Nightwish's style in this period made heavy use of Tarja's soprano lead against an orchestral background Problems playing this file? A new album,, was released on June 7, 2004, along with its first single, '. The single topped the charts in Finland and, and reached the charts in six additional countries. 'Nemo' remains the band's most successful single release to date. Once utilizes a full orchestra in nine of the eleven songs on the album.

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Unlike Century Child, Nightwish decided to look for an orchestra outside of Finland this time, choosing the. It is also their second album to feature a full-length song in Finnish, ' (English: 'Death Makes an Artist'). Once has sold triple platinum in Finland, platinum in, and Gold in 6 other countries, it also reached No. 1 in the, and album charts, and charted the Top 10 in, and.

The following singles were: ' (featured on the soundtrack of the film ), ' (released only in Finland and ) and '. Besides the commercial success, Once was also well received by critics, with many positive reviewers drawing comparisons with Oceanborn. Nightwish live in,, on June 25, 2005.

The success of the album allowed them to perform the Once World Tour, taking them to play in many countries the band had never visited before. Nightwish performed at the opening ceremony of the, held in, highlighting the acclaim the band had gained.

A 'best of' album,, was released in September 2005. The compilation also featured a live cover ' (from the album ) (). Besides 'High Hopes', a remake of ' (from Oceanborn) was included on the album and released as a single.

A video for the remake was shot, featuring a medieval battle, and can be found on the German release of the single and as a separate DVD released by Spinefarm. The four other members of Nightwish had decided that it was best to continue Nightwish without Turunen. After a concert in the (Helsinki) on October 21, 2005, recorded for the live DVD End of an Era (released June 2006), they expressed their decision through an open letter which was given to Turunen by Holopainen, and afterwards posted on the band's website. It was written by Holopainen and signed by all four band members. The main justification given in the letter for Turunen's dismissal was that the band felt that both her husband Marcelo Cabuli (an Argentine businessman) and interests had changed her attitude towards the band. Turunen responded to the incident twice, during press conferences in Finland and Germany, saying that her dismissal came entirely as a shock to her, given that she had not been notified before the letter was given to her.

She felt that the personal attacks on her husband were unwarranted, and that playing the issue out in public was 'senselessly cruel'. She expressed these feelings through her own open letter, which was published on her personal website, and through various TV, magazine, and newspaper interviews.

Hiatus and arrival of Anette Olzon (2006–2009) [ ]. Main article: In order to find a replacement for Turunen as the female vocalist of the band, on March 17, 2006 the band allowed vocalists interested for the position to send in demo tapes as an audition for the spot. During this time, speculation began to emerge about who would eventually be chosen, and the band stated on their website that fans should not believe any source other than the band itself for information regarding the new vocalist. In the end, the 35-year-old 's ex-lead singer,, from, was chosen. In September 2006, the band entered the studio to record their sixth studio album,.

In May, next year, Anette Olzon was announced to replace Turunen. Holopainen has said in interviews that he did not wish to reveal her identity until new material was available because he did not want fans judging her by nothing more than a picture, or past work. Wikinews has related news: The day after this revealing, May 25, 2007, charity single ' was released for download only as the first offering from the new album, and the first featuring Olzon. It was originally scheduled for release on May 30, but the date was changed because of a leak on a British music download site. On June 13, Nightwish revealed the title and artwork for the new album on their official website, as well as the name and cover of the second single (this time CD), '; it was released in Finland on August 22 and included a bonus track entitled ' written by Tuomas as the main theme track for the upcoming Finnish feature film 'Lieksa!' The single achieved gold status in Finland after less than two days in stores.

Nightwish live in,, on April 6, 2008. The third single of the album was ', a previously unreleased vocal version of the instrumental 'Last of the Wilds'. It was released in Finland only on December 5, 2007. On this song, Jonsu of the Finnish and band performs the Finnish vocals. ', the fourth single, was released on February 15, 2008, and concerns the 2005 dismissal of Turunen, as does one other song on the album (Master Passion Greed).

The single includes yet another bonus track, 'Escapist', which is also included on the Japanese version of Dark Passion Play. Within a week after the release, the fifth single was announced to be '. It was released over a month after the release of its music video, shot in late 2007 in in Finnish. The Dark Passion Play tour turned out to be Nightwish's longest tour yet, lasting from the fall of 2007 to September 2009 when it ended with a concert in Hartwall Arena – the band's second concert there – with the band. On March 6, 2009, Nightwish released a new live / entitled. The eight live tracks were recorded during the ' World Tour' in 2007–2008, and the album also includes one b-side from the ' single, one b-side from the ' single, a previously unreleased demo version of 'Cadence of Her Last Breath', and a bonus-DVD with three music videos as well as a 37-minute documentary called.

