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    Posted: May 28 2024 at 11:21
Originally posted by UnderGround UnderGround wrote:

It's not about the singers but the quality of albums and compositions. The two albums with Anette was excellent, the same with Tarja. The album with Floor are not so good...

Based on the OP, I understand  the thread is about the singers.
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Strangely, Dark Passion Play (with Anette) is my favourite Nightwish album, but Tarja has always been my favourite Nightwish singer. Geek
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It's not about the singers but the quality of albums and compositions. The two albums with Anette was excellent, the same with Tarja. The album with Floor are not so good...
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Tarja, Anette or Floor? Obviously:

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Nightwish really isn't the kind of the music I'm into right now, but having said that, I always like Tarja's vocals better than the other two. I think it would be cool if Tarja could do a collaboration with Fred Frith and Ikue Mori. That would be awesome. The inner planets are inside a huge pair of invisible pants kept in place by the asteroid belt.
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^ Doug loves it, but even he pointed out that the vocals are buried in the mix. In general, Nightwish is too "uneventful" for me. Last time I got interested was when they made this evolution themed album endorsed by Richard Dawkins. Big letdown musically. 
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Nightwish ... never could develop a taste for them. Totally boring and uninventive. They're at least bearable with Floor on vocals.

I think Floor is the more competent, better range, but her abilities are somehow misused (for lack of a better word). I thought the last album they did was rather poor. 

They will release a new album in a month or so. First single has already been released, quite underwhelming, again, Floor's talents are not properly used (IMO obviously). 
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Nightwish ... never could develop a taste for them. Totally boring and uninventive. They're at least bearable with Floor on vocals.
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Originally posted by martinprog77 martinprog77 wrote:

for me Nightwish  was TARJA. Her voice was like a revolution  for my ears 

I agree more or less, although Nightwish were not the first to create that symphonic metal sound. Therion were definitely an influence when Nightwish started and even the gothic metal scene of the time. 


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for me Nightwish  was TARJA. Her voice was like a revolution  for my ears 
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^ Imaginaerum is actually my favourite album from Nightwish, but indeed I prefer both Tarja and Floor as singers over Annette. And the Imaginaerum songs played live with Floor are gorgeous.
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IMHO - The best albums to me are in Annette’s era, I rate Imaginarium very highly, but in terms of vocals both Tarya and Floor are better vocalists. There we area vote for each one.
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I'm on Tarja side, her voice in Ever Dream & Phantom of the Opera was absolutely amazing.
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Personally, I not only respect and acknowledge ALL 3 singers, but recognize the 3 different eras of the band. But, lets not forget the 2 different drummers (Jukka & Kai), or the 3 different bass guitarists (Sami, Marko & Jukkis). Plus since Tuomas is still the chief song/lyric composer in the band it goes without saying Nightwish is still thriving in 2024! The comparison is always between the 3 different lead singers, even tho the band has had several slight lineup changes over the years. The way I see it is: Tarja is/was the myth in the studio, Anette was the fairy the bridged Tarja & Floor, and Floor is the f**king live legend! All 3 have made Nightwish the band they are today!
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Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

Nightwish with Tarja was magical.

Imaginaerum with Anette was awesome, perhaps their best album as for songwriting and craftsmanship.

Floor is a very talented singer. One of the best professional figures in metal. She's awesome live too. However, I didn't like her first album with Nightwish (Endless Forms Most Beautiful). I've yet to hear their last album, though.

All in all, I'd go with Tarja. Oceanborn is perfect, Wishmaster is not perfect but has great magical atmosphere and they don't have any crappy album together.


Just about the way I would put it myself.
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Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Talking about Floor's versatility, I would love to hear a full collaboration between Floor Jansen and Devin Townsend, whose music I also love because of his own versatility.


I would too, what a treat that would be!  Although, we might have difficulty identifying which of the two is rendering the death-growls! LOL


I think she actually had Devin sing a song with her on one of her albums before Nighwish (ReVamp I think was the name of that project), but it was actually rather ordinary. A whole collaboration album would be wonderful, specially if Devin was mostly in charge of writing the music.
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Nightwish with Tarja was magical.

Imaginaerum with Anette was awesome, perhaps their best album as for songwriting and craftsmanship.

Floor is a very talented singer. One of the best professional figures in metal. She's awesome live too. However, I didn't like her first album with Nightwish (Endless Forms Most Beautiful). I've yet to hear their last album, though.

All in all, I'd go with Tarja. Oceanborn is perfect, Wishmaster is not perfect but has great magical atmosphere and they don't have any crappy album together.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Talking about Floor's versatility, I would love to hear a full collaboration between Floor Jansen and Devin Townsend, whose music I also love because of his own versatility.

I would too, what a treat that would be!  Although, we might have difficulty identifying which of the two is rendering the death-growls! LOL
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Floor over Annette over Tarja. Came late to the Nightwish party...
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Talking about Floor's versatility, I would love to hear a full collaboration between Floor Jansen and Devin Townsend, whose music I also love because of his own versatility.
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