By many "Vovin", the follow-up to the mighty "Theli", is hailed as best THERION-album. For many years now I am an avowed THERION-fan and dare to disagree.
Compared to the all-time-milestone "Theli" "Vovin" is a lot calmer, the Metal-share has been heavily reduced, while the classical element has been equally emphasised. Basically you could call "Vovin" the most "arty" album of the Swedes around mastermind "Christofer Johnsson", evil tongues yet also claim the most sedative...

Only the aptly titled "The Wild Hunt", with former GAMMA RAY and now PRIMAL FEAR Ralf Scheepers on vocals, and parts of "Wine Of Aluqah" remind of the furiousness of the predecessor, the rest is dominated by quite measured compositions with rather gentle choir- or solo-vocals and invite you to float away. "Eye Of Shiva" or "Birth Of Venus Illegitima" are prime examples for this, sometimes I feel reminded of some theatre-play with some electric guitars as fitting musical element, I can vividly imagine people in tuxedo and tie or evening gown listening to the sounds, sitting in their cushioned seats...

The "Draconian Trilogy" of "The Opening", "Morning Star" and "Black Diamond" then offers us a journey through the calmer side of THERION, covering everything from the dreamy until the intensive passages that you would expect of the Swedes in this department. And the closing "Raven Of Dispersion" is another highlight full of intensity, especially vocally.

All in all an album that should rather be viewed as a piece of art than a Metal-album, I personally (apart from "The Wild Hunt") miss the pepper in it, but on the other hand it is a very flowing album, which might have paved some fan's way into the Metal and also some ardent classic-fans might have had to admit that Metal is at least a little more than only noise and thrashing...

2006年旋死界最大的发现，来自俄罗斯的古典旋死新秀Dominia。是以小提琴为最大亮点的乐队，Dominia的音乐像爱琴海上的女妖，神秘，妖娆，性感，散发着无穷的魅惑，，大调式的编曲以及大量使用合唱的副歌活泼而欢快，有着强大的感染力。而乐队的主音吉他手更是如同太阳般耀眼的人物。包办所有作品的词、曲、编曲的他，把大量的音乐元素完美的结合到一起。在这张专辑里，你可以找到力量、民谣、旋死、激流、史诗、前卫、哥特等等各种金属流派的影子，华丽眩目得让人为之疯狂！

到12月7日,乐队至今最成功的专辑《Oceanborn》发布了.它登上了专辑榜第五名,其中单曲《Sacrament of Wilderness》成功的坐上了单曲榜的头把交椅。Nightwish开始全国巡演,等到99年春天,《Oceanborn》在海外成功发行。乐队在欧洲特别是德国极受欢迎,所有作品全部热卖,他们开始参加大型音乐节并进行欧洲巡演了。
专辑在密不透风的紧凑氛围下，穿插了两三首柔和的短曲，舒服得令人暂时忘记了重金属的压抑。这时，长笛，钢琴等便表露无遗，让人觉得像走进了鸟语花香地世外桃源一般。我最喜欢的是他们翻唱的名曲“Walking In The Air”，赋予歌曲以金属的霸气同时，不失歌曲原来的婉转。既有“飞流之下”的气势，也有“绕梁三日”的魅力。值得一提的还有几首男女对唱的曲目，感觉上形式有些像Lacrimosa，同样是低沉的男声配上非常悦耳的女声，或者说更像Rammstein与Stoa同台演出，因为这些曲子既带有Rammstein钢铁般的铿锵，也蕴含了Stoa的歌剧与新古典色彩。
出版于1998年的专辑《Oceanborn》可以说是延续了第一张作品的全部优点。Tarja那仿歌剧唱腔更加激进，而且吉它和键盘中更加入了许多北欧黑金属的演奏手法,整张专辑十分猛烈，所有快板作品在扫射般的Metal riff与喷火的键盘音符推动下叫人热血沸腾。不多的男女双主唱作品如《Deval&the deep dark ocean》等作品中都有一种有别于其它所谓女声Gothic metal组合的独特气质。键盘这次没有过多的音色变化,全是激进的快板旋律.只在《Swanheart》和《Walking in the air》这专辑里仅有的两首抒情慢歌中变幻出一份柔情。尤其令人称道的是，Nightwish乐队的歌词很多写得不错，这在众多摇滚乐队当中是很难得的。
总的说来，Nightwish这张经典之作带来的是一场重金属的极速之旅，偶尔的一两首慢歌，也只不过是紧张刺激之余适当的调剂罢了。无怪乎很多人同意Nightwish的Oceanborn是1998年最佳的重金属专辑之一。

2002年Nightwish在乐迷的高度期盼下发表了第四张录音室专辑，此时bass的位置已由前Sinergy的bass手Marco Hietala入替，Marco在专辑中也担任了几首曲目的高音男主唱，与Tarja有对唱表现。
此张专辑再次加重了劲道，风格上可说综合了前两张专辑，一方面回到的直爽狂飙，同时又保有细致饱满的编曲，吉他音色变得稍微粗重些，在"Slaying The Dreamer"一曲中甚至还加了一些thrash chord，堪称是Nightwish至今最heavy的一首曲子。除了唱诗班之外，此次终於也加入了交响乐团合奏，使乐曲的交响味更加浓烈，在重低音的部份也更为浑厚，而朗朗上口的优美旋律，让人从头到尾都忍不住随之唱和！芬兰乐团真不愧为「melody maker」啊！
在演唱上，Tarja在这张专辑中，除了声乐腔之外，也有较多一般腔的表现，同时由於新加入的Marco也能演唱，因此再次如般添入了男腔表现。Marco的音质一如标准的speed高音，加入男音自然让乐曲多了些变化性，至於乐迷是否欣赏Marco的演唱可能就因人而异了。
而继成功地改编了美美的"Walking In The Air"之後，此次则选择改编了著名的歌剧曲目「歌剧魅影(The Phantom of The Opera)」成为金属乐版本，风味果然是非常的Nightwish，Tarja在曲中後段大秀了她惊人的高音。另外，Nightwish作品的曲长向来多在三、四分钟左右，简洁有力、不拖泥带水的编曲形式，对於速金乐迷来说或许正是恰到好处，不过对於我们这种前金乐迷来说，总有一种曲子正到高潮处就突然结束的小小未满足感，此次末尾精彩的10分多钟长篇之作"Beauty Of The Beast"，总算是满足了喜好长篇大作乐迷的渴望！