Nightwish
From The Evanescence Reference
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Band formed by Tuomas Holopainen, Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen and Tarja Turunen in 1996. This band is often mentioned, among a number of others, as sharing a similar sound with Evanescence. Their 2005 release was End of An Era, a DVD of their final performance with Turunen, fired from the band in October 2005. In May 2007 they band names Anette Olzon as their new singer. They will release their new album on October 2, 2007 in North America.
Current band members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (guitar), Jukka Nevalainen (drums/percussion), Marco Hietala (bass/vocals) and Anette Olzon (vocals).
