A web serie about the italian fans of NW
Episode 2
Between fans from the First Era and Fans carried by Elan... Let's find out how they discovered the band.
*stuttering* Night...shish..nait ...ish
Nightwish became part of my life
in the period from 2004 to 2005
so, in the middle of teen age
and... in that period, let's say that
I couldn' t use
I couldn't enjoy music ...
through platforms than are now used by teens
as YouTube or the internet
So back then I used to listen to what was on the radio
or on television, like MTV or All Music channels
So yes, I was fobbed off with that kind of music
Something like Britney Spears, Tokyo Hotel,
Tokyo Hotel OMG!!
Blue, Gemelli Diversi (italian band)...so yes, I was a pop fan
I still listen to pop, but I was excusively a pop listener
I discovered NW by chance
I searched for ''metal songs'' on YouTube
and while cleaning my room I listened to this song
It was Amaranth, but I didn't care much back then
between other songs and bands I forgot them
hi everybody! Let's talk about the ''first day of love''
for the band. I am one of those that
''dislike but buy''. In 2003
I saw on Rock Tv a programme called ''Bootleg''
A live probably taken from ''From Wishes to eternity''
My first thought was...
''who's that guy with the bandana, he thinks he is cool??''
I discovered NW on Facebook
I was looking through posts
my friend shared EFMB video
Yes, I know that I discovered them very late!!
I'd slap myself, really!
Anyway, before opening the video I thought
it was a Playstation 3 game trailer
Then I realized it was a music video
and I thought ''F**k they are so metal!...
I will never listen to NW!!"...yes...
I discovered the band 12 years ago
because my son had their CD in his car
I was immediately attracted by this kind of rock
mixed with symphonic music and opera singing.
from that moment I only listened to NW
I remember that the volume was high, just as now
I used to mimic the singer, or imitate Marco
and Emppu, playing the guitar and running on stage
I saw some live videos and I loved them
I liked the look, so rock and nordic
I went to shops to buy all the albums
because I felt more and more engaged with their music
Hi guys!!
It was 2004 when I found out about the band
By chance, I went to a music shop
back then you had to go the the shops
we didn't have Youtube or fast Internet
and stuff like that
so I went to a music shop
and I asked the shop assistant ''for something new''
''I want to discover a new band''
since they had everything about metal
He said ''Yes I have a band for you, it's called Nightwish''
I thought ''wow wonderful name!"
''I like it, let's try''
So he gave me the album, this one actually
Once, 2004
Just released
How I found Nightwish
I discovered the band a long time ago
I was actually a kid
one of their songs, Sleeping Sun
was in a Celtic Music Compilation
probably back then I wasn't ready for that music
So I left behind the only NW song I knew
Until 2015
I was bored by the music I had in my player
so I tried to listen to
something new
and I re-found NW and Sleeping Sun
First Day Of Love
The first time I heard of NW
It was roughly when I was in the first/second class of middle school
I was really into Anime Music Videos
A friend of mine (we played RPG together)
gave me a couple of Final Fantasy Videos
One video contained She Is My Sin
The first song I listened and fell in love with
and the other video had End Of All Hope
and my reaction was:
''OMG who are they!!""
my friend: ''eh, Nightwish!!"
''Why you didn't give me this videos before!!"
''F**k I hate youuu"
no really I hate her because from that moment on
it was ''the end of all hope, for me''
really for me, the end, I never let them
Honestly I don't know
when I actually began loving the band
let's say It was a transition moment
in my music tastes
it began as a sort of a bet
with my former friend
He used to criticize my music taste
So every week we had a ''challenge''
''I'm sure you won't like this
I'm sure that you won't appreciate this genre'' etc
One fine evening, in summer 2005
All Music (music channel) aired
Nemo's videoclip
Out of the blue!
Casually I was watching the TV
And I saw the band
Listened to this song
and I fell in love
I couldn't get them out of my head
So I began looking for some information
I got acquainted with a world that was absurd to me
and it was heavy metal world
even though in this period I was transitioning
So I really
I listened to pop but
I gradually began to listen to band like Linkin Park
Evanescence, Korn, System Of A Down
I was into nu metal
or at least a world apart from commercial music
of the time
but with Nw was love at first sight
In 2012 with my daughter
I went to Milan concert
for the Imaginaerum Tour
in that moment I became a true fan
not just a follower
I sign up on social medias
Facebook, Twitter,
I searched on Youtube anything about the band
I decided that I wouldn't miss any concert
when I had the opportunity
I immediately took the membership card of the italian fanclub
After months of discussions with my friend
and guitarist of my band
over what was cooler: progressive metal, heavy metal
power metal, symphonic metal and so on....
He gave me in November 2005
The DVD of End Of An Era
It was love at first sight
I don't know what ''clicked'' in me
but it changed my story
here I am in fact...filming a documentary
about the fans, by the fanclub
They told me: ''Listen to NW they are cool''
''they are Finnish, give it a try''
So I actually tried
and I found out that Amaranth was by NW
and that escalated quickly!
I listened to all the albums
one by one and I really like them!
Floor really got my attention
I was like: ''that's so cool!!"
really!!
I was curious, ''who are they??''
So I opened You Tube
and.. Élan...
I'd need an half-hour video to explain it
But it is really all I consider good in music
He [Troy] began with that flutes
And I was: ''WOOOH!!"
Since that moment
I kept on listening to them, discovering new stuff
The more I listened to the song, the more I felt them ''mine''
So one day he pulled out NW
and I began listening to it
let's say that at the beginning I wasn't really into it
but then I tried the whole discography
so I did like them but ''slowly''
honestly I don't have interesting stories about
the discovering, but that's it
I listened to the album, the first track was Dark Chest of Wonders
Awesome! Great song!
Fantastic
I continued with Wish I Had an Angel
and that was pure love!!
Since then
I began listening to them
I bought all the albums
the love for the band was born
I watched some live too
I really liked them
Now they are really my favourite band
of all the time!!
thanks to Nemo video
I began looking for the other songs
I listened to the old albums
and now they took up so much room in my heart
they accompanied me throughout my life
they helped me through teenage years
they also influenced my character
my behaviour
but also silly things
like my look and outfits
On YouTube
the first thing I found
was Endless Forms Most Beautiful
the song
with the official video
so I immediately saw how they look
I thought they were really ''peculiar''
but I liked them
especially Marco
with his gorgeous beard
then I got really into the band
getting to know them better
up until now that I am here
talking with you about the first time I heard of them
I used to search for the song on YT all day long
looking for the albums to buy
at home, I sang all day
as well as on the bus going to school
at school during the break
no one could stand me anymore
but I guess nothing changed
because I always listen to NW while driving,
and my friends are fed up!
about he image of the band
of course they changed, they changed singers!!
Jukka's gone
but I must say that at the beginning
their look was ''simpler''
how can I say....
theatrical?
no not even that
I can't find a term, but I prefer them now
rather than some years ago, concerning the style
about the album.... I like them...
I like the covers
some are not top notch but
to summarize... I LOVE NW!
to be continued
a web serie created by Nightwishers Italy
the official italian fanclub
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