On the first look, From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas) might seem like any other Christmas album. However, the listener will soon notice that Tarja takes classical Christmas songs and brings them to a never before seen level, using her unique blend of her classically trained voice mixed with her heavy metal influences. This puts a uniquely sinister spin on traditional songs like “Amazing Grace”, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” or “Feliz Navidad”, making the listener be reminded of a movie score. Besides covering classic carols, From Spirits and Ghosts also features one brand new Tarja song – “Together”. This song is aligned with the dark sound of the album and embodies the theme of ghosts and mysticism throughout, in a brilliant, Tarja-styled manner, utilizing the sound of a grand orchestra. No other voice and artist influenced and basically created the female fronted symphonic metal genre as much as Tarja. A pioneer in goth- and symphonic metal, the classically trained Finn rose to fame with the band Nightwish, whose face and voice she had been for 9 years. Tarja, whose vocal range goes as far as three octaves, started her solo career after stepping out of Nightwish in 2004. Releasing several very successful solo albums, awarded gold and platinum in various countries, such as Germany, Poland, Czech Republic or Finland, Tarja Turunen has been touring the world with her new band.