"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is the third

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released from the album ''

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'' by Finnish

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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 ...

. It was released on November 24, 2004, by

Spinefarm Records Spinefarm Records is an international record label. Founded in Finland in 1990, Spinefarm was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2002. History Spinefarm Records began as a mailorder distribution company, founded by Riku Pääkkönen. The c ...

, together with the platinum edition of ''Once''. The single was only released in

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and

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. While the lyrics to most of Nightwish's songs are in

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, "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is sung in Finnish. The title translates to ''"Death Makes an Artist"'' in English. During the end credits of Nightwish's concert film '' A Day Before Tomorrow'', an orchestral, instrumental version of "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" plays. Former Nightwish singer

Anette Olzon Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish class ...

performed the song at Stockholms Kulturfestival with the backing of an orchestra, and without the band, despite not speaking Finnish fluently.

Track listing

# "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" # "

Symphony of Destruction "Symphony of Destruction" is a song by American heavy metal music, heavy metal band Megadeth, released as a single from the band's fifth studio album, ''Countdown to Extinction'' (1992). The lyrics explore the hypothetical situation where an avera ...

" (live

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Cover) # " Creek Mary's Blood" (

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Score) # " Where Were You Last Night" (Japan only) # "

Wish I Had an Angel "Wish I Had An Angel" is the ninth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album ''Once''. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marko Hietala. The song was still performed live ...

" (Demo) (Japan only) # " Ghost Love Score" (Orchestral version) (Japan only)

Charts performance

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 music, heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical ...

—

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London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...

— orchestra and chorus

References

External links

Nightwish's official site
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