{"id":158,"date":"2007-11-19T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2021-10-24T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T08:55:11","slug":"tarja-my-winterstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Tarja – My Winterstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release date: 16-11-2007, Label: Vertigo
\nBy: Nina Mende<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Tarja Turunen is an exceptionally gifted singer who rose to prominence as the
\n\u00a0 voice and the face of the Finnish band Nightwish. With her unique tones and
\n\u00a0 striking stage presence she was playing a key role in making Nightwish a major
\n\u00a0 multi-platinum success. Tarja is ideally placed to take her career to a whole
\n\u00a0 new level, both in terms of musical ambition and personal profile; to this end,
\n\u00a0 the 30-year-old – originally from the Finnish town of Kitee – has spent the
\n\u00a0 past few months working on her first recordings beneath the ‘Tarja’ banner,
\n\u00a0 making use of studios in Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Finland and on
\n\u00a0 the US West Coast.
\n\u00a0 Throughout her career, Tarja has managed to achieve that most difficult of tasks
\n\u00a0 – seamlessly joining worlds that, at first glance, would appear to be poles
\n\u00a0 apart; in this case, Metal & Opera. Could these two ever really stand shoulder
\n\u00a0 to shoulder without one diluting the other? Well… not only did the soprano
\n\u00a0 singer drive herself to achieve the perfect balance, with Nightwish-hits such
\n\u00a0 as \u201cNemo\u201d storming the international charts, but in doing so she helped
\n\u00a0 to create a style that is currently exerting a huge influence on the Rock &
\n\u00a0 Metal scene in general.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The album, especially the booklet, has a gorgeous layout with great pictures,
\n\u00a0 it all looks like a winter fairytale opera play. The songs on the album are
\n\u00a0 segmented into four parts that are also short intros: “Ite, Missa Est”,
\n\u00a0 which is followed by two songs; then “Seeking For The Reign”, which
\n\u00a0 is only followed by one song; “The Escape Of The Doll”, which is the
\n\u00a0 biggest chapter on the album with six songs; and the last one is called “Sunset”,
\n\u00a0 followed by five songs. The first song “I Walk Alone”, which follows
\n\u00a0 right after the short intro “Ite, Missa Est”, starts out with an orchestra,
\n\u00a0 and goes on with a slow and soft introduction of the rock elements such as electric
\n\u00a0 guitar, bass and drums. The whole album is held in a quite classical style combined
\n\u00a0 with some rock and metal elements. The dreamy and very touchy voice of Tarja
\n\u00a0 makes you drift off into another world and most songs, not to say all, are structured
\n\u00a0 like symphonies and you can feel Tarja’s classical background every second.
\n\u00a0 The song “The Reign” is very slow with a very classical style of singing.
\n\u00a0 The song “My Little Phoenix” is faster and harsher than the other
\n\u00a0 songs, but still has a few toylike sounds that remind you of the doll, very
\n\u00a0 soft and with a childish touch. The following song “Boy And The Ghost”
\n\u00a0 is a very sad song, very slow and thoughtful. In the Finnish song “Oasis”
\n\u00a0 you can feel the loneliness in the dark and cold winter. Tarja has one cover
\n\u00a0 song on the album which is “Poison” by Alice Cooper, really interesting
\n\u00a0 to listen to this song being sung by a Soprano voice and accompanied by an orchestra.
\n\u00a0 “Die Alive” contains distorted electric guitar and reminds you of
\n\u00a0 this album being a rock album and not an opera one. Some parts of the song “Damned
\n\u00a0 And Divine” reminded me of Apocalyptica. “Clar\u00e1n’s Well”
\n\u00a0 is a very rocking song again. The last song “Calling Grace” contains
\n\u00a0 Spanish elements such as the rythm and Spanish guitar.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 A dark, gloomy and melancholic album that reflects the Finnish winter perfectly
\n\u00a0 well. A gorgeous piece of art.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0 I Walk Alone
\n\u00a0 Lost Northern Star
\n\u00a0 Seeking For The Reign
\n\u00a0 The Reign
\n\u00a0 The Escape Of The Doll
\n\u00a0 My Little Phoenix
\n\u00a0 Boy And The Ghost
\n\u00a0 Sing For Me
\n\u00a0 Oasis
\n\u00a0 Poison
\n\u00a0 Our Great Divide
\n\u00a0 Sunset
\n\u00a0 Damned And Divine
\n\u00a0 Die Alive
\n\u00a0 Minor Heaven
\n\u00a0 Ciar\u00e1n’s Well
\n\u00a0 Calling Grace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tarja Turunen official<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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