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Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

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Artist: Nightwish
Event: Dark Passion Play Collector’s Edition
Label: Roadrunner
Designer: Tuomas Holopainen (art direction), Janne Pitkänen (artwork)
Release Date: October 7, 2007

“Hey, here’s an idea for the artwork on the special edition. Why don’t we make it okay-looking but deathly boring compared to the original!? It will fly off the shelves…with wings!”

[hat tip: J-Magz]

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Comments 3

  1. Philip wrote:

    The collector’s edition, now with 50% less cheesy photoshopping!

    Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 12:36 pm
  2. Philip wrote:

    …and 25% more tribal shapes.

    Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 12:36 pm
  3. stephen anderson wrote:

    this is a lot better than the original.. yikes

    Posted 24 Mar 2008 at 11:37 pm

Trackbacks & Pingbacks 1

  1. From A Grand Design - Kingston Falls - Armada On Mercury on 30 Jan 2008 at 3:03 pm

    […] I haven’t heard this band yet, but I sincerely hope this release sells well as it could be a great chance for a label/designer to make a special edition that does something different from the decent yet simple regular edition. You hear that, Nightwish? […]

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