(by Century Media, which reissued their previous albums in 2001 as well).ġ0. Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.It was released on 26 September 2007 by Spinefarm Records in Finland, 28 September by Nuclear Blast in Europe and 2 October 2007 by Roadrunner Records in the US. Not only did it top the Finnish charts, but it also became the group's first album to be released in the U.S. The band toured Europe heavily, consolidating their success, and in 2000 recorded their third album Wishmaster. The follow-up, Oceanborn, appeared in late 1998 and made Nightwish a bonafide mainstream success in their homeland the album reached the Finnish Top Five and spun off three Top Ten singles. The band's demos landed them a contract with the Finnish label Spinefarm, which released their debut album Angels Fall First in late 1997 (it appeared in the rest of Europe the following year). Initially attempting to create acoustic music, he recruited trained opera vocalist Tarja Turunen, but soon added full metal-band instrumentation in the persons of guitarist Emppo Vuorinen, bassist Sami Vanska, and drummer Jukka Nevalainen. Genre: Gothic Metal, Symphonic | Label: Star Markįollowing in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish was formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen.
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