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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Tarja turunen - What They Never Told You

“My stroke was caused by stress." Tarja Turunen on Nightwish, buried hatchets and fighting back to good health

In 2023, the original queen of symphonic metal shared some reflections on her past

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 1, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Greta Van Fleet, Tarja, The Band Feel and more

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"We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making

Metal fans couldn't believe their eyes when these two amazing singers appeared on the same song

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"A Russian girl came to my parents’ door with suitcases and said, ‘I have sold everything in my life. I’m going to marry your son and live with you now." How two unknown European bands changed the face of metal in the 90s - and broke up its boys club

In 1997, two key releases by two emerging bands had a game-changing impact on the metal scene as we knew it

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Cool new prog you must hear from Crown Lands, Tarja, Ed O'Brien and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you must hear from Ebony Buckle, Grice, Amulets and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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"The whole thing was such a shock...everything was shaking and we were crying for two weeks." The inspiring, sad and triumphant story of the 'girl next door' opera singer who'd become a heavy metal icon

Tarja Turunen didn't just kick the door down for women in metal in the 90s: she made opera cool as hell

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"I shifted from Garbage, Radiohead and Silverchair to black metal." The classic 90s album that changed the life of the singer who'd go on to front one of her country's biggest bands

She's a household name in her home country, and it was the voice of a fellow metal icon who helped her on her journey

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"A Russian girl came to my parents’ door with suitcases and said, ‘I have sold everything in my life. I’m going to marry your son and live with you now." How two unknown European bands changed the face of metal in the 90s - and broke up its boys club

In 1997, two key releases by two emerging bands had a game-changing impact on the metal scene as we knew it

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"We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making

Metal fans couldn't believe their eyes when these two amazing singers appeared on the same song

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"It was about a feeling of being a terrible person and f***ing up everything." Rejected by MTV, lonely nights on the road and the start of a split: the story of Nightwish anthem Nemo

How Nightwish's goth-tinged anthem turned them into symphonic metal's brightest stars

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“Sometimes I think, ‘This has become so big that I can’t handle this monster any more.’ I have some trouble comprehending it”: How Nightwish became the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful

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"We had already split up and still had to do a tour." How Within Temptation became one of symphonic metal's biggest success stories

From helping shape symphonic metal in the 90s to the romantic split that almost destroyed the band in the 2000s, this is the history of Within Temptation

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“His vocals were often trammelled in Nightwish… but here he lets loose throughout”: Marko Hietala blends love and instinct on Roses From The Deep

Reunion with Tarja Turunen is a high point on his second solo album, which mixes prog with vintage metal to impressive effect

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The 50 best metal songs of 2024

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

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"The most successful symphonic metal band in the world." Every Nightwish album ranked from worst to best

The biggest symphonic metal band of them all have had a glittering career so far. Here is every Nightwish studio full-length ranked

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"Oh my god, there was so much talk: ‘I bet there’s a real rivalry going on!'" How Within Temptation and Tarja Turunen formed the ultimate symphonic metal tag team for blockbuster single Paradise (What About Us?)

Two symphonic metal icons united for this powerhouse 2013 single. Sharon and Tarja tell us how it all came together

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"It felt like I’d known her forever." Symphonic metal icons Sharon den Adel and Tarja Turunen on hearing each other's bands Within Temptation and Nightwish for the first time

The Within Temptation frontwoman and former Nightwish singer would eventually team up for a blockbuster single

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"The whole thing was such a shock, because it came out of nowhere." A public letter, tears and the Finnish Prime Minister: inside the crazy day Nightwish parted ways with Tarja Turunen

When Nightwish dismissed their lead singer via open letter, the fallout was so public and intense that even the Finnish prime minister got involved

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Every cover song by Nightwish ranked from worst to best

Finland’s symphonic metal leaders have officially released 10 covers across their career. Here they are in reverse-order of majesty.

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Eight new rock songs you need to hear this week

Royal Republic, Wine Lips and The Treatment are just some of the artists pushing great new rock music our way

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

An emotional symphonic metal reunion and some of the most exciting young metal bands in the scene have delivered the goods for us this week

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Former Nightwish bandmates Marko Hietala and Tarja team up for new single

Watch the brand new video for Marko Hietala and Tarja Turunen's Left On Mars here

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Tarja shares new single edit of Dark Star ahead of What Lies Beneath reissue

Finnish singer Tarja's 2010 album What Lies Beneath to be remastered and reissued with extra disc

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“Computers crashed several times… I recorded vocals four or five times. But on the other hand, I started doing my job alone, learning many things”: Why Tarja Turunen recruited Mike Oldfield, Trevor Rabin and Steve Rothery for Outlanders

Former Nightwish singer’s new direction took nearly a decade to deliver – but she’s ready to do it all over again

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"Phantom of the Opera is one of the reasons I’m a singer. It was like lightning from the sky." Tarja Turunen: My Life In 10 Songs

From her genre-defining work with Nightwish to establishing herself as a solo artist and embracing classical, these are the songs that have defined Tarja Turunen's incredible career

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