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Nightwish performing in 2005, 2009, 2016 and 2022, showing the different eras of the band. Nightwish are a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and vocalist Tarja Turunen. The group currently consists of Holopainen and Vuorinen, alongside multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley (official since 2013, touring ...
Despite the recording happening when they were only four members, it is the first Nightwish release to feature Jansen and to have her and Donockley credited as band members. The album also carries a documentary containing the behind-the-scenes of Jansen's first days in the band and the process of replacing Olzon. [83] [84] [non-primary source ...
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Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. [1]
Nightwish's most recent studio album, Yesterwynde, came out on September 20, 2024. [3] As of 2024, Nightwish is Finland's most successful music act having sold around 10 million albums and singles worldwide, [4] including about 900,000 in Finland, [5] over 1 million in Germany [6] and over 500,000 in the U.S. [7]
Tarja Turunen was born in the small village of Puhos, near Kitee, Finland.She has an older brother, Timo, and a younger brother, Toni. Her mother Ritva Sisko Marjatta (Hakkarainen) worked in the town administration, and her father Teuvo Turunen is a carpenter.
In 1999, Holopainen and members of other Finnish metal acts like Embraze, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Charon and Reflexion started the gothic metal supergroup For My Pain.... However, as all the members were busy with their own bands, the project was postponed for the future. [3] Nightwish's third studio album, Wishmaster, was released in 2000 ...
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