Artist: NIGHTWISH
Album: ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL 180G REPRINT VINYL (2LP BLACK)

Release date: 2015/ 2022
EAN/UPS: 727361346416
Media type: LP

 
“This classic quote is where it all began. We set sail for the ultimate journey in March 2015, join us!” Tuomas Holopainen
 
A new era begins ... NIGHTWISH has always stood for virtuoso perfection. They are able to evoke fantastic dream worlds, fade out time and space, and touch you deep inside with their majestic symphonic compositions. Vision and temptation, love and passion, devotion and blood – this Finnish band also has the courage to aspire to new creative and innovative ventures. Since their formation in August 1996, they have risen long ago to become the biggest Symphonic Metal band. It is no secret that main composer and keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen is a versatile songwriter, who lives for his music, dedicates himself to his art and this seeps through in every single note of his work.

Four years have passed since the gigantic »Imaginaerum« album - a lot has happened and still even more will happen, because the time is right for a new chapter in the history of the Suomi-Symphonics. A chapter, which will set new standards and will start a magic trip into a spectacular parallel universe; so overwhelming, so epic, so beguiling. NIGHTWISH connect past, present and future to a flawless whole. It is a time for a new era. It is a time for »Endless Forms Most Beautiful«.
 
“They present themselves as a unity - much more than on all albums before!“

»Endless Forms Most Beautiful« is the first NIGHTWISH-studio album to feature Dutch singer Floor Jansen (REVAMP, ex-AFTER FOREVER) - the splendid chanteuse has been a full-time member since Oct 2012. On the imposing 2013 live release »Showtime, Storytime« the amazing power woman improved the sound with her beautiful voice while lending the songs, once more, a special grace. It was clear that the Dutchwoman would catapult the songs vocally on a new, even more powerful, level.  „The recordings of the more soft, very deep and less operatic song parts were a great challenge for Floor, because she had never sung before on an album in that way“, remembers Tuomas Holopainen. „Nevertheless, her enthuisiasm brought out the maximum in her versatile voice.“

On the drums there is also a new face: On account of health problems, long-time drummer Jukka Nevalainen has had to take a break and is replaced by his good friend Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN) for touring duties. Finally the quintet was extended by the entrance of multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley. His new colleagues fill Holopainen with pride: „The new members were completely motivated and contributed large parts to the arrangements. They worked as a unit - much more than on all the albums before!“


Side A:

01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan

Side B:

01. Yours Is An Empty Hope
02. Our Decades In the Sun
03. My Walden

Side C:

01. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
02. Edema Ruh
03. Alpenglow
04. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula

Side D:

01. The Greatest Show On Earth



LINE-UP:

Floor Jansen – vocals
Marco Hietala – bass, vocals
Erno “Emppu” Vuorinen – guitars
Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
Kai Hahto – drums
Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, low whistles, vocals