacted to any of them.
M - mgla - exercises in futility I or age of excuse II
YES
Everything from Mgla ! Absolute killer band
Another footnote on a postcard to nowhere
@Morbid Angel is better than Death MA sucks ass
@Morbid Angel is better than Death your nick is boring and Morbid is boring also
Judas Priest - A touch of Evil
Oh yes. That lead in that song is phenomenal.
Yes, do it Alex.
If you like this, I think Wintersun - Loneliness (Winter) would be a good choice for [W].
You can feel the emotions in the music. It's such a haunting song.
Most definitely! It would be such a good song to react to!
^ this
Any song from them is epic!
Godly songs but I like time just a tad bit more
So would be Wolfheart or Whispered
More insomnium for sure whenever possible!!
Insomnium is just one of those bands (or maybe THE band) that understands perfectly how to put such delicate topics like grief and sorrow into music that you can really feel and relate to. They are perhaps the only band that I know of where those growling vocals are not really "harsh", but instead really pleasing, soul-touching and almost hauntingly beautiful. You could play any of their songs to a person who really dislikes metal music in general and you would get a reaction like "wait... this is metal, but it's... nice?", because it's thoroughly enjoyable for anyone. Every time I listen to one of their songs I can feel the emotions they've put into it, and I'm picturing the solitude of those gloomy autumn days in the finnish taiga forests with their fir and spruce trees, fog rolling through the landscape and a crackling fireplace flaring in a wooden cabin. This music just ticks all the boxes to take you out of your everyday hustle and to put you in a place of serenity and composure, giving your mind a well-deserved rest. For a follow-up reaction I would suggest "Heart Like A Grave" or "Weighed Down With Sorrow", which are a bit slower, but equally phenomenal.
My girlfriend cant stand metal... and she cant stand them as well.
@@julien2231 She's not the one then
@@Pipezag lol
ever since i lost Mum back in sept 2021 , im finding alot of Insomnium tracks leaves a tear in my eye,,what an amazing band
Been waiting for Insomnium
I'm still waiting for Alcest. I think they would blow his mind
W- Wintersun - Lonliness
One of my favourite songs by Insomnium is "In the Halls of Awaiting" not only musically but also lyrically
Adding a suggestion for "M": Mors Principium Est - Death is the Beginning
We are the sleep too is a great song to explore!
Mors is AMAZING
Mors Principium Est are the "unsung" (pun intended) heroes of MeloDeath.
Amazing band, I would maybe suggest also - Mors Principium Est - Lost in Starless Aeon
Fuck Yeah! Love Andy's style
Thanks for bringing me this band! That was an emotional punch and I loved it...will definitely be listing to more!
Finnish and Skandinavian melo death, is so beautiful, touching and emotional that some time it feels like you just want to cry and on the other hand you feel some calm and restfull. My English is not very good, sry about that.
Its a beautiful song, filled with emotion. Great reaction Alex \m/
You gotta try Wintersun - Loneliness (winter) its in the same category as this one. Jari wrote the song after loosing his dad, and its so packed with emotion!
Insomnium is beautiful
For "S" you need to do SepticFlesh, Portrait of a headless man!
It's amazing!
yehh
Insomnium is incredible. One of my favorite melodic death metal bands.
J: Judas Priest - Painkiller
K: Katatonia - Forsaker
He's done painkiller before
For Katatonia there are far better songs.
Insomnium - Valediction is one of my favourite songs. This one is amazing too!
Wow, this was really great. I'd never heard Insomnium before. Thanks for introducing me to it.
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@@WanderingMunchers Thanks for the link. That was a great song. I'll have to really get into their whole library now.
@@joshuas193 you're welcome
Hi Alex, found you and your reaction videos recently. Insomnium is very important band to me and I think you really understand what Insomnium is about. You are absolutely right with your comments. Keep doing these reaction videos, these are nice to watch. You are such nice person. Best regards from Finland!
Anathema with the song One Last Goodbye...simply the best song you can hear about losing somenone you love...believe me.
"In the Groves of Death" is my favorite song by Insomnium if you feel the need to delve a little deeper into what they've put out. It's a little like this song in that its a longer song that doesn't follow most traditional song structures, and it's really all about the atmosphere.
One of their best songs. I can't hear it while driving car because I always get too distracted by it. Great piece of real art.
Above the Weeping World album, in it's entirety, is what started Insomium for me. Every single song
I'm a simple man, I see an Insomnium reaction, I stop working, I listen then I like. Awesome band. For J, the best pick would be Jinjer...but you already made a few... :)
One of the best songs by them must be Heart Like a Grave!
