End Of An Era (Live) [Digipak] - Nightwish

Advantages: Superb cameraship, stunning sound quality
Disadvantages: You wish it could go on forever

Truly well named. This was the last concert for Nightwish with their original singer, Tarja Turunen. And boy, does it show! A stunning concert in Helsinki, its the very best of the (then) new and old tracks, with their trademark musicianship, playing of the crowd, and over the top performance. All the way from the first notes to the final bow, the band give it their all - and do their level best to make sure Tarja looks good - Marco even going ...
...notch, rarely challenging Tarjas power, though during some tracks he does push her for the high notes - notably during phantom of the opera. For nightwish fans such as myself, this represents a huge part of the band leaving, and is a superb example of how we knew them. Technically, this DVD is superb, giving a reasonable amount of time to each member, while focussing mainly on the singer, from many angles, including from BEHIND on some occasions. ... Read review