A Band is more than a Frontman
A band is much more than the man/woman that is in the center of all fan art of a band. Much more. Just take Dream Theater as an example. La Brie is certainly a good singer but not the center of the band. The center are without a doubt Petrucci and Portnoy. And there are other bands out there that make great music but you might not know the names of the other band members.
One example was Nightwish. Until they kicked out their old frontwoman. And it was certainly a good choice because If you listen to their new album they haven’t lost anything. Tarja was never the kind of musician that wrote the music. But she earned all the fame.
And the new album certainly rocks. Although Tarja might be pissed now, but Anette does a very good job and fits into the arrangement perfectly. So if you were a Nightwish listener until Tarja left, give the new album a try.
thats right, tarja never wrothe the music, but the music wasnt ever special. the voice was. and anette olzon, sry, sounds a lot like sharon van den adel, which makes nightwish just another metal band with female singer out there. and there are a lot. some better, some worse.
Comment by dejot — Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 @ 2:19 amthe new album isnt that much different from the old ones (except the voice, o’ course). lot of power chords, orchestra, keyboard and, ye, a few very nice melodies, but fortunately slighty overproduced like the last one. its music w/o a soul, just random, exchangeable, bit better than average music.
they are talented musicians, especially Holopainen and Hietala, who is in fact a good singer too, and could do a lot better in my opinion. my few euros :)
Let’s see how their next album will sound like. (And their live performances). But I expected much less when I heard that they kicked Tarja. :-)
Comment by Armin Ronacher — Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 12:23 am