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Angels Fall First is the debut studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, originally released by Spinefarm Records on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition, featuring seven tracks, two of which are not on the regular edition (released in November 1997).[1] This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on eBay.[2] The album was released in the US by Century Media in March 2001.[3]

Angels Fall First is a power metal album with gothic, folk and classical elements.[4]

Background

Tuomas Holopainen wrote the music for the album during his time in the Finnish Army.[5] In a 2008 interview with the British magazine Kerrang!, Tuomas Holopainen remembered: Шаблон:Quote The original pressing featured Holopainen's home contact address, an accident from reprinting the demo sleeve for the album.[6]

As of December 2009, Angels Fall First has sold more than 36,000 copies in Finland alone.[7]

The band, and especially band leader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen has since frowned upon the album, considering it essentially an extended demo. In a 2011 interview, when asked what album other than Imaginaerum Holopainen wanted to make into a movie, he replied that it would be Angels Fall First, and that it would be "a black-and-white comedy".[8]

The male vocals heard on "Beauty and the Beast", "The Carpenter", "Astral Romance" and "Once Upon a Troubadour" are sung by keyboardist–band leader Tuomas Holopainen, as well as the whispers in the beginning of the demo version of "Etiäinen".[9] Following this release, Holopainen never sang credited on an album again, because he thought that he was not good enough.[9]

Track listing

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Personnel

All information from the album booklet.[10]

Nightwish

Additional musician

  • Esa Lehtinen – flute

Production

  • Tero Kinnunen – engineering, mixing, recording
  • Mika Jussila – mastering
  • Garry Black – cover photo
  • Toni Härkönen – photography

Charts

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Album

Year Chart Position
1998 Finnish Albums Chart[11] 31
2022 Finnish Albums Chart[12] 5

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Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1999 "The Carpenter" Finnish Singles Chart[13] 3

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Certifications

Certifications for Angels Fall First
Country Organisation Year Sales
Finland IFPI 2001 Gold (20,000)[7]

References

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Bibliography

External links

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