Nightwish

Lari wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

So the two virtual concerts Nightwish just performed drew 150,000 paid viewers, which translates to about $4-$5 million in gross profit.

Think virtual concerts are going away any time soon? Haha.

That's crazy.

It is. I've enjoyed the virtual concerts quite a bit, though. Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band has been doing a free one every month from their house/cabin, which has been great. I've kicked them some money a few times. Those that Devin Townsend has done, while kind of goofy, have been fun as well.

For someone like me, who doesn't go to many live shows anymore, these are a great alternative, and they'll only get better with time.

I like live albums. But live videos I don't re-watch that often.

Lari wrote:

I like live albums. But live videos I don't re-watch that often.

Same. I have quite a collection of live DVDs but have never really watched any. However, listening to music for an entire work shift (10-11 hours), live albums get plenty of attention.

I don't really care for live albums, DVDs or on CD or whatever. Usually if any albums are missing from a band's discography in my collections, it's a live album or albums.

Black Coffee wrote:

I got into Nightwish with Oceanborn, and liked each subsequent album just a bit less than the one before it.

Then Tarja left...

I bought DPP hoping for the best, but didn't get it.    It's not a bad album for it's style/niche, but its nothing special, or even that distinctive.   Nighwish is no longer the frontrunner in the sub-genre they helped forge, they are just another commercial power metal band with a pop female lead.  

Like those are in short supply.

She didn't leave, she was backstabbed and fired by the other members, still fucking pissed about how shitty they treated her for no good reason, there was definitely a decline in the quality of their albums after that.

blazingstone wrote:

Black Coffee wrote:

I got into Nightwish with Oceanborn, and liked each subsequent album just a bit less than the one before it.

Then Tarja left...

I bought DPP hoping for the best, but didn't get it.    It's not a bad album for it's style/niche, but its nothing special, or even that distinctive.   Nighwish is no longer the frontrunner in the sub-genre they helped forge, they are just another commercial power metal band with a pop female lead.  

Like those are in short supply.

She didn't leave, she was backstabbed and fired by the other members, still fucking pissed about how shitty they treated her for no good reason, there was definitely a decline in the quality of their albums after that.

Well, the band has a very different take on that situation, so I guess who you believe comes down to who you want to bang, and I guess we know your answer.