(Rated this album with 4 out of 10) Reviewed by
chris
from Brockton, Massachusetts United States
Skip this album if you are looking for an introduction to Nightwish. Oceanborn & Wishmaster are each so much better than this. Tarja isn't really given a chance to shine, and that is a waste of talent. Also, & more importantly, the new male vocalist they have is awful. Just awful. I mean truly, disgustingly, annoyingly & painfully awful. There are THOUSANDS of singers that they could have gotten to add counterpoint to Tarja's amazing operatic style. What they got was a sound like a strange constipated sneer. I hate his voice and cannot listen to any tracks he's on. Also, the music seems sub-par. I can't put my finger on it, but it just doesn't move me. Oceanborn & Wishmaster are permanently in my car & I listen to them constantly. This is going back in the CD case for a long time.
