Demo (Nightwish)

Nightwish is the first demo by Nightwish. It's untitled, but it's known under the name "Nightwish" today. Recorded from October to December of 1996, it is an acoustic album on which Emppu played acoustic guitars. The group's name, "Nightwish", comes from the first song they recorded together, and the demo included this song along with "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen". The first idea of the band was to create music much like the music played around campfires. However, after this recording Tuomas Holopainen decided that Turunen's operatic voice was too powerful for a project like this one, and decided to add in metal elements. The speaking in the intro of "Etiäinen" is spoken by Tuomas. All songs were composed by Tuomas. "Etiäinen" was later re-recorded as "Lappi (Lapland) Part IV: Etiäinen" and released on Angels Fall First.

Track listing

First Demo:

Title

Writers

Length

1.

"Nightwish"

Holopainen

5:50

2.

"The Forever Moments"

Holopainen

5:41

3.

"Etiäinen"

Holopainen

3:00

Angels Fall First (Demo)

Title

Writers

Length

1

"Astral Romance"

Holopainen

05:12

2

"Angels Fall First"

Holopainen

04:34

3

"The Carpenter"

Holopainen

05:57

4

"Nymphomaniac Fantasia"

Holopainen

04:47

5

"A Return to the Sea"

Holopainen

05:48

6

"Once Upon a Troubadour"

Holopainen

05:21

7

"Lappi (Lapland) I: Erämaajärvi"

Holopainen

02:15

8

"Lappi (Lapland) II: Witchdrums"

Holopainen

01:18

9

"Lappi (Lapland) III: This Moment is Eternity"

Holopainen

03:12

10

"Lappi (Lapland) IV: Etiäinen"

Holopainen

02:34

Credits

  • Tarja Turunen - Vocals
  • Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen – Guitar
  • Tuomas Holopainen – Keyboards/Piano, Backing Vocals

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