Her ability to reach siren pitches through the stamping modes of "Bless the Child" will endear her automatically to NIGHTWISH fans, while the expansion of Troy Donockley's Uilleann pipes provides an added dimension that manifest on many of the songs, most superbly on the heaving instrumental "Nemo". They transition together beautifully during "Ever Dream" as the song morphs from ballad to power pump, and then Floor is left to command the heavier numbers (many from "Imaginaerum"), "Story Time", "Bless the Child", "Romanticide", "Song of Myself", "Ghost Love Score" and the gusting finale, "Last Ride of the Day".įloor's knack for combining toughness and sensuality will ultimately usher her as a household name in the symphonic metal bracket.
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Yet she takes on the band's melodic favorites "Wish I Had an Angel" and "I Want My Tears Back" with respectful confidence, reserving her full powers for NIGHTWISH's more epic-minded selections.įloor and bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala exhibit a natural grace at this point in their association, and while Hietala frequently employs harder edges to his voices, his cleans in this show are as engaging as Floor's. Floor carries a dominating swagger in the Wacken show that might not have been there in her first few gigs with the band. The circumstances reek, but in an apparent concession, NIGHTWISH has openly stricken "Wishmaster" from future set lists, while Floor Jansen ends up, like it or not, becoming a terrific replacement. Say what you will about the NIGHTWISH enclave's handling of Anette Olzon contracting the flu and her subsequent pregnancy.
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In the meantime, NIGHTWISH issues this live package as a teaser for their next phase that includes a front woman carrying a brasher delivery and ceaselessly pinwheeling follicles, plus the capacity for broadening their reach into folk territories courtesy of Donockley's Uilleann pipes and tin whistles. Now as a sextet, the band prepares to write their next album for release in 2015. As expected, it becomes a showcase for Floor Jansen as well as British multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley, both recently made official members of NIGHTWISH. "Showtime, Storytime" is a presentation of the group's performance at the 2013 Wacken Open Air festival in the midst of their "Imaginaerum" tour. The ex- AFTER FOREVER and current REVAMP vocalist was expected to learn a difficult repertoire in only two days and Floor Jansen's quick study produced an immediate grab with the band and their followers.
While the absence of original singer Tarja Turunen became difficult for many fans to accept initially, most appear to be a forgiving bunch and Dutch soprano Jansen gives the Wacken attendance all they can handle. While the painful circumstances of Olzon's departure from NIGHTWISH may not settle with every fan, there's no doubt much of the band's devout have quickly accepted Floor as their new monarch of symphonic power metal.
Thus we awkwardly enter the Floor Jansen era. This becomes the controversial subject of a documentary film, "Please Learn the Set List in 48 Hours" accompanying NIGHTWISH's new live DVD/CD package, "Showtime, Storytime". NIGHTWISH fans were no doubt feeling cold-conked in 2012 when the abrupt decision to part ways with Anette Olzon was made in the middle of the Finnish symphonic metal band's U.S.
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