Nightwish/Anette Olzon split - enter Floor Jansen!

thanks for this ^ Yam yam. Nice work. Really appreciate this. YODA ROCK YOU DO.

^ yes. Floor Jansen style is very similar as to what she displayed with Ayreon. The album 10010000100 is a shining example of her range and sImplicit. I think she is a great fit. Don't see a problem with this move 👌

Kinda shocked, I saw Nightwish/Kamelot 2 weeks ago in Michigan. Very good show.

Horizons wrote: I just think they're people who like decent singers.

People who like emo singers are people who like decent singers?  I stand by my idiot statement - can't STAND emo!  So whiny - it's like listening to my 3 and 4 year old, but with a band behind them!

dtguitarfan wrote: Pekka wrote: I'm sure there are a lot of people who think it would be a beneficial move for DT. I'm sure you're right, and there's a name for those people: idiots.

dtguitarfan wrote: Andy Webb wrote: Shame, I really liked Olzon's voice. I have a friend who shares your opinion, and I just don't get it.  She sings through her nose - drives me nuts, and completely ruined the last two albums for me.  Plus I just don't get why you would replace a 3 octave lyric soprano who had been classically trained with a nasally alto who sings like a rocker.  It would be like replacing James Labrie with...some emo kid.

While i'm not a big fan of NIGHTWISH i love Floor's vocals. I've heard her on a few AYREON albums and i really like her tone.

Shame, I really liked Olzon's voice. Jansen is a good replacement, but I'm not a huge fan of her style.

Prog Sothoth wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: No, this happened because Nightwish doesn't know how to settle personal differences.  Anette publicly blogged her disapproval when Nightwish did a show without her because she was sick, and Nightwish wasn't happy about that blog post so they fired her. I've heard that and don't doubt it, but for Floor Jansen, as opposed to some back-up singer, to hop on board immediately after Anette's departure gives me the impression that the band was looking to replace her anyways and that her blog post gave them the opportunity. Considering Anette compared herself to Rihanna at one point in that blog, it was inevitable that her and Tuomas would have an ego clash...and maybe he knew it by chatting up Floor for awhile beforehand.   Just a speculation of course.

I don't know all the details, but I do know that Nightwish was at Prog Power USA, and all the other singers that either filled in for Anette the night that she was sick or took over were also at Prog Power USA.

I have tickets for Nightwish on Mexico City, on November, and I must admit now I'm really looking forward to seeing them with Floor. It is a plus I didn't expect... I just hope everything goes smoothley and they don't change vocalist again, or end up cancelling the rest of the tour. As for Imaginaerum, despite the fact that I didn't like Anette so much as a singer, it was perhaps the album I have liked the most from Nightwish (though I must admit I haven't heard all of them yet, I'm missing 2 or 4 albums so far). As a matter of fact, if I hadn't liked Imaginaerum so much, I don't think I would have bought my tickets, having seen them on the previous tour. Now, I really hope Floor will remain with the band as a permanent member... and it would even be great if the band started another tour with Floor before releasing a new album, so that they may work on a setlist that includes songs from all their discography.