Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed… Read Full Bio ↴Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers. Although Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since Angels Fall First, they did not achieve wider success until the release of the albums Oceanborn (1998), Wishmaster (2000) and Century Child (2002). Their 2004 album, Once, has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. Their biggest US hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel" (2004), received MTV airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for Once, as well as a re-recording of "Sleeping Sun" for the compilation album, Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish (2005), before Turunen's dismissal in October 2005. Her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album/DVD End of an Era. After the concert, the other members informed Turunen with an open letter that she was no longer a member of Nightwish.
In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The album's lead single, "Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on October 6, 2007, and ended on September 19, 2009. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012.
On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with at that time ReVamp vocalist (ex-After Forever) Floor Jansen. In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uilleann pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band, and they were featured in the acclaimed album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, released on March 27, 2015. From 2014 to 2019, Nevalainen, while still a member of the band, was inactive due to severe insomnia issues; in July 2019, he announced that he would not be returning to the band, with Kai Hahto, who had acted as his replacement since 2014 (including by performing all drums on Endless Forms Most Beautiful), being promoted as the official drummer, and is featured as such at the ninth album, Human. :II: Nature., which was released internationally on April 10, 2020. After twenty years of performing with the band, it was announced that bassist Marko Hietala had parted ways with the band in January 2021. Jukka Koskinen was announced as Hietala's replacement to play bass during the tour. In August 2022, he was announced as a permanent member of the band.
Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 10 million records and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards, having released six Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles. On October 26, 2018, Nightwish was inducted into the Finnish Music Hall of Fame, becoming the honorary gallery's 11th member.
In April 2021, Holopainen had said in an interview that he started sketching drafts for the next Nightwish album. He stated in May 2021 that he had been working on new material for "the past month or two" while he was busy with his side projects Auri and the reunited Darkwoods My Betrothed in which he became a full-time member. He confirmed that the band booked a studio for the next album, which is set to happen in the summer of 2023 for three months at the Röskö campsite. On March 2, 2022, it was confirmed that Holopainen was in the studio, writing demos for the next Nightwish album, which were later finished in June 2022.
Jansen, who was at the time, working on her debut solo album Paragon, stated on June 10, 2022 that the sound of the upcoming new album will be put in a heavier direction, but will not lose the band's sound while she also wanted to keep the concept for the album a secret. Holopainen confirmed in an interview before the band's performance at Knotfest in Turku, Finland on August 12, 2022, that the band had listened to the demos. Holopainen later confirmed that the next album will be both a follow-up to Human. :II: Nature. and both the third and final part of a trilogy which was started from Endless Forms Most Beautiful, as well as stating that the album will come out around early 2024. The band confirmed that recording had begun for their upcoming tenth studio album following the completion of the demos. After the recording was finished, mixing and mastering for the album began in January 2024, and was later completed at the end of February. The band later renewed a multi-album deal with Nuclear Blast in March 2024.
There will be no touring cycle in support of the album, as the band had issued a statement on April 6, 2023 that they will be going on an indeterminate hiatus from touring following the album's release, Hahto later stated that the band will not tour for 'two or three years'.
The name of the tenth studio album, Yesterwynde, was announced on April 30, 2024, and is set for release on September 20, 2024.
Studio albums
Angels Fall First (1997)
Oceanborn (1998)
Wishmaster (2000)
Century Child (2002)
Once (2004)
Dark Passion Play (2007)
Imaginaerum (2011)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Human. :II: Nature. (2020)
Yesterwynde (2024)
In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The album's lead single, "Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on October 6, 2007, and ended on September 19, 2009. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012.
On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with at that time ReVamp vocalist (ex-After Forever) Floor Jansen. In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uilleann pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band, and they were featured in the acclaimed album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, released on March 27, 2015. From 2014 to 2019, Nevalainen, while still a member of the band, was inactive due to severe insomnia issues; in July 2019, he announced that he would not be returning to the band, with Kai Hahto, who had acted as his replacement since 2014 (including by performing all drums on Endless Forms Most Beautiful), being promoted as the official drummer, and is featured as such at the ninth album, Human. :II: Nature., which was released internationally on April 10, 2020. After twenty years of performing with the band, it was announced that bassist Marko Hietala had parted ways with the band in January 2021. Jukka Koskinen was announced as Hietala's replacement to play bass during the tour. In August 2022, he was announced as a permanent member of the band.
Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 10 million records and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards, having released six Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles. On October 26, 2018, Nightwish was inducted into the Finnish Music Hall of Fame, becoming the honorary gallery's 11th member.
In April 2021, Holopainen had said in an interview that he started sketching drafts for the next Nightwish album. He stated in May 2021 that he had been working on new material for "the past month or two" while he was busy with his side projects Auri and the reunited Darkwoods My Betrothed in which he became a full-time member. He confirmed that the band booked a studio for the next album, which is set to happen in the summer of 2023 for three months at the Röskö campsite. On March 2, 2022, it was confirmed that Holopainen was in the studio, writing demos for the next Nightwish album, which were later finished in June 2022.
Jansen, who was at the time, working on her debut solo album Paragon, stated on June 10, 2022 that the sound of the upcoming new album will be put in a heavier direction, but will not lose the band's sound while she also wanted to keep the concept for the album a secret. Holopainen confirmed in an interview before the band's performance at Knotfest in Turku, Finland on August 12, 2022, that the band had listened to the demos. Holopainen later confirmed that the next album will be both a follow-up to Human. :II: Nature. and both the third and final part of a trilogy which was started from Endless Forms Most Beautiful, as well as stating that the album will come out around early 2024. The band confirmed that recording had begun for their upcoming tenth studio album following the completion of the demos. After the recording was finished, mixing and mastering for the album began in January 2024, and was later completed at the end of February. The band later renewed a multi-album deal with Nuclear Blast in March 2024.
There will be no touring cycle in support of the album, as the band had issued a statement on April 6, 2023 that they will be going on an indeterminate hiatus from touring following the album's release, Hahto later stated that the band will not tour for 'two or three years'.
The name of the tenth studio album, Yesterwynde, was announced on April 30, 2024, and is set for release on September 20, 2024.
Studio albums
Angels Fall First (1997)
Oceanborn (1998)
Wishmaster (2000)
Century Child (2002)
Once (2004)
Dark Passion Play (2007)
Imaginaerum (2011)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Human. :II: Nature. (2020)
Yesterwynde (2024)
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Nightwish Lyrics
"Come Cover Me" Come wet a widow's eye Cover the night with your…
"She is My Sin" Take heed, dear heart once apart She can touch nor me…
"Sleepwalker" Close your eyes Feel the ocean where passion lies Silently…
01. she is my sin Take heed, dear heart Once apart, she can touch nor me…
03_Come Cover Me Come wet a widow's eye Cover the night with your…
05-Creek Mary Soon I will be here no more You'll hear my…
1.she is my sin Take heed, dear heart Once apart, she can touch nor me…
10-th Man Down Today I killed, he was just a boy Eight before him,…
12. Walking In The Air We're walking in the air We're floating in the moonlit sky …
13. Ghost Love Score We used to swim the same moonlight waters Oceans away from…
13. Live To Tell the Tale A single grain can tip the scale Amidst the burden, the…
7 Days to the Wolves The wolves, my love, will come Taking us home where dust…
9.The Phantom Of The Opera In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice…
A Final Dream Lay your head down And sleep on my shoulder Lay your head…
A Return to Sea A star falls down from the darkened sky Where new worlds…
All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World Look again at the dot That′s here That's home That′s us On …
Alpenglow Once upon a time a song was heard Giving birth to…
Amaranth Baptized with the perfect name The doubting one by heart Alo…
Amarath Baptised with a perfect name The doubting one by heart Alone…
Angels Fall First An angelface smiles to me Under a headline of tragedy That s…
Astral Romance A nocturnal concerto Candlelight whispers me where to go Hym…
Away They came for him one winter's night Arrested, he was bound …
Bare Grace Misery Sweet boy, come in I am the dark side of…
Beauty Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you mel…
Beauty & The Beast Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you me…
