How did you discover Nightwish? - Page 5

logchick · March 10th, 2012, 09:12 AM

I discovered Nightwish through a buddy of mine, back in high school.
In grade 9 (2007) I was getting into Symphonic Metal, and with already being a fan of Within Temptation- my friend happened to show me Nightwish!
As I became a fan of NW, I started to discover other Symphonic Metal bands... LIKE Stratovarious; Sonta Artica; Epica... etc!

The first song I ever heard by Nightwish happened to be Nemo, but it wasn't until after playing "Once" a million times; did I realize how awesome their older studio albums like Wishmaster and Century Child were too!

And OF COURSE what made me a fan; was how intrigued I was to hear Operatic vocals in metal! Pretty sure every metalhead here can agree with me; how Tarja's voice is so angelic, and overall; how NW carries such a unique beautiful sound!

hauta · March 10th, 2012, 11:53 AM

I was listening to this babe here

You Tube

and I fell in love with Marco's voice, so I Googled "Marco Hietala" and that's how I found, that he plays in the band NW

Mistress Angie · March 11th, 2012, 03:44 PM

It was through my friend Taimi's signature on another forum we're apart of, lol! I thought Tuomas was hot, who here doesn't hehe, and asked her about him. She told me so I went to look 'em up and fell in love

C. · March 11th, 2012, 10:20 PM

^Welcome to the board!

Tuomas is a handsome fellow, but well...not my type. No offense, Tuomas.

Mistress Angie · March 12th, 2012, 01:03 AM

Yeah I've got the biggest crush on Jukka

C. · March 12th, 2012, 12:40 PM

Well, I am never going to call anyone ugly or bad-looking, but none of the guys in the band are "my type" (not because they are bad-looking; they are all handsome in their own way...just not my personal preference). When it comes to eye candy, let's just say I'm a very picky eater.

Mistress Angie · March 13th, 2012, 09:25 PM

LOL! To each their own I suppose :P

What's funny, to me at least, is that now I've got my almost 12 year old daughter listening to Nightwish too

C. · March 13th, 2012, 11:29 PM

^That's awesome! I've been listening to Nightwish for nearly 11 years and have not managed to convert ONE person.

Mooki · March 31st, 2012, 07:23 AM

I discovered Nightwish on a now non-existant forum that I was part of and I believe it was around the time that Eva was released, so 2007? I find it difficult to believe it's been so long already.

jadelion · April 14th, 2012, 01:51 PM

I would not admit to having a crush on anyone, I mean no one's an object are they

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Originally Posted by hauta

I was listening to this babe here

AmaranthNightphoenix · September 29th, 2012, 08:28 PM

It was sometime in '04 or '05, I think. I was in a friend's car with a bunch of other people, and we were trying to decide what music to listen to. I was (and still am) a big Evanescence fan, so my friend puts in Century Child and says, "If you like Evanescence, you'll like these guys."

You might say that.

I was in love after hearing Bless the Child for the first time. (I remember being annoyed with people in the car because they kept talking and I wanted to listen to this freaking awesome music...) Bought the album a few days later, and eventually picked up Oceanborn as well.

And their albums just keep getting better and better.

I've been a lurker here for a while, but this is my first post.

C. · September 29th, 2012, 10:59 PM

Welcome to the board!

Are you attending any of the Nightwish shows in Florida?

AmaranthNightphoenix · September 29th, 2012, 11:34 PM

Yep, House of Blues.

Counting the days. (My Facebook friends are probably sick of me going on about Nightwish already...)

C. · September 30th, 2012, 01:29 AM

Well, then become our Facebook friends; we're all Nightwish fans here so we'd never get tired of hearing about it from you!

