{"id":6064,"date":"2015-03-01T23:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T22:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=6064"},"modified":"2015-03-02T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T10:43:59","slug":"nightwish-elan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=6064","title":{"rendered":"Nightwish &#8211; ELAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elan-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elan-cover-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"elan-cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elan-cover-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elan-cover-600x527.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elan-cover.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Auteur:<\/b> NIGHTWISH<\/p>\n<p><b>Titre:<\/b> \u00e9LAN<\/p>\n<p><b>Label:<\/b> NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS<\/p>\n<p><b>Sortie le:<\/b> 13\/02\/2015<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b>\u00a013\/20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir rel\u00e9gu\u00e9 aux oubliettes les cavalcades wagneriennes doubl\u00e9es de p\u00e9dales doubles grosse caisse (\u00e7a fait quatre, je compte), les tr\u00e8s lourdes guitares ESP qui jouent en mi et les mont\u00e9es lyriques walkyris\u00e9es, il semblerait que la tribu Metal-Symphonique des ann\u00e9es 2000 se soit r\u00e9cemment scind\u00e9e en deux sous-familles. D\u2019un cot\u00e9, l\u2019option d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment musique classique, section cordes et addition d\u2019une p\u00e9dale double grosse caisse (\u00e7a fait six), comme la pratique Tarja (ou Apocalyptica)\u00a0; de l\u2019autre, un son plus FM, assez vari\u00e9t\u00e9 nordique type A-HA, comme le fait Annette Olzon. Et c\u2019est cette seconde option qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e par les fondateurs et ma\u00eetres d\u00e9finitifs du genre, les finlandais de Nightwish, pour cet EP quatre titres qui annonce leur neuvi\u00e8me album, \u00abEndless Forms Most Beautiful\u00a0\u00bb, pr\u00e9vu le 27 mars prochain, le premier avec leur troisi\u00e8me chanteuse, la batave Floor Jansen, et le premier avec leur deuxi\u00e8me batteur (importants les chiffres\u2026) Kai Hahto. Et force est de constater la cons\u00e9quence du changement, nous y reviendrons plus bas.<\/p>\n<p>Pass\u00e9s les chiffres, les lettres, cet EP a pour titre \u00ab\u00a0Elan\u00a0\u00bb avec un \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb ce qui peut para\u00eetre contre-nature pour des finlandais, puisque l\u2019accent aigu est inconnu de leur alphabet. Wikip\u00e9dia \u00a9 nous dit \u00e0 ce propos\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0<em>Il n&rsquo;existe pas \u00e0 proprement parler de lettre accentu\u00e9e en finnois. Cependant, dans les mots emprunt\u00e9s au fran\u00e7ais, on peut trouver un accent aigu. Le finnois reprend occasionnellement les diacritiques \u00e9trang\u00e8res<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb. Ledit accent est \u00e9galement absent de la langue anglaise, qui demeure celle de leurs chansons. Il conviendra donc de se poser la question de cet intitul\u00e9, qui semble \u00eatre emprunt\u00e9 au fran\u00e7ais. Et aussi se poser celle du sens du mot \u00ab\u00a0Elan\u00a0\u00bb. A priori, ce n\u2019est pas une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 l\u2019animal qui peuple les steppes de leur Finlande natale. C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs ce que corrobore la pochette\u00a0: un \u00eatre humain chevelu qui saute d\u2019une falaise du Nord de notre continent (un visuel qu\u2019ils appr\u00e9cient visiblement, puisque Tarja faisait d\u00e9j\u00e0 de m\u00eame dans le clip de \u00ab\u00a0Nemo\u00a0\u00bb en 2004). Mais, il n\u2019y a que les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences visuelles qui perdurent chez le Nightwish 2015\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Quant au son donc, l\u2019orientation musicale conna\u00eet une tr\u00e8s forte r\u00e9orientation. Nul doute que l\u2019ajout de Troy Donockley, un joueur anglais de uilleann pipes, en octobre 2013 \u00e0 la cornemuse et \u00e0 la flute irlandaise, y est pour quelque chose sur cet EP. L\u2019\u00ab\u00a0Info Sheet\u00a0\u00bb nous dit d\u2019ailleurs que le genre musical pratiqu\u00e9 par le groupe est d\u00e9sormais le \u00ab\u00a0Female Fronted Metal\u00a0\u00bb, sous-genre que je ne connaissais pas\u2026 En tous cas, il semble que le terme \u00ab\u00a0Symphonic Metal\u00a0\u00bb les rebute \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent. M\u00eame le terme \u00ab\u00a0Metal\u00a0\u00bb me semble de trop d\u00e9sormais sur ces quatre titres. En effet, la production est r\u00e9solument et d\u00e9finitivement FM, \u00e0 l\u2019image de celle qu\u2019a privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e Annette Olzon pour son album solo l\u2019an pass\u00e9. Et comme elle, Nightwish a choisi d\u2019ajouter des influences celtiques \u00e0 son registre nordique. Avec ce son, la formation sonne dor\u00e9navant comme les Corrs. Le clip du single fait d\u2019ailleurs dans l\u2019imagerie Working Class (bar, f\u00eate populaire, personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es sympas\u2026). La structure des morceaux, elle, demeure\u00a0: alternance de rythmique d\u00e9pouill\u00e9e pour les couplets et grosses guitares pour les refrains. Il en est de m\u00eame concernant les breaks de batteries d\u00e9monstratifs, aux jolies plages instrumentales (o\u00f9 le flutiau a remplac\u00e9 la section cordes) et \u00e0 certains accords encha\u00een\u00e9s (\u00ab\u00a0Elan\u00a0\u00bb sonne parfois comme \u00ab\u00a0Nemo\u00a0\u00bb). En bref, les fans de Nightwish et du Metal nordique appr\u00e9cieront, en d\u00e9pit des deux ou trois r\u00e9serves formul\u00e9es plus haut (le son trop FM). Nul doute que cet EP, avec son titre bien choisi, s\u2019inscrit dans les \u00e9volutions et mutations du genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Auteur: NIGHTWISH Titre: \u00e9LAN Label: NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS Sortie le: 13\/02\/2015 Note:\u00a013\/20 &nbsp; Apr\u00e8s avoir rel\u00e9gu\u00e9 aux oubliettes les cavalcades wagneriennes doubl\u00e9es de p\u00e9dales doubles grosse caisse (\u00e7a fait quatre, je compte), les tr\u00e8s lourdes guitares ESP qui jouent en mi et les mont\u00e9es lyriques walkyris\u00e9es, il semblerait que la tribu Metal-Symphonique des ann\u00e9es 2000 se soit r\u00e9cemment scind\u00e9e en deux sous-familles. D\u2019un cot\u00e9, l\u2019option d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment musique classique, section cordes et addition d\u2019une p\u00e9dale double grosse caisse (\u00e7a fait six), comme la pratique Tarja (ou Apocalyptica)\u00a0; de l\u2019autre, un son plus FM, assez vari\u00e9t\u00e9 nordique type A-HA, comme le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":6065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1038,1037],"class_list":["post-6064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chroniques-cd","tag-elan","tag-nightwish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nightwish - ELAN - Art&#039;n&#039;Roll Webzine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chronique de l&#039;EP \u00c9lan de Nightwish, sorti le 13 f\u00e9vrier 2015\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=6064\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nightwish - 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