Nightwish

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Nightwish are my favourite band. I've even met them several times and know them a little bit (my girlfriends dad has mastered all their albums).

Their sound has definatly changed, but i think its for the better. They are less restricted now with Anette as her voice can bring different things into the music whereas Tarjas was very operatic and very limited. And Anette is so much better live than Tarja. She actually moves about on stage However I wouldnt classify them as Power metal any more. They look to be diversifying and we can only look forward to many more amazing albums from them. Plus Annette is just so much cooler.

And unfortunately, I think the news is true. The band is breaking up with Tonja. I think it had something to do with the way she acted. I heard she was really b*tchy and they didn't want to tolerate that anymore. Which is bad because I didn't get into them until a little while ago...figures with my luck that as soon as I really get into this band, they have a member leaving. T.T

Tarja had not spoken to the rest of the band for over a year and this is not a very good working condition. She threatened to quit any time and her, as well as her husband/manager, always demanded more and more money from venues and such, to name but a few of the problems.