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NIGHTWISH - Ever Dream REACTION | Metal Head DJ Reacts

Today we are checking out another one from the symphonic metal band Nightwish with the song "Ever Dream". This was a live performance from from STORYTIME - Live at Wacken 2013. This is obviously an earlier line-up but also is how I was introduced to them so its neat to have come full circle in a way! This is another perfect example of why Nightwish has such a huge fanbase with live performances such as this! We have been listening to a lot of the new album "Yesterwynde", have you heard the full new album yet? Have you heard Nightwish and their music? Let me know what you think! #reaction #review #music NIGHTWISH - Ever Dream https://youtu.be/1Xi4n8dJcF8 YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@UCQplaZZ2mv8fo8Zd-1hQPzg Official Website: https://www.nightwish.com/ Shop: shop.nightwish.com New album 'Yesterwynde': nightwish.bfan.link/yesterwynde.ybi My Social Media: patreon.com/thekillogiceffect https://www.twitch.tv/thekillogiceffect https://www.reddit.com/user/TheKillog... https://www.tumblr.com/thekillogiceff.. thekillogiceffect.weebly.com https://www.facebook.com/thekillogiceffect/ twitter.com/KillogicFilth vk.com/thekillogicefect Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7KATFYYjZG1Zr8eowKdaMQ/join

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“We’re lucky to be alive!” Nightwish are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

The new issue of Metal Hammer features Nightwish on the cover, as they gear up to release new album Yesterwynde.

Inside the magazine, Floor and Tuomas reveal the full story behind the epic record, which comes after a turbulent few years for Nightwish. Floor underwent treatment for cancer, while Tuomas lost his father.

“The major theme of this album is time – going back in time, recognising your own mortality,” says Tuomas. “I’ve come to realise how incredibly lucky we are to be alive. “It’s ridiculous, the odds that we are all here. We should celebrate it.”

In celebration of Yesterwynde, the issue comes packaged with a special album-themed bottle-opener keyring, and an art print of Floor Jansen.

In April 2023, Nightwish announced they were taking a break from touring, and wouldn’t be playing Yesterwynde live – but Floor insists otherwise, it’s business as usual for the band.

“I’ve seen a lot of reactions, people drawing conclusions,” says Floor. “Making an elephant out of a mosquito, as the Dutch say – making something much bigger than it actually is. It’s not the end of the band, I’m not going to leave, nobody’s angry at each other.”

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7, 17, and 38!!!!!

Eyyyy, hi Blu :D!!

7. what bands/artists have you seen in concert?

Quite a few tbh :'D but of bands people might know I've seen System of a Down, Green Day (4 or 5 times), All Time Low (4 times?), Prophets of Rage, Rob Zombie, Alter Bridge, Rammstein, Avenged Sevenfold, Nightwish, Kraftwerk, A Day to Remember, Ed Sheeran (2 or 3 times *ones where I got to take pictures with my bigass camera*), Of Monsters And Men, FIDLAR, Flogging Molly, ONE OK ROCK (twice), Lindsey Stirling, Lord of the Lost...

And yes, many more I cannot recall x'D

17. what song in your playlist sounds like this 💖❤️🥰🤩💘💕 but the lyrics are 🖤🩸⛓💣🗡🪨

This one again x'D (sorry for the reaction, it is just the third time I got this question x'D) luckily there's enough fluffy angst songs out there x'D

Who wants to hear a danish song for this :3?

Okay I am not sure if it fits the 'fluffy' aesthetic but it is quite vibey ^V^ It is called Evelyn by Julie Maria and it is about a girl who is walking down a dark and lonely road after having all of her dreams crushed - I swear I am sane x'D

38. did one of your favorite bands/artists do a cover???? tell me about it!!!

They did :3 All Time Low have made quite a few but I especially dig their Blinding Lights cover :D!!! It is pretty close to the original but with guitars and I approve of that decision x'D

Green Day too have also made a lot of covers :3 Two songs that are almost always found on their setlist, Shout and Knowledge, are covers x'D Shout is fun since it comes after this song about dressing in drag so often the entire band will be dressed in boas, bras and big hats x'D

Knowledge is an old punk song from the 80s that was popular at the local scene where Billie Joe and Mike (singer and bassist respectively) grew up - the band [Operation Ivy] sadly didn't live more than a couple of years but Green Day keeps the song alive and even asks the crowd if anybody knows it then getting a lucky person on stage to play the song and then they often are gifted the guitar they played on :'D (can you tell I've been very big fan of these guys and their antics for years x'D?) hahahah

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Nightwish - Scaretale(Live w/Floor) | Reaction

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My favorite genre of youtube video(and probably the most watched kind too) is probably first time reactions to Nightwish's Ghost Love (Live at Wacken Open Air 2013).

Only people who've never listened to Nightwish before get the reaction I love.

It's so simple but it makes me incredibly happy.

This is the song btw:

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Watch "NIGHTWISH - The Phantom of The Opera (Official Live) REACTION!!!" on YouTube

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REACTION! NIGHTWISH - Ghost Love Score (LIVE) - Old School VS New School™

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Not sure if I’m late or not but here is my latest entry for @naruto-fantasy-week​, a prompt for Day 5! I doubt I’ll have enough time to eek out fanfics with the last two prompts before the event ends but I’ll eventually write them and post them anyway and go back to this fanfic and the previous to spruce them up and expand on the ideas I came up with for each fanfic/prompt.

There is some violence mentioned and acted upon, especially in the end, but it’s nothing too graphic. And as a fun tidbit, cantarella was a poison rumored to be used by the Borgias but since there’s not a whole lot of evidence the poison exists, I took artistic license with it to suit my purpose of this story.

The title derives from the lyrics of Nightwish’s song “7 Days to the Wolves”.

Summary: He was a man of many faces, shapes, and ideas. Unfortunately, shapeshifters like him were a prize to be captured and then used for gladiator arenas. While he was used to the killing that didn’t mean Orochimaru never stopped contemplating his revenge. Who would have thought he would find another shapeshifter hidden right under Danzo’s nose? Naruto Fantasy Week, Day 5. Prompt: Shapeshifters. [Orochimaru x Sakura]

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“Serpents were in my heart.” — Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal 

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The white wyrm rested, and waited, in anticipation for that small cellar door to open and here the sounds of the humans issuing orders at him, telling him how lucky he was that a wretched snake, a shapeshifter, continued to live under the generous hospitality of Danzo, and if he continued to do his part in the fighting pits, he would be fed and not lose any of his scales. 

Orochimaru snarled at the door, wishing he could snap the wood in two and break the bones of the sentries posted outside his door. He heard that same annoying speech approximately 5475 times, once a day, for the last fifteen years. And sometimes they lied, for after battles, if he ended the match too quickly or gave his hapless opponent a swift, clean, and painless death, they’d drug him and pry a few of his white scales off, while the magic they used to bind and control his shapeshifting restrained him from unable to lash out. Such actions served to not only remind Orochimaru of who was in charge of his life and to sell his pearlescent scales to the highest bidder, adding a hefty, lucrative amount to Danzo’s coffers. 

