![]() ![]() They opened their set with ‘Death Of A King.’ Anyone who didn’t know them before was almost certainly won over by their psychedelically tinged metallic sound. What an opportunity for the band, getting the chance to play to an audience of this scale in the UK. Joining Nightwish on this special occasion and up first were Amorphis. Nobody thought that they’d manage to sell it out. And when Wembley was announced, people thought it was too big for them, that they were aiming too high. Even earlier this year when ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ reached 12th place, nobody thought that Nightwish would be headlining Wembley. ![]() ![]() Ditching Tarja and replacing her with Anette’s more conventional pop-friendly voice probably had a lot to do with that album reaching 25 on the UK album charts. It was a few years later with the release of ‘Dark Passion Play’ that they had an even bigger commercial breakthrough on these shores. Back then they were seen as some kind of strange hybrid imported from the depths of northern Europe, an exotic fusion of opera and metal. It was over ten years ago with ‘Once’ that they really began making ground in the UK. It seems impossible for them to get any bigger or better, but they just keep outdoing themselves. Time after time, it seems as though Nightwish have reached their peak. Nightwish + Arch Enemy + Amorphis Wembley Arena 19th December 2015 Review by Jacob Ovington Photography by Graham Hilling Nightwish ![]()
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