- symphonic metal, heavy metal, metal, rock
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Spinefarm Records
Angels Fall First is the debut studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, originally released by Spinefarm Records on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition. This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on eBay. It was subsequently released to the general public on 1 November, with four additional songs. The album was released in the US by Century Media in March 2001.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
- Metal Hammer (GER)4/7 ★
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Tracks
- 1Astral Romance5:13
- 2Angels Fall First5:35
- 3The Carpenter5:58
- 4Nymphomaniac Fantasia4:45
- 5Once Upon a Troubadour5:20
- 6A Return to the Sea5:49
- 7Lappi (Lapland): I. Erämaajärvi2:15
- 8Lappi (Lapland): II. Witchdrums1:19
- 9Lappi (Lapland): III. This Moment Is Eternity3:12
- 10Lappi (Lapland): IV. Etiäinen2:34
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nightwish
- Label
- Spinefarm Records
- Released
- September 30, 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FI
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