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Kitee, 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 1996 to 2005 was Tarja Turunen . Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band on their 2007 album Dark Passion Play, the corresponding World Tour and the Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places) live album.

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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symphonic metal, power metal, gothic metal, metal, female fronted metal
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os_teriyaki wrote:
21 minutes ago

I like cheese. Cheese is tasty ^__^

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dehko wrote:
45 minutes ago

Tarja Turunen is da best.

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nDroae wrote:
54 minutes ago

GO BACK! YOU HAVE WORK TO DO

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Jemmarghh wrote:
58 minutes ago

they suck. [2] to add to this, I listened to A LOT of Nightwish when I was 12-14. Now they just strike me as incredibly cheesy. There's no other word for them.

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britdamage wrote:
1 hour ago

"britdamage for president of last.fm "thank you .....IF i win you'll be my right hand xD xD xD xD xD

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akaromi wrote:
yesterday evening

http://www.last.fm/group/Metalheads+in+Training

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fujikiri wrote:
yesterday evening

Well rosen_rot some people who don't like the new songs(the new shit) want to join this shoutbox ..because they want to share opinion too........even knowing we aren't speaking about nightwish all the time (and this is good) !!! [2] britdamage for president of last.fm

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Rozen-rot wrote:
yesterday evening

britdamage, that wasn't actually the point I was making. But well done for trying.

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britdamage wrote:
yesterday evening

So.......???

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nDroae wrote:
yesterday evening

But britdamage, WIHAA is your 8th most played Nightwish track :)

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nDroae wrote:
yesterday evening

OMG I JUST FOUND A WILD STICK INSECT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY LIVED HERE THIS IS AWESOME THIS IS AWESOME THIS IS AWESOME

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britdamage wrote:
yesterday evening

Well rosen_rot some people who don't like the new songs(the new shit) want to join this shoutbox ..because they want to share opinion too........even knowing we aren't speaking about nightwish all the time (and this is good) !!!

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Sm4rt1es wrote:
yesterday evening

they suck.

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Rozen-rot wrote:
yesterday evening

"Nowadays, Nightwish are good material for jokes, nothing more." & yet you are still here.

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fujikiri wrote:
yesterday evening

'an amateurish "happy-birthday's singer"' I lol'ed.

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os_teriyaki wrote:
yesterday evening

WIHAA is only ever good live, or when it's snowing, as I found out last winter >w< Bye Bye Beautiful isn't *so* bad, but compared to the rest of Anette-era songs... it is pretty poor. Chorus is limp, verses don't lead anywhere, etc. etc. @Schneckensaft: Yeah, I'm sure you're right, I was just trying to get at the troll really ^.^ @Swedishgirl93: glad you liked it :D The pianist is actually one of my friends, he's a genius, isn't he? ^w^

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nDroae wrote:
yesterday evening

THIS MUST MAKE EPICA MAIN PICTURE

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Schneckensaft wrote:
yesterday evening

"you can spell Tokyo better than Tokio Hotel can" - Yeah, but I'm guessing that's the german spelling... Or not? I do German, but to be fair we've not exactly talked about Japan a lot in our lessons! XD lol

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mitrado wrote:
yesterday evening

That's easy, MollieB: Because oldest Nightwish fans have given up on the band, ever since they replaced Tarja by an amateurish "happy-birthday's singer"... and the newest Nightwish fans have a lousy musical taste, seeing they enjoy this crappy excuse for a band a lot more than they enjoyed Nightwish when they were actually playing good music. Nowadays, Nightwish are good material for jokes, nothing more.

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nDroae wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Noooo I like wiiihaaaa "The song speaks of love and how it is so easily corrupted, and the pain resulting there from. 'I wish I had your angel' - I wish I had your innocence, as mine has been destroyed by lust and dark thoughts. The innate self centeredness of my human nature burns innocence (angel wings) to dust. It corrupts goodness. It destroys beauty. The inability to escape the human condition. The song reflects the complex emotions that plague humanity. It’s painful to be human." (SOURCE?!?)

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