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  • Anette is so sweet. Okay Tarja was better overall with a nice operatic style. But damn Anette is pretty darn decent lie and not as underwhelming live as Tarja sometimes is. Also Tarja was stuck up, Anette is lovely :)

  • seriously this girl has a great voice and really makes a good cover of the song (without Tarja all the old songs are like covers from another band)... but this is just NOT the NIGHTWISH that used to blow me away (personal opinion of course)

  • lol, its like watching kareoke.

  • se supone que es soprano ¬O¬ eso fue una total falsedad xq si fuera en realidad soprano hecha y derecha con todo y estudios podría hacer los agudos de tarja(xq ella es mezzo y son mas graves sus agudos; experiencia propia) pero aun mas agudos conforme a su voz, pero no lo intenta

  • This is Not Nightwish', without Tarja is not the same...

  • pleaseeeee......dont let her sing nw old song..T.T .Its hurts listening to the song that once upon a time can send shivers down your spine and now...

  • this is good , Tarja is better than Anette 4 old songs... Nightwish needs Tarja or a soprano

  • pls,pls Anette dont sing the old songs,cause they are loose their power and wonder.these songs were good for Tarja's voice,but not to Anette's.

  • to gamise to kommati.. ;( good singer but not for this band guys

  • ONCE upon a time...

  • I like Tarja more =\

  • so different.. look on the bright side atleast she has a better english than tarja haha tho tarka kicked some ass

  • mmmmmmmm come back tarja turunen PLEASE....or at least annete should not sing the old songs

  • Tarja rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Her voice reminds me singers of pop music .

  • @ivandragom Es verdad parece cantante d pop

  • @estebquilmes1 Pero no lo es, es cantante de Metal, y cualquier voz puede cantar metal, no sean tan exagerados :@

  • @NwDevotion Será de Metal porque está en una banda de Metal pero su voz no es para esta música.

  • @estebquilmes1 Y tu como sabes?, es buena para este tipo de musica, ya que puede cantar rapido y lento y las sopranos por la dificultad deben de tomar aire seguido y cantar mas rapido, pero entonces no te gusta Delain, Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Magica, Kittie, entre muchas bandas mas con chicas No Sopranos??

    contestame eso!

  • @NwDevotion Me gustan esas bandas tmb. pero 1° y lejos está Tarja. Aparte las canciones de Nightwish perdieron sentido sin su voz.. Y es una música diferente. Aparte esas bandas no están( o mejor dicho. no estbaban) a la altura de Nightwish

  • @estebquilmes1 Las canciones no perdieron sentido, solo perdieron la voz de Tarja, la cual es facilmente reemplazable :/, pero sabes que, a este paso me vas a venir sacando grocerias en contra de Tarja y mejor me aguanto, por que no quiero ofenderla, me caen mal los Haters de Anette y no me quiero convertir en una de Tarja :S

  • @NwDevotion SOS CANTANTE?

  • @estebquilmes1 No, pero aun asi se de musica, si en eso me querias ofender estas muy mal

  • @NwDevotion ¿Es una ofensa preguntar si uno es cantante? no lo sabía. Pensé que lo eras, nada más. Mejor no te pregunto más nada por si te ofendés. Yo sí soy guitarrista y pensé que vos podías ser cantante.

  • @estebquilmes1 Que quieres que piense?, en esta condicion de "Debate", yo que voy a saber talvez si te digo NO, me digas Que entonces me calle por que no se de lo que hablo, soy precavida, por que muchas veces me he peleado y me han preguntado lo mismo y les digo que no y me contestan como te acabo de decir, es solo que soy precavida no ofendida :D

  • gosh, this song isnt as half as powerful as the original! fuck off Tuomas

  • omg ....what has this lady done with my favorite song.....???

  • @darkcarolain

    Don't worry man, this is their first concert from 2007. She has come a very long way since then. Try Nightwish live at Wacken 2008 or perhaps a fan vid from their final concert at Hartwall 2009. She has grown so much!

  • think anette should just sing the new songs on the album with her because she sounds terrible singing the old songs

  • she tries a lot but it does nor work

  • I really like how she sings "once more!" at 0:45 :D

  • La odio..non sarà MAI in grado di superare Tarja ..

