This show will be something extra special, since it will be released later this year on DVD/Blu-ray, together with a massive ‘Imaginaerum World Tour’ 2012-2013 documentary.
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Mastermind and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen states: “The time has come soon to wrap up the magical & memorable one-and-a-half year ‘Imaginaerum World Tour’ 2012-2013! We still have three shows left, one of them being at the legendary Wacken Open Air Metal Festival on the 3rd of August. And what would be a better way to celebrate the grand finale as to capture the entire show at Wacken Open Air – the world’s biggest heavy metal festival – for a live DVD/Blu-ray? The live show in the front of 85 000 screaming metalheads was directed by Ville Lipiäinen, filmed with seventeen cameras and has a total duration of 85 minutes. The ‘Imaginaerum World Tour’ 2013-2013 visited in 34 countries, consisted of 104 shows with total audience attendance of over 1,5 million fans. This live DVD/CD is the beginning of a new era for the band and it sure makes everybody wish they’d had been there.What better way to conclude the year as to recapture one of its outstanding highlights by revisiting Finnish Symphonic Metal legends NIGHTWISH taking the likewise legendary Wacken Open Air by storm? After being decorated with triple platinum status in Finland as well as gold status in numerous European countries (Germany, Switzerland, Poland, among others) for their most current studio masterpiece »Imaginaerum« and following the highly successful release of their very own fantasy motion picture »Imaginaerum by Nightwish«, the band is closing in its cycle of the ‘Imaginaerum World Tour’ with a festival triple – Wacken Open Air being the first of those final shows. But no one can argue that throughout the whole show the new front woman gives NIGHTWISH a completely new sound, with her own style, which imitates nobody. It’s not until the end of ‘Storytime’ and ‘Ghost Love Score’ that real strong operatic vocals become the center of attention. It was also not the thin, poppy style of Anette Olzon, but Jansen’s own vocal mightiness. The original operatic style of these songs was nowhere to be heard. Not like Tarja, not like AnetteĪnd it is during this first part of the gig that Miss Jansen, contrary to what people anticipated, showcased her more powerful and brutal vocal styles. Nothing wrong with promoting new material, but for a huge festival, maybe not the best playlist, in my opinion. Still I can’t help but notice that the band starts with all time classics like ‘Dark Chest Of Wonders’ and ‘She’s My Sin’ and after that they only give us their hits in small doses. With an impeccable sound, that fleeting performance is turned eternal. No need to say that the musicians all do a perfect job and we can hear the crowd reacting in awe. “Showtime, Storytime” proves everybody wrong – in the best way imaginable.
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But since Floor Jansen can do both really well, everybody wins, right? Yes and no. And when it comes to NIGHTWISH, well you know the story: Tarja’s die hard fans didn’t like Anette’s pop-style, while others liked the latter better. When it comes to Female Fronted Metal you often hear the fans of the growler or “rocky-er” singers say that they don’t like the opera-style vocals of some bands. And thanks to Nuclear Blast, we are able to listen to that great concert and tell you all about it. Last summer the over 80.000 attendees of the infamous W.O.A had the amazing opportunity to not only see the new and perfected NIGHTWISH line-up live, but also to participate in their new Live-DVD. Oh, Wacken, you little town in the German North, witness to some of the greatest performances in Metal History.