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| Video by Nightwish | ||||
| Released | June 1, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | October 21, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Tero Kinnunen, Tuomas Holopainen, Marco Hietala | |||
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End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by Lakota musician John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen on vocals. She and the rest of the band parted mere hours after this concert,[4] the name of the album most likely refers to this.
In addition to original Nightwish songs, three significant covers appear, their known cover of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, and a cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes.
The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 43 minutes. The DVD also contains a 55 minute documentary about the fifteen days prior to the concert, "A Day Before Tomorrow.", and a photo gallery.
The Blu Ray version was released on May 29, 2009 and features the concert in High Definition 720p, with Dolby Digital audio.
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The DVD was released on June 1, 2006 in Finland, and on June 2, 2006 in Germany. After only one day on sale, the DVD was certified gold in Finland.[5] End of an Era also was Gold in Germany, France and recently in Switzerland.[6]
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References
- ^ "End of an Era: Nightwish". Allmusic.com. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfixqqdldde~T1. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "End of an Era review". Ultimate-Guitar.com. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/dvd/nightwish/end_of_an_era/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "Nightwish- End of an Era (live)". Sputnikmusic.com/. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=11210. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "Open letter to Tarja Turunen". Wikisource. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Open_Letter_To_Tarja_Turunen. Retrieved October 23 2005.
- ^ "NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' CD/DVD Certified Gold - June 2, 2006". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53141. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
- ^ "NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' DVD Certified Gold In Switzerland". Metalfromfinland.com. http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2007-08-10_15:37/nightwish_end_of_an_era_dvd_certified_gold_in_switzerland. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ^ "End Of An Era chart entries and golds". Nightwish.com/. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=06&year=2006. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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