When I found out that Anette Olzon, the former frontwoman of the Finnish
symphonic metal band Nightwish, joined forces with Jani Liimatainen, who used
to play in another Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica, I was overjoyed. After
her departure from Nightwish and the release of her first solo album, it wasn’t
clear whether she’d ever return to metal music. I was saddened by the idea that
metal music could possibly lose the theatrical and joyful Anette forever, so
you can probably imagine how delighted the formation of The Dark Element made me feel.
The first album was very good – dynamic, catchy and overall interesting
even though there are some things that bother me about the album. But when
their second album was announced, I tried, once again, not to get too excited
about it (which I already explained in the previous review). This album, named
“Songs The Night Sings”, was released this year on November 6 by Frontiers
Music and contains eleven songs in total, including one eponymous song (well,
there can’t be more than one, right?).
