Dark Passion Play

Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish, released on September 26, 2007 in Finland, September 28 in Europe and October 2, 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album not featuring former vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was dismissed in October 2005. Lead songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has referred to it as the 'album that saved his life'. The album has spawned five singles: "Eva", released on May 25, 2007, "Amaranth", released on August 22, "Erämaan viimeinen", released on December 5 in Finland only, "Bye Bye Beautiful", released on February 15, 2008, and The Islander", released on May 21. Three music videos were filmed to accompany the album's singles: The first two, "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful" were both shot in Los Angeles, USA, in spring 2007 and cost 270,000 . The "Amaranth" video was released together with the single on August 22, and "Bye Bye Beautiful" on February 15. The third music video, "The Islander", was finished in October, 2007, in Rovaniemi, Finland, and released in April, 2008.