One of these days, he was going to swallow Danzo whole and let that fool slowly digest in his stomach. His death would be slow, agonizing, and very satisfying.   

A guard eventually did open his chamber door, recited the boring, useless drivel Orochimaru heard over thousand times before nodding over to the masked mage at his side. The unknown mage wore a rodent-like mask, different from the last mage who temporarily lifted the block on his shapeshifting. 

“Danzo requests your presence, your human presence, at his side. The next match is starting soon.” informed the masked mage once the yellow glow departed from his outstretched hand. Orochimaru narrowed his slitted golden eyes dangerously. He remembered what happened when they first allowed him to change shapes, to assume his human form. He acted all compliant and understanding, lulling them in a false sense of security right before he first bite off the head of the mage, then a nearby guard, before shifting out of his wyrm body and back into his human self to escape the narrow door and grab the first weapon he could find to slay the other guard who was about to raise the alarm of his escape. He was eventually recaptured before he could leave the keep, home of the fighting pits, and was whipped brutally for his attempt. Yet through it all, Orochimaru still had to laugh bitterly at their earlier carelessness. Did they not forget who he was and why Danzo decided to let him live after his greatest transgression (besides being a shapeshifter)?

Before the village discovered his identity of a shapeshifter–creatures the elders condemned as monsters, only fit for extermination–, he was a trained warrior, a skilled killer who served the town while keeping his snake-like gilded eyes hidden in his youth through glamor or shaded spectacles. His parents could hide their natural heritage and appearances better with simple alterations and had no need for glamor, since they were older and more experienced shapeshifters. Yet all their years of experience and aptitude didn’t save them from being slaughtered–by the orders of Danzo. And Sarutobi, the village’s main leader, Orochimaru’s very teacher, turned a blind eye, and let the cloak-and-dagger execution happen. And then promptly turned around to lie to his young pupil’s grief-stricken face about his parents’ deaths.  

He didn’t regret killing that old bastard for lying to him after all those years. He may have not wanted his parents to die or issued the decree but his negligence, his cowardice, and acceptance of shapeshifters being lesser beings, like animals, made him just as guilty as Danzo, who hung up his parents’ skins up on his office for all to see. He had forced one of them to turn into a large serpent and the other, a small dragon, all so he could use their hide as a trophy. Such disfigurement was the most traumatizing death any shapeshifter could experience, especially if their corpse was paraded around like a proud prize for humans to gawk at.    

Orochimaru was left alone in his cell once more so he could transform back into a human and change into the clothes that were left for him. Those robes were always placed so neatly in the corner, waiting for him, when he was permitted to be human. His scaly body was soon a tall, lean pale man with long, silky black hair, and he kept his signature, curved golden eyes with dark purple markings around the eyelids. Everyone already knew who he really was so why bother mask his true appearance?

By the time he was escorted and brought to Danzo, the power-hungry man was already barking orders at the serving girls to bring him more sake and food. For Orochimaru, he simply inclined his head, inviting him to take a seat and watch the upcoming match. Just like always, whenever he planned to sic some unfortunate soul in the ring with him, as a wyrm. He wanted Orochimaru to study the gladiator’s fighting techniques and movements beforehand, a sure sign that he wanted his opponent to die in the battle arena.

Most likely a political opponent of Danzo’s or a dissenter he labeled as a ‘traitor’. My, my, he’s finding so many of them these days. 

The fighter down below was fast, Orochimaru would give him that, but strategy was not his forte. He dodged most of his larger foe’s attacks and was more of the type to wear his assailant down until they became exhausted and made mistakes. And he repeated his defensive blows often, another tactical error. Basically, his onslaught with him would hardly be a worthy match. 

Sighing in disappointment, Orochimaru helped himself to a goblet of water, draining its contents dry before setting the cup back down. As if on cue, one of the serving maids rushed up to him to refill his drink. He turned around, about to politely thank her (after all, unlike some, he actually had manners), and he heard a sharp intake of breath. When a pink haired server came into his line of vision, his nostrils flared, and her green eyes stared at him surprise. He understood her reaction.

Here, amidst Danzo’s private posse of servants, trusted men, and soldiers, was another shapeshifter. And unlike him, she was not branded or wearing chains that restricted or prohibited her from transforming into other animals or people. Which meant…

Danzo doesn’t know she’s a shapeshifter. How bloody rich.

If he wasn’t in the presence of Danzo’s oh so charming company, he’d laugh viciously at the irony right there, on the spot. 

The girl–no, young woman–whoever she was, fumbled with the pitcher during her moment of distraction and quickly averted her gaze to focus on not making an entire mess of the water and attracting the unwanted attention of Danzo. Meanwhile, as she concentrated solely on watching the water rise in his metallic goblet, Orochimaru leaned forwarded and whispered in her ear.

“Be careful, little one. Better stick to the shadows, lest someone gets suspicious and uncovers your secret. Then you’ll be chained, just like me.” 

That mocking warning startled her but she uttered nothing. She merely finished filling up his cup and returned to her original location, off to the corner and out of sight. Yet she did sneak a glance over her shoulder to get a glimpse of him one more time before she returned to her duties and he resumed his bored review of the fighting before him. Hopefully, that fledgling shapeshifter had enough sense in her to realize she risked more than just her life staying here and would quit the village in the dead of the night.   

There was no need for this putrid city to have two shapeshifters under their control or be responsible for another’s one death. 

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He was wrong about the other shapeshifter. 

She must be lacking wits, to sneak past all the guards just so she could creep into his cell and offer him water and leftover food from the kitchens. Some might call her courageous but all Orochimaru beheld was a foolhardy woman who should have left Danzo’s service, packed her bags, and left this godforsaken place already. 

“You shouldn’t have come,” he hissed, revealing his rows of sharp, venomous teeth.

The roseate haired shapeshifter ignored him, setting down a jug of water, scraps of chicken, pheasant, beef, and wild boar. The tender, seasoned meats and the spices cooked into its juices wafted through his nose and he eyed the meal curiously. 

“I never thought I would see another shapeshifter,” she began, inching the food tray closer to him. “Especially one imprisoned by Danzo. I thought he had a strict ‘kill every single shapeshifter I see’ policy.”

He chuckled dryly. “He does, unless he wants to use you for his own purposes. But why are you here to see me? You risk torture and certain death should the guards notice you.”

“But I wanted to see you!” she protested. “I haven’t seen, much less talked to another shapeshifter in years. Especially one who could help me–teach me, that is!” 

“Teach you what?” Orochimaru finally decided to sate his hunger and first devour the bits of pheasant, relieved to find that the chef didn’t use too much pepper and balanced the amount of herbs just right. 

“To change into larger, stronger creatures,” she explained, verdant eyes sparkling with hope. “You see, I was adopted by humans and they didn’t know my true heritage. So I had to learn how to transform on my own or scavenge for any books left behind by shapeshifters for helpful tips. I can do small animals and creatures but nothing as big or impressive as this.” She gestured to his wyrm body. 

