The Dark Element - "Not Your Monster" (Official Music Video)

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THE DARK ELEMENT is a musical project featuring vocalist Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish) and Finnish guitarist and songwriter Jani Liimatainen (Insomnium, Cain's Offering).
“Songs The Night Sings” takes off where the self-titled debut left off, with immaculate vocals from Anette and fabulous anthems written by Jani.
"It’s a thrill that we’re releasing yet another album and for me it’s been even easier to record this one since me and Jani now know each other really well. For me, this album is bigger and better and I believe the ones who liked the first one will really like this one too. All I can say is that I already long to do another album. Hep hep!" says Anette.
Jani adds, "I think the album is very heavy, but still hyper melodic, and this time we are even exploring new musical territories we didn't on the previous album. Now that me and Anette have one album together under our belts, we have found the style we want to pursue and also the ideal way of working together. Given all this, I think it's safe to say that with this album you'll get even more of what made the first album so good, only it's gonna be bigger, better and bolder!"
THE DARK ELEMENT made their live debut in June 2018 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. They also completed a short Japanese tour and performed at the Frontiers Rock Sweden festival in October at Fryshuset Klubben in Stockholm. More tour dates are planned for this upcoming album, so expect to see the band on stage again soon.
Since word of this project initially got out, fans were frothing at the mouth with anticipation for its arrival. And no wonder considering the talent involved! Anette is widely known for being the immaculate voice on the hit albums from Nightwish, “Dark Passion Play” and “Imaginareum”. Jani has recently been busy in Insomnium as well as Cain's Offering alongside Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto, but left a deep mark on the minds of all power metal fans thanks to his time in Sonata Arctica. The resulting debut album released in November 2017 took no time to prove that the resume of the individuals involved did indeed add up to the musical output.
Tracklisting:
1. Not Your Monster
2. Songs The Night Sings
3. When It All Comes Down
4. Silence Between The Words
5. Pills On My Pillow
6. To Whatever End
7. The Pallbearer Walks Alone
8. Get Out Of My Head
9. If I Had A Heart
10. You Will Learn
11. I Have To Go
Line-up:
Anette Olzon - Vocals
Jani Liimatainen - Guitars, keyboards, programming
Jonas Kuhlberg - Bass
Rolf Pilve - Drums
Produced by Jani Liimatainen
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Once we We were the young and the tragic Trying to make our magic in This world of temporary things We were Searching for sweet perfection Turning it to affliction while Not knowing fact from fiction I was thoughtless Never that cold and heartless It was a play reserved for you When you wanted something new No more, call me when you are sober You are too drunk to remember now I did write you a love song You got the words wrong The pledge, the turn, the prestige Are not worth anything When we have to perform them In front of a blind audience We all have made our mistakes Mistakes we’ve paid for I’ll always be a monster But not your monster anymore In the end we Gave a birth to a hopeless dream We had it all but prestige and I have grown to hate our child I learned After we closed the curtain And you had made me disappear I was not the magician But the assistant The pledge, the turn, the prestige Are not worth anything When we have to perform them In front of a blind audience We all have made our mistakes Mistakes we’ve paid for I’ll always be a monster But not your monster anymore I have no more cards up my sleeve And you’re no enchanter I might have been playing the wolf But you were the vampire The pledge, the turn, the prestige Are not worth anything When we have to perform them In front of a blind audience We all have made our mistakes Mistakes we’ve paid for I’ll always be a monster But not your monster anymore

[@For-better_tomorrow..]

😔

[@El-Villano-De-La-Pelicula]

Frontiers please include them in importants festivals and latin american tours. we the latins also paid. Porfavor incluyanlos en festivales importantes como wacken por decir. y hagan giras latinoamericana que nosotros tambien pagamos

[@andrewjohnson8346]

That's way heavy

[@frontiersmusicsrl]

@@El-Villano-De-La-Pelicula, that's not our decision, but the promoters of the festivals.

[@El-Villano-De-La-Pelicula]

@@frontiersmusicsrl I Hope they put an eye on TDE . They will sell more copies if they are known

[@sergioramiz]

I just have so much more respect for Annette now that I know she’s a nurse and she’s been working helping people in the midst of the corona crisis! I hope she gets all the success she deserves with her musical projects.

