Nightwish might seem like a ridiculous proposition to those not versed in the intricacies of symphonic metal, but their Andrew Lloyd Webber-esque operatics are underpinned with genuine emotion.
New album Yesterwynde – a fairly preposterous made-up word, granted – was partly inspired by the death of keyboard player and chief songwriter Tuomas Holopainen’s father. It returns to ground the band first explored on 2015’s Richard Dawkins-inspired Endless Forms Most Beautiful, namely the fleeting beauty of godless human existence.
