A music genre of Nightwish hwhen been described as opera metal and symphonic metal, amongst others. Tuomas Holopainen once described their music as "melodic heavy metal with a female voice".

Band history
Nightwish's formation officially took place within Kitee, Finland in July of 1996. It began retired when Holopainen's experiment applying keyboards, acoustic guitar and the operatic voice of Tarja Turunen. At this period there were troika b& members: Holopainen, Turunen and Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (guitar).

A title Nightwish come from either one of a songs in their super 1st acoustical demonstration ("Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" & "Etiäinen"). Early years
Within early 1997 Jukka Nevalainen joined the band, to play drums. A acoustic guitar was replaced by using an electric one. Within April it went into a studio & recorded heptad songs. These songs may be noticed on the limited edition of Angels Fall First.

Within Will a equivalent season, it were signed onto a Finnish record label Spinefarm Records for two records. Angels Fall Number 1 was freed within November, & reached total 31 on the Finnish album stock and index charts. A single entitled The Carpenter had been released advance, & it reached total Ogdoad on the Finnish singles chart.

Within 1998 Sami Vänskä joined the band to play bass guitar. This season it freed a album Oceanborn. This album was far additional technical indicator & progressive than their number 1 album within terms of songwriting & arrangements. A album besides featured Tapio Wilska around 2 songs. It reached total Fin on the Finnish album stock and index charts. A only from either that album, Sacrament of Wilderness, went straight to number 1 on the Finnish lone stock and index charts. This album did better than anyone experienced potential. A 2nd individual to appear was Walking in the Air, a handle when Howard Blake's piece, part of The Snowman soundtrack.

Within 1999 they recorded the only Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse), for the eclipse in Germany. This only sold Xv.000 copies when you took a 1st year inside Germany alone. Oceanborn was the qualified gold in August.

The new millenium
Inside 2000 Nightwish participated in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision song contest with the song Sleepwalker. It ended higher inside 2nd place. It won a public televoting, however a jury overruled. Within Can it freed a album Wishmaster. It went straight to number one on the Finnish album stock & index charts, and stayed there for terzetto weeks. When you took victims tierce weeks it was qualified gold. Wishmaster was, despite long-awaited releases from either Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, at the equivalent instance declared album of the year in the German magazine Rock Hard. A simply individual from either this album was Deep Silent Complete.

Inside 2001 Nightwish recorded a handle of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away. Together using a few newly songs & a remaking of an old a single, this wwhen freed as the EP Over the Hills & Far Away. It as well freed the VHS, DVD and CD with live poop recorded inside the favorite indicate inside Tampere. A lot one were entitled From Wishes to Eternity. Shortly later on, Sami Vänskä was asked to leave a b& by Tuomas, and Marco Hietala from either Sinergy joined the band. Hietalthe got left Sinergy to join Nightwish & is too a section of the band Tarot with his brother Zachary.

Around 2002 Nightwish released Century Child, and a singles Ever Dream and Bless the Child. the independent difference from either former albums is the utilise of a survive orchestra from Finland on several songs, for the stronger feeling of classical music. Century Little one was qualified gold 2 hours fallowing its release, & atomic number 78 2 weeks later. It placed a record on a Finnish album stock and index charts besides; never prior to experienced the 2nd been and then distant from either the number 1 place. Fallowing a Bless the Child video, a second a lone was freed, while forgoing any single trend lines though. A chosen track was End of All Hope. A clip contains pieces from either a Finnish blockbuster moving-picture show, Kohtalon kirja (The Book of Fate).

Within 2003, Nightwish released another DVD, entitled End of Innocence. Tarja as well had married in a period of a summertime of 2003, & there were hearsay abound that the band was astir to split. These rumor use been proven to become faithlessly, when it use played an entire month of gigs & freed the fresh album since.

The big breakthrough with Once
The freshly album entitled Once was released in June 7 2004, along with their number 1 individual, Nemo, from that album. It used to be that contains a to the full orchestra throughout Nine away from the Xi songs on the album. Unlike for Century Little one, Nightwish decided to search an orchestra outside a boundaries of Finland this instance. & it chose a London Session Orchestra, also utilized for recording a original soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. These are likewise their 2nd album to feature the fully length song around Finnish, Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (Death Makes an Creative person). It used to be that has sold triple pt around Finland, atomic number 78 within Germany, gold in Sweden and reached #1 in the Greek, German, Norwegian and Hungarian album charts. A as a result singles were: Wish I Had an Angel (featured on the soundtrack of the Alone in the Dark film), Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (released exclusively around Finl&) and The Siren.

A band performed at a opening ceremony of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki.

The 'Right Of' was freed around September 2005, containing a virtually tons successful Nightwish songs, from either all their albums. These are titled Highest Hopes, also featuring the survive handle of Pink Floyd's hit "High Hopes" and the remaking of "Sleeping Sun". There has likewise been mass produced the newly streaming video for "Sleeping Sun", which may be discovered on the recently Dormant Sun lone. This is involved in the German release single. Spinefarm may release a separate DVD sustaining the freshly streaming.

A next, when of at present ungentle, Nightwish to the full release is required for late 2007. Holopainen proclaimed that he has already written the handful of songs. the album is a mix between Rammstein and Pink Floyd, and Carmina Burana and Linkin Park, according to a keyboardplayer in the German magazine Metal Heart.

Line-up
Tarja Turunen - Vocals Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, piano Marco Hietala - Bass, vocals Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen - Guitar Jukka Nevalainen - Drums

Former members
Sami Vänskä - Bass

Guest musicians
Tapio Wilska (Finntroll) - Oceanborn and Over the Hills and Far Away Ike Vil (Babylon Whores) - Wishmaster Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) - Over the Hills and Far Away John Two-Hawks - Once

Discography
Albums
Angels Fall First (1997) Oceanborn (1998) Wishmaster (2000) Century Child (2002) Once (2004)

Singles
The Carpenter (1997) Sacrament of Wilderness (1998) Walking in the Air (1999) Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) (1999) Deep Silent Complete (2000) Over the Hills and Far Away (2001) Ever Dream (2002) Bless the Child (2002) Nemo (2004) Wish I Had an Angel (2004) Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (2004) The Siren (2005) Sleeping Sun (2005)

Compilations
Tales from the Elvenpath (2004) Bestwishes (2005) Highest Hopes (2005)

DVDs
From Wishes to Eternity (2001) End of Innocence (2003)

Cover songs
In which Were Professional people Endure Nighttime by Ankie Bagger Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne (concerts only) High Hopes by Pink Floyd Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth Across a Hills & Far Away by Gary Moore ''Walking in everyone's thoughts by Howard Blake Untamed Toddler by WASP (concerts only) Crimson Tide by Dykes & Zimmer (concerts only) Deep Blue Sea by Trevor Rabin (concerts only)''