Upon hearing Wishmaster I simultaneously jumped for joy and shouted in despair "What the hell happened?" Which was the direction past me needed to head towards to find the true great essence of this band. In historical context this sounds more like Evanescence trying harder to be metal rather than Nightwish continuing the legacy started by Oceanborn. The first couple of timesI played it through I absolutely loved it, "Finally! an unashamed METAL female fronted band" but it just didn't hold up to repeat listens. I worked at my college radio station and discovered them through my asking the metal director's opinion of Evanescence (I was a young idiot too once, sue me).
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In the interest of full disclosure, this was my first Nightwish album.
Let’s put it like this, if you’re already familiar NIGHTWISH, you know why this concert film is essential and if you’ve happened to stumble across them for the very first time, you will surely be asking yourself just how the heck this could have happened, after seeing it.Tracks 12 & 13 are bonus tracks in the US version of the album. This show achieved nothing less than taking an important snapshot of the band during yet another pinnacle of their career, celebrated by one of the world’s most enthusiastic crowds in a city like no other. I remembered the curious, innocent boy writing all of these songs.”Īnd while this could have been captured anywhere this symphonic metal carnival pitched their magical tents, it was the Buenos Aires show in particular – a city of NIGHTWISH maniacs in its own right – that was destined to become a fabled event. At some point during the preparation process, I realized that I was smiling all the time. “Instead, I asked myself which songs I would play to somebody who had never heard of our band. “I didn’t just want to pick out the most successful NIGHTWISH songs for this tour”, Tuomas Holopainen explains. It will be released on December 6th as a BluRay Digibook, 2CD Digipak, BluRay+2CD Earbook, 3LP. Today, NIGHTWISH start the pre-order for this monumental live document. In between saw a set filled with pure trailblazing Finnish glory – incorporating distinguished tracks ‘Wish I had an Angel’, ‘Sacrament of Wilderness’, ‘Elvenpath’, ‘Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean’, ‘Dead Boy’s Poem’ and many more… The evening saw countless goose bumps and unforgettable scenes – the definition of an unforgettable night, now documented for all eternity. NIGHTWISH came out to the rousing ‘End Of All Hope’ and took their bow to the unmatched epic ‘Ghost Love Score’.
The consequent tour, too, was so much more than a regular anniversary run from March 9th to December 15th 2018, the seventh NIGHTWISH world tour enthralled 82 cities across Europe, North America and South America – armed with a once-in-a-lifetime setlist.Įnter the stage ✽ecades: Live In Buenos Aires«! The divine new live release from Finland’s finest was captured by 19 cameras on that extraordinary night in Argentina. This comprehensive chronology of the band’s first two decades not only marked the band’s 20th anniversary it was also the end of yet another era in the stellar career of Finland’s internationally most successful group.
Released back in 2018, “Decades” was so much more than a run-of-the-mill best-of. And once again, they will be setting aflame the hearts of thousands of dedicated fans. In a couple of hours’ time, symphonic metal trailblazers NIGHTWISH will unleash their unique “Decades” show on the huge stage of the Estadio Malvinas in Buenos Aires.
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