Nightwish - Once
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Free Music Review: "Once"
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been listening to metal longer than it was called metal. I've recently been on a binge for female fronted groups and this album rates up there with Evanesence. If you can imagine Metallica going to the opera you have a pretty good idea of what this sounds like. I haven't listened to any of the other albums by this group but I can strongly recommend this to anyone with a refined taste for music that should be played LOUD!Free Music Review: Months later, I am still listening to this constantly...
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD several months ago and I am still listening to the songs frequently (as in several times a day).
This is a symphonic metal band with a female fronted voice. The songs range from fast and heavy, like "Wish I Had An Angel," to the lighter and melodic, "Nemo." Later in the cd is a song, "Ghost Love Score," which is very epic and somewhat soundtrack-ish sounding and also very beautiful.
This song has elements that will make you think of high fantasy and mythology. It's the kind of cd that makes you think of stories like the Silmarillion or Lord of the Rings.
Free Music Review: Nightwish is great!
Hit: 5 Stars
The band is highly talented, the lead singer Tarja is unreal, an the music is so well written!Free Music Review: Bloody amazing!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album, Once, is the culmination of a decade of excellence on the part of Nightwish. The unfortunate split of lead vocalist, Tarja, from the rest of the band hails the end of this particular era for Nightwish, (Pun intended) but this final effort is an absolute masterpiece. For me this is the penultimate Metal album. I have never heard anything else so wonderfully and bombastically satisfying. (Almost brought me to tears the first time I heard it.) The scope and breadth of this record is just epic. Over the top? Of course. Its Opera Metal after all. I can not recommend these Finnish masters highly enough!Free Music Review: Best album I have ever heard. Period
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes, I'm serious. It is the best album I have ever heard, ever. I don't just mean by Nightwish--I mean ever. Better than Carole King's Tapestry. Better than Elton's Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. Better than anything the Who has done (and they've done some amazing stuff). Better than...you get the point.
If you like the best singer ever, coupled to amazingly-arranged orchestral compositions tinged with metal and darkness, you'll like this. In fact, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, you'll like this.
Prepare yourself for a musical style that no one matches. At first, you might feel like the music lacks organization, or jumps around too much. As you listen, though, you'll realize that not only does Nightwish know what they're doing, they've created a musical style that is unique.
And if you want to hear the best line ever sung on popular music ever, check out Tarja's high note on "Planet Hell." It comes about 1:35 into the piece, as she sings "Behold this fair creation of God." Haunting, stunning, unbelievable.