And so, with the focus continually put on making grand, sweeping epics and curbing the mainstream machine, the impression that Nightwish give about their success – that it comes exclusively from the aforementioned dedication and will continue to do so – gives them the clout to make an album like Human. The arguable candidates are 2004’s Once or 2007’s Dark Passion Play, but they aren’t so much universally recognisable as the key blueprint for operations within symphonic metal only. It’s in the output where the greatest contention might come though, because from the broadest possible standpoint that covers metal as a whole, Nightwish don’t really have that one release that’s established itself as a staple within the metal canon. They’re basically the faces of symphonic metal, and though the slimness of that niche can further some of the confusion, armies of devoted fans and gigantic world tours with commendable regularity speak for themselves.
It almost seems strange to place Nightwish among some of the biggest bands in modern metal, but it’s effectively true.
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