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Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is a professional classical lied singer with a three-octave vocal range, and founded symphonic metal band Nightwish with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Their combination of hard and fast guitar riffs with Turunen's dramatic, "operatic" lead vocals quickly achieved critical and commercial popularity. Their symphonic metal style, soon dubbed "opera metal", inspired many other metal bands and performers. Turunen was fired from the band on 21 October 2005 (just after the performance of the band's ''End of an Era (Nightwish album), End of an Era'' concert) for personal reasons accompanied by an open letter from the band. She started her solo career in 2006 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Raw (Tarja Album)
''In the Raw'' is the eighth solo studio album by Finnish soprano vocalist and composer Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 30 August 2019. Background On ''In the Raw'', released on August 30, 2019, composer and vocalist Tarja Turunen joined forces with other Heavy Metal vocalists such as Soilwork vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, Tommy Karevik of Kamelot, and Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia, thus including in the album vocal collaborations with them. Strid is featured in "Dead Promises", Scabbia's vocals can be heard in "Goodbye Stranger", and Karevik is featured in "Silent Masquerade". On 12 September 2019, Turunen started the "Raw Tour" to promote the "In the Raw" album. However, many of its shows were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical reception ''In the Raw'' has been widely acclaimed by both heavy metal fans and music critics in general, as Gary Hernandez from "Metal Temple" wrote: "''In the Raw'' reminds us how good Symphonic Metal can be: Vocal perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Winter Storm
''My Winter Storm'' is the second solo album by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, and the first to consist mainly of new and original songs specifically written by or for Turunen. The album was released by Universal Music on 19 November 2007 in Finland, on 2 January 2008 in South America and on February 26 in North America and in the United Kingdom was also released a special version limited in 300 copies. The album was recorded with the collaboration of various artists, including cellist Martin Tillman, guitarist Kiko Loureiro and composer James Dooley, with Turunen also playing additional keyboards. The album contains several music styles including alternative rock and classical music, and it was recorded in different studios in Finland, Brazil, Ireland, USA, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic. My Winter Storm has sold Platinum disc, Platinum in Finland and Double Platinum in Russia, and also reached Tarja's first gold disc in her entire career in the Czech Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act II (Tarja Album)
''Act II'' is the fourth live album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen, released on July 27, 2018. It is the predecessor to her previous album in her "Act" series, Act I: Live in Rosario. The CD and digital release features a full-length concert performed by Tarja during her tour titled ''The Shadow Shows'' for her sixth studio album, The Shadow Self, recorded on November 26, 2016, at the Teatro de La Luna in Milan, Italy. The DVD and Blu-ray release features an additional disc, titled ''Metropolis Alive'', which features a special intimate concert performed in front of 20 people on 6 June 2016 live at Metropolis Studios in London, England. The tracklist for both concerts features multiple songs from her six studio albums released up to that point, such as "I Walk Alone", " Until My Last Breath", " Victim of Ritual", and "Innocence", as well as a special Nightwish medley featuring the songs ''Tutankhamen'', " Ever Dream", ''The Riddler The Riddler (Edward Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas)
''From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)'' is the second classical and Christmas album, and the seventh studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen. The music was arranged and orchestrated by Tarja's frequent collaborator Jim Dooley. On the 22 September 2017, earMUSIC released a video announcing the existence of the album. A music video was released on the 6th of October, with Tarja singing "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel". With the album release comes also Tarja Turunen's first graphic novel, ''From Spirits and Ghosts (Novel for a Dark Christmas)''. The 40-page novel is about the world of dark Christmas scripted by Peter Rogers with accompanying art by Conor Boyle. The "novel for a dark Christmas" revolves around Tarja's two characters, the dark and light one, bringing together lonely souls during the festive season. The album has been critically acclaimed by critics and fans alike, who have noted the dark twist Turunen achieved on the album and the comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brightest Void (album)
