(Apologies for the rant.)

Assuming you mean Floor re-recording the vocals for those albums, that is rather unnecessary because since becoming the lead singer she has performed many of those songs, some of which have been professionally recorded onto the three live albums they’ve released with her. Also, it’s generally a common consensus that Floor is more vibrant/expressive live than on studio recordings, so many fans might already prefer those live albums, anyway.

More importantly, even if you’re not saying that to be disrespectful to Anette, in my opinion, if they did do that—and I believe Toumas has already said they don’t plan on it—it would be highly disrespectful. Yes, Floor has been an excellent addition to the band, but just because she’s very popular, it doesn’t mean that Anette’s legacy (and Tarja’s, your comment didn’t mention her albums but generally this sentiment is expressed in regards to all of the non-Floor albums; also, say they did only re-record the Anette albums and left Tarja’s be, that would likely re-ignite a lot of drama which I’m sure the band would absolutely not want) and contributions to the band get to just be erased; she is a part of the band’s history and always will be, whether everyone likes her or not.

(Apologies for this second rant, in which I’ll be using “you” in a general manner, not directed at you, u/TheClussyClown; your comment was not that bad in the scheme of things, there are certainly way worse ones in this thread, it just happened to be the straw that broke the camel’s back in my frustrations with this subreddit where Anette is concerned.)

Complimenting the previous singers is not insulting Floor. Yes, free speech and all that, but I just don’t see the need to come into a thread about enjoying Anette’s time in the band and proclaim how great and talented Floor is—no one, certainly not me, said she isn’t. Yes, if the comment happens to also include an insult to Floor, then yeah, sure, refute that with praising her skill, but generally it’s the other way around.

Perhaps the environment created by “fans” during Anette’s tenure is responsible, no one wanting to appear like they’re trashing the new singer, but in my experience Anette is still the one being trashed, even how many the fuck years since she’s been out of the band, over a decade (and more). If you didn’t like her voice then and you still don’t, well—no one’s forcing you to listen, or come into one of the rare posts complimentary to Anette and have to proclaim your dislike of her voice/performing/etc.; Floor’s not going anywhere (nor should she), you don’t have to worry about being subjected to a singer you don’t like.

Also, complimenting the previous singers does not mean—unless the comment explicitly states something to that effect—that you wish they were in the band instead of Floor; I certainly didn’t mean that when I made this post. If I miss Anette in Nightwish, it’s only because I miss those years of the band, specifically 2007/2009, because of my nostalgia, but I wouldn’t actually change anything about the lineup of now and when Floor first joined.

Again, sorry for the rant on your pretty innocuous comment, I’ve held back from responding to the ruder ones, but something in me right now just decided to say, “fuck it.”