On his way back, he found out that a music label offered him a contract for Nightwish. Spinefarm released 500 copies of the demo. The story says that when some German music label boss heard about Nightwish, he promised that he would pay all cost charges if the band recorded more heavy songs. At the same time, Tuomas composed four more songs (‘Elvenpath’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Tutankhamen’ and “Know Why the Nightingale Sings’). Thus, Nightwish found new ambitions and first demos’ acoustic material was replaced by a more heavy and dynamic style. Therefore, two ballads were taken off the tracklist (‘Once Upon a Troubadour’ and ‘A Return to the Sea’).

The first album was finished at the end of October 1997.

Some reviews kept on demolishing Angel Fall First: ‘insignificant boastfulness - no big hope - rural band - from Kitee -‘. However, the band little by little gave up their acoustic sound for a dashing heavy metal: Tuomas, Jukka and Emppu were indeed from metal background. It seemed boring to them to content themselves with acoustic material with which Tarja’s voice did not match, according to them. Her voice, particularly dramatic, powerful and worked-out needed to find a place among that music which was also powerful and worked-out. After the signature of a contract for two albums, they visited Spinefarm. From that moment, the band ogled the success of Children of Bodom whose big poster made Tuomas admiring. For the time being, the latter temporarily moved in Kuopio where he studied environmental science. One of Tuomas best memories linked with Nightwish was when he discovered the results of Finnish charts on the radio: Angel Fall First’s first single (The Carpenter) had just hit number 15. From Tuomas’ mind, this memory was even more intense than when they received Platinum Records for Century Child. As the album was out, the band then wondered if their music could sound good on stage. The very first Nightwish show was organized by the band itself in Kitee on December 31st, 1997. This ‘new year’s disco” gathered an audience of 400 people. Excepted Jukka who was more experimented and used to being onstage, the band was petrified and felt like having an exam in a university auditorium to pass.