''The Brightest Void'' is the third Extended play, EP by Finnish rock music, rock and Heavy metal music, metal soprano vocalist Tarja Turunen. It serves as a prequel to the main album The Shadow Self (album), The Shadow Self. It was released on the 3 June 2016 and contains 9 tracks. Background This album came to Tarja as an idea for a big surprise and gift to her fans containing material recorded but not being included on the main album. She explained: "During the long process of recording the songs for my new studio album ‘The Shadow Self’, I realised that there were so many tracks... ...for just one album. So this time I decided to keep nothing for myself and to share all my favourite new songs with you, the fans, who have shown such passionate and constant support." On 14 April 2016, earMUSIC released a trailer for the video, "No Bitter End". The whole video was released on 20 April. On 27 May 2016, Tarja announced the full-length album was available for streaming on Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow Self (album)
''The Shadow Self'' is the sixth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 5 August 2016. The record produced three singles. Background The songwriting started just after the release of '' Colours in the Dark'' in 2013, and Tarja gave hints through her Facebook and Twitter accounts along the way. In the start of 2016, Tarja started to reveal more bits about the album and put up bits of lyrics on Facebook. Tarja also stated on her Twitter account that there would be two collaborations with two woman singers on the album. On 17 October 2015, Tarja performed two new songs, "No Bitter End" and " Goldfinger", a James Bond theme cover, which would be the first glimpses of the new album. On 14 March 2016, the artwork and album name finally got revealed, Turunen said that the title of ''The Shadow Self'' was inspired by Scottish singer Annie Lennox: "I came across an Annie Lennox interview some time ago on the internet, and I was reading abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ave Maria – En Plein Air
''Ave Maria – En Plein Air'' is the first classical, and the fifth studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen. On the 22 July 2015, earMUSIC released a video announcing the existence of the album, following with a teaser trailer on 6 August. The full music video was not released until 13 August that year, with Tarja singing the rare "Ave Maria" by Paolo Tosti. Background In an interview with Winter Storm Slovakia, Tarja talked a little about the recording sessions : "All the musicians performed the songs together with me without an audience" and continues saying "Nothing has been edited nor any studio tricks have been used" and finishes with "So what you hear on the record, is purely how the songs sounded in Lakeuden Risti church during the recording session." She also says that this is a very important album to her, since "It represents her long background in classical music and her knowledge as a lyrical singer". Track listing Musicians * Tarja Turunen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Terrana
Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. Career His first professional work was in 1984, with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and collaborated with various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, and Steve Lukather, as well as bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty. In 1997, Terrana relocated to Europe—first to the Netherlands for six months and then to Germany. He worked with German bands and artists such as Rage, Gamma Ray, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow, and Masterplan. Since 2007, he has performed with the German band Razorback. In 2016, Terrana joined the Italian heavy metal band Vision Divine. In 2017, he became a member of the metal bands Avalanch (Spain) and Kreyson (Czechia). Since 2020, he has been sharing drumming videos on TikTok. As of April 2024, he has over 500,000 followers. Timeline ImageSize = width:1400 hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Beat (Tarja Album)
''Beauty and the Beat'' is a live collaboration between Tarja Turunen and Mike Terrana. The track listing consists of a mix of classical pieces, covers of both Queen and Led Zeppelin, songs by Tarja's previous band Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ..., and her own songs. On 23 April 2014, earMUSIC released a teaser trailer and the official trailer came out on 9 May. Background The idea was conceived by Turunen, who had worked with Terrana on several projects in the past, including her first live recording, '' Act I: Live in Rosario''. On her website, she states: "Our main goal with these kinds of concerts is that younger audiences experience the beauty and power of a symphonic orchestra and choir." Terrana's explanatory comment was, "It's obvious that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colours In The Dark (album)
''Colours in the Dark'' is the fourth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 30 August 2013, in Austria, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland; 2 September in Norway, Poland, and the Czech Republic; 3 September in the United States and Canada; and 4 September in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. Mixing was done by Tim Palmer in Austin, Texas in the United States. Tarja started the Colours in the Dark World Tour on 17 October 2013, to promote the album. The name of the album, as the cover image, came as a metaphor from the idea that life has a large range of colors and the dark absorbs all of them, containing every color. An official lyric video of the song " Never Enough" was released 31 May. The video was shot in Zlin, Czech Republic. The song was also released as a single on iTunes. The first music video for " Victim of Ritual" was shot in Berlin, Germany, and was released on 10 July. A promo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Rosario
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