[@lauravillarreal189]

Her dad sadly passed away for coronavirus . Massive respect to all the nurses, and doctors out there 👏 Anette you are awesome 💜❤

[@InFlames1412]

@@lauravillarreal189 Source to that ?

[@lauravillarreal189]

@@InFlames1412 she posted it on instagram

[@Kikidy523]

I remember, she said her cat was named after him.

[@brucerouffian2630]

@@lauravillarreal189 Fuck! Still, her voice works really well here, so her lungs are clearly OK.

[@AOIXenocide]

Anette you have found your place. This is the right fit. Fantastic.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

I liked Anette's place a lot in Nightwish, too.

[@vikavika4194]

she is the place... in the famous band participated in the best selling album Dark Passion Play

[@ericsloss3963]

I agree. Never thought she was a great fit in Nightwish. She couldn't do the old songs justice. Much more comfortable here.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

@@ericsloss3963 Floor can't do the old songs justice either. Even her fans don't ask reactions to "Deep Silent Complete," "Wishmaster," "10th Man Down" which were sung in operatic fashion originally, nor even to less operatic ones like "The Siren" or "Nemo" or "Sahara" which were sung better by Tarja and Anette. "Ever Dream" and "Ghost Love Score" are the only Tarja's era song that Floor sings well in my opinion, but both are contemporary style songs, so in the style she sings. Edit: oh yeah, forgot the "Sleeping Sun". Of that song there's two versions, the original operatic version from 1999 and the rearranged contemporary style version from 2005, Tarja sings both, Anette and Floor sing the contemporary version. And imho Anette makes better Storytime and Poet and the Pendulum too than Floor. But that I'm sure depends of which is your favorite. To me Floor sounds boring, monochrome soft in those songs, while Anette's voice is more coulourful and variation.

[@ericsloss3963]

@@Aurinkohirvi I disagree 100% with your statement. Floor can do all the songs with ease. Anette couldn't do any of the songs from the first couple of albums. They didn't even really try. I am sorry, but Floor was the perfect replacement and a great singer. I've seen all of them live before (I've actually seen Floor with all of her bands). Anette is the clear third in live settings. Not even close. But if you like Anette, that is fine. As I said I think she is pretty good with this band.

[@HeliodoroFG]

Stop everything, Anette is headbanging. ANETTE IS HEADBANGING!

[@28076130513B]

@Heliodoro Faz *Holy crap* - damned, you´re right - I also never have seen that of her before! Looks good, that much is certain...

[@GothicElf68]

Not only is she headbanging, she looks like she is having a great time! She looks happy!

[@PanduinCallejon]

~Jazzmusic stops O:

[@xxelementtracexxv5711]

She has the hair now y not

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

Not only that...but almost like Tarja did a few times, especially when you remember the End of an Era DVD

[@DibyenduSarkardibyendu]

Obviously the greatest singer of singer. Amazing voice quality she has.

[@oiddio69]

We need another Dark Element Album please

[@juanjosegarciaballesteros]

And now other please 😄

[@oaamz]

I'm so happy for Anette. She received a lot of bulllshit and now it seems she has found the right place for her. Everything happens for a reason. And I'm also glad a lot of people are supporting her now ♥

[@Raztiana]

She's a very good singer, and the amount of BS she had to take for not being Tarja was so unfair. She was really good at making the songs her own, and I always liked her version of Nemo better. This seems to be just the right fit for her, and it sounds great.

[@Andrews_Wrestling_Life]

@@rbr8818 same

[@ZackMorse]

When you let Annette be Annette ... it’s just magic. She sounds great & the song is awesome too. 🤘🏼👍🏼

[@jamiewoods6799]

The first album she did with nightwish sounded like she was trying to emulate Tarja (except for The Islander, I think her bright soprano makes the song more haunting) but I loved her in imaginarium

[@sirencall8073]

@@jamiewoods6799 Emulate Tarja with clean vocals..huh?

[@jamiewoods6799]

@@sirencall8073 emulate with a more drawn out, pseudo opera style. How Annette sings between the two albums is VERY different, with imaginarium sounding more like Annette's actual style. She sounds so much more comfortable and relaxed.