That explains how she was able to skulk past all the sentries. 

“Why should I help you?” Orochimaru cut in, cocking his big, heavy head at her. “Why stay here, talking to me, instead of departing this wretched town and start searching our own kind? Surely, someone there can help you better than I.”

Her green eyes leveled with his amber ones, resolute and dark. “Because I crave to kill that bastard Danzo and I believe you’ll help me do that. And besides, I want to help you escape this horrible place.”

She didn’t even know him and yet, she wanted to help set him free. This shapeshifter was a strange creature, but he understood the hunger for revenge. It was a language he fathomed all too well and the burning desire had kept him going for all these torturous fifteen years. Danzo expected him to try to escape again or at least, try to murder him, but he didn’t anticipate her. And that raised the odds a little in their favor. 

“What an intriguing proposal,” he practically purred, his breathing fanning against her face and causing her pink hair to billow out behind her. “In exchange for me training you in how to change into more complex forms, you’ll help me escape from this dungeon, and somehow, together, we’ll kill Danzo. Is that correct?”

She nodded firmly. “Yes. And I don’t care how long the training takes. I want, no need, to master my shapeshifting.”

At least she was dedicated, eager to learn. Orochimaru couldn’t abide small-minded people and those who had no drive, no interest in acquiring more knowledge and skills. 

Either way, he was trapped underneath the fighting pits, with nothing else better to do so why not? At least this way, he wouldn’t be so dreadfully bored.

“Very well, I will accept this offer. However, I will need to know the name of my pupil. It’s only polite after all.” He forked his long tongue at her, amused when he startled her a little.

“It’s Sakura.” She bowed her head in reverence. When was the last time someone gifted even a small measure of respect like that? “What’s yours? I need to know the name of my teacher too.”

He grinned wide, knowing full well his face probably appeared utterly monstrous and terrifying but to Sakura’s credit, she didn’t flinch or scramble away from him in supreme terror. 

Good.

“Orochimaru. Now, let us begin with your first lesson.”  

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Contrary to the popular belief among humans, shapeshifters didn’t magically obtain knowledge on how to transfer into every creature or animal in existence overnight. Each attempt took time, energy, training, and practice to learn, control, and master each form, so a shapeshifter could not only move and talk in their new form but stay in it for long periods of time. The same went to altering their human appearance or body completely.

So his lessons with Sakura continued for years as she made progress with more medium sized animals or changing her human self to the point no one would recognize her. He never inquired why she wanted Danzo dead so much because that was none of his business and right now, he was not that interested in prying into her personal affairs. In return, she never asked what he did to be imprisoned so cruelly by Danzo. However, he did not miss the way her eyes would linger over his old scars or small, open patches of flesh where his scales once were and her face would scrunch up into pure, indignant rage. It was adorable, actually. 

Yet he could hardly say the same whenever she was too exhausted in her training to head back to her room and go to sleep in her bed. Instead, Sakura would simply collapse amidst his coiled, scaly body and wrapped her arms around him, almost as if she was giving him a hug. Part of her features were usually resting up against his neck, so near his face that half of the time Orochimaru was tempted to shake his head or move around to jostle Sakura out of her slumber but something always prevented him from doing so. Maybe it was pity seeing how weary she was, juggling her servant duties, making sure her identity as a shapeshifter is still a secret, and then sneaking into his cell during the night to receive more lessons from him. She probably didn’t even realize she was falling asleep on him. Regardless, Orochimaru allowed this habit of hers to continue and only waited a few hours later to carefully wake her up and remind her to get back to her room before the sun rose and the other servants inquired about her absence. The routine turned into a cycle he had no motivation to stop. 

While Sakura was improving with her shapeshifting and finally could move onto the larger creatures, they began to discuss, in all seriousness and not just idle musing, about escaping and slaying Danzo in the process.

“Poison would be the surest way to kill him,” Sakura opined. “There are so many different varieties out there that are slow acting and don’t show any immediate signs of poison until after death. And I serve him his meals occasionally, right after he is given his medicine. I can always poison the drink he takes to wash the foul flavor of the concoction down. He wouldn’t be able to notice a difference in taste.” 

“A fine idea but Danzo is a paranoid man, especially since he knows I want to kill him and many of my previous forms favored snakes, serpents, or dragon-like beasts. I’ve heard he boosted his immunity to several poisons so if we choose poorly and select the one he’s immune to, then we wasted our time.” Orochimaru pointed out, stretching out his long, cumbersome physique in this rather cramped cell. 

Undaunted, Sakura still pressed the venom route. “What about poisons that will simply immobilize him and prevent him from speaking or moving for a long time? Surely he wouldn’t have spent his time increading his defense for poison that won’t kill him outright or over time.”

Cocking his head, Orochimaru regarded her curiously at her suggestion. If Danzo was paralyzed like that, preferably in his bed, those close to him would raise their suspicions that this wasn’t natural and the work of some curse or toxin. On the other hand, if they measured the dose correctly and timed its effect exactly, then it could be possible to have the old devil at their mercy. That is, if he was predicting Sakura’s plan accurately. 

“Are you suggesting we use a poison that will paralyze sometime in the night, rendering him unable to defend himself or call for help as we kill him?” he stated, making sure they were on the same page.

Sakura nodded, eyes resolved, her face grim. “Yes. Do you think that scheme would work?”

“It could, if we can get our hands on this specific poison. Cantarella, I believe it’s called. Do you know where you can obtain some?” Creating cantarella on their own would take far too long and even though shapeshifters were blessed with longevity, Orochimaru did not want to take any more risks with these nighttime lessons of theirs. Sooner or later, someone would notice Sakura’s odd nocturnal routines and investigate. And such nosiness could get them both butchered. 

“Yes, I know someone. He poses as a traveling merchant and has no love for Danzo or this village. He won’t ask questions if I purchase the cantarella from him.” 

Orochimaru hummed with approval. “Good, that issue is taken care of. Now, onto the other snag in this scheme of ours.” Lifting his head up, he gestured to the thick, old, and heinous brand embedded in his upper torso, located right on his upper left chest if he was a man. “This brand and the chains that bind me here prevent me from transforming. Since none of us know how to remove the brand or negate it completely, we need one the sealing rings the mages use to control whether or not a shapeshifter can change their form.”

Moving away from her spot on the hard, damp ground, Sakura approached the branded section and gingerly reached out to touch it, tracing the design slowly. “I think I can get one. It might take me a few days or a week to butter up the mage but I have a plan.” She turned her head towards him. “Trust me on this. By the end of this week, I will get us that ring and once we have it, then all we have to do next is administer the cantarella.”

“And not get caught in the process,” Orochimaru reminded soberly. “If Danzo or one of his supporters catches wind of our plot, then we’re good as dead.”

And this time, Danzo will skin me for certain, wyrm form and all. 

