Century Child - Nightwish

Advantages: Atmoshpheric, splendid vocals and lyrics
Disadvantages: A couple of forgettable songs

...Nightwish are a band from Finland, and formed in 1996, their music can best be described as heavy metal/gothich metal with female vocals, their music contains elements of classical and opera. Band: Tarja Turunen - Vocals Marco Heitala - Bass/ Vocals Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards Emppu Veurinen - Guitars Jukka Nevailen - Drums Century Child was Nightwish's 4th album, a notable change on the album is the contribution by new bassist Marco Heitala, replacing departed bassist Sami Vanska, lyricist and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen had a bad year before releasing this album, and it shows on the album as some of the lyrics and tracks are more somber, and have a sadder sound 1) Bless The Child I originally never liked this song, but it has grown on me, the song is more mid paced, it starts of with a spoken word passage... Read review

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Advantages: typical Nightwish, style; altogether, the CD is an ear feast & surely one the lovely song of Tarja in connection with the Drums, guitars and co. ., the best of the band;
Disadvantages: two titles meet my approval in comparison with the others of some

...that a rest was first time. Sami Vänskä (bass) came into the band in summer 1998 after a couple of concerts and lathe works to videos. Under this band the albs "Oceanborn" (December 7th, 1998) and "Wishmaster" (Mai. 2000) and the CD "Over The Hills and Far Away" found herraus accommodation (March 2001). Ways of long continuous discrepancies between Tuomas stood, left the band Sami and, Sami, how the band shortly before this break. For it Marco Hietala as Bassspieler and 2nd singer came (become known by Sinergy and Tarot). Nightwish published the album "Century Child" in May 2002. After that it got quiet around the band first time. But the 2nd then arose " in 2003 2004 DVD end of Innocence ", of "valley from of The Elvenpath", "Once" with its many end couplings and now of " high Hopes " (2005) . the little Best the right Best Tarja... Read review

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Advantages: Good sound, unique female vocal and great music idea
Disadvantages: Bad male vocal

...Many metal music lovers have already well-know about Nightwish. And many of them were shocking when Tarja, the operatic female Nightwish singer decided to left the band in 2006. As everybody knows, her soprano/operatic vocal combined with heavymetal has made Nightwish become unique power-folk-metal band. This Finnish metal band is the miracle. In the beginning of its career, Nightwish might be was a folk band and later did some experiments. They have combined heavy-powermetal and folk music, soprano/operatic female singer and romantics-ballads-folktale lyrics. It became sweet and glorious metal music. From 1997 'till 2006 they had released 5 albums (Angel Fall First, Oceanborn, Wishmaster, Century Child, Once), 1 EP (Over The Hills and Far Away), 1 best album, 2 concert DVDs and some singles. ANGELS FALL FIRST, released... Read review

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