I’ve been a fan of NightWish ever since I got to listen to Wishmaster. It’s been a few years and well they became my favourite band ever.

I loved Tarja’s classical voice and their amazing sound. When the band fired Tarja through an open letter, I was thorn. I understood their position and decision and well part of me agreed with them for it. I mean, when you are part of a band, you can’t just show up when you feel like it. You need to be involved in the creative process and all.

That far I was ok with their position but I was sad that this amazing voice that made me adore the band so much was gone. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to accept another signer.

I was expecting something kind of like when Peter Gabriel was replaced by Phil Collins in Genessis. Peter’s fans never really liked Phil and vice versa.

Still I waited anxiously for the new single to come out and the new album to see what it would sound like.

In may they announced that the new signer was going to be Anette Ozlon. I liked Alisson Avenue so it wasn’t so bad. But their voices and styles are so different. How would this turn out? I couldn’t decide.

Finally the new album is out. I waited so long for Sept 28th 07 to listen to it. I’ll be honest it took some getting use to but I love them more then ever.

I am glad they chose Anette. I liked the fact that they didn’t try to replace Tarja by a look alike or a copy cat, they went with someone that shared their views and overall would benefit their common interests.

What pleased me the most with the new album is that they have the same sound. You know right away that it is NightWish.

Looks like afterall despite the fact that Tarja was the signer, she wasn’t the band.

Long live NightWish.

Posted: October 4th, 2007 by sonicvamp
Filled Under: Hobbies, Rock'N'Roll All Nite
With Tags: album, amaranth, annette olzon, dark passion play, favorite band, new album, nightwish, tarja, video
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Dark Passion Play

Nightwish release their brand new album Dark Passion Play. It marks the beginning of a new era with new vocalist Annette Olzon onboard.

For the fans the album sound 100% Nightwish but for the vocal part well it’s up to you to deciede. For my part I found it a fairy good album but not as good as their previous release Once that was probably their best album ever. The first single Amaranth that you can see the video below is the best song on the album. Only future will tell if the vocaliste choice paid off.

Nightwish – Amaranth

Nightwish – Bye Bye Beautiful

Posted: September 28th, 2007 by Kat Path
Filled Under: Hobbies, Rock'N'Roll All Nite
With Tags: album, amaranth, annette olzon, dark passion play, favorite band, new album, nightwish, tarja, video
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