My Winter Storm - Tarja

My Winter Storm is the second album from soprano Tarja Turunen and the first since she was rather publicly ousted from the metal band Nightwish, whose trademark sound she had helped to forge with her distinctive voice. Two years on from the split, My Winter Storm was released, with Turunen having recruited several writers and musicians to help her put together the album. The album features four characters which appear throughout the album: the dead boy, the doll, the phoenix and the queen of ice, the vocals are those of the storyteller if you like, telling each of the tales in which these characters appear, it's not always easy to spot at face value, but if ...  Read the complete review

"My Winter Storm" the album calls itself. I'm not hugely impressed though - its more like an autumn shower, in my opinion. I wanted to fall in love with this album, I really did. It just doesn't grab my ears and assault them with what I know Tarja Turunen is capable of, and its a crying shame! So, lets start with a tracklisting. I'm not going to comment on them all, just the three worth paying attention to. 1. Ite, Missa Est 2. I Walk Alone [DVD] 3. Lost Northern Star 4. Seeking for the Reign 5. Reign 6. Escape of the Doll 7. My Little Phoenix 8. Die Alive 9. Boy and the Ghost 10. ...  Read the complete review

'My Winter Storm' is the second studio album from Tarja Turunen, a supreme singing sensation who fronted the symphonic power metal band Nightwish between the years of 1996 and 2005. It's a stunning eighteen track piece of art; an incredibly well structured album and one that I'd highly recommend to all. If you like the music of Nightwish then chances are that you'll absolutely love what you find here, it's more of the same really (only this album from Tarja is far better than anything Nightwish has recorded and released for a long while). The album storms into action with 'I Walk Alone', a four minute power piece with an exquisitely fine chorus to boot. The ...  Read the complete review