The new Nightwish one, i mean. It sounds great, it sounds new with many “hit” songs like Amaranth, which was first released as a music video, but also Master Passion Greed and Whoever Brings the Night. I still have to get used to the new singing style, as Anette’s vocal range is far not as wide as Tarja’s was, she mostly only sings in the higher regions—i wonder how many times she was told this! But it’s positive that this album is pretty fast and doesn’t lack traditional Nightwish tunes while being so new. I had some trouble finding the bonus track, (The) Escapist, but it worths the time, being a great song. In the case of one song, For the Heart I Once Had, as it started i thought i accidentally placed a Sentenced song in the playlist, the guitars are tuned so much their way. Too bad Sentenced is out of the ring now… Back on topic, Nightwish did a good job with this album, i wonder if it’s going to become such a success as Once. They’ll be coming in Hungary next march, i’m thinking about going to that gig…

My brother’s kids aged 8, 11 and 14 are stomping by the sounds of a HammerFall album. I think i’m doing well at raising them.

On a forum i just accidentally stumbled upon a post, in which the author claimed that he was watching the Nightwish video titled Amaranth. Well, this was quite strange for me, as i was pretty much sure that i don’t know and never heard of such a song, even though i have all their works. So i checked out the official site and realised that they’ve found a replacement for Tarja – no, i should rather say, a new singer, because Anette has just such an identical and beautiful voice as Tarja did. Surely there will be – and possible already there are – fans, who won’t like her, but personally i do. Watched the Amaranth video already, but i can’t stop with it. I should, because there are two other songs of the new album, Dark Passion Play available in samples on the official site, and i don’t want to miss those either. But this Amaranth one is simply great. I think there’s already one thing that i’ll surely buy: this new Nightwish album will worth it. Too bad they are not coming touring here in Hungary… I’ve seen the video on the Metal Hall eZine. Check it out. I’m doing so with the other two songs, and those are very good too.