On the occasion of the visit of a travelling circus to a small provincial town, the juveniles of the surrounding country were agog with excitement at the large posters and gorgeous procession.
From Angels Fall First to Human. :||: Nature., we rank symphonic metal icons Nightwish’s most epic compositions…
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Symphonic metal existed before Nightwish – pioneered by outfits like Sweden’s Therion and Italy’s Rhapsody – but no band has made it bigger, better or more bombastic than the great Finnish collective. When keyboardist and bandleader Tuomas Holopainen first envisioned the band while sitting around a campfire with friends, the idea was that it’d be a vehicle for the experimental acoustic music he’d written during time in the Finnish army, perfect for settings just like that. Joining forces with guitarist Erno ‘Emppu’ Vuorinen and the classical vocalist Tarja Turunen, who had shared the same music teacher, Plamen Dimov, a few years earlier, preparations were set in motion for something far more grandiose. Bassist Sami Vänskä and drummer Jukka Nevalainen completed the initial line-up that’d make an unlikely assault on the metal
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Last week I asked you if the Cubs had found their hitting stroke after exploding for 16 runs against the Mets. By and almost three-to-one margin, (74% to 26%), you said that you still didn’t think the Cubs could hit. In games since then, I think you could find evidence to support either position. They were shut out on Sunday against the Brewers and Brandon Woodruff, but he’s been shutting down pretty much everyone this year. But they also exploded for another 15 runs
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