Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by the group's keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: Why did you choose a singer like Anette [Olzon] to replace Tarja [Turunen]? Don't you think that the vocalist of NIGHTWISH should be an opera singer? Don't you think ...
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Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine: How many [people] auditioned for the lead singer spot? Tuomas: There were about 2,000 demos that we received from 55 different countries, so that was amazing. I was expecting something much less and out ...
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH are expected to perform at the Hamburg, Germany release party for their new album, "Dark Passion Play", which will take place on the album's German release date, September 28, at a club called Delphi Showpalast. It has been announced that the entire group will attend the event, which will feature a ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon took part in a signing session on Thursday, August 30 in Bern, Switzerland's station concourse "at the ascent of the moving stairs." Check out pictures from Metalpics.ch. NIGHTWISH will return for another U.S. tour in the spring. Exact cities and dates will be announced ...
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U.K.-based music journalist Dave Ling has posted the following message on his web site: "Just returned home from a couple of very productive days spent with NIGHTWISH in Helsinki. After a terrifyingly early start on Wednesday morning, irrepressible band manager Ewo Rytkönen collected me from the airport and we sped off to guitarist Emppu Vuorinen's ...
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Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Well, it's good to have you live with us today, so let's start. Even before you joined NIGHTWISH, it was an extremely successful band with a ...
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Metal Symphony recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Symphony: How did you keep the Anette Olzon's (new singer) secret so well for so long? All these fans were looking for anything on the internet, any pictures... Holopainen: "It was a lot of ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon will take part in a signing session on Thursday, August 30 in Bern, Switzerland's station concourse "at the ascent of the moving stairs," according to the group's European record label, Nuclear Blast Records. The signing session will begin at 6:00 p.m. NIGHTWISH will return for another ...
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NIGHTWISH's latest DVD, "End of an Era", has been certified gold in Switzerland for sales in excess of 3,000 copies. "End of an Era" contains recordings/footage of NIGHTWISH's final concert with singer Tarja Turunen, which took place on October 21, 2005 at the Hartwall arena in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to the live footage, the ...
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Universal Music has set a November 9 German release date for the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, entitled "My Winter Storm". A single, "I Walk Alone", will precede the album in mid-October. The CD will feature a guest appearance by ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. NIGHTWISH's final recording with Turunen, the "End ...
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ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro has commented on his recently recorded guest appearance on the upcoming solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, entitled "My Winter Storm". Said Kiko: "An incomparable beautiful voice, an extremely talented artist, a perfect diva. Tarja always gave me a great impact every time I listened and saw her singing. ...
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ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro will make a guest appearance on the new solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, entitled "My Winter Storm". "It was a pleasure to be able to have Kiko playing acoustic guitar in some of the songs," says Tarja. "He added a wonderful taste that I was looking for. I ...
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The metal convention Swedish Metal Expo is set to take place at Fryshuset in Stockholm September 1-2. Now in its third year, Swedish Metal Expo will host clinics (former HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén and FREAK KITCHEN guitarist Mattias "IA" Eklundh), signing sessions (NIGHTWISH vocalist Anette Olzon and drummer Jukka Nevalainen), artist panels, an exhibition by ...
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BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, is hard at work with its second album. A total of 10 songs were demoed for the CD and drums for the entire LP have already been recorded. Guitars have been completed for eight songs, five five of which also have their final ...
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by the group's drummer, Jukka "Julius" Nevalainen. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: When it comes to recording an album, do you prefer to record your share by yourself or do you like to have the guys around? Jukka: I want ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen recently answered a few questions from the readers of Norway's VG Nett. Read the questions and Tuomas' responses (in English) at this location. A 15-minute audio interview with Tuomas Holopainen and NIGHTWISH's new vocalist Anette Olzon conducted by Norway's Metal Express Radio (web site) has been posted ...
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This past Friday (July 27) a huge crowd gathered at the home of Nuclear Blast Records in Donzdorf, a small town near Göppingen, to attend the signing session of the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH. Band leader Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon from Sweden originally planned to take part in a two-hour-long meet-and-greet, ...
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A 15-minute audio interview with NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon conducted by Norway's Metal Express Radio (web site) has been posted online at this location. NIGHTWISH's new CD, "Dark Passion Play" is scheduled for release on September 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (most of Europe), September 26 ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon were recently interviewed by Norway's Aftenbladet.no about the band's singer search and their upcoming album. Watch the two-minute clip at this location. NIGHTWISH's new CD, "Dark Passion Play" is scheduled for release on September 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (most of Europe), September 26 ...
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Bruce Kulick (KISS), Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT), Tuomas Holopainen (NIGHTWISH) and Anette Olzon (NIGHTWISH) offer advice to aspiring musicians in a five-minute "Music School" segment on Norway's NRK P3TV. Watch the clip at this location. ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon were recently interviewed by Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of Norway's NRK P3TV about the band's singer search, problems with previous frontwoman Tarja Turunen and strip clubs, among other topics. Watch the five-minute clip at this location. NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play" is scheduled for release ...
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NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon will be interviewed on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, July 25) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. A clip of the band's new single, "Amaranth", will be played during the program. "Tinitus" is Norway's most popular ...
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NIGHTWISH's new single, "Amaranth", will receive its broadcast premiere tomorrow (Thursday, July 26) on Finland's YleX channel at 8:20 a.m. Finnish time. According to MetalFromFinland.com, NIGHTWISH has scheduled a release party for its latest album, "Dark Passion Play", on September 26 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. NIGHTWISH will not perform at the event ...
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Manuel Lopez of Hall Of Metal recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH leader/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and new vocalist Anette Olzon. You can read a rough transcript of the conversation at this location. According to MetalFromFinland.com, Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have scheduled a release party for their latest album, "Dark Passion Play", ...
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According to MetalFromFinland.com, Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have scheduled a release party for their latest album, "Dark Passion Play", on September 26 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. NIGHTWISH will not perform at the event but a NIGHTWISH cover band from Estonia called NATUVISSYSET will. Tickets cost 12 euros and are available through Tiketti. ...
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A reduced-quality audio sample of the new NIGHTWISH song "The Poet and the Pendulum" has been posted at YouTube. The track comes off the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers' new album, "Dark Passion Play", due on September 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (most of Europe), September 26 via Spinefarm Records/Universal (Finland) and October 2 via ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the new NIGHTWISH video, "Amaranth", has been posted at Nightwish.com. As previously reported, NIGHTWISH has set "Dark Passion Play" as the title of its new album, due on September 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (most of Europe), September 26 via Spinefarm Records/Universal (Finland) and October 2 via ...
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by the group's new vocalist, Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: Who was the first one you told about your new job as the vocalist of NIGHTWISH? Was it hard to keep it a secret? Were you ever close ...
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Kari Helenius of the Finnish magazine Imperiumi was present at the listening session at Finnvox Studio in Helsinki for NIGHTWISH's new studio album, "Dark Passion Play". His report was translated by "Anssi" at the official NIGHTWISH forum and is available for viewing in three parts: Part#1, Part#2, Part#3. "Dark ...
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According to the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, NIGHTWISH's upcoming "Dark Passion Play" CD could very well turn out to be the most expensive album ever produced in Finland. "The final cost of the album was around 500,000 euros [approximately $670,000]," stated band leader Tuomas Holopainen. "We didn't make any compromises that were money-related. Nothing was held ...
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