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Nightwish - "End of an Era"
[Nuclear Blast, 2006]

Nightwish - End of an Era

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Dark Chest of Wonders
02. Planet Hell
03. Ever Dream
04. The Kinslayer
05. Phantom of the Opera
06. The Siren
07. Sleeping Sun
08. High Hopes
09. Bless the Child
10. Wishmaster

Disc 2
01. Slaying the Dreamer
02. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
03. Nemo
04. Ghost Love Score
05. Stone People
06. Creek Mary's Blood
07. Over the Hills and Far Away
08. Wish I Had an Angel

The "End of an Era" is the last one show that Nightwish gave with Tarja on vocals and this happened in their homeland, Finland, in which almost each release of theirs enters in the top-ten of charts. The band behaves extremely professional and does not give you the chance to think that their streets separate. The performance of the songs is excellent, Tarja makes everything she wants with her voice and Marco Hietala sings with a lot of passion (which covers some mistakes that he makes). Moreover all songs are from the three late albums ("Wishmaster", "Century Child", "Once") and no one from the first two. This is at the negative side, because they are very good albums and constitute a part of their history, plus they do not have so many albums to leave outside some of them. Moreover there are the exceptional covers that have made in the "High Hopes" (Pink Floyd) and "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore). As generally speaking, "End of an Era" is a release that the fans of the group will like and will also want it for sentimental reasons.

Rating: 8.5/10 Reviewer: Geroge Siaravas Rating Guide
Band info

Genre:
Power Metal

Country:
Finland

Official Website(s):
www.nightwish.com

Label's Website(s):
www.nuclearblast.de

Current Line-up
Erno 'Emppu' Vuorinen (Guitars)
Tuomas Holopainen (Keyboards)
Marco Hietala (Bass, vocals)
Jukka Nevalainen (Drums)
Discography

The Carpenter (Split) [1997]
Angels Fall First [1997]
Sacrament of Wilderness (Split) [1998]
Oceanborn [1998]
Wishmaster [2000]
Over the Hills and Far Away (EP) [2001]
Wishmastour 2000 (EP) [2001]
Century Child [2002]
End of Innocence (DVD) 2003]
Once [2004]
Bestwishes (Best of) [2005]
Highest Hopes (Best of) [2005]
Sleeping Sun (DVD) [2005]
End Of An Era (Live) [2006]
Dark Passion Play [2007]

 
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