Dark Christmas

Continuing the legacy of her first dark Christmas album, Dark Christmas is more cinematic and orchestral.

With a new set of Christmas covers backed by a darker and more cinematic orchestration, Finnish singer Tarja Turunen shows how magical her dark Christmas fantasy world can be.

Unlike her previous album, which had a more melancholic tone, Tarja continues in a more epic tone, with electronic beats, some guitars and a children's choir that raise the bar. Dark Christmas has a sound that would fit perfectly in a Tim Burton film or in one of the dark children's fantasies of the 80s and 90s. The biggest highlights are the versions of "Last Christmas", "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and the epic "Holy Night". I admit that as strange as it may be, "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" probably received their best versions ever, even though they are still the cheesiest Christmas songs ever made, I liked it and played it over and over again.

As I mentioned before, the entire album has a cinematic and musical sound and it is not strange that it is accompanied by a very well-produced short film that was shown in some cinemas around the world.

Tarja raises the bar and delivers a very well-produced album that takes us back to her own Christmas world, which may not please everyone but is an unforgettable experience.