It has been described by some as a 'dark' or even bleak album by some. Yet, they have never been more thematically, lyrically, or compositionally ambitious than on Century Child. (There is not necessarily any shame in that, by the way - 'Once' is a brilliant record.) Century Child rests stylistically in something of a middle zone between the two: with the introduction of Marco Hietala on bass and the beginning of the smoothing of Tarja's voice toward greater pop sensibilities, Nightwish split the difference between its raw, power metal-oriented past and the emergence of the glossy, accessible sound that would launch them into the metal mainstream that, made them palatable enough for, say, Hot Topic's audience. Century Child is something of a black sheep in Nightwish's now-extensive discography: power metal purists tend to prefer their older works, like Oceanborn and Wishmaster, during which raw ambition and passion coursed through the veins of the work - while fans of their modern, polished approach gravitate most of all, it seems, toward Once.
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