Wishmaster album cover
Wishmaster

Nightwish

2000
Spinefarm Records

These Finns took power metal to its natural extreme by putting an actual trained opera singer out front. Tarja Turunen’s majestic voice lends gravitas to songs about heartbreak, role-playing characters, and school shootings in equal measure. Tuomas Holopainen’s compositions keep everything from drowning in its own bombast, focusing on hooks and emotive lyrics. Its beauty has never been matched.

Jeff Treppel

Who also suggested

If you select your preferred streamer here, we will save your preference and link to that platform if possible. This can always be changed in the Settings menu.

Apple Music

If you’d like to prioritize Bandcamp if available, tap the Bandcamp logo.

Since some albums are only available on one service, you’ll still see logos for other services if the album is only available on that service.

Next