Nightwish - Yesterwynde Album Review - Their Best Album in Years?

Today, I'm diving deep into Nightwish's latest album Yesterwynde, released on September 20, 2024. In this review, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on each track and whether this new release lives up to the hype. With a darker and more emotional tone inspired by the personal loss of Tuomas Holopainen's father, Yesterwynde brings a fresh, yet nostalgic twist to Nightwish’s signature symphonic metal sound.

In this review, I’ll cover:

How the departure of Marko Hietala affected the band’s sound
The standout tracks, like "An Ocean of Strange Lands" and "The Antikythera Mechanism"
My thoughts on the lead single "Perfume of the Timeless"
Why this might be Nightwish’s best album since Dark Passion Play
Floor Jansen’s vocal performance, Troy Donockley’s contribution, and the overall atmosphere of the album
Was Yesterwynde worth the wait? Does it surpass their last two albums? Let’s find out together!

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[ChrisPage]

It's their best album since *Human :||: Nature* . That was a breathtaking masterpiece. This goes one step further. 🤘🔥

[ImmortalDecember]

Just FYI: "The Day Of..." is not about some AI apocalypse, but criticizing/mocking it - it's about the constant fearmongering of how the end is coming every few years, but it's all nonsense. Funny and ironic, some Christian reactors completely misunderstand the song to be a prophecy of doomsday, practically demonstrating the point by being controlled by their amygdala and imaginary fear lol.

[renejensen]

Tryed to rank the album songs, be aware the songs are quite new to me also, so i might rank it diffrent after more listens, maybe listening with the upcoming lyric videos, will change my scores.
Yesterwynde – 8/10
A ocean of strange islands – 10/10
The Antikythera mecanism – 8, 5/10
The day off.. - 8, 5/10
Perfume of the timeless – 9/10
Sway – 8, 5/10
The children of Ata – 9/10
Something whispered follow me – 8, 5/10
Spider silk – 8, 5/10
Hiraeth – 9/10
The weave – 8, 5/10
Lanternlight – 9, 5/10

Album rank: 8, 8/10
My description of this album could be this, a wall of sounds, and songs that take you in directions you cant predict, in a good way, also very doffrent vibes in the diffrent songs, after listeng to the album several times it did grow on me, and i feel the album gives a diffrent vibe listening to it from start to finish, then when i just listened to the singles, love the album by now!!

[aussiemetalfan]

Since it's release I have played it 4 times. I feel it has a lot of "Endless Forms..." elements in it. Definitely an improvement on the last album...

[neonspec]

“Something Wicked”??? … it’s “Something Whispered Follow Me” 😐

Just busting ya balls lol 😜. Yeah I agree it’s the best album they’ve done with Floor. It’s a very textured and proggy album (possibly the most progressive album in their catalogue). Takes some listens to unpack but once it sinks its teeth in, it goes deep.

9/10 from me too. Good review.

P.S. Lanternlight is the most gorgeous and tender song they’ve ever done 🥹

[Elizabethinferno]

Objective and direct review, the is not any pretentious of superiority here, it is a great analysis, 🧐 thanks for that! Hope to see more about your work.

[klinkklankradio]

Great review dude! Pretty much on point regarding how I felt about this album after listening to it 3 times (after 3 listens, that's when I give my initial review/rating). I think 'Yesterwynde' is the best Nightwish album featuring Floor Jansen.

I honestly enjoy 'Dark Passion Play' and 'Imaginaerum', 'Oceanborn' and 'Once' more. Largely because the core sound (guitars, drums) stands out a bit more and there's more expression to those instruments (in my opinion).

However, Nightwish's evolution in sound is interesting. Each eras of Nightwish has a good amount of music to offer and never sounds one in the same.

As far as symphonic metal goes, EPICA is my favorite because they explore heavier territories (some good death metal growls contrasting beautifully with Simone's amazing clean and operatic vocals) allowing more breathing room for the guitars and drums. The orchestral arrangements in Epica's music to me are more balanced (not so over the top) where often times is more supportive than it is upfront.

Anyway, it's nice to expand the music pallette checking out other styles of metal. Great review man!

[AitechNasus]

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[tainted_lord]

I've lost interest in Nightwish since they've released Endless Forms Most Beautiful. I've more or less outgrown them. But I'm glad you're digging the new one from them

[cwm]

It’s far from their best, but some standouts like The Children of ATA and Hiraeth make it solid. Their last opus is Imaginaerum. After that the magic went south.

[helinsebastian]

(Personal opinion): I think this is the worst and most boring Nightwish-album. Just saying.

[cristianosorio]

Hi John!!! This type of music symphonic and also folk metal have never been my cup of don't like the mix of the operatic vocals with the metal. I remember when they appeared with Tarja and thought it was not a cool mix of styles, but they seems to have a big fan base and that's cool and proves that i might be completely wrong, lol.... cheers and be well