Nightwish

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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 on all albums prior to 2005 was soprano Tarja Turunen. Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band for their most recent album Dark Passion Play and the corresponding World Tour.

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. Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Sonata Arctica, 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 majorly 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 fourth 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. (read more)

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist She Is My Sin full track	4:46	84,483	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Come Cover Me full track	4:35	62,089	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Wanderlust full track	4:51	58,065	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Crownless full track	4:26	52,710	Buy mp3

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Dark Passion Play

Century Child

Once

Wishmaster

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Amaranth	6,557
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Nemo	5,625
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Wish I Had an Angel	4,999
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Bye Bye Beautiful	4,878
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Wishmaster	4,091
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Over the Hills and Far Away	3,645
1	7	Add this track to your playlist The Poet And The Pendulum	3,542
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Ever Dream	3,446
1	9	Add this track to your playlist Planet Hell	3,427
1	10	Add this track to your playlist Eva	3,420
2	11	Add this track to your playlist Dark Chest of Wonders	3,389
2	12	Add this track to your playlist The Islander	3,376
3	13	Add this track to your playlist Cadence of Her Last Breath	3,295
2	14	Add this track to your playlist The Kinslayer	3,284
4	15	Add this track to your playlist Sleeping Sun	3,276
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Bless the Child	3,188
2	17	Add this track to your playlist She Is My Sin full track	3,149
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Ghost Love Score	3,077
2	19	Add this track to your playlist End of All Hope	3,071
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Sahara	2,950

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Amaranth	56,629
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Nemo	51,013
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Bye Bye Beautiful	45,242
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Wish I Had an Angel	44,952
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Wishmaster	37,733
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Eva	36,375
–	7	Add this track to your playlist The Poet And The Pendulum	34,558
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Over the Hills and Far Away	34,115
1	9	Add this track to your playlist Cadence of Her Last Breath	34,004
3	10	Add this track to your playlist The Kinslayer	32,265
1	11	Add this track to your playlist Sleeping Sun	32,150
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Bless the Child	31,896
3	13	Add this track to your playlist Planet Hell	31,737
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Ever Dream	31,725
2	15	Add this track to your playlist Dark Chest of Wonders	31,398
5	16	Add this track to your playlist Master Passion Greed	31,238
5	17	Add this track to your playlist Sahara	31,230
–	18	Add this track to your playlist She Is My Sin full track	31,192
2	19	Add this track to your playlist The Islander	30,384
2	20	Add this track to your playlist Last of the Wilds	30,162
2	21	Add this track to your playlist For the Heart I Once Had	30,003
1	22	Add this track to your playlist End of All Hope	30,002
3	23	Add this track to your playlist Whoever Brings the Night	29,615
–	24	Add this track to your playlist Ghost Love Score	27,980
–	25	Add this track to your playlist Meadows of Heaven	26,087
–	26	Add this track to your playlist 7 Days To The Wolves	25,685
–	27	Add this track to your playlist Dead to the World	25,088
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Elvenpath	24,701
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Sacrament of Wilderness	24,509
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Stargazers	24,509
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Come Cover Me full track	23,768
–	32	Add this track to your playlist The Phantom of the Opera	23,705
–	33	Add this track to your playlist Dead Boy's Poem	23,352
1	34	Add this track to your playlist The Siren	23,176
1	35	Add this track to your playlist Walking in the Air	23,020
–	36	Add this track to your playlist Deep Silent Complete	22,837
–	37	Add this track to your playlist Moondance	22,583
–	38	Add this track to your playlist Wanderlust full track	21,946
–	39	Add this track to your playlist Dead Gardens	21,597
–	40	Add this track to your playlist Romanticide	21,303
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