National treasure of Finnish metal: Story of Nightwish

You can't talk about Finnish music without mentioning possibly the most commercially successful finalist band of all time. Hopefully there are Finnish bands of all shapes and sizes, but none of them sound like the group even though they are not the only ones. Since no other band has been able to take the world of symphonic

metal

to the same heights as Nightwish, behind all its grandeur lies the

story

of a band whose

story

resembles a Hollywood movie with all its twists and turns, so It's time to dig deeper. Step into the magical world of Nightwish and discover what lies behind the curtain.

The story of Nightwish began on July 6, 1996 at Gite while Thomas Holopine was sitting around a campfire and had the idea to form a new group whose music would be an atmospheric mix of acoustic guitar, piano and female vocals behind this idea, Inviting guitarist Erno Empovorne into the group, as well as classically trained singer Tariator, the band was soon dubbed Nightwish, which was the first song the trio wrote together after recording their first demo. Joined by drummer Yuka Neva Leinen, the group soon began to take more influences from

metal

music, which laid the foundation for Night Wishes' signature sound.

In 1997, the band entered the studio to record their second demo, which soon found its way into the hands of Spine Farm Records. who quickly signed the group. Nightwish's debut album, Angels Fall, was first released that same year and peaked at number 31 in Finland. Their first single, The Carpenter, peaked at number three. The band's first show took place on New Year's Eve 1997 in Kita because the group does not have a permanent bassist, one of them, a pahirovan joined them as a session musician. She was later asked to join permanently, but had to decline due to her

national

military service around the same time that Nightwish were about to enter the studio to begin work on their second album.

The second album was thus based on Ivanska in the Kirimona place. Nightwish's second album, Ocean Board, was released in 1998. Sonically, the record was a big step towards symphonic metal compared to their debut. Oceanborn peaked at number five in Finland, while two of its singles reached number one. The inter

national

release also included the song Sleeping Sun, which turned out to be a big hit in Germany. Thanks to their success, the man soon embarked on their first European tour in 2000. The band released their third album Wishmaster, on which their metal influences shined brightest. More than ever, this seemed to please fans as the record reached number one in Finland and when that same year it went platinum on the back of the album's release, Nightwish embarked on their first European headlining tour and He made his first trips to South America, Mexico and Canada in a Within a few years Nightwish had gone from a small campfire band to one of the most important Finnish metal groups in the world.

However, things were far from good, the relationship between Ivanska and the rest of the band had become increasingly strained in just a few years. According to Holupinen Vanska, in short years, the lack of motivation had begun to show in the band's daily performances and activities. EMP Warner had also begun to feel like hired labor rather than a full-time member and has since admitted to seriously considering breaking up. He created Nightwish at that time, after some conversations with Sonata arcticus Tony Kakuko and hiring Evaporhilla as the band's manager. Hollow Biden finally decided that this would not be the end of Nightwish to save the band holopine and first decided to fire mansca, he was replaced by Terence.

Marco Hilltala, who also took over some of the group's vocal duties in 2000, Nike released their fourth album, Century Child, which was the band's first album to feature a full orchestra accompanying the group. The album turned out to be Nightwish's biggest hit to date, charting at eight spots. countries in their native Finland Century Child went gold in just two hours and platinum in two weeks after some tough times Nightwish had clearly come back stronger than ever in 2004 Knight released their fifth album once it finally put them on the global map to which the disk is gone. Gold in six countries, as well as double platinum in Finland, it was also the group's first album to chart in the US and UK after its release.

Nyquish embarked on their most extensive world tour yet, ending in October 2005 in Helsinki, the band were bigger than ever and their future possibilities were endless because of this no one could foresee what would come after finishing the Taria tour. Turonen was fired from Nightwish with an open letter that was also published on the band's website, this was a huge shock to both fans and Turunin herself according to the rest of Nightwish Turonen's husband and other outside interests had seriously affected her. her attitude towards the band Turunin for her part described the way she was fired as a personal attack and unnecessarily cruel in any case Nightwish decided to continue moving forward and set out to find a new vocalist in 2006.

Nightwish held open auditions to find a new singer. Among the applicants was Amaranth vocalist Elise Root. But ultimately the spot went to former Alison Avenue singer Annette Olson. Nike was the sixth album to be released by Dark Passion Play. in 2007. After everything that had happened, expectations were high and Nightwish was able to meet them. Dark Passion Play charted in more than 20 countries and took first place in Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Croatia. The album has since sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Nightwish embarked on their most extensive world tour to date, lasting until late 2009. Following this, the group went on a well-deserved hiatus to begin work on another album.

Nightwish returned to the spotlight with 2011's Imaginarium, which turned out to be another successful album to accompany the record, the band also released a film in 2012 directed by Stobejario. Everything seemed to be going great in the magical world of Nightwish until October 2012, when the band announced that they had parted ways with Amit Olson. Just a couple of days earlier, Lee root and archnemesis Alissa White Glutz had replaced Olsen in Colorado after the latter fell ill. Austin later expressed his displeasure with the decision and claimed that her pregnancy had influenced her dismissal from the rest of Nightwish.

He denied this by stating that Olsen had signed off on hiring a long-term replacement while she was on maternity leave. The truth may be somewhere in between, but in any case Nike was chosen former after forever vocalist Floor Janssen to finish the Imaginarium tour for many fans. Yet another singer change was a tough pill to swallow, but it didn't take long for Floor Jansen to sing in Hearts' defense. The rest of Nightwish also liked Jensen and in October 2013 she was named the official singer of Nightwish. Van also announced that Troy Donakly had joined the group permanently after performing on top albums and tours for several years.

The lineup changes didn't end there, however, as you never can, Leinen announced that he would be leaving Nightwish in August. 2014, due to severe insomnia, his seed would be filled by Winter Sun drummer Kai Hafto. Nightwish's eighth album, Endless Force Was Beautiful, was released in 2015 and proved to be another global hit following the album's release. Nightwish embarked on a year and a half world tour. During which they headlined at Wembley Stadium in London becoming the first Finnish group to do so in 2018, Nyquish embarked on the decades-long world tour in which they performed rarely heard material, particularly from the band's previous albums in 2019. , kaihat was named Yukon Neville and its permanent. replacement while the latter continues to work with the group behind the scenes, Nightwish's last album Human Nature was released in 2020, while the record proved to be another commercial success, the band were unable to start a supporting tour due to the pandemic of covid-19 as if things weren't bad enough Marco Hiatala announced that he would be leaving the band in January 2021 citing depression and his personal dissatisfaction with the music industry.

Nightwish once again faced big changes and Thomas Holopinen later admitted to wondering if Hirala's departure would be the end. However, tonight we went ahead and recruited Winter Sun bassist Yokakoskin into the group. Finally, in the summer of 2021, Nightwish was able to start the Human Nature tour that will continue until the summer of 2023. The band is also scheduled to begin. working on another album that will conclude the trilogy started by Endless Force Most Beautiful and Human Nature. When you think about it, it's amazing how Nightwish has been able to maintain its place at the top of the mid-world for almost 30 years despite all the challenges. have faced line-up changes are nothing new in the world of music, but Nightwish is one of the few bands where each member has been irreplaceable in their own way, but despite this Nightwish has always been able to overcome the difficult times and come back stronger than ever. each lineup change brought something new to the group even though their music primarily follows the vision of Thomas Holopina Knight desires more than the sum of its parts, the band's colorful history has made it what it is today, which is a one of the most interesting and imaginative. bands in Finland and the world