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DPP is a harder album than Once.

NW presented the contents of their new album to about ten media people at Finnvox studios on Thursday. Also present were four members of the band (all except Jukka).

When the first notes of the new album sounded in the studio control room, there was true anxiety in the air. The beautiful and melancholic opening track The Poet... wandered in sweet spheres, but the second track BBB spit out very heavy metal and Marco's raw and manly singing.

The further the 75-minute album progressed, the more evident it was that it is very versatile, the scale is from speed metal to Irish-type folk and radio-hit type heavy pop. There is also one instrumental piece, The Islander. Also the band's hardest moments are to be found on the album.

It is also clear that Eva is not the best song on the album - the best song could easily be Amaranth, the next single, that sticks like a gum.

Anette's clean and clear singing gives an obvious refreshment shot to NW's music. One could assume that NW will proceed with Olzon even further, as the singer's voice is now less irritating to the wide public. The band's boys can be proud of their choice.

DPP has cost even 500,000 euros and you can hear that. There is a tremendous wealth of material on the album, but to balance the epic moments there are sensitive, acoustic moments. At least now Tuomas, with the band, witnesses that they can make any kind of music.

The new album proved to be a success already at the first listening, but to criticise it fully would need more listenings. DPP is such a monstrous package.