Nightwish Nightwish's musical style has been described as theater metal, power metal, and new metal, with other elements present as well. Thomas has described their music as "melodic metal with female vocals".

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Nightwish was formed in 1996, and most of the band's songs have lyrics written by keyboardist Thomas Holopani, and the voice of former frontwoman Taya Tuluni has made Nightwish a worldwide hit. Taya Turenne's voice has made Nightwish a worldwide hit. Taya is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy of Music in Finland and has also studied classical singing techniques in Germany. After Taya Tuluni left in October 2005, they found Anette Olzon to take over and also increased the percentage of bassist Marco Hietalla's vocals. In October 2012, lead singer Annette left the band and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen became the band's acting lead singer. In October 2013, both Floor and longtime collaborator Troy Donockley joined the band and the band was expanded to a six-piece. In 2014, drummer Nevalene temporarily took over the administrative duties due to illness, and was replaced by Kai Hahto, but the band still maintains its current establishment.

The band's lyrics are influenced by fantasy novels, particularly the Dragonlance series and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. For example, "Wishmaster" and "Wanderlust" are influenced by these novels. In these songs, you can find "Carolingian Mountains", "Charafi", "Crain", "Elbereth "The Grey Havens" and "7 Days to the Wolves". The music of "7 Days to the Wolves" was inspired by Stephen King's Black Tower novel series.

On the other hand, Nightwish has been a source of inspiration for many bands. Black Epic vocalist Simone Simons says that Nightwish is her motivation to sing. Nicole Bogner, former lead singer of Atlanta Dream, also acknowledges Nightwish as the inspiration for their debut album. Sander Gommans, who has sunken into the world, said that Nightwish "will always inspire them to create". Tony Kakko, lead singer of power metal band Aurora Sonata, has also said that Nightwish has been a huge influence on him.

Nightwish's music combines power metal and symphonic metal. Their music has been described as "exaggerated, symphonic, and cinematic, with keyboards and strings creating a gothic atmosphere". Their music has been described as "pop with a twist", complex and multi-layered. Their music is epic, dramatic and operatic. Critic Chad Bowar says their music is "always very melodic, as well as memorable choruses with a lot of overlapping phrases.

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