Just as The Lord Of The Rings cannot be read in one sitting, or Michelin Star banquets be downed while answering emails at work, Yesterwynde is a thing that requires you to be a participant. Like the best things in life, it takes time and, given the opulence of its production, probably headphones. This, finally, is the ultimate expression of Nightwish, a magnum opus that delivers everything this galactic band do best, but expands each aspect further. The universe is infinite, and so it seems is the creative mind of band leader Tuomas Holopainen. Here are aural crescents of triumph; huge hooks and riffs propel The Antikythera Mechanism as the song’s storyline marvels at a nascent computer used by ancient Greek astronomers, while the ’80s-tinged and similarly ...