Nightwish
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Nightwish is a Finnish Symphonic Power Metal band formed in 1996 in Kitee.
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Biography
Discography
- Angels Fall First (1997) - Spinefarm Records/Drakkar Records/XIII bis Records
1. Elvenpath
2. Beauty And The Beast
3. The Carpenter
4. Astral Romance
5. Angels Fall First
6. Tutankhamen
7. Nymphomaniac Fantasia
8. Know Why The Nightingale Sings
9. Lappi (Lapland)
10. Once Upon A Troubadour
- Oceanborn (1998) - Spinefarm Records/Drakkar Records/XIII bis Records
1. Stargazers
2. Gethsemane
3. Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean
4. Sacrament Of Wilderness
5. Passion And The Opera
6. Swanheart
7. Moondance
8. The Riddler
9. The Pharaoh Sails To Orion
10. Walking In The Air
- Wishmaster (2000) - Spinefarm Records/Drakkar Records/XIII bis Records
1. She Is My Sin
2. The Kinslayer
3. Come Cover Me
4. Wanderlust
5. Two For Tragedy
6. Wishmaster
7. Bare Grace Misery
8. Crownless
9. Deep Silent Complete
10. Dead Boy's Poem
11. FantasMic
- Over The Hills And Far Away (EP, 2001) - Spinefarm Records/Drakkar Records/XIII bis Records
1. Over The Hills And Far Away
2. Tenth Man Down
3. Away
4. Astral Romance (Remake 2001)
5. The Kinslayer (live)
6. She Is My Sin (live)
7. Sacrament Of Wilderness (live)
8. Walkin In The Air (live)
9. Beauty And The Beast (live)
10. Wishmaster (live)
- Wishmastour 2001 (EP, 2001) - Spinefarm Records/XIII bis Records
1. Wishmaster
2. Sleepwalker (Heavy version)
3. Passion And The Opera (edit)
4. Nightquest
5. A Return To The Sea
6. Once Upon A Troubadour
7. Sleeping Sun (video)
8. Sacrament Of Wilderness (video)
- Century Child (2002) - Spinefarm Records/Drakkar Records/XIII bis Records
1. Bless The Child
2. End Of All Hope
3. Dead To The World
4. Ever Dream
5. Slaying The Dreamer
6. Forever Yours
7. Ocean Soul
8. Feel For You
9. The Phantom Of The Opera
10. Beauty Of The Beast (Long Lost Love / One More Night To Live / Christabel)
- Once (2004) - Spinefarm Records/Nuclear Blast
1. Dark Chest Of Wonders
2. Wish I Had An Angel
3. Nemo
4. Planet Hell
5. Creek Mary's Blood
6. The Siren
7. Dead Gardens
8. Romanticide
9. Ghost Love Score
10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
11. Higher Than Hope
- Tales From The Elvenpath (2004) - Drakkar Records
1. Wishmaster
2. Sacrament Of Wilderness
3. End Of All Hope
4. Bless The Child
5. Sleeping Sun
6. She Is My Sin
7. Walking In The Air
8. Stargazers
9. Over The Hills And Far Away
10. The Kinslayer
11. Dead Boy's Poem
12. Sleepwalker
13. Nightquest
14. Lagoon
15. The Wayfarer
- Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish (2004) - Spinefarm Records
1. Wish I Had An Angel
2. Stargazers
3. The Kinslayer
4. Ever Dream
5. Elvenpath
6. Bless The Child
7. Nemo
8. Sleeping Sun
9. Dead To The World
10. Over The Hills And Far Away
11. Deep Silent Complete
12. Sacrament Of Wilderness
13. Walking In The Air
14. Wishmaster
15. Dead Boy's Poem
16. High Hopes (Live)
- Dark Passion Play (2007) - Spinefarm Records/Nuclear Blast
1. The Poet And The Pendulum
2. Bye Bye Beautiful
3. Amaranth
4. Cadence Of Her Last Breath
5. Master Passion Greed
6. Eva
7. Sahara
8. Whoever Brings The Night
9. For The Heart I Once Had
10. The Islander
11. Last Of The Wilds
12. 7 Days To The Wolves
13. Meadows Of Heaven
Videography
- From Wishes To Eternity (DVD, 2001) - Spinefarm Records / XIII Bis Records
1. The Kinslayer
2. She Is My Sin
3. Deep Silent Complete
4. The Pharao Sails To Orion
5. Come Cover Me
6. Wanderlust
7. Instrumental (Crimson Tide/Deep Blue Sea)
8. Swanheart
9. Elvenpath
10. Fantasmic, Part III
11. Dead Boys Poem
12. Sacrament of Wilderness
13. Walking in the Air
14. Beauty & the Beast
15. Wishmaster
- End Of Innocence (DVD, 2003) - Spinefarm Records
- End Of An Era (DVD, 2006) - Nuclear Blast
1. Dark Chest of Wonders
2. Planet Hell
3. Ever Dream
4. The Kinslayer
5. Phantom Of The Opera
6. The Siren
7. Sleeping Sun
8. High Hopes
9. Bless The Child
10. Wishmaster
11. Slaying the Dreamer
12. Kuolema tekee taiteilijan
13. Nemo
14. Ghost Love Score
15. Stone People
16. Creek Mary's Blood
17. Over the Hills and Far Away
18. Wish I Had an Angel
Members
Tuomas Holopainen (1996-now) - Keyboards (For My Pain..., ex-Dismal Silence, ex-Furthest Shore, ex-Nattvindens Gråt, ex-Timo Rautiainen)
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (1996-now) - Guitars (Brother Firetribe, ex-Altaria)
Jukka Nevalainen (1996-now) - Drums (ex-Sethian)
Marco Hietala (2001-now) - Bass, Vocals (Tarot, ex-Conquest, ex-Sinergy)
Anette Olzon (2007-now) - Vocals (Alyson Avenue, Disdain)
- Former members
Sami Vänskä (1998-2001) - Bass (Root Remedy, ex-Nattvindens Gråt)
Tarja Turunen (1996-2005) - Vocals
- Session musicians
Plamen Dimov - Violin on "Oceanborn"
Markku Palola - Violin on "Oceanborn"
Kaisli J. Kaivola - Violin on "Oceanborn"
Erkki Hirvikangas - Cello on "Oceanborn"
Esa Lehtinen - Flute on "Angel Fall First", "Oceanborn" & "Wishmaster"
Ville Laaksonen - Tenor on "Wishmaster"
Matias Kaila - Tenor on "Wishmaster"
Kimmo Kallio - Bariton on "Wishmaster"
Riku Salminen - Bass on "Wishmaster"
Anssi Honkanen - Bass on "Wishmaster"
Ike Vil - Vocals on "Wishmaster" (Babylon Whores)
Tapio Wilska - Vocals on "Oceanborn" & "From Wishes to Eternity" (Soulgrind, ex-Coffin Birth, ex-Finntroll, ex-Lyijykomppania, ex-Obscene Eulogy, ex-Sethian, ex-Wizzard)
Tony Kakko - Vocals on "From Wishes to Eternity" (Sonata Arctica)
Sam Hardwick - Narration on "Wishmaster" & "Century Child"
Kristiina Ilmonen - Tin Whistle on "Century Child"
- Live musicians
Samppa Hirvonen (1996-1997) - Bass (Agon Origin, Diablerie, Division 19)
Marjaana Pellinen (1997) - Backing Vocals