Nightwish is one of the bands that have rewritten all the norms established in symphonic metal, since their first album they have been adding the necessary elements so that over the years they have become one of the greatest formations in the history of rock.
However, it would not be until their fifth album "Once" published in 2004 when they would become the center of attention around the world thanks to this spectacular symphonic metal album.
Here the vocal register of Tarja becomes much more powerful to the detriment of her lyrical tone, the same happens with the guitar riffs of Emppu and the keyboardist Tuomas adds many more pompous orchestrations.
An album where all the songs stand out from the epic "Ghost Love Score" to the effective "Wish I Had An Angel", passing through jewels like the hypnotic "The Siren" or the melancholic "Higher Than Hope".
This marked the last album of the phenomenal singer Tarja Turunen, who was fired by the band, due to conflicts between the singer and the other members.
A masterpiece of symphonic metal and power metal.
"Dark Passion Play" would be the debut of Anette Olzon as the new singer of the Finnish Nightwish, after the march or rather it would be to say the dismissal of Tarja Turunen.
This would be one of the reasons why the fans were divided and partly turned their backs on this album, with time and pressure from the fans they would end with Anette's health and her replacement by the current singer Floor Jansen.
Understandably is the least valued album of the band, despite the fact that it contains great moments of hard rock and symphonic metal such as the spectacular "The Poet And The Pendulum", the Celtic epic "The Last of the Wilds", the groove "Amaranth" or the poisoned dart and direct message to Tarja "Bye Bye Beautiful".
Even so, the album received great criticism and millionaire sales and was awarded several prizes including the best metal album and album of the year.