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His concern on Sakura’s unspoken plan to get a sealing ring from a mage was apparently groundless. For by the end of the week, after she entered his cell in the form of a cat, he glimpsed the ring in her mouth. She dropped the item in front of her, a triumphant beam on her feline visage before steadily changing back into the petite, muscled young woman with short, cropped rose hair and jade eyes. 

“How long do we have before the mage starts searching for his missing ring?” was the first question Orochimaru asked, not touching the said ring right away. For years he longed to get his hands on this trinket, to use its powers to nullify the brand’s power and finally control his own shape for a change. It didn’t matter whether he or Sakura used the ring, the magic inside would work and he could shift back into his human self again or take the form of another animal. They were lucky the sorcery within those rings could be accessed by anyone with just a simple word, a word Orochimaru heard often enough with his now almost twenty years of imprisonment. 

Contemplating his query, Sakura scrunched her nose up to concentration on her estimation on the amount of time they had left to enact their wild scheme. “I think we have until morning. The sleeping potion I gave him will leave him knocked out the rest of the evening and night.”

Sleeping potion? If he had eyebrows in his wyrm form, Orochimary would have risen both of them. Only those who possessed enough knowledge and skills in medicine would boost such confidence in the lasting effects of a sleeping potion. No mere amateur could create a legitimate concoction that would actually work. 

Sakura never ceased to surprise him. 

“A shapeshifter and a practitioner of medicine? My, my, you must have an interesting story to tell. I must say, I’m rather impressed with your skillset.” Orochimaru remarked. He remembered a former comrade-in-arms who was a combat medic, the first in her line of work. By the time he murdered their former teacher, Sarutobi, she had already left the town and roamed the countryside to be with her lover, a civilian named Dan. If Danzo was now fully dominating this town, she would have been aghast and then incensed what became of her home. 

Orochimaru hadn’t thought about Tsunade for a long time. Being chained in a dungeon and used for gladiatorial matches had a peculiar way of warping one’s memories and perception of time, it seemed. 

Sakura brightened at his praise, the luster in her eyes practically illuminating his dim, dusky cell. “I’m happy to hear that, Orochimaru. Sleeping potion can be chancy, especially mixed with alcohol, but the mage I was charming earlier already wanted to spend some time alone with me after his shift. Getting the sleeping potion was actually harder than mixing it into his ale. By the time he wakes up tomorrow, he won't remember if we had a wild night or not.” 

Mocking laughter percolated from the back of Orochimaru’s long, thick throat. Undone by the lust in his own loins. How insipidly easy. 

“As long he won’t recall clearly and the potion lasts, we have our chance.” He nodded to the ring on the ground. “Use that thing on me. It’ll be easier for you to release the binding seal on me rather than myself.” His tail or mouth were much too enormous to hold the ring securely with dropping it or accidentally swallowing it. “All you need to do is chant ‘Release’ and I should be able to change my form at will.”

Sakura gifted him a skeptical look. “The word to use is ‘release’? Nothing else? Nothing more complicated?”

“I never said the mages under Danzo’s control were intelligent. Most of them are mindless drones. Danzo mass produces those rings to help all of his soldiers and assassins combat shapeshifters so of course he wants them to be easy to utilize.” 

She glared at the offending ring on the ground prior to picking it up and slipping it under her finger. Her mouth opened and formed the lone word, her voice low, soft, but commanding. 

“Release!”

He felt the brand heat up, the pin-prickling warmth uncomfortable at first prior to evanescing away into nothing. The shadow of control the brand had always rendered inside his mind and body was gone, replaced with an empty sensation that there was no magic this time to stop him from shifting. 

His body grew smaller and assumed a new shape. His alabaster scales became white skin, long, luxurious hair the color of jet black cascading effortlessly down his scalp and past his shoulders and back, and he relished the feel of arms, legs, hands, and feet. The only part of him that remained the same was his golden eyes, outlined by violet markings. 

Sakura stared up at him in wonder, holding the ring up for him to take and use for his own protection. “I’ve never seen you shapeshift before. You did so flawlessly...it’s like watching water move on its own.”

An indulgent half-smile slithered across his lips, accepting the ring and dropping the trinket over his pointer finger. “If you live long enough as I have, then you’ll be able to shift your body as swiftly and deftly as me.” His eyes roamed past Sakuraand over to the cell door behind them. There were no guards around but they still had to be cautious. They were so close to the final stages of their plot. 

“I take it since you made plans to snatch this ring that you already are in possession of the cantarella?”

She nodded. “Yes, and I’ve been scheduled to bring Danzo his meal and drink tonight, with the physician who will feed him his medicine.” A black smirk spread across her fair visage. “I will be needed for this duty in less than an hour.” 

He expected such news but the information was so welcoming and pleasing to him that his half-grin soon morphed into a smirk identical to hers. “Perfect. Go and make the preparations and let me know when it’s done. When night has fallen, we will shapeshift into an unnoticeable animal to enter his room. After that…” He shrugged nonchalantly, as if the two of them would just be wishing Danzo goodnight instead of murdering him in his bed. But the sinister, vindictive gleam in both of their gazes belied the softness of his tone. Orochimaru could imagine Danzo’s blood on his hands, coating the entire wall in a crimson palette. “Well, let’s give the people of this...amusing establishment something to chat about tomorrow morning.” 

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The priceless, alarmed look in Danzo’s eyes would be forever burned in Orochimaru’s mind. There was a small fragrance of fear emitting from the usually prideful, smug hunter of shapeshifters, the tantalizing smell hovered so  deliciously over him as the two shapeshifters approached the bed, a candle in both of their hands so Danzo could witness his assassins. The cantarella worked wonders for even now, Danzo could not move nor speak to save himself. All he could was listen. Listen and wait for his demise to come. 

“I warned you all those years ago that killing me would have been wiser for you,” Orochimaru intoned darkly, his whispery words surely evoking the same memory from Danzo. The candlelight illuminated his amber eyes so clearly in the vacant darkness of the room. “But I shouldn’t be so rude and hog all the introductions. Sakura, dear, why don’t you jot Danzo’s recollection of you? Judging by the confused expression on his face, I say he doesn’t recall you.”

Danzo wheezed and grunted, mouth hanging up like a fish, but his fear was now replaced with utter rage. 

In an instant, Sakura held a dagger over his chest, a silent snarl overcoming her mouth, her face promising no mercy and a slow, painful death. She glared at Danzo like he was vermin, not fit to even exist in this world. “I doubt you remember me, you bastard. Why would you, when you banned the women in this village the right to become warriors? And why would you care about some girl all those years ago, from a civilian family, who could not possibly be a threat to you? After all, it was her friend, that orphan boy whom the neighbors whispered about having shapeshifting powers and that he acted more like an animal than a boy? Isn’t that right?” 

By now, in the midst of her ranting, Sakura had already begun to sink the blade into Danzo’s stomach and the old coot hacked, and then gurgled out wordless noises, his eyes wide as saucers. Although Danzo could not scream out his agony, Orochimaru still tore some of the bedsheets and stuffed them in his mouth, just in case. Sakura retracted her hand, only to plunge the dagger into another area of his abdomen once more. 

