Members: Anette Olzon | Tuomas Holopainen | Emppu Vuorinen | Marco Hietala | Jukka Nevalainen

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal musical group, formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, in eastern Finland. Nightwish is considered one of the bands responsible for the development and rise in popularity of symphonic metal at the end of the 1990s, and the creation of the symphonic metal genre.
Although the band has 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 and Wishmaster, which were released in 1998 and 2000 respectively. Their 2004 album, Once, led to Nightwish video clips being shown on MTV in the United States and inclusion of their music in U.S. movie soundtracks. Their biggest U.S. hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel" (2004), made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks as a means to promote their North American tour. 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.
The search for Turunen's replacement, during the course of which anyone could be considered by submitting a demo, ended in mid 2007. The former Alyson Avenue frontwoman Anette Olzon was revealed to be the new singer on May 24, 2007.
John Royals
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My favorite Band of this genre :) Jun 12
Wezton
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i love it diff from your older stuff but just as good Dec 24
Donald Lisiac
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A melhor banda sempre Aug 31
Tiffany
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:^D Apr 15
scarecrow
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come Australia, WA, Rockingham pweeze. love your music. XD keep up the work yeah. P.S love the drums & vocal in Amaranth. ( did u use electric or acoustic drums? ) Feb 25
The Unblack Vampire
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Hey guys!!! Check this out: ISHI - death/black metal www.purevolume.com/ISHI27083 Jan 25
风继续吹
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大爱!! Sep 14
Charlie Insanity
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Love your music! I hope you play in Michigan, U.S.A some time soon. >] Oct 09
KURI
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you guys are awesome!!!! Aug 22
Shumuffles
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just saw you guys live last night, it was amazing!! May 31
Meghyn
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put up The Poet and the Pendulum!! love this band! May 20
shadolezero
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my #1 favorite band May 06
Br!ana
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i think i just found a new favorite band Mar 27
visual
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best band ever Mar 17
visual
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best songs ever Mar 10
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