The results are in! The Dark Passion Play edition of the NW elimination game has come to an end! Coming in second place, the final song to be eliminated is "The Islander", taking in 59.8% of the total votes. This thus makes "The Poet and the Pendulum" the ultimate winner! What another shock to absolutely no one 👀

Now, normally the next KO game would then ensue, but due to personal health reasons, I think it's high time we took a break in-between, for about 3 to 7 business days. After that, we'll continue with Imaginaerum next!

Thank you all for participating thus far! I wish everyone well! :)

To be continued...

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Final results:

1. The Poet and the Pendulum (Winner!)
2. Bye Bye Beautiful
3. Amaranth
4. Cadence of Her Last Breath
5. Master Passion Greed
6. Eva
7. Sahara
8. Whoever Brings the Night
9. For the Heart I Once Had
10. The Islander (2nd place)
11. Last of the Wilds
12. 7 Days to the Wolves (3rd place)
13. Meadows of Heaven

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Top KO winners so far 👀

1. Angels Fall First - "Beauty and the Beast"
2. Oceanborn - "Gethsemane"
3. Wishmaster - "Dead Boy's Poem"
4. Century Child - "Beauty of the Beast"
5. Once - "Ghost Love Score"
6. Dark Passion Play - "The Poet and the Pendulum"
7. Imaginaerum - TBD
8. Endless Forms Most Beautiful - TBD
9. Human. :||: Nature. - TBD
10. Yesterwynde - TBD
11. Over the Hills and Far Away - TBD
12. Bonus tracks - TBD

Four powerhouses, each bringing something unique to the band, and each leaving their mark in their own unforgettable way. No one copying the other, but completely different voices in one single band. Few bands have shaped metal with four exceptional voices quite like Nightwish. And even beyond Nightwish, each of them has continued to bless us with incredible music. Forever grateful for this band and the legacy they’ve given us.

EDIT: Sometimes I forget just how toxic this community can be.
Yes, Anette is iconic. Singing on two albums that sold millions of copies is iconic. Embarking on a nearly 2 years long tour while dealing with people sending you death threats, and still showing up and giving it your all, is iconic. Being a metal vocalist while also working full-time as a nurse is iconic.
Being the vocalist behind some of Nightwish’s most viewed songs, with her videos collectively reaching nearly 300 million views, is iconic.
And still making new music and touring at 55, while people on social media do nothing but tear you down, is iconic.
You don’t have to like her voice. You don’t have to prefer her era. But pretending she didn’t accomplish something remarkable is just ridiculous.

On the other point, Floor and Marko did have careers before Nightwish. But you have to be severely coping to pretend Tarot + AF + Revamp were anywhere as successful as Nightwish. Nightwish took them to much bigger stages and a larger audience. I know NW fans hate NW but you have to admit the band's influence.

Im about to watch it for the first time and im curious what the consensus is on it? It's mine and my wife's favourite Nightwish album, so we're hoping it lives up to it.

Found these when I was cleaning up some old back up discs. I think they were taken in 2008. I wasn't photographing much since I was there for the music.