How Did Nightwish Redefine Metal Music?

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Nightwish is a fire-breathing, orchestra-wielding metal beast that rose from the ashes of a Finnish campfire and decided to lead the way in symphonic metal, making metal history. They took operatic vocals, orchestral metal, power metal theatrics, gothic rock intensity, and cinematic storytelling, shoved them all into a blender, and hit "puree." ???????? What poured out was so massive, so unapologetically classy, that metalheads couldn't deny falling in love with orchestral arrangements.

Tuomas Holopainen was the catalyst of the madness! A man who turned this fantasy-driven band into an empire. Tarja Turunen—the operatic legend who gave symphonic metal its defining sound. Marco Hietala—whose voice alone could summon Viking spirits. Floor Jansen—a human vocal hurricane.

Nightwish is chaos incarnate. ???? Breakups, dramatic exits, and intense lineup changes. No matter what, they became bigger, louder, and more cinematic—like a phoenix with a full orchestra behind it.

Chapters:
00:00 - ???? The Campfire That Created a Metal Empire
04:35 - (photo is meant to be Sami Vanska! Not Marko Hietala. The blonde hair got me lol)
04:55 - ???? Albums That Changed Metal Forever
10:07 - ⚡ This Nightwish Scandal Left Metal SHOOK
14:35 - ????️ Did Her Voice Save Nightwish?
15:42 - ???? Nightwish’s Unbelievable Legacy

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SOURCES:
• A New Species Of Crab Has Been Named After Nightwish (2020, July 13) – Kerrang!

• Album Review: Nightwish – Yesterwynde (2024, September 16) – Kerrang!

• Anette Olzon Looks Back On Her Time With Nightwish With “Mixed Emotions” (2021, September 9) – Blabbermouth.net

• Poetry in Motion and Emotion – An Analysis of the Forms, Functions, and • Effects of Intermedial References to Poems and Poets Within Creative Products of Visual Culture (2014) – Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

• Band Biography – Nightwish Official Website

• Aspects of Emotion and Construction in the Music of Nightwish (2013) – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME3)

• "The Whole Thing Was Such a Shock, Because It Came Out of Nowhere" – A Public Letter, Tears, and the Finnish Prime (2024, June 5) – Metal Hammer, Louder

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