Beauty and the Beast Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you mel…
Beauty of the Beast: Long Lost Love/One More Night to Live/Christabel Trees have dropped their leaves Clouds their waters All this…
Bless the Child I was born amidst the purple waterfalls I was weak, yet…
Bye Bye Beatifull Finally the hills are without eyes They are tired of paintin…
Cadence of Her Last Breath Running for her life The dark rain from her eyes still…
Carpenter Who are you? Man condemned to shine a salvation Throughout …
Ce Beauty of the Beast Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you mel…
Come Cover Me Come wet a widow's eye Cover the night with your love Dry…
Creek Mary Soon I will be here no more You'll hear my…
Creek Marys Blood Soon I will be here no more You'll hear my…
Creek Mary`s Blood Soon I will be here no more You'll hear my…
Creek Mary´s Blood Soon I will be here no more You'll hear my…
Crownless Crownless again shall be the queen Trophy on her grave…
Dark Chest Of Wonder Once I had a dream And this is it Once there was…
Dead Boy I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you I'm…
Dead Boy's Poem Born from silence, silence full of it A perfect concert my…
Dead Boy's Poem I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you I'm…
Dead Gardens The story behind the painting I drew is already told No more…
Dead to the World All the same take me away We're dead to the world The…
dead-boy's-poem I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you I'm…
Deep Silent Complete In your creation heaven did decree That in your arms…
Deep Silent Complite In your creation heaven did decree That in your arms…
deep-silent-complete In your creation heaven did decree That in your arms…
Deeper Down A crow flew to me kept it's distance Such a proud…
Devil A snowy owl above the haunted waters Poet of ancient gods Cr…
Devil &The Deep Dark Ocean A snowy owl above the haunted waters Poet of ancient gods …
Devil and the Dark Deep Ocean A snowy owl above the haunted waters Poet of ancient gods Cr…
Digital Booklet: Endless Forms Most Beautiful Come on, hop on, let's take a ride Come and meet…
Edema Ruh One by one we light the candles of this show One…
Élan Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk In tongues from…
Elven Path In the sheltering shade of the forest Calling calming silen…
Elvenpath In the sheltering shade of the forest Calling calming silenc…
Elvenpath - Remastered The sheltering shade of the forest Calling come in silence A…
Elvenpath_ In the sheltering shade of the forest Calling calming silenc…
End of All Hope It is the end of all hope To lose the child,…
Endless Forms Most Beautiful Come on, hop on, let's take a ride Come and meet…
Endlessness I am the one you call the thief Universe, blank verse,…
Eramaajarvi 1 Erämaajärvi Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen …
Erämaan viimeinen Nukkuu korpi, ja nyt, aatoksissain minä matkaa teen Yli met…
Escapist Who's there knocking at my window? The owl and the Dead…
Etiäinen Pakkasyössä tunturten Tanssii tulet leiskuen Elo ammoin menn…
Etiinen A star falls down from the darkened sky Where new worlds…
Eva 6:30 winter morn Snow keeps falling, silent dawn A rose by a…
Ever Dream Ever felt away with me Just once that all I need Entwined…
FantasMic Wish upon a star Take a step enter the land…
FantasMic Part 3 Part 1 Wish upon a star Take a step enter the land Walk…
FantasMic Part III Bald Mountain Night Devilheart endures but light A mad aeria…
Feel Fo You You were my first love The earth moving under me Bedroom sce…
Flying in the air We're walking in the air We're floating in the moonlit sky …
For the Heart I Once Had Heaven today is but a way To a place I once…
Forever Yours Fare thee well, little broken heart Downcast eyes, lifetime …
Gethsemane Toll no bell for me father But let this cup of…
Ghost Love Score We used to swim the same moonlight waters Oceans away from…
Ghost River It's a long road down the river deep 'n wild…
Gothic Sanctuary Toll no bell for me Father But let this cup of…
Harvest My harvest will come Tiny valorous straw Among the millions …
Heart Lying Still The nightingale is still locked in the cage The deep breath…
High Hopes Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we…
Higher Than Anette Time it took the most of me And left me with…
Hilma ja Onni Rantamalla Likolahden Hilma Holokin kanssa kahden Yheteisest…
How's The Heart We see a mother with no child We meet a stranger…
I Want My Tears Back I want my tears back The treetops, the chimneys, the snowbed…
Islander An old man by a seashore At the end of day Gazes…
