The Kinslayer

Album: Wishmaster (2000)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a student murdering his peers; it was inspired and written about events such as the Columbine high-school massacre of April 20, 1999. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Ariel - Tel - Aviv, Israel
  • During the song, lead singer Tarja Turunen says to the crowd in Finnish: "Hei Hartwall Areena, olisi mahtavaa jos teillä kaikilla nyt kädet nousisivat ylös, kaikilla," meaning: "Hey Hartwall Arena, it would be wonderful if everybody would raise your hands in the air, everybody." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Juan Ortiz - Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

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