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Metaldoom, эх, а я вот наоборот - в условиях отсутствия компа сэмплы раздобыла, а вот отзывы о них при чтении с мобилки так и остаются зогадошными белыми полосочками 
Epic Finns reach their grandest scale yet
Whenever a bandmember begins talking of their own work in the same breath as Pink Floyd then you pretty much know that they’ve either a) gone totally loco, or b) might have just pulled off a work of jaw-droppingly astonishing reverence. The way things seemed to have been going with Nightwish following the departure of original vocalist Tarja Turunen and the arrival of her replacement Anette Olzon would suggest the former. After the rumours flying around about Anette failing to fit in, and even of a potential split, Tuomas Holopainen’s likening Nightwish’s impending seventh studio album Imaginaerum to Pink Floyd’s magnum opus The Wall could well have been a codeword for ‘prize turkey’.
There’s certainly no denying the grandiose scale of the Imaginaerum project. The album will be followed by a full-length feature film directed by Stobe Harju, who directed the promo video for Dark Passion Play’s The Islander, all tied in to the central concept of the album, which revolves around the childhood memories of a senile songwriter.
Fortunately for both Nightwish and their fans, Tuomas Holopainen is made of stern stuff. For not only has he guided the band through seemingly potentially choppy waters, but he has also corralled Nightwish into creating their most ostentatious offering yet.
Imaginaerum is undeniably bonkers stuff. And not just a little brilliant. Shrouded in a cloak of complex conceptuality, what immediately strikes you is the clarity of the Nightwish sound and the cohesiveness of the band’s performance. Not only does Anette now sound as if she’s been part of the band forever, but the return of Uillean piper Troy Donockley adds rich Celtic flavours to the band’s sound, whilst the Pip Williams-directed London Philharmonic Orchestra further embolden the band’s bravest sonic moves yet.
Coming on like an acid-fried soundtrack to a particularly demented Tim Burton movie, Imaginaerum is Nightwish’s most eclectic and challenging work. That it suceeds is due largely not just to the talents of Tuomas, but the sterling work of Anette. In the hands of Tarja, an already over-the-top presentation might have been blown out of the water. Anette, sounding more than comfortably assured throughout, brings with her the requisite amount of light and shade to suggest she was the perfect fit.
She handles the delightful jazzy Slow, Love, Slow with subtle character while pouring her heart and soul into the bombastic I Want My Tears Back (along with the strident Scaretale, the most typical Nightwish track on offer). Swirling around these are the more cinematic likes of Storytime, Arabesque, the emphatic Last Ride of the Day and the multi-part Song of Myself, built around Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name, all emphasising and amplifying the vast scope of the project’s fearless vision.
Pompous, progressive and bordering on preposterous, Imaginaerum really is quite some ride. Fortunately for Nightwish, it’s just the kind of ride their fans will love to take. 8/10
(By Jerry Ewing for Metal Hammer)
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