And the winner is..(Nightwish)
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I saved them to my photobucket so there wouldn't be issues with the images loading.
Troy the nomad
Actually I've resettled
http://www.nightwish.com/en/band/members/facts?id=16
The Band - Members
Learn more about Anette
Name:
Anette Olzon
Birthday:
21 June 1971
Place of residence:
Sweden
Hobbies:
Exercising, clothes, reading books and taking long walks in the wild.
Vices:
None ;=)
Musical background:
I was raised in a musical family and I've been singing since childhood. My mom also forced me to play the oboe for 8 years! I toured constantly with my mom and her band in my childhood, sometimes I even sang on stage with them.
After I turned 13, I started competing in several talent shows. I joined my first real band when I was 17, it was a cover band and all the other musicians were older than me. After playing cover songs, I joined a band called Alyson Avenue, first just as a studio singer, later as their leading lady. We've released 2 albums since 2000.
At the age of 21, I played the leading role in a rock opera/musical called "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that I got in to the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. In addition to the already mentioned, I've been in several other bands over the years, I've sung in choirs, done studio work for various projects and I've even occasionally been a wedding singer. Recently I sang a duet with Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart-singer) on his album "Conspiracy". During my singing career I've sung nearly every kind of music that there is!
In my earlier days I took singing lessons at the Copenhagen Music Conservatorie, in Helsingör, Denmark with a private teacher. Nowadays, when its needed, I take lessons from a private teacher at the Malmö Music University.
The Band - Members
Learn more about Anette
Name:
Anette Olzon
Birthday:
21 June 1971
Place of residence:
Sweden
Hobbies:
Exercising, clothes, reading books and taking long walks in the wild.
Vices:
None ;=)
Musical background:
I was raised in a musical family and I've been singing since childhood. My mom also forced me to play the oboe for 8 years! I toured constantly with my mom and her band in my childhood, sometimes I even sang on stage with them.
After I turned 13, I started competing in several talent shows. I joined my first real band when I was 17, it was a cover band and all the other musicians were older than me. After playing cover songs, I joined a band called Alyson Avenue, first just as a studio singer, later as their leading lady. We've released 2 albums since 2000.
At the age of 21, I played the leading role in a rock opera/musical called "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that I got in to the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. In addition to the already mentioned, I've been in several other bands over the years, I've sung in choirs, done studio work for various projects and I've even occasionally been a wedding singer. Recently I sang a duet with Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart-singer) on his album "Conspiracy". During my singing career I've sung nearly every kind of music that there is!
In my earlier days I took singing lessons at the Copenhagen Music Conservatorie, in Helsingör, Denmark with a private teacher. Nowadays, when its needed, I take lessons from a private teacher at the Malmö Music University.
DreamThief
FORTH INTO KEY WEST!!!!
MetalNations
Member
AMBR
Metal Grandma
Cool. An unknown. Was hoping for that. Nice photos. Looks good with the band too.
Looking forward to hearing more of her singing. Not finding anything on the web yet.
Looking forward to hearing more of her singing. Not finding anything on the web yet.
If you want to hear her with a bit rockier stuff than Eva, you can hear her band Alyson Avenue at http://www.myspace.com/alysonavenue
It seems she also did background vocals on Cloudscape's song "We Will Remain" on their Crimson Skies album, cool stuff.
It seems she also did background vocals on Cloudscape's song "We Will Remain" on their Crimson Skies album, cool stuff.
FataMorgana
Fates Warning!!!
So did she get married? Her name was Anette Blykert...
She has an awesome voice though. There's a warmth to that voice... I really can't wait to hear her do some of the old songs.
She has an awesome voice though. There's a warmth to that voice... I really can't wait to hear her do some of the old songs.
booB
Señor Member
I think this whole publicity stunt is silly... they wait and wait to release the name of the new vocalist -- as if it's some sort of earth-shattering band shakeup -- and then, when they finally do, it's someone that none of us have heard of. Although, at the same time, I have to give them some props, for going with a 36-year-old... it seems like most of these bands hire the late-teens/early-20s cute little girls to sing in their band, for aesthetic purposes.
And in a curveball, Tuomas has been replaced by Johnny Depp!
Also, it looks like they put Empuu on stilts.
I guess booB, but with an open audition the chances for it being a complete unknown were pretty high.
BTW. She's not a soprano. Very interesting selection (if somebody more vocally focused than me wants to say she's a soprano go ahead =D, just listening to her older band she doesn't sound like a soprano, but she might have the range...).
BTW. She's not a soprano. Very interesting selection (if somebody more vocally focused than me wants to say she's a soprano go ahead =D, just listening to her older band she doesn't sound like a soprano, but she might have the range...).
Out of the blue she came!
Suffice to say, the ballad Eva is just a teaser and presentation of her soft side for the wider audience. We're going to hear something quite different later this year, I'm sure.
Suffice to say, the ballad Eva is just a teaser and presentation of her soft side for the wider audience. We're going to hear something quite different later this year, I'm sure.
Well, in the diary she did say there was a song that required her to sing higher than she's used to so I assumed she wasn't your typical soprano voice.
As for Cloudscape.. yes.
Patrik Svard played/plays guitars in Alyson Avenue (guitarist for Cloudscape), and Roger Landin used to play drums in Alyson Avenue (drummer for Cloudscape).
Patrik Svard played/plays guitars in Alyson Avenue (guitarist for Cloudscape), and Roger Landin used to play drums in Alyson Avenue (drummer for Cloudscape).
Folks;
What you just witnessed was sheer genius in the picking of a frontwoman. Anette Olzon has the backbone and the chops to pull off anything that Tuomas throws at her. The biggest thing is that she comes off humble. And, after the old fronwoman, humble is what Nightwish needs. Nightwish has gotten the greatest gift of a spectacular upgrade.
So, without further ado, WELCOME ABOARD, ANETTE!
What you just witnessed was sheer genius in the picking of a frontwoman. Anette Olzon has the backbone and the chops to pull off anything that Tuomas throws at her. The biggest thing is that she comes off humble. And, after the old fronwoman, humble is what Nightwish needs. Nightwish has gotten the greatest gift of a spectacular upgrade.
So, without further ado, WELCOME ABOARD, ANETTE!
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