Biografije izvodjaca i bendova- Nightwish

Nightwish je finski bend, osnovan 1996 u gradu Kitee. Nightwish svira glazbu koja se može ubrojiti i u power metal i u symphonic metal, čak ih se smatra jednim od osnivača symphonic metala, skupa sa sličnim bandovima kao što su Epica, After Forever, Visions of Atlantis.

Od početka 2006. godine bend traži novu pjevačicu, zamjenu za Tarju Turunen, koja je otpuštena krajem 2005. godine.

Sadržaj
1 Članovi
1.1 Bivši članovi
2 Albumi
3 Singlovi
4 Linkovi

Članovi
Tuomas Holopainen - klavijature (1996.—)
Emppu Vuorinen - gitara (1996.—)
Marco Hietala - bas, vokal (2001.—)
Jukka Nevalainen - bubnjevi (1997.—)

Bivši članovi
Tarja Turunen - vokal (1996.-2005.)
Sami Vänskä - bas (1998.-2001.)

Albumi
Angels Fall First (1997.)
Oceanborn (1999.)
Wishmaster (2000.)
Century Child (2002.)
Once (2004.)

Singlovi
The Carpenter (1997.)
Sacrament of Wilderness (1998.)
Walking in the Air (1999.)
Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) (1999.)
Deep Silent Complete (2000.)
Over the Hills and Far Away (2001.)
Ever Dream (2002.)
Bless the Child (2002.)
Nemo (2004.)
Wish I Had an Angel (2004.)
Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (2004.)
The Siren (2005.)
Sleeping Sun (2005.)
Evo nesto vise o Nightwish-u,za one koji znaju engleski.

1996

The idea of Nightwish was "born" in July 1996 at midnight when Tuomas was spending a night with his friends around a campfire. The first three songs, which were acoustic mood music, were recorded between October and December 1996. At that time, the band had three members: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu.

1997

The band wanted to see what the music would sound like if drums were added (Jukka joined the band). Also at this time, the acoustic guitar was replaced with an electric. After a couple of weeks of training, the band went to the studio this was in April 1997. At that time seven songs were recorded. These songs can be found on the limited edition of the album Angels Fall First.
In May 1997, Nightwish signed a recording contract with Spinefarm for two records. That August, the band went to the studio and recorded four new songs. Before the release of Angels Fall First, a single called The Carpenter was released, and made it to number eight on the official singles chart in Finland. Angels Fall First was released in early November and went number 31 on the official album chart in Finland. Nightwish played their first gig in Kitee on the 31st December 1997. After that Nightwish played only seven gigs in the following winter because Jukka and Emppu were in the army and Tarja was busy with her studies. Nightwish and at this time, Spinefarm extended the contract to include three records instead of two.

1998

The band wanted to see what the music would sound like if drums were added (Jukka joined the band). Also at this time, the acoustic guitar was replaced with an electric. After a couple of weeks of training, the band went to the studio this was in April 1997. At that time seven songs were recorded. These songs can be found on the limited edition of the album Angels Fall First.
In May 1997, Nightwish signed a recording contract with Spinefarm for two records. That August, the band went to the studio and recorded four new songs. Before the release of Angels Fall First, a single called The Carpenter was released, and made it to number eight on the official singles chart in Finland. Angels Fall First was released in early November and went number 31 on the official album chart in Finland. Nightwish played their first gig in Kitee on the 31st December 1997. After that Nightwish played only seven gigs in the following winter because Jukka and Emppu were in the army and Tarja was busy with her studies. Nightwish and at this time, Spinefarm extended the contract to include three records instead of two.

1999

In winter 1999, Nightwish played a lot of gigs all around the country for three months which included a gig on the Lista chart show program. In spring Oceanborn was first released outside of Finland. In May, the band started to play gigs again and toured the country for two and a half months, playing in almost all of the big rock festivals. At the same time the single Sleeping Sun was recorded, which was written for the eclipse in Germany. In August, the single was released in Germany and it also included the songs Walking in the Air, Swanheart, and Angels Fall First. In Germany alone the single sold 15,000 copies in just one month. In August, Nightwish learned that Oceanborn and Sacrament of Wilderness had sold gold. At the same time it was confirmed that Nightwish would be touring Europe for 26 gigs with the German band Rage.