End Of An Era (Live) [Digipak] - Nightwish > Reviews > Truly the end of an era

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money	Excellent

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

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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 so far as to tone his unmistakeable voice down a 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.
The sound quality is superb, and there is no distortion or lack of depth in it.
As always with concert DVD's, you get to see some behind the scenes - and with Nightwish this is always completely crackers, and well worth watching. The quality of the footage is excellent, and shows just what they get upto on tour - which is enough to leave you wetting yourself with laughter!

All in all, an excellent buy.