I will finally post a rant concerning one of the greatest blunders in music history. The replacement of Tarja Turunen with Anette Olzon in Nightwish.

Nightwish began their career with something most of the world had never heard of: operatic female vocals in metal. The genre they are listed in is Symphonic Power Metal. Tuomas Holopainen, a founder of the band and keyboardist, writes all the music and lyrics for the band. He is an amazing composer and writer. But it truly was Tarja's voice that defined the band. Seriously, if they had a female vocalist like Lita Ford, Doro, or even Anette in the beginning...well there would never be this blog.

Tarja is a classically trained mezzo-soprano that has sung in several operas.

Anette is a lyric soprano more suited for a punk rock band.

WTF TUOMAS? *bitch slap*


Did you guys do LSD and she sucked your cock and you thought you found God? Is that how Anette got in?

You fired Tarja for the sake of Nightwish...and yet you pick a woman who sounds like a screeching cat in labor when singing your old songs? You had to have a vocal coach train Anette just to get the octaves somewhat correct on the old songs as she sung them all too high! WHY BOTHER WHEN YOU COULD HAVE HIRED SOMEONE WHO COULD ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW, SING THE SONGS!!!!!

Not to mention you went from being Symphonic Metal to Disney Pop Rock in the span between Once and Dark Passion Play. I DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH YOUR DARK PASSION RIGHT NOW TUOMAS BUT I'M SUUUUUUUUREEEEE ANETTE DOES!

Seriously, why?


I will continue this later. I am NOT done yet.