Lokikirja
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Lokikirja is a compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal
band Nightwish
. It was released on 18 November 2009.
This compilation contains the remastered edition of Angels Fall First
, the regular editions of the other six Nightwish studio albums
and the special edition of Over The Hills And Far Away
. The album was in pre-order at the Nightwish-Shop website.
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Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
. It was released on 18 November 2009.
This compilation contains the remastered edition of Angels Fall First
Angels Fall First
Angels Fall First is the debut album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The original limited edition of which only 500 copies were released features seven tracks, two of which are not on the regular edition.- Musical style :...
, the regular editions of the other six Nightwish studio albums
Nightwish discography
The discography of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish consists of seven studio albums, one extended play, four live albums, seven compilations, thirteen music videos and nineteen singles...
and the special edition of Over The Hills And Far Away
Over the Hills and Far Away (album)
Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records...
. The album was in pre-order at the Nightwish-Shop website.
Tracklisting
- Angels Fall FirstAngels Fall FirstAngels Fall First is the debut album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The original limited edition of which only 500 copies were released features seven tracks, two of which are not on the regular edition.- Musical style :...
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- Elvenpath
- Beauty and the Beast
- The CarpenterThe Carpenter-Personnel:*Tarja Turunen - Vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, Piano, Vocals *Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bass guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - Drums-Video:...
- Astral Romance
- Angels Fall First
- Tutankhamen
- Nymphomaniac Fantasia
- Know Why the Nightingale Sings
- Lappland
- OceanbornOceanborn-Personnel:Credits for Oceanborn adapted from liner notes.The band*Tarja Turunen - Vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards*Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar*Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and PercussionMain Crew...
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- Stargazers
- Gethsemane
- Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean
- Sacrament of WildernessSacrament of WildernessSacrament of Wilderness is the second single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the first single from their album Oceanborn....
- Passion and the OperaPassion and the OperaPassion and the Opera is the third single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released from their album Oceanborn, the single was shipped only in a cardsleeve...
- Swanheart
- Moondance
- The Riddler
- Pharaoh Sails to Orion
- Walking in the Air
- Sleeping SunSleeping Sun"Sleeping Sun" is a power ballad by Nightwish. The song was written by Tuomas Holopainen and dedicated to the solar eclipse that arose on the European sky in 1999, and recorded during the Oceanborn sessions...
- WishmasterWishmaster (album)Wishmaster is the third album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on May 19, 2000 by Spinefarm Records.Wishmaster's sound continues the bombastic symphonic power metal approach originally featured on Oceanborn, albeit with more emphasis on atmosphere and melody versus powerful speed...
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- She's my Sin
- The KinslayerThe KinslayerThe Kinslayer is the sixth single released by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, was the first single from their third album, Wishmaster, released online only....
- Come Cover Me
- Wanderlust
- Two for Tragedy
- Wishmaster
- Bare Grace Misery
- Crownless
- Deep Silent CompleteDeep Silent CompleteDeep Silent Complete is the seventh single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album Wishmaster...
- Dead Boy's Poem
- FantasmicFantasMic (Song)"FantasMic" is a song by the Finnish power metal band Nightwish from their album Wishmaster.It was written by Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboardist and main songwriter of the band, and it is considered a tribute to Walt Disney and the movies and characters of the Walt Disney Studios...
- Sleepwalker
- Over the Hills and Far Away EPOver the Hills and Far Away (album)Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records...
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- Over the Hills and Far Away
- 10th Man Down
- Away
- Astral Romance
- The Kinslayer (live)
- She's My Sin (live)
- Sacrament of Wilderness (live)
- Walking in the Air (live)
- Beauty and the Beast (live)
- Wishmaster (live)
- Century ChildCentury ChildCentury 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....
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- Bless the ChildBless the ChildBless the Child is a 2000 supernatural thriller film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman...
- End of all Hope
- Dead to the World
- Ever DreamEver DreamEver Dream is the eighth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish which was the group's first single release in two years. The single also preluded a new album, Century Child....
