While Finnish vocalist and songwriter
Tarja Turunen is well known for wedding the operatic to symphonic metal, she forgoes the latter entirely on
From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas). Recorded during the summer of 2017 in the Caribbean, mixed in Texas, and mastered in New York, the set includes 11 classic carols and other songs associated with the season as well as a new track recorded in the same manner.
Turunen produced the collection with the American, Emmy Award-winning film score composer
Jim Dooley -- who also handled arrangements -- and British producer
Tim Palmer (
Pearl Jam,
David Bowie,
U2,
the Cure, et. al).