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Nightwish
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Finland (1996 – present)
Nightwish is a symphonic power metal band, formed in the town of Kitee, Finland in 1996. The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), and Jukka Nevalainen (drums and percussion).
The vocalist on all albums prior to 2005 was soprano Tarja Turunen.
Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band on their most recent album Dark Passion Play and the corresponding World Tour.
The band’s leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal and even in some cases called ‘epic metal’.
Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.
The original idea of Nightwish was largely inspired by The Gathering, and the idea was to use keyboards, acoustic guitars and the operatic vocals of their then singer Tarja Turunen. This idea was changed in 1997, as a drummer was added, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric guitar.
The idea of using operatic vocals was changed dramatically with their third album Wishmaster (2000), and more so on future albums, especially Dark Passion Play (2007). In 2001, Holopainen asked Sami Vänskä, their bassist since 1998, to leave, and he was replaced with Marco Hietala (Tarot, ex-Sinergy), leaving Sinergy.
The vocalist on all albums prior to 2005 was soprano Tarja Turunen.
Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band on their most recent album Dark Passion Play and the corresponding World Tour.
The band’s leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal and even in some cases called ‘epic metal’.
Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.
The original idea of Nightwish was largely inspired by The Gathering, and the idea was to use keyboards, acoustic guitars and the operatic vocals of their then singer Tarja Turunen. This idea was changed in 1997, as a drummer was added, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric guitar.
The idea of using operatic vocals was changed dramatically with their third album Wishmaster (2000), and more so on future albums, especially Dark Passion Play (2007). In 2001, Holopainen asked Sami Vänskä, their bassist since 1998, to leave, and he was replaced with Marco Hietala (Tarot, ex-Sinergy), leaving Sinergy.
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Layinginblack wrote:
NO
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Dan-EternalW wrote:
And Nightwish is madness ;)
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psychoguitoyle wrote:
but Tarja is Nightwish ;~
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Sir_Phobos wrote:
People really need to stop with the whole Tarja vs. Anette thing. Tarja was fired three years ago, it's time to move on...
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neccy60 wrote:
Nah, just Tarja>Anette. Anette is good, just not as good as Tarja. =P
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DimaTemptation wrote:
Tarja > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anette
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Rozen-rot wrote:
Unfortunately no one outside the band is ever going to know for sure what was going on. We'll all have our own theories but they will be based on secondary sources, so shouldn't be taken as gosbal truth. What we should all just accept is that there were tensions in the band, and that they could no longer work together. It happens.
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runforafall wrote:
lol tarja uses kimonos, so don't criticize anette's outfits, both styles are horrible! that's why i love them! :D who cares their outfits? it's stupid.
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neccy60 wrote:
I still don't quite get it....some people say that she had a really big ego, while others say that the band was just looking for an excuse to get a new singer...it's all very confusing.
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muffinsrule wrote:
i like the pic up now, too! and i don't care about how these people dress, i care about how they sing. and i prefer tarja's voice. but to each their own, if other people prefer anette, no prob. :) i think it's really sad how tarja was kicked out, though...
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neccy60 wrote:
I like the pic up right now. It looks nice and old school.
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allhopeisgone8 wrote:
very , very good music ! <3
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neccy60 wrote:
Nightwish made 2 songs on DPP with the sole intention to stick it (not in that way >>) to Tarja. It's not going to happen. :)
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Leothil wrote:
I know that the probability is really (I mean _really_) low, but it would still be a really nice event.
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neccy60 wrote:
If the fallout was really as bitter as I've heard, Tarja will NEVER sing with Nightwish again, in any capacity.
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Leothil wrote:
I think my ideal concert would be one where they have Tarja as a guest star singing with them :) Because at the concert in Helsinki 1.1 -08, when they played Dark Chest of Wonders the backing vocals were so loud it sounded like a duet between Tarja and Anette. It sounded so fantastic. So I've just been imagining how it would sound with both live... :)
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pornoholic wrote:
I miss tarja so.pity... [2]
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Dan-EternalW wrote:
It was the gnomes, the gnomes made them popular!
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dementedX14 wrote:
How did this band become so popular?
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francheska28 wrote:
They both have horrible sense of style "sometimes" I am just glad both recent times I went to see NW, Anette was wearing rather nice outfits. I didnt like the new blond hair, though. Tarja has worn a couple of things lately that are WTF worthy. I think she should stick to her flowy curtain dress. I dont know what else to call it. I just think that is the style that suits her best. My opinion. dont kill me for it. :P
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