Bless the Child (song)
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Bless the Child is the ninth single by Finnish symphonic metal
band Nightwish
, released as the second single from their album Century Child
. It is one of two songs which were filmed from the Century Child album, with other one being "End of All Hope
".
There is two versions of the single which has a slightly different tracklist than the Finnish one. The normal release includes the title track and the two songs, "Lagoon" and "The Wayfarer", which have not been released in Germany
before. There is too a limited DVDplus of the single which includes three DVD-videotracks in addition to the audio content. The videos are "Over The Hills And Far Away" "Bless The Child" and a 30-minute interview.
In addition to it being a single, part of the edited version was used in a Chinese broadcast on CCTV-4
.
. The band was a bit disappointed with the video, because they found it to be a bit too complex.
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
band Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
, released as the second single from their album Century Child
Century Child
Century Child is the fourth studio album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records. It is the first album with current bassist and male vocalist Marco Hietala....
. It is one of two songs which were filmed from the Century Child album, with other one being "End of All Hope
End of All Hope
"End of All Hope" is a song by the symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish, from their fourth studio album Century Child. It is one of two songs which were filmed from Century Child, with other one being "Bless the Child".- External links :*...
".
There is two versions of the single which has a slightly different tracklist than the Finnish one. The normal release includes the title track and the two songs, "Lagoon" and "The Wayfarer", which have not been released in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
before. There is too a limited DVDplus of the single which includes three DVD-videotracks in addition to the audio content. The videos are "Over The Hills And Far Away" "Bless The Child" and a 30-minute interview.
In addition to it being a single, part of the edited version was used in a Chinese broadcast on CCTV-4
CCTV-4
CCTV-4 is the international broadcast for CCTV International in the Mandarin language. It is one of six CCTV channels that broadcasts outside of China, the other five being CCTV News, CCTV-E, CCTV-F, CCTV-Русский and CCTV-العربية....
.
Limited Edition MCD
- "Bless The Child"
- "The Wayfarer"
- "Come Cover Me" (live)
- "Dead Boy's Poem" (live)
- "Once Upon A Troubadour"
- "A Return To The Sea"
- "Sleepwalker" (heavy version)
- "Nightquest"
Personnel
- Tarja TurunenTarja TurunenTarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
- Lead vocals - Tuomas HolopainenTuomas HolopainenTuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish composer known best for symphonic metal music. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music....
- Keyboards - Emppu VuorinenEmppu VuorinenErno "Emppu" Matti Juhani Vuorinen is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...
- Guitars - Jukka NevalainenJukka NevalainenJukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen is the drummer in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and the Finnish progressive metal band Sethian.- Biography :He spent his early years in the city of Kitee...
- Drums - Marco HietalaMarco HietalaMarko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a heavy metal vocalist and bassist. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and composer, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...
- Bass guitar - Sam Hardwick - Spoken parts
Video
The video for this song tells a sad love story in reverse, it's a mix between the scenes and the band playing in a disused warehouseWarehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually have loading docks to load and unload...
. The band was a bit disappointed with the video, because they found it to be a bit too complex.