Nightwish

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Nightwish

Nightwish formed in Finland in 1996, started by Tuomas Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen, and Tarja Turunen. Their first album, 'Angels Fall First,' came out the...

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Nightwish's symphonic metal built on shifting voices

A Finnish band that blends metal with operatic vocals and epic storytelling.

If you want to hear their scope, try 'Ghost Love Score' for the early operatic sound or 'The Greatest Show On Earth' for their later, more expansive side.

Nightwish matters because they made symphonic metal feel cinematic and ambitious, not just heavy. Songs like 'Ghost Love Score' and 'The Greatest Show On Earth' stretch past ten minutes, building worlds with orchestral arrangements and operatic vocals. They showed that metal could be grand and theatrical while still hitting hard.

Tuomas Holopainen started the band in 1996 with Tarja Turunen on vocals, releasing 'Angels Fall First' the next year. After Turunen left, Anette Olzon sang on albums like 'Dark Passion Play' before Floor Jansen took over in 2013, leading to releases like 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful'.

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Planet Hell 5 visits arrow_forward Dead To The World 4 visits arrow_forward The Greatest Show On Earth 4 visits arrow_forward Wish I Had An Angel 4 visits arrow_forward Bless The Child 3 visits arrow_forward Bye Bye Beautiful 3 visits arrow_forward Dark Chest Of Wonders 3 visits arrow_forward End Of All Hope 3 visits arrow_forward Ghost Love Score 3 visits arrow_forward I Want My Tears Back 3 visits arrow_forward Noise 3 visits arrow_forward Over The Hills And Far Away 3 visits arrow_forward Shoemaker 3 visits arrow_forward Shudder Before The Beautiful 3 visits arrow_forward Sleeping Sun 3 visits arrow_forward Song Of Myself 3 visits arrow_forward

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Nightwish formed in Finland in 1996, started by Tuomas Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen, and Tarja Turunen. Their first album, 'Angels Fall First,' came out the next year. The band's sound mixed symphonic metal with operatic singing from the start, heard on early tracks like 'Sleeping Sun.'

Anette Olzon took over as singer for a few years, during which they put out albums such as 'Dark Passion Play' in 2007. Olzon left in 2012, and Floor Jansen joined as lead vocalist in 2013. With Jansen, they released 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' in 2015 and 'Human.:II: Nature.' in 2020.

Their music often leans toward the epic, with songs like 'Ghost Love Score' and 'The Greatest Show On Earth' stretching past typical lengths. The lineup has shifted over time, with Holopainen and Vuorinen remaining from the original trio, and current members including Troy Donockley on pipes and whistles.

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