Editing Angels Fall First (section)

{{About|a music album|the video game|Angels Fall First (video game)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Angels Fall First
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Nightwish]]
| cover        = Nightwish Angels Fall First.jpg
| alt          = A nighttime image with a tree far in the distance and the moon above in the skyline. The sky is a dark black and the image colors fade to a bright red near the tree.
| released     = {{start date|1997|11|01|df=yes}}{{efn|Standard edition release date. Limited edition released on 30 September 1997.<ref name="release">{{cite web | title=Angels Fall First| url=https://www.nightwish.com/releases/angels-fall-first|accessdate=2023-12-02}}</ref>}}
| recorded     = April–September 1997
| studio       = Huvikeskus ([[Kitee]])
| genre        =
* [[Power metal]]
* [[symphonic metal]]
* [[folk metal]]
| length       = 51:29
| language     = {{hlist|English|[[Finnish language|Finnish]]}}
| label        = [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
| producer     =
* [[Tuomas Holopainen]]
* Nightwish
| chronology   = [[Nightwish]] studio album
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [[Oceanborn]]
| next_year    = 1998
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Angels Fall First
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[The Carpenter (Nightwish song)|The Carpenter]]
 | single1date = 29 September 1997
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/angels-fall-first-mw0000000595 | title = Nightwish – Angels Fall First review | access-date = 25 August 2014 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[All Media Network]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=313|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| rev3 =''[[Metal Hammer]]'' (GER)
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|7}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.metal-hammer.de/suche/?searchString=nightwish+angels+fall+first&from=01.01.1900&to=01.01.2100&pub=mth&src=all&src=wbs&src=pct&sortBy=publishdate&filter= |title=Nightwish - Angels fall First |language=de |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=April 1998 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref>
| noprose=yes
}}

'''''Angels Fall First''''' is the debut studio album by Finnish [[symphonic metal]] band [[Nightwish]], originally released by [[Spinefarm Records]] on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |title=First album out |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=1 November 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006112921/http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |archive-date=6 October 2009 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on [[eBay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetalcd.com/cd_prices/auction/140726092235 |title=Nightwish - Angels Fall First limited 500 copies, Metallica, Exodus, Overkill |publisher=Heavy Metal CD.com |access-date=13 April 2014 }}</ref> It was subsequently released to the general public on 1 November, with four additional songs. The album was released in the US by [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] in March 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |title=Nightwish releases to hit the USA |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=22 February 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102072220/http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |archive-date=2 January 2010 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref>

''Angels Fall First'' is a [[power metal]] album with [[Gothic music|gothic]], [[Folk music|folk]] and [[Classical music|classical]] elements.<ref name="AM"/>