Kuolema tekee taiteilijan

"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is the third single released from the album Once by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of Once.^[1] The single was only released in Japan and Finland.

LanguageFinnish

English titleDeath Makes an Artist

B-side

• "Creek Mary's Blood" (orchestral version)
• "Symphony of Destruction" (Megadeth cover; live)

ReleasedNovember 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)

Quick facts Single by Nightwish, from the album Once ...

"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Once
Language	Finnish
English title	Death Makes an Artist
B-side	"Creek Mary's Blood" (orchestral version) "Symphony of Destruction" (Megadeth cover; live)
Released	November 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)
Length	3:36
Label	Spinefarm
Songwriter	Tuomas Holopainen
Producers	Tuomas Holopainen TeeCee Kinnunen
Nightwish singles chronology
"Wish I Had an Angel" (2004) "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" (2004) "The Siren" (2005)

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While the lyrics to most of Nightwish's songs are in English, "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is sung in Finnish. The title translates to "Death Makes an Artist" in English. During the end credits of Nightwish's concert film A Day Before Tomorrow, an orchestral, instrumental version of "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" plays.

Former Nightwish singer Anette Olzon performed the song at Stockholms Kulturfestival with the backing of an orchestra, and without the band, despite not speaking Finnish fluently.^[2]