[@sirencall8073]

@@jamiewoods6799 Not really, Anette sounds better on Imaginearum due to the fact she practised heavily and worked on her voice, when she just joined Nightwish, she was a singer in an AOR band who was very different from NW. Anette's versions of Tarja's songs are very different from the original.

[@jamiewoods6799]

@@sirencall8073 well yeah, Tarja has a very dark soprano where Annette is a very bright and light soprano, and they have opposite singing styles. I'm not talking about Annette covering Tarja's songs, I'm saying that Annette sang in different styles in Dark Passion Play and Imaginarium, with her sounding better, more relaxed, and in her own personal style in Imaginarium. I'm not sure if Nightwish just needed the time to figure out how to best write songs for Annette's style, if it was a conscious choice for Annette to sing in the style that she did in DPP, or what. I'm also looking forward to NW's second album with Floor because I don't feel that they really have utilized Floor's full abilities or style in Endless Forms Most Beautiful, and I think in their next album there will again be a big difference in singing styles with Floor.

[@ebrenalmodo7156]

She's such a nice person in life as well...I remember I was only 12 when I went to my first Nightwish concert around 2007 and after the whole stuff she came down from stage and shook hands with fans...I couldn't say a word and nearly cried, she took both my hands and thanked me for coming and gave me a kiss on the face...her kids probably were in the same age as me...so in short she was an angel against all the mockery she recieved from Nightwish fans ❤

[@guidedbywind147]

Thank you. She indeed was.

[@mish375]

Never forget: she worked as a nurse during the pandemic and tragically lost her father in the early months of the pandemic, yet still kept going despite the grief. That tells me all I need to know about Anette's character and there's nothing bad to say. I'm glad to see she's back and has been putting out solo albums, collaborations, and with this band as well. She's made a comeback and it's well deserved.

[@walkawaycat431]

Aww. I could see her doing that. She seems so sweet, and I love her voice.

[@myzis967]

Ella es maravillosa yo también me emocioné mucho cuando me puso en su historia ella debió tener mucho más reconocimiento…❤❤❤❤

[@ashleymdubbs]

Jani and Annette is the musical partnership we deserve!!! Not one bad track on both albums!!!!

[@ultramax1990]

I agree

[@alexdesouza8423]

I hope he doesn't abandon this

[@GianlucaPica]

I never understood why she was so criticized when she was the Nightwish vocalist (or better, I was not agree with the critics). So I'm simply happy to see her here, singing, moving, headbanging, being happy. Great song, thanks Anette

[@MikkoRantalainen]

I think it was because NW fans wanted a singer that can do classical singing and operatic lines and Anette had pop style vocals instead. However, it must be said that the albums with Anette are still the most successful ones commercially. Those people that prefer Anette simply like the more commercial style of NW songs. For me Floor is overall the best option but it's just a matter of taste. Scaretale is Anette's best NW song in my opinion.

[@hdwildrider2002]

people were mad because they got rid of Tarja

[@Batoni4000]

Just find some live performance by annete, Shes ridicules live

[@mateoclivio]

​@@MikkoRantalainenfor sure Jansen is the perfect fit, she is a f***** vilkyrie singing on stage

[@rashkavar]

She doesn't have the absolutely *astonishing* vocal range that Tarja had, which meant she really struggled with performing a number of Tarja-era songs on tour. The stuff written while Anette was with Nightwish, by contrast, works within Anette's range, and there she performs brilliantly. So if you're someone primarily enjoying the band through studio recordings, you'd never hear the mismatch, and Nightwish's songwriting is solid enough that it's able to account for singers having different capabilities without sacrificing the quality of the writing. (And this is not a condemnation of Anette, this is akin to taking an opera piece written for a soprano and giving it to an alto singer...it's going to come out weird because you've picked someone whose vocal range doesn't cover the notes you're asking for. Anette and Tarja are both brilliant singers, it's just that Tarja has an unusually broad vocal range that makes songs written with that range in mind very difficult for others to perform - Nightwish later got very lucky with Floor Janssen, as she is also someone with an extremely broad vocal range.)

[@ACW-2024]

Anette sounds wonderful

[@pippinisawesome52]

HOLY HECK GO OFF ANETTE!!!!! YES GIRL!!!!!

[@Briansgate]

Annette is the reason I found this band, and been doing nothing but loving it!

