Tuomas, Tuomas, Tuomas, what have you done? Nightwish usually make wonderous records. Over the last few albums, they have become bolder and brasher. They have reached for the stars with grand concepts and intricate instrumentation. Sadly, this time they have over-shot and it just doesn’t quite work. It still makes 94 out of 400+ because (aside from the fact that I utterly adore Nightwish) there are some damn fine songs in here, they just so happen to all be in the first section.

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