Soon Holopainen started thinking of breaking up the band. Meanwhile guitarist Emppu Vuorinen had started complaining that he felt like a hired gun who would only do what he's asked to he was told to bite the bullet and no more was mentioned over the problem. The band discussed this with Vanska several times, with no change, tensions started to build. He had started acting strangely to the band like missing appointments and failing to take gigs as seriously as the other members. Soon after their release the band hit one of the hardest points yet this involved mainly the bassist Sami Vänskä. This was all collectively known as From Wishes to Eternity. They also released a VHS, DVD and CD with live material from a show in Tampere (December 29 2000). This included another guest performance by Tapio Wilska. This was their first and only to date EP. They used Tony Kakko for the singing instead of Tuomas. In 2001 Nightwish recorded a cover of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and far away with two new songs 10th man down and Away together with a remake of Astral Romance (from the Angels Fall First album). In the summer the band returened to Europe and played at the Wacken Open Air and the Bieop Metal festival. After the release of Wishmaster Nightwish went on their first world tour playing in South America, Mexico, Canada and in Europe with Sinergy and Eternal Tears of Sorrow. However German magazine Rock Hard declared Wishmaster album of the month. There was a lot of critical response with Allmusic citing that the album was repetitive and as a whole album it could be annoying or frustrating. 1 and for the following three weeks was certified gold in Finland. In May 2000 they released their third album Wishmaster which debut no. there although they won the public vote the jury chose local gospel singer Nina Astrom to represent Finland. In studio working on their third album Nightwish was accepted into the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest with the song Sleepwalker. The CD was released internationally in the spring of 1999. Sacrament of Wilderness hit no.1 on Finnish charts. The album also features guest vocals by Tapio Wilska. They used a more technical and progressive sound than their original CD abandoning much of their original ambient and folk elements of their original CD.
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On october 1998 they released their second full length album OCeanborn in Finland only. Their first video clip for the carpenter in April 1998. In December 1997 after only one year they made their live debut in their hometown Kitee Finland. Angels fall First the full album was first released internationally in November 1997 and reached 31 on Finnish album charts with the single The Carpenter reaching 3 on Finnish charts. The demo made its way to the Finnish record label Spinefarm Records in May 1997 they signed Nightwish to a two album deal. In April 1997 the nabd entered the studio to record seven songs for their second demo called Angels First as a lead up to their first full length album which had the same name. This heavy metal element on the bands original style forms the core of Nightwishes sound. They were joined in 1997 following the release of their first demo by Jukka Nevalainen (drummer) and the acoustic guitar was taken over by an electric one. It was decided that Turunen's operatric voice was too strong for the acoustic style and it was decided to add in heavy metal elements. The name Nightwish came from their first song. Nightwish was started by Tuomas Holopainen (keyboard) in 1996 he was joined by schoolmate and ex-bandmate Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (acoustic guitars) and classical vocalist Tarja Turunen (they all had the same music teacher.
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