“He was just a boy, Danzo! And he was my friend!” she growled, jade eyes ablaze with retribution, fury, contempt, and grief. Emotions Orochimaru comprehended all too well. He could never forget behelding his parents’ hides decorated in Danzo’s office, no matter how hard he tried. “His name was Naruto and you executed him for being a mischievous shapeshifter.” Again and again she stabbed, garnet holes oozing out of him and spreading outward to create morphless, endless streaks and designs, staining his clothes and sheets until the entire bed cover, once a bland beige color, now was dyed a deep burgundy hue. “But you missed one. You missed me, Sakura. All this time, I’ve been serving your food, pouring your drinks, and you didn’t fucking realize a shapeshifter was amongst you this whole time.” She spat in his wrinkled countenance, giving the dagger another savage twist before she rend the weapon out and handed the blade to Orochimaru.

Your turn, she seemed to convey.

He tilted his head at her as a silent ‘thank you’, the hilt of the sanguinary, jagged dagger warm, consoling, and solid against his palm. He rested the edge of the dagger against Danzo’s throat, the point delicately piercing the skin of that center bulge. “I know based on how much blood you have already lost thanks to Sakura’s wonderfully enthusiastic work that you don’t have long for this world. So in your last fleeting moments, I am going to fulfill my promise to you and take my pound of flesh.” Danzo’s eyes bulged in recognition, his chin soaked with his drool.  

Orochimaru cackled. Excellent, he still remembers my first threat to him before he cast me into the dungeons. 

“That’s right, Danzo. I’ve come to carve out your heart at last.”

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When he and Sakura changed into bats and flew out of the open window Sakura had left ajar hours earlier, when she added the cantarella into Danzo’s drink, the sun was barely reaching the tips of the hills and bringing faint tinges of purples, pinks, and oranges to the night sky. By the time the servants opened the door and witnessed the gruesome display of what little remained of Danzo, the two shapeshifters would be a distant memory and far from the village’s reach. 

“What will you do now that Danzo’s dead? You can shapeshift on your own quite well.” 

At his question, Sakura frowned. “I’m not sure. I always assumed I’d die right after assassinating Danzo so I never really figured out the part of what comes next.” She combed through her lush, pink hair, her fingers untangling any stubborn knots. “But I recently heard some shapeshifters live away from humans and formed their settlement. Perhaps we could find them and live amongst them?”

Funny how she included him in her idea. Yet Orochimaru didn’t protest. It wasn’t as ifhe had any fine plans of his own and besides his parents, there was no one else in the world who cared about him. Save for Sakura. 

“I suppose that idea has merit,” he admitted, pretending not to notice the delighted sparkle in her verdant gaze or the way her lips curled upwards in triumph. “Let’s give your plan a try and see if we’re lucky enough to find more of our own.”

Much to his surprise, she reached over to grab his hand and held onto it, a small smile gracing her lips. “Even if we don’t, we won’t be alone. I’m…” She swallowed briefly before resuming. “I’m grateful...and delighted to have you in my life, Orochimaru.”

He squeezed her hand fondly, the right words caught in his throat. So was he. 

Regardless, Sakura understood his unspoken sentiment and continued to grin ever brighter for the rest of the day. 

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Fallen Realm Playlist Masterpost

Big infodump under the read more, if you like my OCs and/or agree with my flawless music taste this should be interdasting

1. MUSE - Thought Contagion

Vampire stuff, punk vibes, a nod to thriller, all of the above fit the mood of a FR show + the song is genuinely very good and I could see it being used on stage easily.

2. PAIN - Call Me

Absolute banger. But that's besides the point. I see this as being the bassist Jez/Jamie's song (with a side of Deuce as the second vocalist). Jez is a fairly quiet lad who generally keeps to himself but I always imagined that he’d be secretly very flirty and cheeky, but would mostly only really express it via music. I actually wrote a lil short story where most of FR's band (minus Rex and Isabella) find themselves in some dive bar after a show, and end up performing in the place of the no-show band that was meant to be there that night. That band ends up being the very same one that kicked Jez out, so it’s a bit of a revenge story for him. This short is on my discord by the by.

3. Emigrate - Eat You Alive

Oh boy, this is a strong one. Basically, just watch this video but pretend that Axl is Richard (the frontman). That’s it. That’s the explanation.

Being serious though, RZK is and always has been a huge influence for Axl's visual design, mannerisms and on-stage behaviours. On top of that, this is 100% the type of music he'd listen to, and the lyrics may as well just be plucked right outta his brain. Are the words meant to be aimed at Valeriya in a threatening way? Or is it a cheeky flirt with Trinity? Both? Neither? We’ll never know.

Also, completely unrelated I’m sure, here’s a wip you may or may not be able to force me to finish on stream via channel points soon...

4. Axel One - Out of the Dark

Can't exactly say much about this one cause it's spoilers, but I will say it's less about the song itself and more about the video, and that it does concern the one FR character who is already dead when the story begins.

5. Lord of the Lost - Raining Stars

Just seems to me like a real good song to perform to. I can imagine seeing acrobatic stunts in slow-mo to this track. That’s it for this one, just “I just think they’re neat”. Gorgeous song and video by an amazing band anyway though.

6. Oomph! - Supernova

Kinda the same deal as the Emigrate song, you can just insert Axl into this one in Dero’s place, along with Jez, Vlad, and Thatch. Once again the style and lyrics fit him perfectly, and this one earns bonus points since Dero is actually Axl's canon voiceclaim - specifically in this era of Oomph!’s music too.

7. Die Kreatur - Kälter als der Tod

At the risk of this thread becoming Oops All Axl TM - AH YES. This one is perfect for the point where Axl finally gets the fuck over himself, and stops being horrible to Vlad because of guitar jealousy, and they become bros.

Realistically, I doubt that Vlad - the clueless human vampire fanatic - will ever realise that Axl is a real actual vampire, but he'd be so glad that they seem to have this ~shared interest~ in them, and he'd by hyped as heck to do a performance like this with his guitar buddy. By the way, Vlad wonders to himself, isn’t it odd that he’s never seen Axl putting his fake fangs in?? Weird

As for the girl on the altar, there are a couple ideas I’ve toyed with. Random audience member for fun. Trinity but Axl gets mad jealous even though he thought and said he wouldn't. (No sharing!! Not even for jokes.) Valeriya but the poor thing is scared to the point of tears because this is just a little too close to a real experience for her and Vlad just can't figure out why. Axl insists she’s just being dramatic. Rex has to rescue her because she’s too shy to put her foot down.

Or perhaps Isabella would wanna join in, but she can't take it seriously and keeps laughing which just causes a chain reaction every time with even Axl cracking a smile. There are like a million cut takes now. Send help.

All in all a fun crossover to think about.

8. Adelitas Way - Still Hungry

This one is just Diesel’s anthem. This is the story of a young punk who can’t stop, won’t stop, never gives up and needs more. Right kinda music for him too.

