Nightwish is a Finnish band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. The band's leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metalor power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal. Nevertheless, Nightwishis considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metalgenre, which encompasses similar bands such as Therion, Stratovarius, Epica, Sonata Arcticaand Visions of Atlantis. The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (Keyboards), Jukka "Julius" Nevalainen (Drums), Marco Tapani Hietala (Bass and vocals) and Emppu Vuorinen (Guitars) Although the band achieved prominence in their home country since the release of their first single, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Century Child(2002) and Once(2004), both which had video clips shown on the MTV channel of countries from the American continent, for example. In 2006 the band announced the beginning of their search for a replacement to vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was fired at the end of 2005.
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Nightwish
A star falls down from the darkened sky
Where new worlds born and die
Kingdom Animalia watches its approaching glow
What it means is soon to be known
Beneath the lovely birch honeymakers build their nest in peace
On the savannah a lion licks a wounded gnu
To honor this moment even the heavens cease
Giant spiders learn how to swim
With whales they form a united kin
Snakes say hello to the rats on the ground
In the meadows play merrily the fox and the hound
Trilobite & Anymalocharis
The prey and the hunter
Survival of the fittest
Fall of Man
Seadrops foam all empty human skulls
Those on the shores of Atlantis
Darwin's resurrection is witnessed
By turtles he used to play with
Healed and happy She oversees
The Mother
The tyrant's return to the sea