Nightwish's Endess Forms Most Beautiful


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I only occasionally look at the official Nightwish website, but I looked this week and saw that they had a new album out last year (as detailed in the subject line).
What are people's thoughts on this album?
I had one listen on Youtube- admittedly, it didn't seem to be a great copy- but nothing really leapt out at me. Maybe the recording was too quiet?


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I haven't liked their music as much since Tarja left. The combination of rock music and operatic vocals really made their sound to me.


I still like them, but Tarja was the defining sound of the band.


To each their own preference, and while i agree with DMCal's opinion that Tarja was the start of it all, i think Nightwish had the songs fit in with the voices of the singers so far.

I'll add, the first Nightwish music i too started listening to was still with Tarja. :)


When Nightwish still had Tarja, they had a unique sound. Operatically trained sopranos don't do a lot of metal or rock music, strangely enough. Now, when Tarja was replaced by Annette, I admit, I think the band grew into their own, letting their instruments and compositions fill in for Tarja's loss. There are some songs that Tuomas wrote that I really don't think Tarja could have pulled off, like Amaranth or Meadows of Heaven. Being fair, Annette couldn't have pulled off some of the songs Tarja did, like Ever Dream or Phantom of the Opera. I liked the Annette period more, however, due to the expansion of the role of the other band members.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful is okay, but Floor hasn't yet found her niche I think. Elan is the one track I truly enjoy off of that album, though a few others are pretty good. Let's reconvene when they release another album with her.


Chyrone wrote:
I'll add, the first Nightwish music i too started listening to was still with Tarja. :)

Same here. I discovered them by accident while listening to random playlists on Youtube. I've since developed quite a fondness for symphonic/operatic metal and I've never looked back.


I hear that Epica - Unleashed- has taken over the mantle of Symphonic-Metal-Opera-Awesomeness.

Floor, the new Tarja apparently, is awesome live according to my cousin. I believe him because he doesn't exaggerate.


Therion makes some pretty epic symphonic metal, but Epica is right up there, for sure.


Thanks for the tips, guys. I'll have to look into Epica.

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I didn't care for Anette and the abrupt shift in style that was a result of her variance from Tarja, but I really like Floor Janesen. She's much closer to Tarja in range and style, even if the group hasn't fully gone back to pre-Annete arrangements.

I suppose a good way to put it is that if Floor had done the Once album (it was their first shift away from the operatic styles of previous albums, but still had Tarja), you might not have noticed it wasn't Tarja at first.

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