Imaginaerum and Olzon's dismissal (2009–2012) [ ]. Main articles: and In the June 2009 edition of the Finnish magazine Soundi, Holopainen stated that he had started work on a new Nightwish album. In October 2009, rumors about the new album's name were going around with the title Wind Embraced, but lead vocalist listed the rumors as 'not true' and said that the songs for the new album had not yet been completed apart from three songs written before May 2009. Holopainen said in a 2010 interview that '[.]I can't reveal to you anymore but there is going to be a big twist so to say, on the next album.' In an interview with (who recorded with the band on ), when asked about his involvement in the new album, he stated 'Oh yes, I will be playing on the next album and from what Tuomas has told me, it is going to be something extraordinary.' Imaginaerum official poster. On February 1, 2010, Olzon stated on her blog that Holopainen had nine songs ready for the new album.

She also stated that the band will be meeting in the summer to make a demo, and fans should not expect anything any earlier than fall of 2011. In April, 2010, Holopainen revealed on the Nightwish homepage that he had finished writing the songs, and on June 2, it was announced that he had finished recording the pre-production demo. The band announced in late 2010 that more information of the album's actual content would be released in late January, but on February 1, the official website bore a statement written by Holopainen that because of the schedule changes he can't yet give away as much details as he would have wanted, but more information will be out after a couple of months. He added, however, that 'it still is the -- - amusement park we are about to enter'; In the same statement it was revealed that the album will be a theme album and 'mood changes seem to be more present than ever before', and the orchestration demos he had received from were described as 'beautiful, twisted, tribal and cinematic stuff'. In the version of the statement, it was also revealed that a few songs will not get any orchestrations at all, differing from their latest album on which all songs had the background orchestra. Announcements continued throughout 2011. On February 10, Nightwish announced on their website that the new album title would be.

They also declared that the band had been preparing based on the album, which would be released in 2012 and directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed the music video for '. On August 22, 2011, it was announced on their official website that the album of Imaginaerum would be released at the end of the year.

On August 31, Nightwish announced on their website their decision to change Imaginarium title to Imaginaerum 'In order to avoid mix-ups with various things named 'IMAGINARIUM'. Then on September 2, Nightwish announced on their website that the new single called will be released on Friday, November 11 and on September 9, Nightwish revealed the cover and track list.

Nightwish performing with in,. Ryd, along with, filled in for Anette Olzon, who parted ways with the band afterwards. On January 11, 2012, Nightwish announced on their website that the second single ' would be released on February 29. Roadrunner Records announced that Nightwish would be releasing a 10' LP titled Trials of Imaginaerum in conjunction with Record Store Day (April 21, 2012). The 10' LP is a two sided picture disk, which contains four early demos of 'Storytime', 'The Crow, The Owl and The Dove', 'I Want My Tears Back' and 'Slow, Love, Slow'.

On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced via their Facebook page that they were parting ways with Olzon. According to the press statement, 'it has become increasingly obvious that the direction and the needs of the band were in conflict, and this has led to a division from which we cannot recover'. This announcement came days after Olzon fell ill at a show in, and was unable to perform. Nightwish used replacement singers from the opening band,, and Olzon later expressed her disappointment, saying 'I was never asked if it was OK that they used and in the show [Friday] night [.] I don't think it's a good decision they made and I'm sorry for those of you who came to see the whole band but got something else. But I was very ill and this decision wasn't mine.' According to the statement, Dutch singer (ex-After Forever, ) would sing for the remainder of the Imaginaerum World Tour. On January 11, 2013, Olzon announced on her official blog that she was pregnant with her third child, due in spring 2013.

This was a contributing factor to her being dismissed. The band then released a statement on their website declaring that the reason Olzon gave for her dismissal and other statements she made were untrue and that Olzon herself had agreed to help find a replacement while she was on maternity leave. Later on, Olzon gave several interviews in which she told that she never agreed with a replacement, even when she was pregnant, and proposed to the band to postpone the tour, culminating on her firing. She also added that she was against Jansen joining the band in her period of maternity, mainly because of the difference in their vocal styles. In a 2015 interview, Holopainen said the band 'emerged stronger' from the line-up changes it went through. Endless Forms Most Beautiful, arrival of Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley (2013–present) [ ].

