Tarja - My Winter Storm
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Free Music Review: Keep all the roses, I'm not dead
Hit: 5 Stars
Forget Nightwish, Tarja's back with a vengeance!
Given the extremely disappointing CD Nightwish gave us with their new singer I wasn't expecting much from Tarja, heck I didn't know she was even working on anything. However, even though I adored her work with Nightwish, I always thought Nightwish was a huge reason those CDs were so good. One listen to My Winter Storm and you'll quickly find out that that wasn't the case at all. The first three songs alone put Nightwish's newest offering to shame on all fronts.
What I love about My Winter Storm is the fact that it has these gorgeous, sweeping interludes that play perfectly into each and every song. Thus making this one of those CDs you can listen to completely, without hesitation. Where Nightwish CDs were sometimes exhausting to listen to completely, Tarja's solo effort doesn't fall victim to that...which is definitely a good thing.
Did you love Tarja before? You'll love her even more now. Some of the music that accompanies her on here is nothing short of breathtaking. Take the symphonic heaviness of Lost Northern Star for example. Or even the calm, toy-esque beginning of My Little Phoenix. It just doesn't stop! Then you also have the classic moments you know you're gonna be left wanting to hear over and over again, such as the climax of Boy And The Ghost most notably. I'm hardpressed to think of a single hole in this CD, all the bases are covered magnificently.
My favorite songs are I Walk Alone, Lost Northern Star, Boy And The Ghost, Our Great Divide, and Ciaran's Well. Not enough good things can be said about this release. Most anything good you hear about My Winter Storm will have merit behind it, it's just that good. Listen and enjoy!
Free Music Review: Goddess of Heavy Metal
Hit: 2 Stars
Tarja has gone from being the Goddess of Heavy Metal to the Mary Poppins of the Opera. After all those years with Nightwish I would have thought that she would have known what her forte is and how to exploit it, My Winter Storm is quite disappointing. There are some tracks on the album that show promise - Lost Northern Star, My Little Phoenix, Die Alive and Ciaran's Well, but the music is pushed way into the background. Tarja's voice dominates all and seems to result in the loss of fire and passion that characterized her performances with Nightwish. I love Tarja when she is competing on equal footing with the heavy metal music and not totally dominating, this is when she is at her best.
Most of the other tracks on the album are unobtrusive and almost somnambulistic at times, so much so that the album is only good for background music at dinner with friends. A complete remix by a heavy metal producer with free reign would work wonders with most of the tracks. I hope that this is something Tarja felt she had to do once or else the advice she is getting is way wrong.
Unfortunately, this album will probably be best remembered for the most appalling cover of Poison I have ever heard. I think that Alice Cooper fans the world over, myself included, cringe every time they hear this travesty. What was she thinking? I can only hope that her next album will have more of "The Rock" that she alludes to in the acknowledgements section. If you were thinking of buying this CD save your money and hope that the next album will be better.
Free Music Review: A Fine Debut
Hit: 4 Stars
If Tarja were a new artist, people would be raving about her soaring voice and her lovely stage presence, and would look forward to the next album.
I would like to see her do the more soaring vocals, like I Walk Alone, and do songs with more of an edge. But all in all a fine album from one of the best vocalist in all of pop.
Free Music Review: Progressive Music
Hit: 5 Stars
It's rare to find an artist that isn't afraid to be progressive. 98% of music today is processed pablum. Being a Nightwish fan I eagerly awaited both Dark Passion Play and Tarja's CD. I was majorly dissapointed with Dark Passion Play but not with this CD. Tarja was able to bring the emotion and mystery of the old Nightwish songs to life and she does the same here. She creates the imagery of mystic goddess no matter what she sings. I would not recommend this to someone who isn't willing to open their minds and ears to a different sound. It is unique. If this is about her experience with Nightwish - so be it - she carried the band to some great things and she is entitled to express is just as the band is entitled to express their feelings with Dark Passion Play. Great artists conjur great emotion, that's what makes the music enter your soul. Nightwish no longer touches my soul. Tarja's does. If you thinks she's lost the gothic goddess don't be fooled and check out Die Alive on YouTube. I recommend this for those who like progressive music. Buy the CD, put it on, sit back close your eyes and let the goddess take you on a journey. Free Music Review: Nightwish's loss is the world's gain
Hit: 5 Stars
WOW!! The voice of Nightwish releases this disc of absolutely fabulous tracks that can open one's mind to the true emotion buried within. This collection quire possibly will prove why Nightwish has been a powerhouse in the rock genre Good luck to Nightwish to recover from such a loss. But, the world can enjoy an unhindered presence of Tarja and her magnificent pipes.