In November, Nightwish also played two shows in Montreal, Canada. This was followed by successful shows at Wacken Open Air, Biebop Metal Fest and the first headliner European tour with Sinergy and Eternal Tears Of Sorrow. The three-week tour in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Panama and Mexico turned out to be one of the band's greatest experiences so far. 66 in France! The "Wishmaster World Tour", which started from Kitee, continued first to the big festivals in Finland and then to South America in July 2000.
Wishmaster also debuted in the National German Charts at No. Wishmaster was approved by both the fans and the media and it was named the album of the month by the German magazine Rock Hard in their issue 6/2000, past the long-awaited new releases by Bon Jovi and Iron Maiden. Wishmaster went straight to number 1 on the Finnish album charts and stayed in that position for three weeks, during that time, it also reached the gold disc mark. After the show, the band received gold discs for the album Oceanborn and the singles Sacrament of Wilderness, Walking in the Air, and Sleeping Sun. The new album, Wishmaster, was released in May and the Wishmaster Tour started from Kitee, the home town of the band. Nightwish cleared the first round of the qualification, but the final position was second despite an overwhelming win in the public televoting. A welcome interruption came to the repetitive studio work when they took part in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Sleepwalker. In early 2000 the band entered the studio again for the recording of their third album. Nightwish and at this time, Spinefarm extended the contract to include three records instead of two. After that Nightwish played only seven gigs in the following winter because Jukka and Emppu were in the army and Tarja was busy with her studies. Nightwish played their first gig in Kitee on the 31st December 1997. Angels Fall First was released in early November and went number 31 on the official album chart in Finland. Before the release of Angels Fall First, a single called The Carpenter was released, and made it to number eight on the official singles chart in Finland. That August, the band went to the studio and recorded four new songs. In May 1997, Nightwish signed a recording contract with Spinefarm for two records. These songs can be found on the limited edition of the album Angels Fall First. After a couple of weeks of training, the band went to the studio this was in April 1997. Also at this time, the acoustic guitar was replaced with an electric. The band wanted to see what the music would sound like if drums were added ( Jukka joined the band).
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