"Deep Silent Complete" is the fifth single by Finnish

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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 N ...

, released as the only official single from their third studio album, '' Wishmaster''. The song contains lines written by

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, and was dedicated to the ocean. This song is the second single from the album Wishmaster, the third album of Nightwish. The song is a "tribute to the mighty power of the ocean" and contains some lines written by William Shakespeare. The group released "Deep Silent Complete" on May 8, 2000. It reached number three on the Finland singles chart, and was certified with

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with more than 5,000 sold copies.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Tuomas Holopainen Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish songwriter, record producer and musician, best known as one of the founders and the leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that h ...

. # "Deep Silent Complete" – 3:57 # " Sleepwalker" (heavy version) – 3:10

Personnel

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half oc ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

– keyboards *Emppu Vuorinen –

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

Jukka Nevalainen Jukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen (born 21 April 1978, in Kitee, Finland) is the former drummer in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Personal life He spent his early years in the city of Kitee. His music teacher at school told him ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

Sami Vänskä Sami Vänskä (born 26 September 1976) is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopaine ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

References

External links

Nightwish's Official Website
{{authority control Nightwish songs 2000 singles Number-one singles in Finland Songs written by Tuomas Holopainen 2000 songs Spinefarm Records singles