Wishmaster (album)
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| Wishmaster | ||
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| Studio album by Nightwish | ||
| Released | July 18, 2000 | |
| Recorded | Jan 2000-Mar 2000 | |
| Genre | Power metal | |
| Length | 56:15 | |
| Label | Spinefarm Records Drakkar Entertainment Century Media |
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| Producer(s) | Tero Kinnunen | |
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| Nightwish chronology | ||
| Oceanborn (1998) |
Wishmaster (2000) |
Over the Hills and Far Away (2001) |
Wishmaster is the third album by Nightwish, released July 18, 2000 by Spinefarm Records.
More than perhaps even its predecessor, Wishmaster has a very clear fantasy-theme. While commonly considered to be closer to more conventional Heavy Metal, there is still a great variety with slower songs like Come Cover Me and Two For Tragedy, and more epic pieces like Dead Boy's Poem and FantasMic.
The Kinslayer is written about the victims of the Columbine High School massacre.[1] Wanderlust and Wishmaster were influenced by the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels, the first referring to a trait the kender race have that leads them to venturing across the world, the latter mentioning Dalamar as the apprentice and his shalafi, Raistlin Majere.[1]. FantasMic is a song about the Disney animated movies, particularly their fantasy and fable elements, taking its title from the Disneyland show Fantasmic!.
[edit] Track listing
- "She Is My Sin" – 4:46
- "The Kinslayer" – 3:59
- "Come Cover Me" – 4:34
- "Wanderlust" – 4:50
- "Two for Tragedy" – 3:50
- "Wishmaster" – 4:24
- "Bare Grace Misery" – 3:41
- "Crownless" – 4:28
- "Deep Silent Complete" – 3:57
- "Dead Boy's Poem" – 6:47
- "FantasMic" – 8:27
- "Sleepwalker" (Bonus track on the Spinefarm limited edition) – 2:55
[edit] Credits
- Tarja Turunen – Lead vocals
- Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen – Guitar
- Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar
- Tuomas Holopainen – Keyboards
- Jukka Nevalainen – Drums
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tuomas Holopainen. Lyrics - Wishmaster. Nightwish Official Website. Retrieved on 2006-08-26.
| Nightwish |
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| Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen |
| Former members: Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen |
| Discography |
| Albums and EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once |
| Singles: "The Carpenter" | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | "Passion and the Opera" | "Walking in the Air" | "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" | "The Kinslayer" | "Deep Silent Complete" | "Ever Dream" | "Bless the Child" | "Nemo" | "Wish I Had an Angel" | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | "The Siren" | "Sleeping Sun" | "Eva" |
| Live albums: From Wishes to Eternity | End of an Era |
| Compilations: Wishmastour 2000 | Tales from the Elvenpath | Bestwishes | Highest Hopes |
| Videos and DVDs: From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era |