    Tarja 4 ever <3

  • I would like to have seen the faces when they realized that this is not "Nachtwasser" but Nightwish.

  • A piece of shit! Anette can't sing well...Why she keeps trying

  • Bad idea about performing songs which Tarja was singing....with THAT kind of vocals

  • poor annette ... just good to sing ABBA songs ...

  • Just so you all know, you're precious diva Tarja isn't coming back. Nightwish has sold more DPP albums than all their other albums combined. Its been what... five years now?! Get over it. Nightwish is so much better than ever before and they're much happier. Its THEIR music so they can do with it as they please. <3 Anette. :)

  • DPP hasn't outsold all other albums combined...anyway is that all that matters? Jeez I wonder why people call them sell outs...

  • Brilliant move!  Replace the unique vocal style that sets a band apart with an average (at best) voice! Oh, and since when are pig-tails and dancing a jig on stage metal? PoPWish will never live up to Nightwish!

  • @jbpta316 Metal is a genre of music, not a fashion style you idiot. Its their orchestral elements that make their sound distinct from other artists. And you know, they STILL do incorporate choirs into their music. Anette is in, Tarja is out. Therefore, I believe that this argument is in favor of the TRUE Nightwish fans who have stayed with them ;D

  • @jbpta316 Not to mention that your comment does nothing but display a very imprudent and closed-minded personality. Just saying. ;D

  • bla bla bla bla....Nightwish boys have like Anette ! :) and I love Anette :P :)

  • If you guys doesnt like Anette, STOP then listening NIGHTWISH DAMN FUCKs!!!

  • omg...delete her :))))

  • they should kick her out for 0:11 on its own! How can anyone think the Disney Chick is metal?

  • Tarja is still better

  • uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sai dai annet sua vaca

  • OMG

    SHE SUCKS.!

  • uma merda prefiro a vocalista anterior

  • She sounds like one of those epic fail singers that go on American Idol and get ripped apart. All of you Anette fans are absolute idiots that like shitty pop music.

  • Just like how you Anette haters are absolute idiots that think vocalists dictate the bands genre? Did you think they were a classical band before because they had a classical vocalist?

  • They *were* a unique metal band before. The vocalist does dictate the band's genre when the rest of the music also changes to fit the new vocalist's style and that is the case here. Nightwish sounds like awful, generic crap nowadays.

  • DPP sounds musically just like Once...Is Nightwish the only symphonic metal band you listen to? With such a high number of Nightwish clones Anette helps them to break away from the pack again making them sound different. In terms of mainstream metal, Tarja helped them sound unique but when it comes to symphonic metal, classical singers are a dime a dozen.

  • I listen to plenty of symphonic metal and power metal bands. There is still noone quite like Tarja out there from what I've heard whereas singers that sound like Anette are in fact...a dime a dozen.

  • what? there's no one exactly the same to any singer. name three singers like anette in symphonic metal.

  • Pffffftttt.....easy.

    1) Amy Lee - Evanescence

    2) Pilar Giménez García aka Ailyn - Sirenia

    3) Britney Spears

  • Sounds nothing like the above. But considering only one of those bands is metal that doesn't really matter. 3 Symphonic metal singers that sound like Anette. Go.

  • @LindziBrap

    Those are three vocalists that sound just like her. You are an idiuot if you say otherwise.

  • She looks amazing, and

    she sounds really good. I like it;=)

  • WTF????? this is an insult!!!

    I'm sorry but the band needs Tarja!!!! Anette voice never will be like Tarja's, just as the songs!!!!! Tarja is the Godess!!!

    Tarjaaa is Nightwish!!!!!

  • No, Tuomas is the music behind Nightwish. He writes mostly everything that the band plays. Tarja, for the most part, wasn't the creative force behind the music. Most of the time she just sang what Tuomas had for a melody.

  • " once I wished for this night... " ITS TERRRRRIBLE.....

  • Annete can not sing like Tarja because she has not voice like tarja... she is just pop singer or something like that... she could never sing like tarja... that is fact !! tarja is betttttttterrrr .... Anete can´t sing as highly as tarja ... this is just screaming, not singing !!!