OSA Facebook

Tramz · October 1st, 2012, 07:55 PM

I just discovered Nightwish when I heard this news about them losing this vocalist chick Yvette or whoever. I checked them out so I could be in the loop! I saw something on youtube with this other vocalist that I guess they had before. Man did she suck. I hope they don't get anyone like that again! I hope they get somebody like Taylor Swift. Now SHE can sing! And hey, maybe then they'll make it to the top 40 charts so where my friends will hear about it and I can start to like them for real!

C. · October 1st, 2012, 10:47 PM

^Hilarious!

You must dispense your awesome sense of humor here more often.

kathleenkat · October 15th, 2012, 12:18 PM

For me it was the first day of high school (September 2004, yeah, yeah, I'm a baby). I was new to town, and didn't know anyone, so I wandered over to the group of goth kids (I, too, wore too much black) and started talking to this girl Rochelle (still good friends with her). She asked what kind of music I liked, so I started listing bands, and when I got to the likes of Evanescence and Lacuna Coil, she insisted that I listen to a "much better than Evanescence" band called Nightwish. Anyway, back in the day I streamed/traded/borrowed/ripped/burned/downloaded a LOT of music, and it turned out I already had "Once" in my iTunes library, from someone who had gifted it to me, somewhere along the line. I just never had given it a listen. We got to talking and I realized that I DID have a Nightwish CD. First I got home that day, I gave it a listen and "the rest is history," so they say.

Free Spirit · December 24th, 2012, 11:27 PM

I discovered Nightwish through a friend. I asked if he knows any prominent symphonic metal bands and the first one he talked about was Nightwish. So I asked him to link me a song to listen to from the band(which was Bye Bye Beautiful) and since then I really love Nightwish. Their music inspired me to listen to other Symphonic metal bands as well.

C. · December 24th, 2012, 11:45 PM

Welcome to the board!

March 11th, 2012, 03:44 PM	#103 (permalink)
Mistress Angie Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 7	How I discovered NW... It was through my friend Taimi's signature on another forum we're apart of, lol! I thought Tuomas was hot, who here doesn't hehe, and asked her about him. She told me so I went to look 'em up and fell in love __________________ The Finnish Forum dedicated to FanFic solely for Finnish bands!

March 11th, 2012, 10:20 PM	#104 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	^Welcome to the board! Tuomas is a handsome fellow, but well...not my type. No offense, Tuomas. __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

March 12th, 2012, 01:03 AM	#105 (permalink)
Mistress Angie Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 7	Yeah I've got the biggest crush on Jukka __________________ The Finnish Forum dedicated to FanFic solely for Finnish bands!

March 12th, 2012, 12:40 PM	#106 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	Well, I am never going to call anyone ugly or bad-looking, but none of the guys in the band are "my type" (not because they are bad-looking; they are all handsome in their own way...just not my personal preference). When it comes to eye candy, let's just say I'm a very picky eater. __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

March 13th, 2012, 09:25 PM	#107 (permalink)
Mistress Angie Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 7	LOL! To each their own I suppose :P What's funny, to me at least, is that now I've got my almost 12 year old daughter listening to Nightwish too __________________ The Finnish Forum dedicated to FanFic solely for Finnish bands!

March 10th, 2012, 09:12 AM	#101 (permalink)
logchick MetalJunkie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cambridge, ON. Posts: 138	I discovered Nightwish through a buddy of mine, back in high school. In grade 9 (2007) I was getting into Symphonic Metal, and with already being a fan of Within Temptation- my friend happened to show me Nightwish! As I became a fan of NW, I started to discover other Symphonic Metal bands... LIKE Stratovarious; Sonta Artica; Epica... etc! The first song I ever heard by Nightwish happened to be Nemo, but it wasn't until after playing "Once" a million times; did I realize how awesome their older studio albums like Wishmaster and Century Child were too! And OF COURSE what made me a fan; was how intrigued I was to hear Operatic vocals in metal! Pretty sure every metalhead here can agree with me; how Tarja's voice is so angelic, and overall; how NW carries such a unique beautiful sound!

