''In the Raw'' is the eighth solo studio album by Finnish

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vocalist and composer

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...

. The record was released on 30 August 2019.

Background

On ''In the Raw'', released on August 30, 2019, composer and vocalist Tarja Turunen joined forces with other Heavy Metal vocalists such as

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vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid,

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, and

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, thus including in the album vocal collaborations with them. Strid is featured in "Dead Promises", Scabbia's vocals can be heard in "Goodbye Stranger", and Karevik is featured in "Silent Masquerade". On 12 September 2019, Turunen started the "Raw Tour" to promote the "In the Raw" album. However, many of its shows were postponed due to the

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Critical reception

''In the Raw'' has been widely acclaimed by both heavy metal fans and music critics in general, as Gary Hernandez from "Metal Temple" wrote: "''In the Raw'' reminds us how good Symphonic Metal can be: Vocal performances executed to perfection, versatile songwriting, thoughtful arrangements, deeply talented musicians, excellent production values".

Track listing

Personnel

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– lead vocals, piano, art director * Alex Scholpp – guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals, drum programming * Christian Kretschmar – keyboards * Kevin Chown – bass Additional musicians *

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– additional vocals *

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– guitars, keyboards, percussion, narration, mixing * Timm Schreiner – drums * Julián Barrett – guitars, drum programming, co-producer (tracks 8 and 10), recording * Bart Hendrickson – keyboards, programming, drum programming, ambient design *

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– bass * Peter Barrett – bass * Anders Wollbeck – keyboards, programming * Johnny Andrews – keyboards, co-producer (track 3) * Erik Nyholm – keyboards * James Dooley – keyboards, programming *

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– percussion * Thiago Pugas – percussion Production * Marcelo Cabuli – art direction, recording * Travis Kennedy – mixing assistant * Justin Shturtz – mastering * Max Vaccaro – executive producer * Anja Obersteller – executive producer * Isabelle Albrecht – executive producer * Bernhard Hahn – recording * Jim Dooley – ambient design

Charts

References

External links

Tarjaturunen.com

Album: In the Raw

Tarja: In the Raw
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