New Nightwish Album Upcoming...

[Alec]

Can't fucking waaaait.

[PHeMoX]

Didn't they fire their lead singer?

edit- yup, sounds pretty different. not sure if I like it better though, but the song is good, that's for sure.

[Xocrates]

Oooooh! So that's why it seemed so different from what I recalled. I wasn't particularly fond of nightwish, but this sounds a lot better.

[Alec]

I like both singers.

[Cobar]

I really never liked Nightwish, but now it does sound a whole lotta better.

[PHeMoX]

I haven't heard a lot from this new singer yet, but I liked the old singer. Sure, at times it was a bit too much opera-like vocals perhaps (the overly classical music sound thing, not sure how to describe it well), but I definitely liked those songs. Judging from this preview the songs are still typical Nightwish stuff, which is awesome and their new singer can indeed sing. Yeah, after listening to it again, I'm looking forward to it too.

[Alec]

Bah, the YouTube video just got pulled.

[Cobar]

Bah, the YouTube video just got pulled.

Greedy, greedy record companies! *shakes fist*

[Alec]

Some Delain in the meantime then.

[PHeMoX]

Lol, sounds just like Nightwish ..  Sweet, never even heard of them actually.

[Ian]

I got the collector's edition the other day. It comes with an extra CD of the instrumental versions of the songs.

...really not worth it to get the collector's edition IMO, since the instrumental versions are the EXACT same minus vocals. Good for karaoke I guess >_<

But the album is pretty mad sick so it's okay =P

[Alec]

I dig the extra CD cause you can hear parts of the orchestration that you can't hear in the original mix.

[DragonXVI]

Given the there's loads of awesome orchestral parts obscured by vocals, the 2nd CD's actually rather nifty.

Overall I surprisingly found this one better than Once (Good Live though), and despite a few hesitations on the new singer I honestly believe it's for the better (Not that I hated Tarja, it's just the whole operatic thing started to feel a bit bland).  The final album's considerbly more Metal than their previous work, with a few tracks seemingly dedicated to a great big "Screw you!" to Tarja's departure.  Crazy thing is, it feels like a concept album - THey shift styles constantly, one minute you've big orchestral choirs, then a full on metal shred-fest, then a nautical sea shanty, constantly interchanging between the female and male singer more than they've done in the past.

Overall, tis rather epic :p Will hopefully catch 'em Live when they visit UK next year

[Crizzle]

Hmm, I've never heard of either of these bands but thanks for introducing me to some cool music!

[Battlerager]

I don't like Nightwish that much, but a Cd without vocals is indeed nifty. (Enjoying some of the music, not being a fan of that style of vocals.)