NIGHTWISH: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Simon McMurdo SONICBOND PUBLISHING

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The Finnish symphonic metal superstars’ back catalogue dissected. As host of The Podcast And The Pendulum, Simon McMurdo brings a dedicated fan’s enthusiasm and a critic’s insight to this look at the recorded output of Nightwish. It’s easy for song-by-song books to become a catalogue, but McMurdo offers cogent analysis, charting not just the changing personnel and the abrupt dismissals of Tarja Turunen and Anette Olzon, but diving into the meanings and inspirations behind Tuomas Holopainen’s compositions. There’s an impressive analysis of the shift from the fantastical and mythic themes of their formative works to the celebration of the natural world and evolution on their later albums. And he’s good at unearthing the threads that run throughout Holopainen’s writing, spotlighting the images and concepts that recur as well as the…

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