Kinslayer For whom the gun tolls For whom the prey weeps Bow before…
Kiss While Your Lips Are Still Red Sweet little words made for silence not talk Young heart for…
Know The Why Nightingale Sings What does the free fall feel like? Asks the boy with…
Kuolema tekee taiteilijan Kerran vain haaveeni nהhdה sain En pienuutta all…
Lagoon Imagine a perfect beach Without a mermaid Imagine a perfect …
Lapland Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen Näkee lammella…
Lappi 1 Erämaajärvi Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen …
Lappi II: Witchdrums Kautta erдmaajдrven Matkaa kulkuri yksinдinen Nдkee lammella…
Lappi III) This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold…
Lappi (Lapland): III. This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold twilight…
Lappi 1 Erämaajärvi 1 Erämaajärvi Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen …
Lappi 3 This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold…
Lappi : I. Erämaajärvi Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen Näkee lammella…
Lappi : II. Witchdrums Kautta erдmaajдrven Matkaa kulkuri yksinдinen Nдkee lammel…
Lappi : III. This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold…
Lappi Pt I Erämaajärvi Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen Näkee lammella…
Lappi Pt II Witchdrums Kautta erдmaajдrven Matkaa kulkuri yksinдinen Nдkee lammella…
Lappi Pt III This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold…
Lappi Pt. 1 Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen Näkee lammella…
Lappi Pt. 2 Kautta erдmaajдrven Matkaa kulkuri yksinдinen Nдkee lammella…
Lappi-Lapland I Kautta erämaajärven Matkaa kulkuri yksinäinen Näkee lammella…
Lappi-Lapland II Kautta erдmaajдrven Matkaa kulkuri yksinдinen Nдkee lammel…
Last Ride of the Day We live in every moment but this one Why don't…
Leaving You For Me I'm sitting here alone What else could I have done? I can'…
live I was born amidst the purple waterfalls I was weak, yet…
Live To Tell The Tale A single grain can tip the scale Amidst the burden, the…
Master Passion Greed Who the hell are you to tell me What to do,…
Meadows of Heaven I close my eyes, the lantern dies The scent of awakening,…
Music Before you my home was in the wind and surf The…
My Walden Sain y niwl, Gaunt y goydwig fwsog, Gwenithfaen, cen y coed,…
Nemo This is me, for forever One of the lost ones The one…
Nightquest Born to the false world, the wanderer, Storyteller, The Pied…
Nightwish Oh, setting Sun Thy red rays maketh me cry They remind me…
Nightwish-Bless the child I was born amidst the purple waterfalls I was weak, yet…
Nightwish-Passion And The Opera Princess of lust Dignity put to dust A virginal sight Their …
Noise Crave the machine Revere the screen Zoom in for flak and mis…
Nymphomaniac Fantasia The scent of a woman was not mine Welcome home, darling Did…
Ocean Soul One more night To bear this nightmare What more do I have…
Once A lonely bard wandering across the lands am I Singing dancin…
Once Upon a Troubadour A lonely bard wandering across the lands am I Singing danci…
One More Night To Live Safely away from the world In a dream, timeless domain A chi…
Our Decades in the Sun I climbed off your back Not so long ago To a blooming…
Over The Hills They came for him one winter's night Arrested, he was bound …
Over The Hills And Far Away... They came for him one winter's night. Arrested, he was boun…
Pan Once there was a silent canvas Sleeping stories unimagined B…
Passion & The Opera Princess of lust Dignity put to dust A virginal sight Their …
Perfume of the Timeless Something from the earth came Something for the world Mosaic…
Phantom of the Opera In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice…
Pharaoh Sails to Orion "Get away from me! Take heed to thyself and see my…
Planet Hell Denying the lying A million children fighting For lives in s…
Procession A cradle Earth, horizons unseen New world in thirst for the…
Reach Baptised with a perfect name The doubting one by heart Alone…
Rest Calm I went to die in a seaside hotel Lanes of memory…
Return To The Sea A star falls down from the darkened sky Where new worlds…
Riddler Riddler Riddler ask me why The birds fly free on…
Romanticide God love and rest my soul With this sundown never ending The…
Sacrament of Wilderness Naked in midwinter magic Lies an angel in the snow The froze…
Sacrament of wilderness' Naked in midwinter magic Lies an angel in the snow The fro…
Sagan Make me wonder Make me understand Spark the light of doubt…
Sahara A ballad of dark queen echoes through night As he flees…
