Conversely, Nightwish’s Angels Fall First, released in November, approached metal from a different direction, drawing more directly and heavily on folk and classical music. Ultimately ...

18. Elvenpath (Angels Fall First, 1997) While Tuomas originally viewed Nightwish as an acoustic project, it had already transformed beyond recognition by 1997’s debut LP Angels Fall First ...

Nightwish, it’s fair to say, aren’t one of them. Angels Fall First can best be described as an oddity, the first splashes of colour on a picture that eventually expanded beyond recognition.

“I studied biology for six months at university. But then Nightwish’s debut album [Angels Fall First, 1996] was released and that took over my life.” He never lost his fascination for ...

Holopainen's No. 1 pick is the band's latest, Nightwish's ninth LP, Human. :II: Nature (2020). "Human. :II: Nature was first to have songs about humankind, and then you play the other CD and ...