Nuclear Blast\/Warner<\/p>\n
NIGHTWISH, the band on most peoples lips, are back with Anette Olzon (ex. ALYSON AVENUE) at the mike again. Many grieved Tarja\u00b4s departure in 2005, I did not. The operatic style on previous albums is not metal to me. But I guess 8 released studio albums and swell record sales says I\u00b4m missing something here. Still in the band are founders Tuomas Holopainen, keyboards, and guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, plus drummer Jukka Nevalainen and bass player Marco Hietala. Well, have they done it again?<\/p>\n
In terms of sheer sales I guess they have done well. My basic feeling is that I prefer Anette, but is it truly metal? Opener \u201cTaikataivi\u201d is notably Finnish in style, quite orchestrated and pompous. \u201cStorytime\u201d, the first single, is a well arranged piece, but oh so light. So far so good, but what happens in \u201cGhost River\u201d? The structure is like the most melodic black metal, the refrain is handled by a choir and the feeling is dissonant. There are more in the vein of \u201cok at the max\u201d. I really like \u201cI Want My Tears Back\u201d, the violin, the sporty Finnish folk tendencies and the open flirtation with the next Eurovision Song Contest. But all the pompous overblown orchestrations and choirs make Anette superfluous in places and there is more than a hint of the band becoming a Finnish ENYA over time. The duet in \u201cThe Crow, the Owl and the Dove\u201d also tickles my senses as a metal version of BLACKMORE\u00b4S NIGHT. And finally as the guitar sound sharpens in \u201cLast Ride of the Day\u201d the pompously metallic version of the band enters, providing fine hard rock the modern Finnish way. But apart from those highlights? Well, I\u00b4d like to see this band in 2020, I wonder if they have not joined with Tarja again, playing a Tolkien mock version of themselves on the Finnish pub circuit\u2026<\/p>\n
Track List
\nTaikatalvi
\nStorytime
\nGhost River
\nSlow, Love, Slow
\nI Want My Tears Back
\nScaretale
\nArabesque
\nTurn Loose The Mermaids
\nRest Calm
\nThe Crow, The Owl And The Dove
\nLast Ride Of The Day
\nSong Of Myself
\nImaginaerum<\/p>\n
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