(left) and (right) were made official members in 2013, turning the band into a sextet for the first time. On 9 October 2013, Nightwish announced Jansen as the permanent replacement for Olzon. Troy Donockley has also been announced as a full-time member, making the band become a for the first time.

In a later interview, Tuomas said that because of Donockley's previous work with Nightwish already made him 'much a band member', so the band just 'made it official'. According to the band's webpage, the band would enter the studio in 2014 to record their eighth full-length album for a 2015 release. At that time the band already announced that it would contain Nightwish's longest song to date.

At the end of November, the band released the live album. Despite the recording happening when they were only tour members, it is the first Nightwish release to feature Jansen, and to have her and Donockley credited as band members.

The album also carries a documentary containing the behind-the-scenes of Jansen's first days in the band and the process of replacing Olzon. In May 2014, Tuomas updated his official website, stating that he and producer Tero 'TeeCee' Kinnunen have been recording 12 demos (and possibly 3 bonus tracks) for the new album in, Finland. The band expected to start rehearsing in July in Eno, Finland, with the recording finished in January 2015, and the album released in Spring that year, 'If everything goes as scheduled'.

Commenting on the music, Tuomas said: It's still too early to analyze the material more closely, but the album will once again explore all the ends of the spectrum, bringing the very best out of the newcomers Floor and Troy. And stealthily the album ended up having a theme running through it. On August 6, the band announced that founding member and drummer Jukka Nevalainen would not be part of the upcoming album due to his very difficult. () would be taking his place in the album and the upcoming tour. Evolutionary biologist and author was announced as a guest star on the album, with Holopainen stating that he had 'been so enthusiastic about this kind of literature for the past few months, and will be for the upcoming months, that it's going to come out somehow.'

Nightwish performing in Oberhausen, Germany, in November 2015. In November, the band filmed a music video for ', one of the tracks of the album. On December 8, the band announced that it would be the first single from the album, which would be released on February 13, 2015.

The new album's cover art and its title,, were revealed on December 22, and the album was released on March 27, 2015. Produced by Tero 'TeeCee' Kinnunen, the title for Endless Forms Most Beautiful was taken from the writings of English naturalist. The album features the participation of choir group, London's Young Musicians Children‘s Choir, and the Orchestre De Grandeur led by the esteemed orchestral arranger Pip Williams, who teaches Music and Music Technology at the London College of Music. Professor not only narrates the introduction to the album's opener, 'Shudder Before the Beautiful,' but also the album's closer, 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' which takes its name from his 2009 book on evolution. The album sold in its first week 18,342 copies in the US and debuted at 34 on the Billboard 200, making it Nightwish's third album (after and ) to chart in this category.

In Czech Republic the album debuted atop the charts and received gold-status after just two days. The album charted in top 10 in other countries as well, including Finland, Netherlands, Poland, Austria and Mexico. In the support of album's release the band embarked on an, which started on April 9, 2015 in New York, USA and ended on October 9, 2016 in Saitama, Japan. In July 2015, it was announced that 's vocalist would replace Jukka Nevalainen as the band's special guest.

In December 2015, they became the first Finnish band to headline a show at the, in. The sold-out show had the guest performance of Richard Dawkins, who spoke his parts on stage. The Tampere and London shows were filmed for a future DVD release known as. On August 20, 2016 the band played a special 20th anniversary show at Himos Areena in Finland.

The show featured original bassist on the song 'Stargazers' and drummer on the song 'Last Ride of the Day'. The band took a break in 2017, in which Jansen will be focusing on her first child. Holopainen has said that the band will continue between the years of 2018 and 2020, with another album that will continue the themes explored in Endless Forms Most Beautiful. On June 9, 2017, the band announced that March 9, 2018 would mark both the debut of a nine-month world tour titled, to conclude in December, and the release of a new compilation album, titled. The tour will feature 'rarely heard material' and a special set for fans; on the opening date of March 9, every audience member will be offered the Decades album for free.

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Further reading [ ] • Once Upon a Nightwish (Mape Ollila, 2007) • (Ville Akseli Juurikkala, 2008) • (Spinefarm, 2005) External links [ ] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Wikimedia Commons has media related to. Wikinews has related news: •.