Once

by Nightwish

Once cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 June 2004
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 1:00:06
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Sami Yli-Sirni枚, Cathy Thompson, Katherine Shave, John Heley, Robin Firman, Simon Fischer, Jukka Nevalainen, Edward Vanderspar, Chris Laurence, Mark Berrow, Richard Berry, John Barclay, Rita Manning, Donald McVay, Michael Thompson, Mary Scully, Owen Slade, Simon Gunton, Tero Kinnunen, Eddie Roberts, Mark Nightingale, David Woodcock, Leon Bosch, Martin Loveday, Paul Gardham, Tuomas Holopainen, Tarja Turunen, Gustav Clarkson, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski, Sonia Slany, Skaila Kanga, Paul Clarvis, Dave Stewart, Patrick Lannigan, David Ayre, Jackie Shave, Philip Eastop, Andy Crowley, David Vines, Roger Harvey, Bruce White, Perry Montague-Mason, Lynda Houghton, Kate Musker, Dermot Crehan, Everton Nelson, Peter Lale, Anthony Pleeth, David Daniels, Chris Tombling, Richard Edwards, Emppu Vuorinen, Nicholas Bucknall, Jonathan Williams, Olli Halonen, Ben Chappell, Andrew Findon, Boguslaw Kostecki, Zoe Lake, Rachel Bolt, Nina Robertson, Tim Grant, Christopher Hooker, Elizabeth Edwards, Caroline Dale, Julian Leaper, Nigel Black, Julie Andrews, Marco Hietala, James Shearman, Derek Watkins, Chris Baron

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Finnish symphonic metal titans achieved massive international crossover success with their most expensive and bombastic production to date. The album notoriously features the full London Session Orchestra, elevating Tuomas Holopainen's cinematic, power-metal songwriting and providing a breathtaking backdrop for Tarja Turunen's final operatic performance with the band.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, melodic, orchestral, bombastic, grandiose

Tracklist

  1. Dark Chest of Wonders (4:28)
  2. Wish I Had an Angel (4:05)
  3. Nemo (4:36)
  4. Planet Hell (4:38)
  5. Creek Mary's Blood (8:29)
  6. The Siren (4:45)
  7. Dead Gardens (4:28)
  8. Romanticide (4:58)
  9. Ghost Love Score (10:02)
  10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan (3:58)
  11. Higher Than Hope (5:34)

Credits

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