Angels Fall First history :
Nightwish’s first album was released in 1997, at last. At the time, the band did not have the success they later had from the release of Oceanborn on – their second album. The line-up was still not complete at that time since Emppu dealt with the guitar (acoustic and electric) and the bass parts. Sami Vanskä had not joined the band yet, although his name is written on the “thanks” page at the end of the album. Yet, Nightwish’s crew was organised since Tero (sound technician, engineer, and roadie for each tour with the band), Ewo (Nightwish’s tour manager) and others already took part in Angels Fall First.
One can also notice that Tuomas was already the only composer for the band even if the booklet states that lyrics were written by Tuomas while the music was composed by the whole band.

Nightwish’s first concert at the Tavastia Club :
Nightwish luckily gave a few concerts right from 1997, when Angels Fall First came out.
They obviously did not play as headliners but that experience was beneficial though. One of their very first shows took place in a mythical club in Finland – the Tavastia Club. This venue is a reference in Finland and despite their success and the smallness of the room, Nightwish still plays there on every tour. The band played Angels Fall First main songs there – a rare occasion to hear performances of songs which were not played live afterwards (especially a beautiful link between Angels Fall First and Know Why The Nightingale Sings and a duet by Tuomas and Tarja on The Carpenter which could make a few people – band included – smile!)