  • Of course she can't sing like Tarja. Anette simply has a different voice and different technique. She's not classically trained. However, that by no means makes her a terrible singer. Be a Tarja elitist all you want, but it's not going to change the fact that the rest of the band (especially Tuomas) is content with Anette's ability. It's a different approach for them, and that should be all that matters.

  • @MelodusDethicus Not terrible, ok. But you've got to admit which one fits better. Tarja was nightwish's icon, like what identified the band as different, not common. I mean, the kind of music changed with the singer.

    Just compare /watch?v=wvzMkY8Zxng&NR=1&feat­ure=fvwp - same song.

    If not convinced, think if you will ever listen such awesomeness again in a rock/opera whatever it is: /watch?v=8VgLKXD-BoY&feature=r­elated

  • @MelodusDethicus yeah, but Tuomas is a selfish jerk, and that he is content with her skill just make him seem like an even bigger one.

  • How do you figure? Personally, I think Anette sounds a whole hell of a lot better in their heavier stuff than Tarja. Why? Tarja can get too technical with her singing; it's too proper and there's no dirt to it. With their ballady stuff I'm biased towards Tarja because she CAN sound much prettier. Either of them can do both well within their own way of doing it. I can understand people saying Anette makes them sound poppy, but I'd personally rather listen to that than over the top vibrato...

  • ...and don't tell me I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. I've been involved with choirs and one of my friends is a college singer learning to teach music. Neither Anette or Tarja are absolute in their technique. Anette can get tonally heavy or strained in her singing, but she can belt powerfully and make a particular lyric more convincing than say Tarja's operatic singing. If you listen to her she's sometimes guilty of wandering off pitch because of her vibrato going too wide...

  • ...at a technical standpoint, Tarja is very good. Of course, music is also a stylistic thing. What works for one particular song may not fly too well with another. Anette does sometimes get "spread" in her tone making her sound immature or juvenile. Tarja has good vowel placement (for the most part, no one's infallible) and good tone as well as a very good voice. This song, for example, I think sounds better with Anette, but I can't imagine her singing "The Siren" as well as Tarja.

  • Yepp, I agree 100%. She can hit

    the heavier notes better and stronger and

    does. I agree with what you said about Tarja

    too. If she did it in a softer way,

    the ballads would be a lot prettier.

    But I actually like Anette's version of The Siren.

    It's different, less operatic, and I really love it.

  • I haven't heard Anette sing "The Siren" yet so I wouldn't know, hence my previous comment. I can only imagine; I'll just have to check it out.

  • Ok, so I found a vid of Anette's performance of it. It's different definitely, but it's certainly not bad. I like it.

  • Yeah, I'm glad you liked it too!!! ;=)

  • Of course, you also shouldn't judge ability based on one performance of one song. This is by far not Anette's best at this song. You can tell she gets shouty and heavy in the latter parts of the vid.

  • " fuck of " ? lol

  • pffffffffffffff :D SZÁNALMAS.

  • Tarjas album is out you know,you can get it where you want,so please do it and stop whining,you dont have to bore us to death with ''Tarja i miss you shit''.Shes around,listen to her and fuck of,okay?

  • well fuck off and listen to all the other albums rather than spread unnessacery hate around...

  • Anette have a nice voice

    but i like the voice from tarja much better anette make nightwish so... diffrent.. zo pop and tarja oprah i like tarja style from nightwish :(

  • reasonable comment untill the we miss tarja shit.

    GET OVER HER.

  • she was really cute with this rock-chick style,too bad no more of it..

  • what angry I become! i can't belive what you can sit and hate Anette when she took Tarjas place in the band, you are not happy that Nightwish still exist? perhaps you would rather that Nightwish will stop play now when Anette sings? be little happy that Anette came into the band and save them from being shut down completely! and by the way, Anette has a really good voice, love her and Nightwish.

  • we are angry because nightwish hired a singer who cant sing f***ing nightwish songs!! ive heard annette do a few before and thought they were bad but this is just horrible,an epic song ruined by someone not singing it in an operatic style

  • Totally treu

  • F*ck Anette...She cannot sing as Tarja... Tarja IS THE BEST FROM THE BEST!!! Imitating of Tarja´s voice is F*cking!!!!!!

