Nightwish - And The New Singer Is...
... Anette Olzon! In case this name doesn't tell you anything, here are a few facts about her:
Birthday: 21 June 1971
Country: Sweden
Musical background:
Was raised in a musical family and been singing since childhood. After she turned 13, she started competing in several talent shows. She joined her first real band when she was 17, it was a cover band and all the other musicians were older. After playing cover songs, she joined a band called Alyson Avenue, first just as a studio singer, later as their leading lady. They've released 2 albums since 2000.
At the age of 21, she played the leading role in a rock opera/musical called "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that she got in to the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. In addition to the already mentioned, she's been in several other bands over the years, sung in choirs, done studio work for various projects and even occasionally been a wedding singer. Recently she sang a duet with Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart-singer) on his album "Conspiracy".
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'Eva', the first single from the new album, should be released tomorrow. Listen to a short sample
Birthday: 21 June 1971
Country: Sweden
Musical background:
Was raised in a musical family and been singing since childhood. After she turned 13, she started competing in several talent shows. She joined her first real band when she was 17, it was a cover band and all the other musicians were older. After playing cover songs, she joined a band called Alyson Avenue, first just as a studio singer, later as their leading lady. They've released 2 albums since 2000.
At the age of 21, she played the leading role in a rock opera/musical called "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that she got in to the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. In addition to the already mentioned, she's been in several other bands over the years, sung in choirs, done studio work for various projects and even occasionally been a wedding singer. Recently she sang a duet with Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart-singer) on his album "Conspiracy".
Read the entire fact file
Interview
Video greeting
Promotional photos: 1 | 2
Promotional band photos: 1 | 2
'Eva', the first single from the new album, should be released tomorrow. Listen to a short sample
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| Spyroid Rosetta Stoned Posts: 1023  |
From Påarp? OH MY GOD! that's like 30 minutes from here, and it's a fucking rat hole!!! xD
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| Hyvaarin Posts: 1487  |
She looks a lot like Tarja in some of the promo pics...
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| jadawal Posts: 241  |
what the hell i just posted and now my post is gone, im on the average vote.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
Yeah! She's swedish! Now they'll probably play even more here!
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198  |
Written by Hyvaarin on 24.05.2007 at 17:44 I think exactly the same thing when photos appeared. More particularly on the first photo alone.
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| jadawal Posts: 241 |
Written by White Winter Sun on 24.05.2007 at 18:04 Nothing wrong with that, she's pretty smokin
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| __Az__ Posts: 859  |
Yeah, she does look a bit like Tarja... Never heard of her before though...
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198 |
Written by [user id=20949] on 24.05.2007 at 18:31 Very constructive remark  .Otherwise as regards the sample, her voice is not bad. Wait and see more....
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62018  |
@jeff you lost in betting whit someone about Vibeke  ... ... I dunno9 what say, hmm she is Tarja whit mask
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
omg, she looks like that guy from the rasmus. lol
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men.  Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| Lupas Maximus Posts: 3070  |
She looks as Tarja  Never heard of her ,???
---- "For what point has this life if you can't realise your dreams?" -- The Divine Comedy
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| hard_tom Posts: 28  |
I see the picture of Anette and hear a 30 secons of song "eva", and I must say : She looks good even more like Tarja and sings like Sharon from Within Temptation. Message for Nightwish : good choice guys, Tarja meets Sharon !!!
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| Golden Wing Posts: 209  |
Yeah, agree - she looks a bit like Tarja. And really, I love her appearance, it "suits" the band very well 
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| Sunioj Posts: 3894  |
Written by Damnated on 24.05.2007 at 19:00 Holy shit your right, it looks like hes wearing a wig...or just being himself.
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435  |
Yup, she sure looks like Tarja. The first singer I though about when I heard the sample was Sharon from WT.. has a similar voice. Very nice, I like her!
---- It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism. 
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| The Walrus Moonsorrow Posts: 1543  |
I was hoping that Nightwish will continue without female singer 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
its been like 2 years and thats what they come up with?, well looks like Dr.Rock is gonna stay nightwish free.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Taktsekte Your Ad Here! Posts: 2808  |
Oh, I hope the "End of an Era" thing does not mean that Nightwish shall stop playing Symphonic Power Metal. Indeed, Anette sounds like a mezzosoprano Sharon den Adel, but you cannot really come to any conclusions by just listening to a ballad (in the end, Power Metal, Gothic Metal and Heavy Metal ballads sound quite similar to each other when symphonic elements are shown). Nevertheless, if Anette has a vocal register as broad as Tarja, I am sure that Tuomas will find the way to keep writing and recording the best music in the modern world, Nightwish music!
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| Bararey Winter is Coming Elite Posts: 3139  |
OK so the band got what they were looking for, a good looking woman that can sing, the next thing to look for is how she reacts with the crowd/fans, or via versa 
---- "Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died." Ser Jorah Mormont
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| =maD.Doc:. Melodeath Master Posts: 386  |
@Timor: how could you expect they would? they said already when they kicked Tarja that they were going to get a new female singer, Nightwish have always had, and will always have a female singer. Or else it's not Nightwish  @Taktsekte: they will never stop playing symphonic power metal. Tuomas is a movie score music freak, and he writes music as it should be for a movie, and then they have recorded together with a Symphony Orchestra from London. so Symphonic it will always be And you actually hear that in Eva, the symphonic parts, and also, actually, power metal like thingies ^^I think she dosn't only look like Tarja, in some parts of Eva I think of Tarja directly, but without the funny accent
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Nice one, even her voice seems to be pretty good ... but do you think guys that Nightwish will be the same without Tarja? i don't think so ... She wouldn't have been called the queen of metal if she wasn't that good folks right? So let's see, hope and cross our fingers to see who is this Anette Olzon. Rock on folks 
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| Asat0r Posts: 961  |
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943 |
for the non believers http://www.therasmus.org.uk/darklauripix.htm
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men. Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| necrovamp Posts: 424  |
wow, she sings much better than tarja, i hated tajas voice, it got on my nerves! also she doesn't look like a prostitute, which is good, i might actully be able to listen to them now!
---- 'I'd rather die than go to heaven' - Murderface
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| Eight Shapeshifter Posts: 2134  |
Well, the song is alright a little too slow, no?, tho i can't say much from 38 seconds of listening while reading MS lol.
---- Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God." Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged."
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742  |
wow, she's hot!  hehe, and has good singing experience background.
---- love is like a jar of shit with a strawberry on top
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
well...apperance and previous carrier is one thing, the second thing is the cooperation with Nightwish and the result...i can't wait till it finaly will be out...
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698  |
Nice... I hope her vocal abilities are as good as her beauty!
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Written by Damnated on 24.05.2007 at 19:00 though, she is looking pretty good and he isn't.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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