March 13th 2018
Lyric Opera House
Baltimore MD

DAMN THESE EUROPEAN POWER METAL WOMEN HAVE SUCH AMAZING VOICES

Nightwish came into town for the Decades Tour through america. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Nightwish but throughout that absence, this band hasn’t stopped entertaining me for many years. I first arrived at the venue and this being my first time there I was pleasantly surprised how big and nice this place was. I get to my seat and get ready to start my photographing the band, checked out the setlist which was a whopping 17 song setlist. So I knew I was in for an amazing show.

I had to laugh because right before the band came into the stage, they played a video message about not recording the show and enjoy it like we use to years ago, and while that was playing everyone was on the phone recording it.

Troy Donockley came out first while playing an array of wonderful instruments from a uilleann pipe( which was must like a bagpipe but didn’t have to use your mouth to inflate bag) and a long whistle type thing which was crazy. He also at one time had a bouzouki that he played. It was just amazing to see the talent he had.

Bassist Marco Hietala with his long flowing golden hair and beard was playing a double guitar and bass combo which was insane looking. Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen was entertaining all night as well with his dual keyboards, top hat, and head banging all set.

Singer Floor Jansen looked amazing and those pipes she has are just stellar. I swear her voice is as close and an angel as one can get. She was always engaging with the crowd and just seemed to look like she was having so much fun on that stage tonight.

As for the setlist, it was compromised of pretty much the greatest hits album Decades, which spans from 1996-2015. They played for close to 2 hours and just was killing it song after song. Playing some of my favorite tracks like “I want my tears back”, “Nemo”, and “The Carpenter” I would have to say my favorite songs they played tonight was definitely either “The greatest show on earth” which they played the full songs which is about 24 minutes or so. And my all time favorite Nightwish song “ Slaying the Dreamer”.

The show was amazing, the sound at the lyric was on point. The band was just making it such a great night to be alive and listen to some killer tunes. The crowd was very diverse I seen young kids to grandmas and grandpas at the show all having a good time and enjoying Nightwish. I can’t wait to see this band again, but this time I won’t let it be so long in between.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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