  • OMFG ROFL MAO ANETTE SUCKS!!! SHE SINGS THE HIGH PARTS IN LOWER OCTAVE AND IT TOTALY SUCKS.... clearly tarja powa... and anette cant be match for her...

  • It's a beautiful, and it's nice to see people try to play it, but it doesn't sound like her voice was able to hit the right pitches, or she didn't know what the pitches were

  • beautiful :D

  • SAD DAYS FOR NIGHTWISH !!!

  • boa .. what a shit .... ohhh my goth she can´t sing .... tarja i miss your voice

  • ooh god... she sucks...

  • i think that anete is a godd singer but not for nw the old songs lose their power and meaning in her voice

  • shes kinda better

  • Couldn't agree more.

  • Is this Anette? No offense to her if it is her, but this is Tarja's song. -.- It sounds weird when she doesnt sing it.

  • es que noooo, con esa voz parese uanbanda pop cualkiera , que lastima.

  • ok.. nightwish are dead...

  • "ok.. nightwish are dead... "

    For a "dead" band they are doing remarkably well.

  • the problem is comparing Annette to Tarja... The first has a normal voice, nothing special...but Tarja was awsome, when she sang she made me feel touched...She was like a crystal rain above a metal river...

    Annette doesn't give me any emotion....It is just a good singer like a lot of others... But nothing else...

    P.S. sorry if i did some mistake, i don't speak english very well.. :)

  • "The first has a normal voice, nothing special...but Tarja was awsome, when she sang she made me feel touched"

    Do you know how many Tarjas there are in the realm of classical music? Mediocre classical singers are not an endangered species.

    The rest of your comment is just your subjective opinion.

  • in the classic music... not in metal...

    that's what made nightwish different...

    and I've to say that all in my post is my opinion, the first post "Nightwish are dead" too...

  • "in the classic music... not in metal..."

    In metal too, classical singing is not exactly a novelty in metal either. ex: Epica, After Forever, Kamelot, Visions of Atlantis...

  • I know them,but besides the beauty and the use of Tarja's voice, they had their own style... and this is what they lost, or changed if you want, choosing Annette...

    they're still good, I still like them, but not as before...

  • They didn't "lose" their style. They produced symphonic metal with Tarja and they continue doing that with Anette.

    Considering that they already "lost" their pseudo opera style with Tarja after Wishmaster, i don't see what people are complaining about.

  • Tarja changed something in her way to singing, it was less opera style, but I still liked it.. It was just a way to renovate them, but they didn't any BIG change.. Listening their song after Wishmaster, I still felt the same sensations...

    Annette is a BIG change... and in my opinion a decline of Nightwish...

    I respect your opinion, and I understand your ideas in a sense..

    But I just like more Tarja than Annette, liking isn't something you can discuss on...

  • I'm not discussing your "liking". I am discussing the vocal changes throughout NW's history. Once doesn't really sound anything like Oceanborn, despite the fact that both albums have the same singer.

  • And i'm saying you that I like tarja, I like her voice, her sound and her way to sing (opera style or not).

    it's evident that there are differences between the first and the last albums, but I don't find them so big as the change they did with Annette.

    And also, I don't like Annette... Quite clear ah?

    P.S. you have remarked "liking", it isn correct right? Should I say just "like"? Sorry, I'm learning english ^^

  • "I don't find them so big as the change they did with Annette."

    The change is only vocal really, the music is still the same.

    I mentioned "liking" because i quoted you, not being i wanted to make fun of your english.

  • I throught you mentioned "liking" to make me understand that it isn't correct, I didn't think you were making fun of my english...

    By the way... You say "it is just a vocal change"... do you think it is a little change the vocal? ^^

    And the fact that they choosed a singer who has a completely different way to sing makes this change still bigger...

    And also, Tuomas has to adapt the songs he writes to the new voice, so a little change on the instrumental part is inevitable...

  • Vocal change is not that big in comparison to the band as a whole. The songwriting is the same, the musicians are the same. Only the interpretation of some of the old material has changed. I guess for some people it's big.

    "Tuomas has to adapt the songs he writes to the new voice, so a little change on the instrumental part is inevitable... "

    That would apply to anyone. Every song has to be adjusted to the singer's voice. However, the genre of NW has not changed.