March 13th, 2012, 11:29 PM	#108 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	^That's awesome! I've been listening to Nightwish for nearly 11 years and have not managed to convert ONE person. __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

March 31st, 2012, 07:23 AM	#109 (permalink)
Mooki Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 109	I discovered Nightwish on a now non-existant forum that I was part of and I believe it was around the time that Eva was released, so 2007? I find it difficult to believe it's been so long already.

September 29th, 2012, 08:28 PM	#111 (permalink)
AmaranthNightphoenix Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 16	It was sometime in '04 or '05, I think. I was in a friend's car with a bunch of other people, and we were trying to decide what music to listen to. I was (and still am) a big Evanescence fan, so my friend puts in Century Child and says, "If you like Evanescence, you'll like these guys." You might say that. I was in love after hearing Bless the Child for the first time. (I remember being annoyed with people in the car because they kept talking and I wanted to listen to this freaking awesome music...) Bought the album a few days later, and eventually picked up Oceanborn as well. And their albums just keep getting better and better. I've been a lurker here for a while, but this is my first post. __________________

September 29th, 2012, 10:59 PM	#112 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	Welcome to the board! Are you attending any of the Nightwish shows in Florida? __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

September 29th, 2012, 11:34 PM	#113 (permalink)
AmaranthNightphoenix Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 16	Yep, House of Blues. Counting the days. (My Facebook friends are probably sick of me going on about Nightwish already...) __________________

September 30th, 2012, 01:29 AM	#114 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	Well, then become our Facebook friends; we're all Nightwish fans here so we'd never get tired of hearing about it from you! OSA Facebook __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

October 1st, 2012, 07:55 PM	#115 (permalink)
Tramz OSA Council Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 419	I just discovered Nightwish when I heard this news about them losing this vocalist chick Yvette or whoever. I checked them out so I could be in the loop! I saw something on youtube with this other vocalist that I guess they had before. Man did she suck. I hope they don't get anyone like that again! I hope they get somebody like Taylor Swift. Now SHE can sing! And hey, maybe then they'll make it to the top 40 charts so where my friends will hear about it and I can start to like them for real!

October 1st, 2012, 10:47 PM	#116 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	^Hilarious! You must dispense your awesome sense of humor here more often. __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.

October 15th, 2012, 12:18 PM	#117 (permalink)
kathleenkat Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 83	For me it was the first day of high school (September 2004, yeah, yeah, I'm a baby). I was new to town, and didn't know anyone, so I wandered over to the group of goth kids (I, too, wore too much black) and started talking to this girl Rochelle (still good friends with her). She asked what kind of music I liked, so I started listing bands, and when I got to the likes of Evanescence and Lacuna Coil, she insisted that I listen to a "much better than Evanescence" band called Nightwish. Anyway, back in the day I streamed/traded/borrowed/ripped/burned/downloaded a LOT of music, and it turned out I already had "Once" in my iTunes library, from someone who had gifted it to me, somewhere along the line. I just never had given it a listen. We got to talking and I realized that I DID have a Nightwish CD. First I got home that day, I gave it a listen and "the rest is history," so they say.

December 24th, 2012, 11:27 PM	#118 (permalink)
Free Spirit Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 103	I discovered Nightwish through a friend. I asked if he knows any prominent symphonic metal bands and the first one he talked about was Nightwish. So I asked him to link me a song to listen to from the band(which was Bye Bye Beautiful) and since then I really love Nightwish. Their music inspired me to listen to other Symphonic metal bands as well.

December 24th, 2012, 11:45 PM	#119 (permalink)
C. OSA Webmistress Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Pacific Ocean Soul (California, United States) Posts: 2,396	Welcome to the board! __________________ ~"Feeling lonely and content at the same time, I believe, is a rare kind of happiness" —Nightwish~ Oceansouls of America: Marco's favorite obscure cult since 2003! OSA's Resident Bitch: Pissing in Your Haterade Since 1978.