Scaretale Once upon a time in a daymare Dying to meet you,…
Seven Days of The Wolves The wolves, my love, will come Taking us home where dust…
She Is My Sin Take heed, dear heart once apart She can touch nor me…
Shoemaker Now you`ve been tucked in For eternal earthrise and wonder A…
Shudder Before the Beautiful The deepest solace lies in understanding This ancient unseen…
Siren A lady with a violin playing to the seals Hearken to…
Slaying The Dreamer I'm a priest for the poorest sacrifice I'm but a raft…
Sleepinf sun The sun is sleeping quietly Once upon a century Wistful ocea…
Sleeping Sun 2005 The sun is sleeping quietly Once upon a century Wistful oc…
Sleepwalker Close your eyes Feel the ocean where passion lies Silently t…
Slow Come and share This painting with me Unveiling of me The mag…
Song of Myself The nightingale is still locked in the cage The deep breath…
Star Gazers A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom Child of dew-spangle…
Stargazers A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom Child of dew-spangled…
Storytime It was the night before, When all through the world, No word…
Swanheart All those beautiful people I want to have them all All those…
Symphony Of Destruction You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him…
S\xC3\xA1hara I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I…
Taikatalvi Lapsistain rakkain tää näyttämö on Mis kuutamo kujillaan kul…
Tenth Man Down Today I killed, he was just a boy Eight before him,…
The Beauty Of The Beast Remember the first dance we shared? Recall the night you mel…
The Carpenter Who are you? Man condemned to shine a salvation Throughout …
The Carpenter - Remastered Who are you? Man condemned to shine a salvation Throughout t…
The Crow Don't give me love, don't give me faith Wisdom nor pride,…
The Crow the Owl and the Dove Don't give me love, don't give me faith Wisdom nor pride,…
The Day Of Take shelter, skies are humming Armageddon, second coming Wa…
The Escapist Who's there knocking at my window? The owl and the Dead…
The Forever Moments The ticktock of time allows me to see An owl turn…
The Greatest Show on Earth Archaean horizon The first sunrise On a pristine gaea Opus p…
The Heart Asks Pleasure First Silent night surrounding me On the shore of wistful sea A …
The Islander An old man by a seashore At the end of day Gazes…
The Kingslayer For whom the gun tolls For whom the prey weeps Bow before…
The Phantom of the Opera In sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice…
The Pharao Sails to Orion "Get away from me! Take heed to thyself and see my…
The Poet and the Pendulum The end The songwriter?s dead The blade fell upon him Takin…
The Riddler Riddler Riddler ask me why The birds fly free on…
The Siren A lady with a violin playing to the seals Hearken to…
The Wayfarer I went into the wilderness with Uncle Walt I discovered the…
This Moment in Eternity Day posesses no key here where moon sheds the cold twilight …
This Moment Is Eternity Day possesses no key here Where moon sheds the cold…
Tribal Ten thousand tales for the curious kind Bazaar of heavens fo…
Turn Loose The Mermaids A kite above a graveyard grey At the end of the…
Tutankhamen As the sun sets beyond the pyramids To greet me with…
Tutankhamen - Remastered As the sun sets beyond the pyramid To greet me with…
Two for Tragedy Sleep Eden sleep My fallen son Slumber in peace Cease the p…
Until Dawn Lonely nights I think of you My life, my king and…
Walkin in the Air We're walking in the air We're floating in the moonlit sky …
Walking in the Air We're walking in the air We're floating in the moonlit sky T…
Walking in the Air {Theme from "The Snowman"} We're walking in the air We're floating in the moonlit sky …
Wanderlust I want to see where the sirens sing Hear how the…
Wayfarer I went into the wilderness with Uncle Walt I discovered the…
Weak Fantasy These stories given to us all Are filled with sacrifice and…
Where Were You Last Night Still Spinning 'round in my head How I regret everything tha…
while your lips ar Sweet little words made for silence not talk Young heart for…
White Night Fantasy Enchantress came to me And said, meet me at the lake…
Whoever Brings the Night We seduce the dark with pain and rapture Like two ships…
Wish I Had an Angel I wish I had an angel For one moment of love I…
Wish You Were Here Wish you were here Me, oh, my country man Wish you were…
Wishmaster Master! Apprentice! Heartborne, 7th Seeker Warrior! Disciple…
x Today I killed, he was just a boy Eight before him,…
Yours Is an Empty Hope Tear me to bits, enjoy the scene Of screen name verbal…