Metal Music Blog

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish was born in 1996 and released their first album, Angel Fall First, in November 1997. Their real breakthrough happened with Oceanborn album which was released in December 1998. Nightwish continued to gain attention with their next album Wishmaster which was released in spring 2000. Since those days has happened this and that, but the fact is that Nightwish has become one of the flagships of Finnish music industry. Although there are lots of fans and lots of those who do not like Nightwish, it is fantastic to see Nightwish, as one of the Finnish metal bands, being successful.

I remember purchasing Oceanborn album back in 1998. It was a stunning album because it was different and new. I found those instrumental melodies combined with mezzo-soprano vocals just stunning. I spent spring 1999 skiing in France with few dudes. We played Oceanborn album every single day after skiing the whole day in the Alps. I remember some folks getting bored and complaining about the “church heavy”, as they said. We did not really care too much, and answered simply “shut the fuck up”. Yep, Oceanborn is a classic and it still rocks after almost ten years.

Nightwish has now released their most expensive album, Dark Passion Play, which was an immediate success. Even though the new album has sold well, there are people who claim that Nightwish was buried in October 23rd 2005 as they fired Tarja Turunen. People claim that Nightwish has become an “average” band and the new songs do not sound like Nightwish anymore. I feel that Nightwish is looking for bigger audience. People in the world take easier the new album than those old ones. Pop and rock music are much more popular in the world than metal music.

All in all, Nightwish sounds a bit different nowadays, a bit more like a rock band. I like many of those new songs, but what I do not like in the new album is those messages to Tarja Turunen and Marcelo Kabuli (listen to Bye Bye Beautiful and Master Passion Greed). They should have fixed their problems as a private issue and left the album only for music. Anyhow, let’s get back to the good things in the new album. I listen to classical music as much as metal, and I really enjoy those overwhelming classical and operatic elements in the new album. Some years ago I remember listening to Rhapsody and thinking “are there any limits in using classical elements”? Their music sounds more and more powerful and theatrical. Where is the limit? Anyhow, I enjoy those classical elements of Nightwish’s Dark Passion Play album.

Nightwish is now touring in Nordic countries. Check out Nightwish website for further information of the band.
Nightwish is also in MySpace.

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Nightwish is making money nowadays. The costs of making their new album were 500 000 euros which is pretty much for a metal band, so they probably expect a good revenue. Nightwish is clearly targeting to mainstream and expects good sales. Well, that’s nothing new and there is nothing bad in it. It is just interesting to see how far Nightwish will go.

Nightwish music videos are directed by Antti Jokinen, a professional Finnish director who has worked with many “big names”. When watching the Nightwish videos, especially the old ones and comparing them to Amaranth and Nemo, you can clearly see the development. The new Nightwish music videos are just perfectly made and they belong into the “top class”, let’s say. I am glad for that. It is always good to see bands of my homecountry becoming famous. I just wish this same would happen to Amorphis, C.O.B., Stam1na, Mokoma, Wintersun, etc..

According to Finnish media, the costs of making Nightwish video Nemo were 150 000 euros, which on that time was the most expensive music video made in Finland. The latest Nightwish video, Bye Bye Beautiful is also directed by Antti Jokinen. In the video band members are replaced by sexy babes. The idea comes probably from Queen’s video The Miracle in which the band members are replaced by little kids.

By the way, I would like to publish Nightwish lyrics, as well as other band’s lyrics, but I am not sure about the rights. They changed the rights in Finland some time ago, and because my server is located in Finland, I must follow the Finnish law. I need to find out. I read the lyrics many times because I sing as well, so I would like to provide you them for you as well. In this post I would provide you the Nightwish lyrics for their song Bye Bye Beautiful, but not yet.. Well, I will find out if it is legal. Meanwhile, here is Nightwish Bye Bye Beautiful music video, directed by Antti Jokinen. Cool, eh?

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