  • Noooooooooooooooooo... por que???

  • no habia escuchado cantar esta cancion sin tarja pero hubiera sido major no escucharla ES UN ASCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Q DEJE DE GRITAR POR FAVOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

  • xD wtf

  • OH MY GOD!!!!

  • That doesnt sound bad at all. What all of you idiots need to understand is the fact that they´re two different kind of voices, and if you dont learn to enjoy it with another sound then dont fucking listen to it and shut the fuck up fucking morons! Im sure there are many of us who are tired of listening to your bitching.............fucking fannies

  • que porqueria es esto, la cancion suena fatal Tarja hacia un mejor trabajo, yo no se que pensaba tuomas cuando escojio a esta chica, en fin Nightwish es y sera siempre mejor con la vos de Tarja.

  • Anette is good at this song but liked it better when Tarja sang it. no offence but Tarja had a more of a powerful voice than Anette's. and this might piss of some Anette fans out there, Anette sucks at Dead to the World, sorry! but i loved Bye Bye *Beautiful*

  • what was that?

  • She has a good voice too okay, but she has really to work on her liveperformance ^.^

  • uffff, this is a torture for anyone. She is just shouting the lyrics of Nightwish...

    Toumas have to adapt the music to Anette's voice, her voice doesn't fix to sound level.

    Please Toumas, do it, we already accepted that Tarja is out of Nightwish, but please, don't torture us with this singer!!!

  • su forma de vestir es como amy lee

    su forma de cantar es media gritona

    a tarja ni en el blanco del ojo se parece

    :s

  • i cant stand it when people say anette sucks. she has a great voice, and just because she's different doesnt mean she sucks.

    tarja WAS better suited for nightwish, but anette does a fantastic job just the same

  • DPP sold so many copies because those songs are written for her voice. It's a good album and she's a good singer but she can't sing most of the old songs. However, the Euro 2007 dates were like an experiment, I saw them in Nov 2007 in CA and was scared to death after seeing these vids on You Tube but actually they were great live! That said they cut the set down to only 3 old songs...

  • she suuuuuuuucks! :&

  • don't judge her.

    she does a great job on this song.

  • I Like Anette! She has carisma rocks! And she is very brave for accept the job,after all, before she was Tarja! She sings the NW's songs

    withe her own style and she rocks!

  • sounds a bit like amateur karaoke:D

  • WTF???

    she can't sing like this!!She should not sing like this! it's horrible!! even my grandma can sings better!!

  • She hit every note perfectly.....wth?! I'm sorry that you miss your precious Tarja THAT much that you have to bash the one who had the guts to take her place......Annete has a fantastic voice...otherwise they would not have sold this many copies of DPP.....more copies than all their other albums put together.....Nightwish has gain more fans than they have lost.

  • no she did not. she's under mediocrity. and i don't say that because i miss Tarja. of course i miss her, but i belive that if they bring a soprano in the band, she will sing better than Anette. anette has a poppy voice,that don't suits the old songs. oh and the reason for why they've sold so many copies of DDP is that they are more commercial now.

  • HORRIBLEEE

  • i don't like her voice... maybe she sings all rigth and good on her way, but I DON'T LIKE HER VOICE!

  • she sings it good and in her way

  • People, you should keep in mind this was Anette's first live show with Nightwish EVER.

    Hey, it's no "Dark Shest off Wonderrs", but for her first concert it's not as terrible as it could have been. She has improved VASTLY over time.

  • God Anette leave those old Nightwish song alone and stop ruined it

  • Agree, it's a comedy now, not nightwish song anymore!

  • esta cancion cantada por Annete queda como el culo de mal

    q le den a Annete!!!

    Tarja siempre sera la mejor!

  • ahhhh fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck and fuck you gain!!! aNette!! you fuck my life.. anete ever gonna be like tarja, her voice is awesome!!

  • Anette, GIVE UP!!!

  • it doesn't matter if tarja let it go to her head Annette shouldn't be singing this song its not really fit to her style of vocals its ok i guess but when tarja sang it it was AWESOME

  • Sus gritos me provocan escalofríos...por favor!! no se da cuenta que no le llega la voz!!!

