by Lobotomy Patient Z / May 22, 2026
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Welcome to my first ever reaction post! I heard that reactions are “hawt AF”, so I thought I’d take a look into the latest fad … Well, it turns out that it’s been more than 5 years now that this shite has been the trending nonsense.
So here we go. I’m going to react to song called Sons of Winter and Stars by Wintersun. The version I’m going to react to is remastered live rehersals at Sonic Pump Studios.
I’m ready, are you ready? Let’s go!
Clicks play and the song starts
Right out of bat there are so many tracks of different sounds …
Nice guitar harmonies …
Oh … blastbeats …
My man Kai is really trying to lift off with his drumset!
This is awesome! WOW!
The awakening of darkened skies
(Falling from the dark)
The symphony of dying lights
(Behold the rain of stars)
The blazing fire came pouring down
(Falling from the dark)
And life and death became unbound
Sons of winter and stars!
Rise!
Sons of winter and stars!
Rise!
Sons of winter and stars!
Rise!
Rise!
Oh wow! This is like riding into the battle!
Fly with us through the darkness (Sons of winter and stars! Rise! Rise!)
And we shall embrace the stars (Sons of winter and stars!)
And we shall open the doors of time (Rise! Rise!)
Those low harmonies on vocals are so neat!
I have awaken the darkness
(Taste the fear!)
(Taste the pain!)
Nice clean vocals by Jari. This is epic!
I am the one who seeks vengeance
(I am the one who seeks vengeance)
Into the darkness we fly
Into the shadows they hide
Into the darkness we fly
They will never survive
They′ll die
Oh, they will die!
Absolutely brilliant guitar work and Kai is still going with his antigravity guest on the drums!
I sacrifice everything
Just for one moment
I throw away everything
That matters to me the most
Jari’s lyrics are absolutely marvellous! He is true storyteller!
I’m flying through the darkness
The fire casts a shadow on me
I tear a part of my heart for creation of dimensions
And we fly beyond the restless shadows
We fly beyond the stars
We fly beyond the birth of the worlds
So old I′ve become (Thousand years staring into emptiness)
But now I realize (That it was just an illusion)
All this time I thought it was you that would save the sun
Oh rain comes and washes the hate away (Washes the hate away)
Now I am at the crossroads with questions (With questions!)
Somewhere, someday I will find what I am here for
Who am I?
It’s getting better and better! This is so good!
But where are we going now?
Cool sound on guitar, very pingy.
I’m wondering now where will you take me
Absolutely Jari … just what I was thinking of!
And Kai hydrates, my man deservers a sip and a break after those blastbeats! The stamina of this guy … pffft!
From the horizon the light comes alive
Into the mountains high we set our way
Will we find our way in this long winter night
I see the land of fading sun and rising mountains
And I finally feel that I’ve found my home
But oh, how it feels so cold when
My dreams wither in fragments of time
Revealing that this land will die
Before the winds so cold (Falling snow)
The world was shattered in the fragments of time (So soft and cold)
Before the autumn rains (Dying moon cast down so weak)
The coldness will again awake
Frozen lake, the dancing spirits
Calling me to join in the cosmic dream
The silence is tempting me now…
That section was so theatrical. The layering of the vocals is brillint!
And that »silence» is just haunting! Jari is a genius!
Ok, let’s continue …
We are the sons of winter and stars
We′ve come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we′re gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
We are the sons of winter and stars
We’ve come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we′re gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
Until we fade away (Fate will find it’s way)
Until we drift into the dark
It′s not too late to find a way (Fate will find it’s way)
And fly in cold embrace of stars
Until we fade away (Mysteries of time)
Until we drift into the dark (Unfolding in cosmic dreams)
It′s not too late to find a way (Leaving life and death meaningless)
And fly in cold embrace of stars (Before the revelation of infinity)
Embrace the stars!
The energy flows in me like a river of stars
(The energy flows in me like a river of stars)
I’m surrounded by the circle of fire
But eternal ice has frozen my heart
I’m lost in the pathways of time
Now the time has come for us!
We are the sons of winter and stars
We′ve come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we′re gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
We are the sons of winter and stars!
We are the sons of winter and stars!
Cheez! What a trip … I was just so much in awe that I just went trough the whole last part.
Absolutely a masterpiece! Jari’s lyric are true poetry and the arrangement of the song is spot on. The talent these guys have is next level!
One of the greatest musical pieces ever made! This is one of those pieces that really shows how metal music has so much in common with classical music. Just like Miyako from Lovebites said some time ago, “Classical music is metal music from the time there wasn’t electricity.” I might paraphrase here, but the point is what matters.
Ok … that’s it folks. This was my first reaction post! Let me know if there is some tunes you would like me to react to next.
Have a great one and see you the next time!
Yours drooly,
Lobotomy Patient Z
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E-Mail: lobotomypatientz@subproject86.net
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SiNcE 2026