Revocation - That Which Consumes All Things
I'd love to see a Revocation reaction for R, big agree! I also wanna see him react to Ulcerate
@@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic Ulcerate.... damn good call for U!
Leprous - Contaminate Me (live from Rockefeller Music Hall)
Excellent reaction as always Sir! I've been a fan of these guys for well over a decade. There's something truly special about them.
Welcome to Melodic Death Metal. Insomnium is one of the greatest!
The greatest at this moment
I genuinely cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I listen to this song, and many other songs from Insomnium. They're just unbelievable. I love them so much. I recommend you to listen to some of my favorites:
Heart Like a Grave
One For Sorrow
Winter's Gate (Pt.4)
Daughter Of The Moon
Insomnium is another type of art ❤️ You shall listen their latest album " heart like a grave" I'm sure you will enjoy it
Dude my favorite metal band ever! All there songs are amazing! You feel loss but also hope.
I ve already been on their concert twice and it was amazing.. Actually two of the best concerts i have seen so far! These guys are so chilled, they learned a lot of Czech swearwords and they applauded the Czech beer on the concert :D
The best fuck...ng melodic death metal song
Well, actually, there's plenty of them but this one is great too
nope, Death is
I'd say Lethe or Punish my Heaven by Dark Tranquillity are the best but this one is definetly in my top 10
J- Jobforacowboy (entombment of a machine) or (Ruination)
Yes THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do entombment of a machine
Or Embedded!
i'd have to say Tarnished Gluttony
I see you're a Gojira fan as well...
@@Toulis91 love that song one there best songs by miles
About damn time!!! I’ve been pitching bands like this to this channel for so long!!! Please review more “not too well known” bands!!!
He did While We Sleep a while back as well. I hope he will one day react to Dark Tranquillity
03:32 That's exactly what happens at Insomnium concerts: You have some people moving super fast while some are just swaying slowly with a relaxed look on their face!
Insomnium is incredible! You need to do Winter's Gate (pt. 1-7) in one shot. you can break up the videos to post, but please listen to it all in one sitting. It's one, seven part, 40 minute song. Its absolutely incredible. Insomnium deserves so much more attention than they get from reactors! Dive in! For the letter T - The Acacia Strain - Sensory Deprivation. You'd be the first major reactor to do this band!
J - Jinjer please
Damn you got me in the first half of the intro ngl.😂
I am discovering so much great music through those reaction videos! Great band!
Insomnium -"twilight trails", mixture, sadness, anger and hope. It's from the same album as "pale morning star".
My favorite song on the album for sure.
Insomnium - in the groves of death
Do it.
First band I have seen and heard live.. I instantly fell in love with them.
I've listened to this song over and over since it came out. Its truly epic. Never looked up the lyrics until I watched this video and holy shit. I've not lost someone as close as the lyrics describe but damn. I'm practically in tears. This song just went up another level to me.
Jason Richardson - Tendinitis or anything off of the “I” album
Or some Born of Osiris !!! xiv/behold
Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death, Living After Midnight, Diamonds and Rust
Great great reaction for the "pale morning star" ❤
i LOVE insomnium and for some reason never heard this one before thanks dude all there music is like this
For J:
Judas Priest - Judas Rising
Judicator - The Queen of all cities
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
I can't stress more (heart like a grave) i covered it once i saw it... Again (heart like a grave) u'll know who was the so xalled girl you said he lost. The whole album is based on an epic story of love, waiting, rejoice, and death:(
It's crazy how whenever I'm in the mood to swap up what I'm listening to you pop up in the search results with a recent video of what I'm searching for.
Thanks Alex. Had a good time remember my grandfather today.
Dude if you liked this song, check out their album "Shadows of the Dying Sun." "While We Sleep" will knock you on your ass.
wonderful Insomnium ❤
O is for Orbit Culture for sure. they just released a new video yesterday.
The Shadowing
Sun of all
🤞
Alex my dude, thank you so much for choosing this song. I had recommended this song on your "H" video.
This song means so much to me personally. It released in the year following my grandmother's death. She was the cornerstone of our family and one of the kindest, warmest people I've ever known. The very first time I heard this song I came to tears and even now my eyes water as the words and emotions flow through me. I imagine it from the point of view of my grandpa, who thankfully is still with us, and all the pain he goes through on a daily basis to not have someone with him that he was married to for over 55 years. It's a sobering song of loss, pain, and the hope of reuniting at the end.
Thank you so much again for picking the song I recommended. I'm glad you enjoyed and understand it much the same way as myself. Peace.