9. MONO INC. - Shining Light

100% a full-cast song. I feel like the lyrics apply to a number of different things about various members of the circus' backstories, and their found family vibe together - if you think about them in super vague terms, at least. I liked to consider the vocals a duet between Rex and Isabella, being the two singers, but there are a couple lines that are kinda too adult for Bella and would make the duet sorta odd so ehhh 90% of it can be that, let’s say. (This is baring in mind that Isabella is an orphaned minor and Rex is like a father figure for her - as he kinda is for many of the members of the circus)

I also did a doodle of this. This one will also be on the force-me-to-work-on-this-WIP-live pile.

9.5. Lacrimosa - Lichtgestalt a.k.a the original version of Shining Light

Same song, just German and carrying a much darker, creepier tone. It fits in new, fun ways.

10. Oomph! - Viel zu Tief

OOPS ALL AXL TM

Lyrics are very important for this one. Once again, music is the right style, Dero is still his voiceclaim, and Axl actually speaks German in canon (and NO I didn’t do that just so Oomph! songs fit him better, shUT UP)

11. Pet Shop Boys - It’s a Sin

Bit out of left field for this playlist, sure, but with all the controversy and extremely shakey morals in FR's world and with its characters, this one just seems fitting. Plus I'd want em to cover it for a show. Banger.

Honorable mention goes to Ghost’s cover of this song. I don’t even listen to Ghost but my reaction upon finding out this exists was like “lmao yes, of course, why wouldn’t they”.

This song in general I associate instinctively with Vlad, purely because its 80s and campy and I feel like he’d be the type to listen to Ghost.

12. Destiny Potato - Lunatic

Very strongly feel this is a performance song featuring Isabella. This song fits the character - and in particular her tragic backstoryTM pretty well. I’d even go so far as to say the singer would be a pretty good voiceclaim for her if her voice wasn’t meant to be more robotic in canon. This is pretty close to what I imagine, though. Strong n sweet.

13. Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back

One of the first songs I imagined to go well with stage performances. This one for sure would be a duet between Rex and Isabella.

Plus at about 3:10 there's a long solo with a bit of back-and-forth between the guitar and hurdy gurdy (I think?) that I could 100% see Axl and Vlad doing on guitar and keytar respectively.

14. Lord of the Lost - Drag Me To Hell

Yeah this one is just Axl @ his ex

15. Lindemann - Steh Auf!

Bleib nicht liegen, es wär schade - Zirkus ist heut in der Stadt

So, this would be from Isabella’s perspective. Did I mention she was orphaned? Yeah. I guess this one is a little dark.

16. Otetsu & GUMI - Disordered Self-Restraint Girl

The song itself seems to be the story of a child who is trying to coax their parent/guardian into getting up and doing things, not realising that parent had passed away from a drug overdose. Drugs isn’t the way Isabella’s parents died, but the rest of the song fits that part of her backstory imo. Plus, it’s German, and Isabella is German, so yay!

Uh oh, vocaloid.

For a long time I've associated this one with Valeria, and her feelings towards the circus in the early days. After she's accidentally turned by Axl, Val gets effectively kidnapped by FR, taken in before she can even regain consciousness and completely against her will, since it would be incredibly irresponsible of them to just leave a fresh new vampire out in the world so they kinda don't have a choice. While she eventually finds her place and elects to stay after some time has passed, there was a period of time where she definitely would have felt trapped.

This is without even going into the fact that she's now stuck travelling and living with her would-be murderer, and - due to the fact that half of the circus don't even know non-humans exist, let alone what actually happened to Valeria - many of the people around her don't seem to care, or simply do not understand why she's so scared and stressed. It leaves her, at times, feeling like she could be killed tomorrow and nobody would give a shit.

Showtime, katanamochi bunbun furimawashi kubi kara ue hanetobashite mo - ashita ni nareba minna motodoori, waratte yurushite

Translation: Showtime, even if a sword wielder slices my head and makes it fly off, tomorrow everything continues as usual, smiling, forgiving

(Don't worry, in reality Rex, Diesel, and Thatch are there for her & understand the shit she's going through. I promise the folks in the circus do actually care. It's just hard for her to see it in this period of time.)

(There will almost definitely be more songs and doodles added here in the future, but for now that’s all folks!)

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NIGHTWISH - Shudder Before The Beautiful REACTION | Metal Head DJ Reacts

Today we are getting back to some Nightwish with the song "Shudder Before The Beautiful". This live recording of Nightwish is from the DVD/Blu-Ray/CD, Vehicle Of Spirit, via Nuclear Blast Records. Nightwish is a symphonic metal band that has a wonderful way of taking you to a whole other world when you listen to their music with sweeping melodies that lead into bone crushing riffs poetic lyrics that give way to beautiful vocal arrangements. Nightwish is a band I would highly recommend for anyone looking for something new and possibly life changing! Have you heard of Nightwish and their music? Let me know what you think! #music #reaction #review Nightwish - Shudder Before The Beautiful https://youtu.be/7oQ8sNSYXmQ Nightwish Website: nightwish.com Facebook: facebook.com/nightwish Twitter: twitter.com/nightwishband Instagram: instagram.com/nightwish Newsletter: nightwi.sh/newsletter My Social Media: https://twitter.com/KillogicFilth https://www.facebook.com/thekillogice... https://www.twitch.tv/thekillogiceffect https://www.reddit.com/user/TheKillog... https://www.tumblr.com/thekillogiceff..

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Floor Jansen switches symphonic metal for pop melodies and epic balladry on solo debut Paragon

Nightwish powerhouse Floor Jansen opts for a change of pace with her solo debut, Paragon

Floor Jansen is a force of nature. Since joining Nightwish in 2013, the Dutch vocalist has helped to transform the symphonic metallers into one of the biggest bands in the world – not bad for a genre still deemed hopelessly uncool. And her vocal acrobatics have sparked reams of reaction videos, dishing out ‘Floorgasms’ – the term coined by fans to describe the emotion of watching her perform live – to millions of viewers, many discovering metal for the first time.

Unsurprisingly, Floor’s versatile voice takes centre stage on her debut solo record, although, much like her side-project Northward – a collection of hard rock tracks she recorded with Pagan’s Mind guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad, and released in 2018 – these 10 tracks have little in common with the lavish pomp of her day job. That was always the intention.

Speaking to Hammer in 2020, Floor said, “After 20 years of rock and metal, I think I would like to do something else,” noting, “If you are already in one of the biggest bands in your own genre, and you have someone like [Nightwish visionary and band leader] Tuomas Holopainen as a songwriter, I don’t really see that I’d be adding anything by making another metal album myself.”

Instead, Paragon eschews the heavy stuff for stripped back pop melodies and dramatic balladry, its tone, as on sparkling, euphoric opener My Paragon, bright, hopeful and wide-eyed.