[@toreg.nyhammer6328]

Same here!

[@SantyWilly]

I came for Jani, but the result is the same.

[@brianzurek510]

She's so gorgeous 😍

[@bellingsen]

She has a amasing voice!

[@rjb7032]

I love the way Anette moves as she sings.

[@Y.S.0101]

I love Anette's voice🤘🏻

[@DJ-eq5bg]

Definitely Jani - Anette, new era for progresive color music

[@andreluizcarneiro]

Power song. I really appreciate this band.

[@SpookiCooki]

Anette is really glowing here. I think she looks more beautiful now than ever.

[@mvb383]

anette is amazing yeahhhh.

[@carlossilveira7007]

My queen is back, long live my queen

[@rafaelakat401]

This girl is pure gold ❤

[@maikw.thegamingman2257]

Anette olzon you are the best female voice of rock music i love it .

[@maxidrivemaxidrive4330]

Instantly hooked!

[@fulcrum_ghost4067]

Good song of Anette ❤️

[@darrylburmeister1676]

This is YOUR time Annette . Shine on while the lights on !

[@ThePrcpi]

Anette looks stunning!

[@medeadenadel9096]

She looks like tarja ...

[@cancelled_user]

@@medeadenadel9096 I thought it was Tarja in the thumbnail, lol

[@pippinisawesome52]

I KNOW RIGHT?! That gold is absolutely fabulous on her!!

[@danielmatous8967]

SUPER!!!

[@inconsolable1976]

Anette eternal!!!!!!!!!!

[@ivelinapancheva3681]

Whoa, Anette is stunning!

[@psychonight467]

Annete sings amazing

[@DarthHastur]

as a fan of Nightwish Anette will always be my favorite monster.

[@rolandvisser4143]

Anette Ozon! one the greatest of all time!!!!! Man, can she sing!!!

[@TomCox1992]

We need another dark element album 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@planetarizonacomics8248]

Jani and Annette are a great team.

[@amykohn8405]

Annette doesn't need Nightwish! Another epic song!! 🤘❤

[@shaynemckimber1869]

Had a bad day at work. Came home and found the new album in the mail. ALL IS WELL NOW.

[@plamenvladimirov9435]

Absolutely Fantastic.

[@mrenfilade7178]

Anette ALWAYS a rock goddess

[@sergiu234nfs]

Eh, let's not over-react :))

[@r.s.mendoza8085]

"I was not the magician, but the assistant" favorite line

[@raytotherose10101]

Storytime will forever be my favorite nightwish song and it will always be exclusive to Annette.

[@ktay7382]

Beautiful song

[@carlybhabhabhabha2144]

ANETTE......... I love.....

[@MrSardoc1]

Anette sounds brilliant here!

[@KaruiAoi]

Annette is amazing. Classy metalhead. Just what we need.

[@fxexpert4541]

Jani my guitar hero!

[@sirencall8073]

2:15 can we just appreciate the headbanging duo?

[@geohumanas-prof.crisyohan]

Like judas priest banging together

[@pombomaldito]

Anette is like Blaze Baley! Great singers with a big heart

[@tobiasarvidsson5211]

Great song and great video. Anette voice is so talented.

[@TheCaesar666]

Anette's headbanging tho! 😍

[@diszain]

Anette demostrando lo que siempre tuvo: un enorme talento 💟

[@anabanana8680]

De acuerdo....

[@leonsfreden1869]

talento para el pop, no para el rock menos para el metal

[@lauraacevedo164]

Opino lo mismo todas sus canciones me encantan tiene algo especial en su voz que me encanta!!!

[@juanjodiaz72]

Es muy bueno lo que hacen. Dentro del metal sinfonico es una gran banda con una voz muy competente

[@tonnyrios]

A esa doña pónganle una cumbia... lo único bueno en este video es Jani, ese compa si tiene talento!

[@tessprimm1678]

Pop music has Sonny & Cher, country music has Dolly & Kenny, and metal has Jani & Anette! I hope this duo keeps doing collaborations because they have gotten my interest back into the genre!

[@zealous944]

much

[@ancabalan4864]

Annette, this suits you to perfection. You found your place. Good luck, you have a fan in me.

[@1960pete1]

Brilliant song sung perfectly by a beautiful singer.

