Who could have blamed those who denied hope of any future for Nightwish? With Opera metal hidden so deeply in the Finnish shadows, surely anybody would feel threatened by a band with power metal guitar chords, techno inspired keyboard tunes and a lead singer trained in the style of classical opera. Who would want to listen to such an insane combanation?
Every youth in Europe apparently. Selling out gigs at some of London’s most favorite venues and watching their new album ‘Once’ dissapear off shelves worldwide it seems that
even the origional critics are being sucked into the phenomenon which is NIGHTWISH.
Century Child was Nightwish’s sixth album, and have no fear, none of the band members have lost a child! It is a collection of stories, emotions, hopes and fears beautifully described in symphonic rhymes. Songwriter Tuamos Holopanien claims that the album was made to help him describe the joys of childhood and innocence.
Telling us that he detests the fact that so many artists feel it nessacary to tell lies about having an atrocious childhood he ...