And while there is a sprinkle of Nightwish fairytale-esque magic here and there – the twinkling piano on Daydream captures the innocent reveries of Tuomas’s early work, while The Calm begins with the swell of an orchestra – the music always seeks to complement, not augment.

Many of these songs are about conjuring space. Sometimes it’s space to breathe, such as on the sparse, blissful Hope. But more often, it’s to make room for the nuances of Floor’s voice, so accustomed to battling against glittering, relentless walls of sound, to dominate.

Occasionally, as on the climax of Storm and Me Without You, when Floor’s forceful vocals swamp the otherwise gentle instrumentation, that dynamic proves overwhelming. Elsewhere, her voice carries what are clearly personal, emotional songs.

Take gorgeous closer Fire, a slow-burning epic written as life began to flood back into society following the darkest days of the pandemic. Or Invincible, a stirring track Floor penned about PTSD, but which is difficult not to interpret in the light of her recent cancer diagnosis (she has announced that, following treatment, she is now cancer-free): ‘Starting life once more / Pushed into recovery / The choice no longer yours / Pushed to self-discovery’).

No doubt, this will be a tough sell for the Nightwish fans who prefer the histrionic, more-is-more approach of symphonic metal. Instead, this is an album for those who find themselves spellbound by Floor’s truly fantastic voice and who can appreciate this as a showcase for her undisputed talent.

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SINGERS FIRST REACTION TO NIGHTWISH - GHOST LOVE SCORE

YouTuber Sabina reacting to the 2013 live recording of Ghost Love Score. this one is mostly reaction by text but again, the best live version.

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Music tag

RULES : We’re snooping on your playlist. Set your entire music library on shuffle and report the first 10 songs that pop up. Then choose 10 victims.

Since I got over excited I went with slightly more than 10, so... 😅😁

I got tagged by @asamandra thanks very much! 🖤

1)"Farewell" - Clan of Xymox

2) "Dead Boy's Poem" - Nightwish

3) "Heaven's a lie" - Lacuna Coil

4) "Dynamite" - Pink Turns Blue

5) "No one but you" - Queen

6) "Blutrot" - L'ame Immortelle

7) "One hundert years" - The Cure

8) "Illusion" - VNV Nation

9) "Kings men come" - The Beauty of Gemina

10) "I fell for one (who loved me not) - Sopor Aeternus

11)" Hamingja" - Esoterik

12) "Tormentor" - Skinny Puppy

13) "I want to break free" - Queen

14) "The Gallows" - This Cold Night

15) "No one holds hands" - Lebanon Hanover

16) "Love Spell" - Inkubus Sukkubus

17) "Riley the Fisherman" - Lasairfhiona

18) "Burning Creation" - Amon Amarth

19) "Helvegen" - Wardruna

20) "Unscharf an den Rändern" - Farin Urlaub

21) "Now we'll go" - Pink Turns Blue

22) "Stranger" - Clan of Xymox

23) "Hausta" - Danheim

24) "Drift" - Bootblacks

25) "Dark Hill" - Lebanon Hanover

26) "Suicide Landscape" - The Beauty of Gemina

27) "Heartbeat of the earth" - Inkubus Sukkubus

28) "Love Song for a Ghost" - Box and the Twins

29) "Domination" - The Sisters of Mercy

30) "Dreamscape" - Epica

31) "Emily" - Clan of Xymox

32) "A Promise" - Alan Silvestri

33) "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" - Jeremy Renner

34) "Waiting in the Forest" - The Beauty of Gemina

35) "Reincarnation" - Esoterik

36) "Black Lies" - Brotherhood

37) "Heart of a Gun" - The Beauty of Gemina

38) "Unrockbar" - die ärzte

39) "Aus den Ruinen" - L'ame Immortelle

40) "Ohne dich" - Rammstein

41) "Soothe my soul" - Depeche Mode

42) "Fear of Ghosts" - The Cure

43) "Back to the wound" - Whispers in the Shadow

44) "The Storm" - Hante.

45) "Loud and Clear" - Clan of Xymox

46) "Anyone else" - The Real McKenzies

47) "Skeletons in the Closet" - The Other

48) "Dance in the Dark" - Lady Gaga

49) "Living" - Dierks Bentley

50) "Guardians at the Gate" - Audiomachine

51) "Come as you are" - Imaginary Future

52) "You spin me round (like a record) - Dead or Alive

53)" Die by numbers" - Ashbury Heights (Agonoize Mix)

54) "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen

55) "Somebody to Love" - Queen

56) "A Remedy" - La Scaltra

57) "Chain Reaction" - John Farnham

58) "Carnival of Rust" - Poets of the Fall

59) "The Colors of Grey" - Diary of Dreams

60) "Main Attraction" - Jeremy Renner

61) "The Queen" - Lady Gaga

62) "Mer" - Chelsea Wolfe

63) "Empty" - L'ame Immortelle

64) "Die Geister die ich rief" - Oomph!