[@p5gBand]

Anette is BACK. Welcome back Annette. We'll talk about the music video later but the song is good and she sounds great.

[@MsErictyler]

Anette's so amazing

[@vladvampirelord8910]

I like how the energy level just keeps rising in this song.

[@janiceherbon4090]

Beautiful!

[@favoritemusic4612]

This song is becoming one of my favorites. Annette , Jani & the rest of The Dark Element have joined my other favorite bands.

[@angghorazuvriady]

Greattt song great band great voice annet love u..

[@mateuszput9612]

I love this band ❤️

[@stephsteph4574]

Anette ❤

[@YodaMan-420]

not to take anything away from the music -- its great. but that t-shirt is the best thing about this. i want one.

[@nuisito1918]

Vamos Anette!!!

[@strivingforheaven]

So this is where Annette landed, sounds great!

[@Pix191919]

Finally... A voice/sound I like.... Now she's great....

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

She had great voice when she was in Nightwish. You guys hated her because she wasn't Tarja. Shame on you.

[@thedivaphyllis]

Sounds great Anette!

[@papaaji7211]

I like this song 👍

[@corneliud2078]

Listening this first song of the album we understand that The Dark Element is on same level with Nightwish or others giants of Symphonic Metal. It isn't here a new band who is trying, here is one of the best voice, Anette who found an ideal partner. I liked most Nightwish during the Anette's period so I'm glad to see her any action.

[@rayhammond6484]

THE DARK ELEMENT are fucking ace. Highly recommend anybody to buy their albums as this outfit are brilliant with not one duff song on any of their material. They totally rock and have a superb vocalist in Annette. FANTASTIC BAND.

[@jedware6979]

Incredible song!

[@Dreamcastle100]

WOW WOW WOW!!! They are great!!

[@magnuswettermark6085]

Bloody Awesome..!!! Anette + Jani = PERFECT

[@barrerasciencelabuniverse6606]

Yeah this is good!

[@Vedonlyoja97]

Anette is so beautiful 😍

[@lutessio]

Anette totally rocks!!!

[@dantelinares6820]

Dark element in a World tour please! 😍😍😍😍

[@nueschi]

Anette is headbanging! AMAZING! 🔥🔥🔥

[@MeditationalSoundscapes]

An amazing comeback for Anette and Jani. Simply crushing it!

[@gibran281]

Anette is your moment!!! Great!!

[@Rancid-Jane]

Nearing one million.

[@dietmarbeyer3794]

Just great

[@ulfgrimmsson1468]

Anette's vocals sound so strong on Her solo albums and The Dark Element albums . Her vocals suit the heavier sound of The Dark Element and Her solo work is outstanding . Great too see Anette happy again .

[@MsWhitekate]

I love her voice...she is a well talented singer...

[@lckoliver]

Can't stop listening to this song. Love Anete's voice

[@muusihuusi]

She is still Singer with capitol s. I liked her singing while in NW, a lot of warmth in her voice. Good song, btw.

[@donaldbilkey7306]

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[@simtastisch0202]

bitte, bitte mehr von diesem Projekt, es ist soooooooo wahnisinnig cooooooooooool. Anette is amazing and Jani to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rancid-Jane]

Such wonderful music.

[@hooterville1863]

I became a Nightwish fan during the Annette years but like most people i can't argue with the fact that they hit a home run with Floor Jensen....but The Dark Elemant is a home run for Annette.

[@sergiu234nfs]

True. Although I am a Nightwish fan since Tarja's time and when they got Anette, I just felt pitty for her. For Anette I mean. :)

[@ezioauditore6038]

Yay go Anette!

[@jntdhome]

Between this and Insomnium, Jani is killing it!!! Anette sounds better than ever! I really hope this duo continue making great music together!!

[@pettervindenes4541]

Anette is so good! Love that she is back!!

[@sillassoaresc.5358]

Dark Passiom Play' s Soul is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@peepawghost]

Anette can make any song more awesome.

[@davidvitullo8581]

A good song Annette has a strong beautiful voice good song writer Annette has a beautiful body beautiful face beautiful long black hair dark element a good band 😎🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🌹🌹❤️❤️🏋️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🎸🎸🌹

[@FK-kt8yw]

She is such a great singer and has a fantastic personality♡