NIGHTWISH · Symphonic metal
Female vocalist
FLOOR JANSEN leaves NIGHTWISH!
NIGHTWISH announce that singer FLOOR JANSEN is leaving the band by mutual agreement; the band plans to record a new album in 2027.
Kitee, Finland · Formed 1996 · Symphonic Metal · Power Metal · Progressive Metal
Nightwish
Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee in Finland, formed in 1996 around keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen. Floor Jansen is the current lead vocalist, after earlier singers Tarja Turunen and Anette Olzon. The band entered the Finnish Music Hall of Fame in 2018 and won Metal Album of the Year at the Emma Awards in 2021. Since the 2024 album it has been on a break from touring.
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Line-up & Details
- Origin
- Kitee, Finland
- Formed
- 1996 (active)
- Genres
- Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal
- Past Women
- Floor Jansen
- Members
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
- Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, whistles, guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, male vocals
- Floor Jansen – lead vocals (2012-2026)
- Kai Hahto – drums, percussion
- Jukka Koskinen – bass
- Labels
- Spinefarm Records, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Records, Century Media, Drakkar Entertainment
- Honours
- Finnish Music Hall of Fame (2018); Emma Awards, Metal Album of the Year (2021)
Discography
- Albums
- “Yesterwynde”
- “Human. :II: Nature.”
- “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”
- “Imaginaerum”
- “Dark Passion Play”
- “Once”
- “Century Child”
- “Wishmaster”
- “Oceanborn”
- “Angels Fall First”
- Singles & EPs
- “Over the Hills and Far Away”
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