Nightwish - End of an Era

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Album Details: End of an Era

Release Date:: 06/26/2006
Label:: Nuclear Blast Americ
UPC:: 727361167929

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There's an element of Zen that's involved when listening to Nightwish you don't question the pageantry or analyze the music; you just let go and enjoy the experience. Perhaps it's no surprise then that End of an Era beings with "Red Warrior" from The Last Samurai booming over arena speakers while thousands of fans roar their approval. It's a dramatic introduction for a band that specializes in theatrics, all of which are captured on the album. There's the crowd, the blast of pyrotechnics, the echo of the music filling a cavernous arena. Recording a band this layered (Guitars Drums Vocals Keyboards Backing tracks) in a setting like this is always a risky venture, but the sound quality on End of an Era is exceptional; it manages to capture the vastness of both the venue and the act without being marred by reverberation or uneven tone. Vocalists Tarja Turunen and Marco Hietala soar above it all, their delivery all the more impressive considering that this would be their last concert together Turunen was dismissed from the band after the show. Fortunately, Nightwish don't appear to have brought their internal tensions onstage. The group is in its element here, and its energy doesn't diminish a bit over the course of the two discs it takes to capture the tourending show. The biggest strength of End of an Era is its ability to recreate the concert experience; the band is at the forefront, but the cheering, clapping, and chanting of the crowd are included as an integral element of the music, not a separate entity. There are points on the album when this becomes a detriment (particularly during slower, quiet numbers like "Stone People"), but there's nothing more authentic on a live recording than capturing the requisite concertgoer whose duty it is to break the mood by shouting at inappropriate times.

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Following in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish was formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. Initially attempting to create acoustic mus...Full Nightwish Biography

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