A quick update on Nightwish, who we heard last year with their version of Walking in the air. Since then, the group has lost its vocalist Tarja Turunen to artistic differences. Read, the rest of the band couldn't stand her incessant screeching. Her replacement is Anette Olsen, a mere mezzo-soprano, whose sound has variously been described as a breath of cool Nordic air, and that of a Swedish popstrel. Anyway, we have no idea what the hell Amaranth is about, or even what Olsen is singing, only that it's a damned catchy tune.

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