Nightwish

Nightwish
Background Information
Origin	Kitee, Finland
Genre(s)	Symphonic metal Power metal Epic metal
Years active	1996-present
Label(s)	Roadrunner Records, Spinefarm records, Nuclear Blast Records
Associated acts	Tarot, Alyson Avenue, Tarja
Influences	Epica, Hans Zimmer, My Dying Bride, Metallica
Members	Tuomas Holopainen Anette Olzon Marco Hietala Emppu Vuorinen Jukka Nevalainen
Former members	Tarja Turunen Sami Vänskä
Website	http://www.nightwish.com

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Nightwish is a symphonic / power metal quintet from Kitee, Finland, similar to bands like Sonata Arctica, Kamelot, Epica and Within Temptation.

Nightwish has grown to mainstream fame starting with their 2004 album Once and singles such has Nemo and Wish I Had an Angel, developing further with 2007 album Dark Passion Play and its singles Amaranth and Bye Bye Beautiful.

Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen writes all the lyrics for the band, and produces almost all the music. Starting with their 2003 album Century Child, bassist Marco Hietala started helping with some songs, and 2007 album Dark Passion Play was the first album to feature a song entirely by him (The Islander) and a song entirely written by guitarist Emppu Vuorinen (Whoever Brings the Night).

Band Biography

Nightwish started in Finland in 1996 as an acoustic project. They produced a selftitled demo with acoustic guitars (Emppu Vuorinen), piano and keyboards (Tuomas Holopainen), and the operatic vocals of Tarja Turunen. In 1997, drummer Jukka Nevalainen joined, Vuorinen changed from acoustic to electric guitar, and Nightwish turned into a power metal act with obvious symphonic- and gothic metal influences, which stayed with them through their international breakthrough Oceanborn (1998) and their third album Wishmaster (2000). With their fourth album Century Child (2002), they used more symphonic sides in their music, including a Finnish live orchestra, which developed through their next albums Once (2004) and Dark Passion Play (2007).

Discography

Demos

• Nightwish (1996)
• Angels Fall First (1997)

Studio albums

• Angels Fall First (1997)
• Oceanborn (1998)
• Wishmaster (2000)
• Century Child (2002)
• Once (2004)
• Dark Passion Play (2007)

EPs

• Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)

Singles

• “The Carpenter” (1997)
• “Sacrament of Wilderness” (1998)
• “Passion and the Opera” (1998)
• “Walking in the Air” (1999)
• “Sleeping Sun (4 Ballads of the Eclipse)” (1999)
• “The Kinslayer” (2000)
• “Deep Silent Complete” (2000)
• “Ever Dream” (2002)
• “Bless the Child” (2002)
• “Nemo” (2004)
• “Wish I Had an Angel” (2004)
• “Kuolema tekee taiteilijan” (2004)
• “The Siren” (2005)
• “Sleeping Sun” (2005)
• “Eva” (2007)
• “Amaranth” (2007)
• “Erämaan Viimeinen” (2007)
• “Bye Bye Beautiful” (2008)
• "The Islander" (2008)