- Slaying the Dreamer
- Forever Yours
- Ocean Soul
- Feel for You
- Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera (song)"The Phantom of the Opera" is a song from the stage musical of the same name, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt...
- Beauty of the BeastBeauty of the Beast"Beauty of the Beast" is a song on Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish's fourth album, Century Child.Beauty of the Beast is divided into three parts , and is 10 minutes and 22 seconds long...
- Bless the Child
- Bless the ChildBless the Child (song)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...
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- Bless the Child
- The Wayfarer
- Come Cover Me (live)
- Dead Boy's Poem (live)
- Once Upon a Troubadour
- A Return to the Sea
- Sleepwalker
- Nightquest
- OnceOnce (Nightwish album)Once is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast and on November 24 by Spinefarm, with the US release on October 5 by Roadrunner Records. In an interview, Tuomas Holopainen said that it is up to the listener to find out the meaning...
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- Dark Chest of Wonders
- Wish I Had an AngelWish I Had an Angel"Wish I Had An Angel" is the eleventh single for Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album Once. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marco Hietala, but is still performed live with current vocalist Anette Olzon and is often used as the...
- NemoNemo (song)-Charts Performance:Once topped the album charts in Finland and Hungary. In the UK it could only chart at #87 after a chart entry of #101 the week before, but spent over 20 weeks on the top 200 plus a few re-entries...
- Planet Hell
- Creek Mary's Blood
- The SirenThe Siren (song)The Siren was the fourth and last single of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's fifth studio album Once. The song was recorded with the London Session Orchestra and includes many exotic instruments, for example an electric violin and a sitar....
- Dead Gardens
- Romanticide
- Ghost Love Score
- Kuolema Tekee TaiteilijanKuolema Tekee TaiteilijanKuolema Tekee Taiteilijan is the third single released from the album Once by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of Once. The single was never released outside Japan and Finland."Kuolema Tekee...
- Higher Than Hope
- Dark Passion PlayDark Passion PlayDark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 26 September, 2007 in Finland, 28 September in Europe and 2 October 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's current lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album...
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- The Poet and the Pendulum
- Bye Bye BeautifulBye Bye Beautiful-Charts performance:In the UK, "Bye Bye Beautiful" entered the UK Rock Singles Chart at number two, behind Nickelback's "Rockstar". After the European release, "Bye Bye Beautiful" reached its highest position in a national singles chart, in Spain, reaching number 4, slightly lower than Nightwish's...
- AmaranthAmaranth (song)-Charts performance:"Amaranth" is Nightwish's most successful single reaching number 1 in Spain, Hungary, Norway and Finland. It went straight to number one in Finland and stayed at number 1 for 3 weeks, dropping to number 2 in its fourth week on the chart. "Amaranth" then returned to the top spot...
- Cadence of Her Last Breath
- Master Passion Greed
- EvaEva (song)-Personnel:*Anette Olzon - lead vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards*Erno Vuorinen - lead guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - drums*Marco Hietala - bass...
- Sahara
- Whoever Brings the Night
- For the Heart I Once Had
- The IslanderThe IslanderThe Islander is a book by the Newbery Medal winning author Cynthia Rylant published in 1998 by Dorling Kindersley.It is the story of Daniel, whose parents have died; he goes to live with his grandfather on a remote gray island off British Columbia. Together they live an extremely lonely life,...
- Last of the Wilds
- 7 Days to the Wolves
- Meadows of Heaven
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums Chart | 21 |
Credits
- 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 (on CD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7) - Anette OlzonAnette OlzonAnette Ingegerd Olsson , known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the second lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...
- lead vocal (on CD 8) - 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....
- KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and backing vocals - 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...
- Lead guitarsGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(on CD 1), Classic guitar (on CD 8) - 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 guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals (on CD 5, 6, 7 & 8) - Sami VänskäSami VänskäSami Vänskä is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish.-Background story:He started playing bass as a private study. He has played in a few bands which have been mostly from the metal genre....
- Bass guitar (on CD 2, 3 & 4)