Hands were raised throughout much of the sprawling general admission floor, and it was clear from her radiant smile that Charlotte was enjoying the reception.

Delain is rounded out by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martjin Westerholt, Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije on bass guitar, Timo Somers on guitar, and Ruben Israel on drums. Despite her vocals being too low in the mix, the uptempo jaunt of “Mother Machine” and “Get the Devil Out Of Me” came over well. Unlike the usual haunts of Best Buy Theater or Gramercy Theatre, it took the cavernous grandeur of Hammerstein Ballroom to adequately house this monster of a billing on Thursday April 9th in New York City.Īs the lights went down and Delain took the stage, the floor was already packed, abuzz with eagerness to see Charlotte Wessels and company perform their set. It has been three years since Nightwish appeared in the States, and on this tour they brought along for support, artillery, and all things martial and epic, Sweden’s very own post-millennial answer to Manowar, the mighty Sabaton, as well as the dulcet, driving Dutch sensation Delain to open the night’s festivities. Playing the Big Apple for the first time with third and latest vocalist, Floor Jansen, at the helm, this tour sees them supporting their latest album Endless Forms Most Beautiful.

It is safe to say that 2015 is turning out to be one of the former, as Metal fans of all ages turned up in droves for the highly anticipated return of Finnish Symphonic Metal masters Nightwish. Heavy Metal has endured plenty of ups and downs in the United States over the years.

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