In 2005, Nightwish seemed unstoppable. A year after the symphonic metal sensations had released their defining 2004 album, Once, they’d exploded across Europe, supported Iron Maiden and headed off on ...

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The post Beyond the Boys’ Club: Tarja Turunen appeared first on Consequence of Sound. When Tarja Turunen was breaking into the music world with Nightwish in the mid ’90s, she was one of a very small ...

Few voices have been as inspirational in symphonic metal as Tarja Turunen’s. Her classically inspired three-octave range helped rocket Nightwish – the group she started with Tuomas Holopainen and ...

Tarja Turunen has been singing since she was a child. In school, at public performances, and later, as the frontwoman of Nightwish. She was in the band for a decade, during which time she broadened ...

After teasing fans over recent weeks with pieces of the new album, Tarja has revealed the disc's cover which depicts her clad in black and blending into the shadows on the background. "I am very ...

Operatic singer Tarja Turunen is best known for her nearly decade-long tenure as the voice of symphonic Finnish power metal band Nightwish. What’s most impressive about her is that before joining the ...

Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen returns to the music scene with her third studio album What Lies Beneath. Most well-known as the former frontwoman of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, after ...

German power metallers Primal Fear have released a new five-track single, I Will Be Gone, along with a music video for the title track featuring ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen. Primal Fear bassist ...