The Brightest Void

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The Brightest Void
Tarja turunen -- the brightest void.jpg
EP by
Tarja
Released3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) [1]
Recorded2015-2016
Genre
Label earMUSIC
Producer Tarja
Tarja chronology
Ave Maria – En Plein Air
(2015)		The Brightest Void
(2016)		 The Shadow Self
(2016)
Singles from The Brightest Void
  1. "An Empty Dream [3] "
    Released: June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Brightest Void is the third EP by Finnish rock and metal soprano vocalist Tarja Turunen. It serves as a prequel to the main album The Shadow Self. It was released on the 3 June 2016 and contains 9 tracks. [6]

Contents

Background

This album came to Tarja as an idea for a big surprise and gift to her fans containing material recorded but not being included on the main album. She explained: "During the long process of recording the songs for my new studio album ‘The Shadow Self’, I realised that there were so many tracks... ...for just one album. So this time I decided to keep nothing for myself and to share all my favourite new songs with you, the fans, who have shown such passionate and constant support." [7]

On 14 April 2016, earMUSIC released a trailer for the video, "No Bitter End". [8] The whole video was released on 20 April.

On 27 May 2016, Tarja announced the full-length album was available for streaming on Apple Music.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Bitter End" (Video Clip Version)
3:49
2."Your Heaven and Your Hell" (feat. Michael Monroe)
5:34
3."Eagle Eye" (feat. Toni Turunen, with Chad Smith on drums)
  • Turunen
  • Pauli Rantasalmi
5:01
4."An Empty Dream" (Main Theme from "Corazón Muerto")
  • Turunen
  • Miguel Ricardo Borzi
  • Mariano Cattaneo
5:02
5."Witch-Hunt"Turunen5:16
6."Shameless"
  • Turunen
  • Barrett
3:42
7."House of Wax" (Paul McCartney cover) Paul McCartney 5:50
8."Goldfinger" (James Bond Main Theme, Shirley Bassey cover)
4:15
9."Paradise (What About Us?) (new mix)" (feat. Within Temptation)
5:18
Japanese Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Into The Sun"
6:10

Personnel

Musicians

[9]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 113
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 80
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [13] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] 25
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 99
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 35

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