65) "Lost" - Within Temptation

66) "This Time" - The Beauty of Gemina

67) "In Love we Trust" - Clan of Xymox

68) "Missing You" - Pink Turns Blue

69) "The Mountain" - Dierks Bentley

70) "The Figurehead" - The Cure

71) "Burrow Wake" - Inkubus Sukkubus

72) "Andromeda" - Hi-Finesse

73) "Destillat" - Das Ich

74) "Spellbound" Siouxsie and the Banshee's

75) "The Seed" - Aurora

76) "Requiem" - Diary of Dreams

77) "I was born to love you" - Queen

78) "It'll never break my heart" - Pink Turns Blue

79) "Patricia in Pain" - Paralysed Age

80) "Obscura" - The Beauty of Gemina

81) "The same deep water as you" - The Cure

82) "Chimerical" - Lebanon Hanover

83) "Your fork moves" - Lebanon Hanover

84) "She's dangerous" - Clan of Xymox

85) "Dust of the years" - Paralysed Age

86) "Blood" - Suspiria

87) "Friday I'm in love" - The Cure

88) "Once Beautiful" - The Last Dance

89) "Adrenochrome" - The Sisters of Mercy

90) "I wish you could die" - The Beauty of Gemina

91) "Spellbound" - Sopor Aeternus

92) "Another Vision" - European Ghost

93) "House of the rising sun" - Jeremy Renner

94) "Last in the Club" - Buzz Kull

95) "Attraction" - Esoterik

96) "Into the woods" - Bragolin

97) "Timekiller" - Project Pitchfork

98) "Traitors (The words we learned) - Hapax

99)"Thunderstruck" - AC/DC

100) "Walking on both sides" - Pink Turns Blue

101) "Heaven don't have a name" - Jeremy Renner

102) "Radio" - Rammstein

103) "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen

104) "I have a crack" - Lebanon Hanover

105) "A Faction" - Holygram

106) "Shoot to thrill" - AC/DC

107) "Poison" Alice Cooper

108) "Decoys" - Bootblacks

109) "De Profundis" - ASP

110) "Acid Man" - European Ghost

111) "Blue Monday" - Sebastian Böhm

112) "Phragmokontrolle" - ASP

113) "She" - Clan of Xymox

114) "Magic Dance" - David Bowie

115) "Acid Ocean" - Project Pitchfork

116) "The Cleansing" - L'ame Immortelle

117) "Durdu Dunya" - She Past Away

118) "Protector" - Hearts of Black Science

119) " The Lonesome Death of a Goth DJ" - The Beauty of Gemina

120) " '39" - Queen

121) "She loves you" - The Beatles

122) "Gimme Shelter" - The Sisters of Mercy

123) "Vitriol" - Hapax

124) "Pet Sematary" - Starcrawler

125) "Du Hast (Way Too Happy Cover)" - Melodicka Bros

126) "Huldufolk" - Esoterik

127) "Sprirts light the way" - Esoterik

128) "Jolene (Metal Cover) - Leo

129)" Paparazzi" - Lady Gaga

130) "A Moment Forever" - Volbeat

131) "Back to the cemetery" - The Other

132) " Izole" - She Past Away

133) "Anaesthesia" - Angels of Liberty

134) "Sweet Gwendoline (ASP version) " - Umbra et Imago

135) "Babes of the 80s" - Lebanon Hanover

136) "Crack the Sky" Amon Amarth

137) "The way of vikings" - Amon Amarth

138) "Runaljod" - Wardruna

139) "Raised by Bats" - Aurelio Voltaire

140) "Such mich find mich" - Oomph!

141) "Kasvetli Kutlama" - She Past Away

142) "Somebody to die for" - Hurts

143) "Mercy" Hurts

144) "Narcissus" - The Beauty of Gemina

145) "Alien" - 13 Candles

146) "Exile" - Paralysed Age

147) "No time to cry" - The Sisters of Mercy

148) "Deep down I died" - Clan of Xymox

149) "Gone" - Deine Lakaien

150) "Holding out for a hero" - Sopor Aeternus

Like I said, slightly more... 😅😂

I'm tagging you guys if you want to. If you don't please don't feel pressureed to! And if I didn't tag you and you'd like to do this feel free of course

@xthebasilwitch @bananaink @stufenlosregelbar @clintbartoncomics @spectralarchers @labradoritedreams @annika-of-the-lost @lilolilyr @undefeatednils @thoughtsoflastnight

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I have now found THREE reaction channels on YouTube who have reacted to BOTH of my favorite bands.

Which is real fuckin weird.

Because my favorite bands are NIGHTWISH and PENTATONIX. Which are. Not.

Similar.

But even though I don’t listen to them as much anymore (except when I fall down reaction rabbit holes) they’re probably still all-time favorites. I’ve seen Nightwish live twice, and PTX live four times. I’ve only ever seen two other live performances (except for acts that performed at the same time, like the last time I saw Pentatonix, Max Schneider, Daya, and Adam Lambert were part of the same event, and I saw Volbeat open for Nightwish). (I saw Panic! at the Disco, and my first concert was Sara Evans. That’s the totality of my concert experience.)

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2, 12, 25. ^^

thank you :)

2:A song you like with a number in the title

Seven Days to the Wolves (Nightwish. That ending is one of the best song endings and one of the best to headbang to, and I’ve had the priviledge to headbang to it live and maan, man. I purposefully didn’t learn the setlist beforehand and you can imagine my reaction when I heard this start playing)

I like to believe that you can see me in that little bit of the crowd that’s visually active waving their hands/horns on the left side of the screen/audience (and in front of Tuomas) on 49:40 but regardless of the fact that you obviously cannot actually see me, I was there :)

12:A song from your preteen years

Oops I did it again (Britney Spears. I liked her songs a lot, though now I recommend covers like this)

25:A song by an artist no longer living

Cross Off (Chester Bennington and Mark Morton, who is still living)

music asks

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Floor Jansen: "I didn't expect all this attention"

The program didn’t won any prize at the Televizier-Gala, but 'Beste Zangers does have Floor Jansen. The singer blew the TV viewers last Saturday evening in a duet with Henk Poort. She is overwhelmed by the reactions, her Dutch theater tour was sold out in no time and she is seen as an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. "I have never experienced this in the twenty years that I have performed."

Week after week, Floor Jansen crashed into ‘Beste Zangers’ with her performances. Whether it was her rendition of ‘Shallow’ or the moving ‘Winner’, all the songs she sang ended up in the iTunes lists. ‘Phantom of the Opera’ with Henk Poort immediately turned out well on Saturday night. 1.4 million people looked at that closing party and it was raining compliments again. "So beautiful. My life is really upside down," says the singer. "I hadn't estimated that in advance. I was the last person I thought the Dutch public would say: yes, we give her this attention."

Prejudices

Jansen has been working in music for twenty years. Worldwide she attracts full halls as lead singer of the Finnish metal band Nightwish, in the Netherlands she did not get a foothold. "There are prejudices about metal music: it is said that it is not suitable for listening to an average audience. I get messages from viewers saying: I didn't know it, but how beautiful. That is the coolest thing about it all: the confirmation of my feeling that people would appreciate my music if they only came into contact with it."

She and her band Nightwish recently announced a show at the Ziggo Dome in November 2020. "That will take more than a year. Driven by the demand of viewers, I decided to do something earlier: a theater tour. We carefully started with six shows, I was afraid it would be too much. But they were sold out within a day, and then three more shows were added, which were gone in no time. I have never experienced anything like this before.”

Her 'Beste Zangers’ colleague Henk Poort will join the tour, which starts in January. Jansen: "It is a sort of closing of ‘Beste Zangers’. Such a shame it ended. And because ‘Phantom of the Opera’ has caused so many fireworks, Henk and I are going to sing that together. It is a beautiful final after this successful and fun season. People who have a ticket are in for a treat."

Daughter

It is a busy time for the artist: "But I think it is important to come to the Netherlands, I am happy and proud that I have been able to achieve this. We are going on a world tour with Nightwish again next year, from China to Russia, Australia and America. You know many things in advance and I have learned to plan well and not to get upset. I also don't plan anything now and then. I have a daughter of two and a half, who also needs attention. She is only young once. She can often come along and that is really cool, it is facilitated to be a mum and singer. When I'm on tour in the Netherlands, she goes to grandparents. That is certainly a nice extra, family comes first with me.”

Jansen has been living in Sweden for six years. Back to her country of birth is not yet on her wish list. "That is not necessary to have a good career in the Netherlands. I live beautifully here, my husband is Swedish and our child grows up here."

From the Netherlands there is a call from fans on social media to send Jansen to the Eurovision Song Contest. "My first reaction was no, to which my sister said, ‘listen first to what has changed in recent years’. I was dropped out at one point because it became such a flat spectacle. In Sweden it is very alive, because of Abba, my husband also taught me a bit of Eurovision history. If it were about music and singing I would think it was an honor, but I think it is particularly charming that people see me as a candidate who can represent the Netherlands. Well, I would hardly know when I should do it, then we are on a world tour with Nightwish. All luxury problems, haha."