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End of Innocence (2003)

End of Innocence poster
Original title
Nightwish: End of Innocence
Directed by
Timo Halo
Genre
documentary film, symphonic metal, biographical film, musical film
Country
Finland
Runtime
3h 24m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It shows interview segments with band members and friends, mixed with performance clips and behind-the-scenes footage of the group having fun.

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What happens

End of Innocence is the second official DVD release of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It features numerous clips of the band performing livetracks, including a recording of the band performing one of their first songs, "Beauty and the Beast", with bassist Marko Hietala performing the male vocal part (in the past this part was performed by Tuomas Holopainen or Tony Kakko, from Sonata Arctica). However, unlike most music DVDs, the main portion of the disc is dedicated to the End of Innocence documentary (directed by Timo Halo), which involves a long interview with Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Jukka Nevalainen (drums) and Tapio Wilska (guest musician and friend of the band, also ex-vocalist of Finntroll), as well as several short clips of the band performing, playing pranks on support bands, recording in the studio and generally having fun. It also contains a short intro song called "Kiteen Pallo" originally made for the Kiteen Pallo sports team, which could be found on the official Nightwish website as "kipa.mp3". The limited edition includes a live CD, called Live at Summer Breeze 2002, which contains the tracks "End of All Hope", "Dead to the World", "10th Man Down", "Slaying the Dreamer", "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Sleeping Sun", "The Kinslayer" and "Come Cover Me". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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