  • She shouldn't be singing this song if she's gonna sing it like this. She's fucking insulted Tarja.. !!!

  • Did you hear Tarja sing this on End of an Era? Good lord... she is rarely in tune and her vibrato extends from over a full half step on each side of the note. She also delays resolutions of phrases so that she can be the center of attention and stand out, and sacrifices the music as a whole to boost her own ego.

    It's really no surprise they fired her right then and there after that concert. I mean, I would've just on the basis of her singing, let alone her attitude.

  • I just really like Tarja better, she was NIGHTWIS!!!. Even though she did let it go to her head she had every right to..Anente...whatever the hell her name is cant sing at all.

  • "she was NIGHTWIS!"

    I never knew Nightwish was her solo project. Nightwish is a band made with 4 other members. But if it is anyone's, than it's Tuomas's...considering the fact that he writes the music and lyrics and Tarja just contributed her voice, which is very minimal in comparison.

    "she did let it go to her head she had every right to"

    Not at all.

    "Anente...whatever the hell her name is cant sing at all."

    *Anette. And she can sing very well.

  • "She was Nightwish". Really? Which songs did she write?

    Oh that's right ...NONE.

  • okay, look, with anette its a NEW nightwish, and for all this people, who think tarja was better, listen her, she sings alone jet!!

  • Jesus Titty F***ing Christ!!!

  • what the f*** is this?

  • uuuy Britney en Nightwish???? q cante stronger!!!! xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  • jajajaja q cagado de la risa jajajaj TARJA 4EVER!!!!!!!

  • YOU SUCK!!!!! YOU SUCK SUCK SUCK!!! I FREAKING HATE YOU I WANT TO SHOOT YOU...TARJA DOMANAITES!! SHES So much BETTER!!!

  • Learn to spell :)

  • Piss off. Silencing that voice would be a unforgivable act.

  • wow!!! i couldn´t tell it better yur words are amazing hehehehe Anette SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!! TARJA 4EVER!!!!!! finally someone that thinks like me hehehe!!!!!!

  • Jeez...so much anger and hostility towards someone who doesn't even know you exist!

  • 3 points for trying....sorry but no one beats Tarja. Sometimes its more screaming then singing, in some songs she doenst sound to bad.

  • Tarja the best!!!

  • Holy frick I HATE her... D8

    She flails, not dancing.

    She shrieks, not singing.

    I'd push her off a cliff if I had the chance.

  • "Holy frick I HATE her."

    Wow, and she doesn't even know you! =D

    "She flails, not dancing."

    She has fun and pumps up the crowd. Does a damn good job of it, too.

    "She shrieks, not singing."

    She belts, not shrieks. BIG difference.

    "I'd push her off a cliff if I had the chance."

    Lol. You really give Anette too much power.

  • i have headache of her singing!!!

  • does britney spears sing this way???? i think britney spears would sing this song much better;)))))))))

  • Tarja donde estas , te extrañamos Nightwish ya se convirtio en rock pop .

    xD.

    Igual Tarja te seguimos por otro lado muua.

  • Ok she would never get a soprano voice, she is more pop than anything

  • Not bad,I like it:)

  • does britney spears sing this way????

    no, she doesn´t

    great anette!!!

    anette tiene voz rockera y ha hecho las canciones de voz soprano a su voz y ke kereis??? yo no me canso con anette y sí con tarja...no tiene más registros, no sé me aburre. tarja is a good singer but anette too. respect for her!

  • I m so sad that i say it but her voice sucks...she is not for nightwish....i love nightwish and i must say that they made a bad reqruit for the band

  • I agree  with you Doovlo. Her voice realy sucks. I don't believe that this was the best singer they could find. I could be the best singer if they only searched for a weak or maybe 2 but not the best singer in 2 years.

    Greetz mesenvork

    btw srry for my bad English

  • Totally agree guys, this cpuldn't be worst I was in Tarja's concert in Mexico one week ago and she is great, and I really miss when Wishmaster or Sleeping Sun shiver down of my spine with her voice,now is empty, maybe Anette "sings" and sounds "good" in her songs but in this songs she is a mess

  • this sucks...she sings like britney spears!!!

  • Ugh, quit defiling the classics, fool!