This song, and their equally amazing Heart Like A Grave have gotten me through my darkest moments during the loss of my mom, and your description of the conflicting emotions of grief, and your summary of this song is so spot on I have chills! Please, Please react to Heart Like A Grave!!!
Bro, you have to react to "heart like a grave" After the ABCs of metal yourney! Don't sleep on this
For J, I'd love to see you take on Job For A Cowboy, since you never have! They're a sick band, and normally I'd suggest Entombment of a Machine, however, I think their musicianhip on the albums after that would blow you away!
Glad to see more Insomnium content, but just wanted to point out that you have experienced them before on your "While We Sleep" vid. Glad you revisited them though, they deserve all the recognition!
I N S O M N I U M
🤘
This is the second video that you n ever did of Insomnium. You reacted to While We Sleep last year. Found Insomnium just last year fell in love right away. All of there songs are about sorrow. Loss and Finish lore.
I saw a comment on your last Judas Priest video suggesting their 1984 song, The Sentinel. The 1986 live version from their Fuel For Life tour is absolutely mindblowing. A newly sober Rob Halford is at his absolute peak and the whole performance is a joy to experience. In my opinion, it's one of their best and heaviest songs. So, for J, I'd like to suggest Judas Priest - The Sentinel, live from their Fuel For Life tour in 1986. If not for your ABCs-series, you'd be missing out if you did not listen and react to it at another time!
So beautiful and I was thinking about my Grandma I miss her so much thank you the awesome reaction
This entire album is both amazing, and deeply saddening from start to finish. Hands down the best album I heard in 2019.
You definitely have to do more insomnium reactions in the future! /,,/
YASS THIS is literally my favourite band ever and one of their best fucking songs.
Their music reads like beautiful poetry with amazing melodies!!!!
Weighed down with sorrow. A song for people with depression. That song have walked with me through years
Insomnium is fantastic! Check out "Heart Like a Grave" next with the video. Beautiful!
Hey Alex, I’ve been watching your channel for awhile now and I have to say You are an AMAZING public speaker
You really keep everybody entertained whenever you talk and it’s amazing
Good job man
Insomnium has always been one of my favourite metal bands.They are so good.You would also like Be'lakor.
Also suggest Kalmah for K
I miss my Maria so much. Since she passed away nearly two years ago, I have been in agony. I see her everywhere. When people talk to me, I wonder how she would have put it and what she'd think of my response. I think of how her eyes would flash wish exasperation when I sneaked a fart in the queue at the grocer's only to blame someone else's behind for the misdeed, promising impending doom once we were outta there.
But most of all I remember the nights just laying there, talking. The heat of her body against mine, her taking my hand, whispering, "I love you". Sometimes we'd lie like that for hours, with or without words because none were needed. I think of everything about her and what we had. She was the only one for me and she took my heart with her. I refuse to let go of her because I simply can not. Love you baby, forever and always. 😭😭😭
[P] - Parasite Inc. - "The Pulse Of The Dead"
I'd also recommend once and for all
Both of them!! \m/
"It's interesting because it has got a lot of different textures to it"
Fantano, your time is up.
I really liked this band. Then I went to a live show in Baltimore last spring, now they are easily one of my very most cherished bands. Appreciated the reaction, a powerful response.
My favourite band 🙂 love from Canada 🇨🇦. Finnish legends🤘
This song describes perfectly what the melodic death metal is. Such an amazing and emocional song, it generates me goosebumps.
Totally agree. In Mourning are up there too.
L for Leprous - Slave (live) please!!!!
Just been getting into this band since I saw a drum playthrough of The Sky Is Red, then that was followed up with a live performance of The Sky Is Red, and now I am delving deeper into the catalog. So damn good
@@SpaghettiWithMeatSauce indeed 😍 they are amazing! Each album of them is so perfect! So glad that you like their music 😊
Hard battle between Leprous and LANDMVRKS for me on this letter 😬
@@lurrutia0109 Rewind might be my favorite song of theirs as of this very instance but man I have a ways to go to get through everything. Can't believe I've slept on them so long.
I cannot thank you enough for changing the intro!!!
I was suppose to see insomium last april but a week before covid shut everything down, they are amazing and the last few years have grown to become one of my fav bands. Id recommend the song the river by them is so intense but again beautiful at the same time keep up the awesome reactions
J- Judas Priest - No surrender, Judas is rising, or Redeemer of souls
"You got another thing coming - Judas Priest !
Insomnium are masters man. Yoy nned to check out Drawn to black
Damn! That note at 6:40 just freakin’ hit!
I’m not one for music where I can’t make out the lyrics but the ABC’s of metal have introduced so many new songs that I’ve grown to appreciate despite the growling.
This song gives me chills.