MARKO HIETALA
Roses From The Deep
Ex-Nightwish man returns to proggier waters on second solo album.
NUCLEAR BLAST
They may have emerged from the metal scene, but Nightwish have always been a band with a progressive heart. The Finns have explored concepts that swing from the whimsical fantasy of Imaginaerum to the hard science of Endless Forms Most Beautiful, the latter complete with an appearance from evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. They’ve done so with a compositional approach to songwriting that incorporates symphonic and folk elements, complex layers of melody and expansive banks of keyboards.