Cant wait for it

Written by Risto on 24.11.2011 at 14:39

Written by Metal_4Ever on 24.11.2011 at 14:27

Nightwish - The Crow, The Owl and The Dove has been leaked

It was released via Donald Duck Finland, so it's not a leak actually.

Yeah sure! commercial reasons!

Curious to see what is it

Not sure if bad or masterpiece after first listen

Written by Codorna on 29.11.2011 at 00:07

Not sure if bad or masterpiece after first listen

Did you like it? Seems an odd reaction to have...

2nd half is pure eargarsm

Listening it for the first time right now

The Full album actually was leaked .... i'm Downloading it Right now ..... i live in Syria ...( we Don't have Copy rights so pleas people don't tell me that i should buy the Original ... plus we Don't have the Original CD anyway )

Great album definitely better than the last one, it could be one of the best albums of 2011

Now dats sum cheese. Enjoying it so far though.

Oh dear, do I put myself through this for the sake of saying I did...

Yes. Yes I do.

One word made up: "Theatrical Metal", a pretty cool album with some awesome songs and the Orchestral Parts are more prominent and sounds more beautiful than ever! still need to listen to it fewer times though...

The production is incredible... of course it's VERY cheesy, but it's some nice cheese there. Going to enjoy putting Last ride of the Day in my car...

Storytime is great and Ghost River even better, but the rest of the album is filled with ideas that are either tragged out too long or not blent together very well. Still, I enjoyed this album, but it's not worthy of my little top ten of 2011. ^^

Written by Troy Killjoy on 29.11.2011 at 08:46

Oh dear, do I put myself through this for the sake of saying I did...

Yes. Yes I do.

lol, be sure to let me know what you think about it XD
On the third track right now. I like Ghost River quite a lot

1. 'Taikatalvi': a very nice intro, to prepare the senses
2. 'Storytime': popish, the commercial song
3. 'Ghost River': a very cool chorus
4. 'Slow, Love, Slow': or should I say 'Die, Love, Die!' What the fuck is this'?! Worst song EVER!!! This song doesn't deserve to be neither a B-side.
5. 'I Want My Tears Back': IMO the best song, I like the folk vibe
6. 'Scaretale': it really scared me, it left me lost, confused, didn't like it
7. 'Arebesque': nice instrumental
8. 'Turn Loose the Mermaids': the ballad
9. 'Rest Calm': it gets nicer by the end
10. 'The Crow, the Owl, and the Dove': good
11. 'Last Ride of the Day': very good, second best IMO
12. 'Song of Myself': the first part (sung) is good, the second is, I don't know, kinda sad
13. 'Imaginaerum': a medley of all album, unnecessary

I'd just listen to the album and wow, simple wow. I can't say anything else right now. Simply Nightwish more solid than ever.

I'd just realize this is a soundtrack album. It even have a End Credit song pretty cool

01. Taikatalvi - Probably the best intro I have ever heard.
02. Storytime - Still one of the best of NW singles.
03. Ghost River - The way Anette sings "Snowhite" before first chorus is just orgasmic. Amazing theatrical song.
04. Slow, Love, Slow - I never thought I would ever hear NW like this, but differently than others, I found it perfect and amazing. I love Tuomas for his experiments.
05. I Want My Tears Back - Catchy, cheese. Reminds me a bit of "Dead to the world". Great tune.
06. Scaretale - My favorite! Musical, rock opera. Call it whatever you want, but this is magical.
07. Arabesque - Trailer music style. Great.
08. Turn Loose The Mermaids - I have a thing about these two ballads (with 10th song). It's not bad, but not reach the whole level of the album.
09. Rest Calm - Could be much better.
10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove - -"-
11. Last Ride Of The Day - After some empty whole with last 3 songs, this song continues with top level.
12. Song Of Myself - Wtf with the last 6 minutes? It was unnecessary. Different than other long songs of NW. Choir was amazing, but other parts just average.
13. Imaginaerum

Written by annodomini on 30.11.2011 at 11:59

12. Song Of Myself - Wtf with the last 6 minutes? It was unnecessary. Different than other long songs of NW. Choir was amazing, but other parts just average.

Really? I find some fantastic lines on those 6 min. No music, No metal, but a demostration of how Tuomas understand art and poetry. I like it.

Written by aldamirgwh on 30.11.2011 at 04:06

1. 'Taikatalvi': a very nice intro, to prepare the senses
2. 'Storytime': popish, the commercial song
3. 'Ghost River': a very cool chorus
4. 'Slow, Love, Slow': or should I say 'Die, Love, Die!' What the fuck is this'?! Worst song EVER!!! This song doesn't deserve to be neither a B-side.
5. 'I Want My Tears Back': IMO the best song, I like the folk vibe
6. 'Scaretale': it really scared me, it left me lost, confused, didn't like it
7. 'Arebesque': nice instrumental
8. 'Turn Loose the Mermaids': the ballad
9. 'Rest Calm': it gets nicer by the end
10. 'The Crow, the Owl, and the Dove': good
11. 'Last Ride of the Day': very good, second best IMO
12. 'Song of Myself': the first part (sung) is good, the second is, I don't know, kinda sad
13. 'Imaginaerum': a medley of all album, unnecessary

Well, about the last one, that's not weird, since this is a soundtrack for a movie, the last one belongs to the credits I think.

A nice album, better than Once. Annette still annoys me at some moments, just like Tarja did, but she and Marco make a much better duet now. There are some silly moments, some unnecessary stuff (the kids choirs on every other song) but it is quite enjoyable and has a number of nice hit, simple songs.

So... much..... cheese....

Written by Slayer666 on 30.11.2011 at 15:12

So... much..... cheese....

That's what Nightwish has always been about, dude

Storytime is great and Ghost River even better, but the rest of the album is filled with ideas that are either tragged out too long or not put together very well. That being said, I still enjoyed the album, but it's not among the best releases of this year in my opinion.

Downloading, i'm so exciting.. XD

Listening, i'm so exciting.. XD

Written by aldamirgwh on 30.11.2011 at 04:06

4. 'Slow, Love, Slow': or should I say 'Die, Love, Die!' What the fuck is this'?! Worst song EVER!!! This song doesn't deserve to be neither a B-side.

Well if you don't like jazz or its influence on this track, then this is clearly not enough to make this one the worst song "ever". Try to think outside of your tiny box...

'Slow, Love, Slow' is clearly the best song of the album.

Yes, I didn't hear the whole album yet. But that was refreshing.
Anette's voice really suites the jazzy style.

Written by [user id=109246] on 30.11.2011 at 20:59

Only 8.7 rating on the release date? And this is even going to decrease significantly... Well, I knew right after the first listen to "Storytime" that the album will be pretty average.

If I don't like Storytime at all, will I miss anything if I won't try to listen to the whole album?

Well, actually its got better after that, specially "Ghost River" and "Scaretale", which have a quite interesting atmosphere (Scaretale almost cross the line to some kind of Avant Garde metal...). However, I don't know, it's a long album and there are some really boring moments...