The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on Octoand ended on September 19, 2009. The album's lead single, " Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe.
That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. After the concert, the other members informed Turunen with an open letter that she was no longer a member of Nightwish. Her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album/DVD End of an Era. 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. 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. Their 2004 album, Once, has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.Īlthough 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). The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. A tour supporting the album is currently in progress.Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue frontwoman, Swede Anette Olzon, was revealed as Turunen’s replacement, and in the autumn, the band released a new album Dark Passion Play, which was sold over 2 million copies. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for the album, as well as “Sleeping Sun”, from the 2005 “best of” compilation album, Highest Hopes, prior to vocalist Tarja Turunen’s dismissal. film soundtracks as a means to promote their North American tour. hit single, “Wish I Had an Angel” (2004), made it onto three U.S. Their 2004 album, Once, which was sold over than 4 million copies, led to Nightwish video clips being shown on MTV in the United States and inclusion of their music in U.S.
Nightwish is considered one of the bands responsible for the development and rise in popularity of symphonic metal at the end of the 1990s, as well as the creation of the subgenre symphonic power metal.Īlthough they have been prominent in their home country since the release of their first single, “The Carpenter” (1997) and debut album Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn, Wishmaster and Century Child, which were released in 1998, 20 respectively. Nightwish is a Finnish rock quintet, formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland.