- List of Nightwish band members
-
Nightwish 
Left to right: Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Anette Olzon, Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu VuorinenBackground information Origin Kitee, Finland Genres Symphonic metal, power metal Years active 1996 – present Website www.nightwish.com This is the line-up of Nightwish, an Echo-winning band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen. Nightwish is Finland's most successful band with more than 7 million sold albums worldwide, 1 silver award, 11 gold awards and 30 platinum awards.
Although Nightwish has been prominent in their home country since the release of their first single, “The Carpenter” (1997) and debut album Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn, Wishmaster and Century Child, which were released in 1998, 2000 and 2002 respectively. Their 2004 album, Once, which has sold more than 1.2 million copies,[1] led to Nightwish video clips being shown on MTV in the United States and inclusion of their music in US movie soundtracks. Their biggest US hit single, “Wish I Had an Angel” (2004), made it onto three US film soundtracks as a means to promote their North American tour.[2] The band produced three more singles and two music videos for the album, as well as “Sleeping Sun”, from the 2005 “best of” compilation album, Highest Hopes, prior to vocalist Tarja Turunen’s dismissal.
In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue frontwoman, Anette Olzon, was revealed as Turunen’s replacement,[3] and in the autumn, the band released a new album – Dark Passion Play, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies.[1] The supporting tour started on October 6, 2007 and ended on September 19, 2009.[4][5] A new E.P./live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), was released in March 2009 as a MCD/DVD.
Nightwish has received eleven awards from both the Emma-gaala Awards, from therteen nominations,[6][7][8] and one Echo Awards from two nominations. Nightwish has also received 2 nominations from the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards but has not received an award; Nightwish already won awards from MTV Europe Music Awards[9] and from World Music Awards, and also was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards in 2004.[6]
Contents
Current members
- Anette Olzon
- Active: 2007–present
- Instruments: lead vocals
- Albums with the band: Dark Passion Play
- Anette (born June 21, 1971) is a Swedish soprano, she replaced Tarja Turunen after her dismissal on October 21, 2005. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue. After her admission in Nightwish, Anette played with several bands, in studio and live, including Brother Firetribe and Pain, and will release a new album in the near future, under her own name.[10]
- Tuomas Holopainen
- Active: 1996–present
- Instruments: Keyboards, piano and male vocals
- Albums with the band: All Nightwish releases since the first 1996 demo
- Tuomas (born December 25, 1976) is a Finnish composer, musician, poet and producer. Known best for heavy metal music, he has also studied jazz and classical styles, but he didn't appreciate these styles explaining to be influenced by harmonic film music. Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player, and male vocalist, Marco Hietala on “While Your Lips Are Still Red”, for the Finnish film “Lieksa!” in 2007.[11] He has revealed that he is working on another "movie project", but that he can't reveal anything about it yet.[11]
- Erno Vuorinen
- Active: 1996–present
- Instruments: Lead guitar, bass guitar (1997–1998) and classic guitar
- Albums with the band: All Nightwish releases since the first 1996 demo
- Erno or Emppu (born June 24, 1978) is a Finnish guitarist. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then he has played in various bands including Nightwish, of which he is a founding member, Brother Firetribe, Almah (with Angra's frontman Edu Falaschi) and Altaria. As of 2008 one of his side-projects Brother Firetribe released their two albums, "False Metal" (Re-released as "Break Out"[12]), and "Heart Full Of Fire" worldwide.[13][14]
- Jukka Nevalainen
- Active: 1997–present
- Instruments: Drums, percussion
- Albums with the band: All Nightwish releases since the first 1997 album, Angels Fall First
- Jukka (born April 21, 1978) is a finnish drummer. He spent his early years in the city of Kitee; his drumming career started at the age of eleven when his music teacher at school told him that a new educational program for music was opening, and he thought Jukka would fit in well as a drummer. His first band was "The Highway" but he joined his first real band at the age of 15–16. The band had a rehearsal place, but was restricted to practice only a couple of days a week. After he left that band, he joined up with Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen and they got a permanent practice place.
- Marco Hietala
- Active: 2002–present
- Instruments: Bass guitar, classic guitar, male vocals
- Albums with the band: All Nightwish releases since 2002 album, Century Child
- Marco (born January 14, 1966) is a finnish vocalist and bassist, he is often seen as an icon for the Finnish metal scene. He is also the vocalist and bassist as well as composer/lyricist for heavy metal band Tarot. He joined Nightwish following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. He was a prominent guest musician in Delain, a project involving many members of the gothic/symphonic metal community. Marco is the bassist and lends his voice to a number of songs. He also participated in the recording of Invitation, by Altaria, providing backing vocals. Hietala has also been part of the bands Sinergy and Northern Kings.In Delain, Hietala played the bass for the album Lucidity and was also the main male vocalist on the album. He is also featured as vocalist in two of the songs on Delain's new album April Rain. In March 2009, Marco joined the band Sapattivuosi, they cover Black Sabbath songs in Finnish.[15]
-
Vocalist Anette Olzon at Springfield, Virginia, USA, on October 15, 2007
-
Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen at Melbourne, Australia, on January 30, 2008
-
Guitarist Emppu Vuorinen at Melbourne
-
Drummer Jukka Nevalainen at Melbourne
-
Bassist Marco Hietala at Melbourne
Former members
- Tarja Turunen
- Active: 1996–2005
- Instruments: lead vocals
- Albums with the band: Angels Fall First until Once
- Tarja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑrjɑ ˈturunen]) (born 17 August 1977) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, composer and actress, whose work includes two solo albums, with the third coming in 2010. She was dismissed from the band on 22 October 2005[3] after nine years, in the end of the Once Upon a Tour. In 2006, Tarja released a Christmas album, Henkäys Ikuisuudesta, with a support classical tour between November 25 and December 26. In 2007, Tarja released My Winter Storm, an album with various styles, including alternative rock and symphonic metal, that sold over 500.000 copies worldwide. The support tour, Storm World Tour, started on November 25, 2007, and ended at London on October 19, 2009, selling out.
- Sami Vänskä
- Active: 1998–2001
- Instruments: Bass guitar
- Albums with the band: Oceanborn until Over the Hills and Far Away
- Sami (born 26 September 1976) started playing bass as a private study. He has played in a few bands which have been mostly from the metal genre. He started his career in the band Nattvindens Gråt, with Tuomas Holopainen. He made 2 albums, A Bard's Tale (1995), Chaos Without Theory (1997) and a demo, Dar Svanar Flyger (1995), with them. He joined Nightwish for the second studio album, Oceanborn, and was soon replaced by Marco Hietala.
-
Former frontwoman Tarja Turunen at Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 6, 2008
Timeline
Guest appearances
Years Artist Albums / songs Instrument Trivias 1997–1998 Samppa Hirvonen Only Live Bass guitar During the debut tour, The First tour of the Angels 1997–1998 Marianna Pellinen Only Live Backing vocals, keyboards During the debut tour, The First tour of the Angels 2000–2001 Tapio Wilska - "Pharaoh Sails to Orion" and "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" in Oceanborn
- "10th Man Down" in Over the Hills and Far Away
Male vocals Featured in the 2001 DVD, From Wishes to Eternity 2000–2002 Sam Hardwick - "Dead Boy's Poem" in Wishmaster
- "Bless the Child" and "Beauty of the Beast" in Century Child
Backing vocals Live in Playback 2000 Ike Vil - "The Kinslayer" in Wishmaster
Male vocals Live in Playback 2001 Tony Kakko - "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Astral Romance" in Over the Hills and Far Away
Male vocals Featured in the 2001 DVD, From Wishes to Eternity 2004 John Two-Hawks - "Creek Mary's Blood" in Once
Male vocals and Native American flute Featured in 2006 DVD, End of an Era 2004–2007 London Session Orchestra - Once and Dark Passion Play
All the chorus effects and orchestral sounds Live in Playback 2007 Troy Donockley - "The Islander" and "Last of the Wilds" in Dark Passion Play
Uilleann pipes and Tin whistle Troy played live with the band in 2008 and 2009, at Europe and North America 2007 Johanna Salomaa - The title song in "Erämaan viimeinen" single
Female vocals Indica frontwoman 2009 Pekka Kuusisto Violin Pekka joined Nightwish for the final concert of Dark Passion Play tour at Hartwall Areena. References
- ^ a b "Spinefarm". Nightwish. http://www.spinefarm.fi/showband.php?id=1. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "IMDb". Nightwish. http://imdb.com/name/nm1743752/. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ a b "BLABBERMOUTH.NET". NIGHTWISH Announces New Singer. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=73176. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ Nightwish.com – Live
- ^ Nightwish.com – Live – Past shows – 2007
- ^ a b "2003 – EMMA nominations". Nightwish Official Website. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=01&year=2003. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Nightwish wins at Emma Gaala". Nightwish Official Website. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "NIGHTWISH Performs At Germany's ECHO AWARDS; Video Available – Feb. 16, 2008". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90892. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "MTV Europe Music Awards". Escapadelas.com. http://escapadelas.com/pt/node/269. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "NIGHTWISH Singer ANETTE OLZON Creating Songs For Solo Album". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128936. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ a b "NIGHTWISH: While Your Lips Are Still Red". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=74801. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Break Out- Brother Firetribe". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1343044. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "False Metal- Brother Firetribe". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r930124. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Heart Full of Fire- Brother Firetribe". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1382221. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Marco Hietala's Black Sabbath Tribute Band To Play In Poland". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122574. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
External links
Categories:- Nightwish members
- Lists of members by band
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
