Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mastermind/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if NIGHTWISH's forthcoming full-length album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", is meant to be listened to in its entirety on a proper sound system, Tuomas said: "I would prefer people to listen to it on ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has "decided to part ways" with earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. Anette's debut solo album, "Shine", was released in March and received mostly positive reviews, despite its lack of metal overtones and its reliance on pop hooks and grandiose arrangements. Asked during ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's entire October 31 cocnert at Gagarin 205 in Athens, Greece can be seen below. Her setlist was as follows: * In For A Kill * 500 Letters 05:08 * Little Lies 09:28 * Falling Awake 14:03 * I Walk Alone 20:40 * Anteroom Of Death 24:27 ...
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Finnish singer Tarja Turunen says that her involvement with NIGHTWISH was "a very, very important part of [her] musical history" but insists that she has established her own audience which has passionately embraced her musical output since she was unceremoniously fired from the group nine years ago. Asked if the fact that at some of ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have finished recording the vocals for their new album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The CD is the first to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen following the abrupt departure of the band's lead singer of five years, Anette Olzon. Says the band: "We're ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will embark on a 27-date North American headlining tour in the spring. The trek will launch in New York City on April 9, hit three Canadian cities plus Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, then close out in Silver Springs, Maryland on May 14. Support at all ...
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A video clip of former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon performing an a cappella version of the band's song "For The Heart I Once Had" from the 2007 album "Dark Passion Play" can be seen below. Anette's debut solo album, "Shine", was released in March via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the fourth in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. Longtime NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen will sit out the recording sessions for the ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the third in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. In the latest clip, NIGHTWISH offers a glimse at the songwriting process for ...
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PlanetMosh conducted an interview with Dutch singer Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH, REVAMP) at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Asked if there are any plans ...
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A video clip of former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon performing an a cappella version of the band's song "Turn Loose The Mermaids" can be seen below. Anette's debut solo album, "Shine", was released in March via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. "Shine", which was co-produced by Anette ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the second in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. In the latest clip, NIGHTWISH offers a glimse at the demo recordings for ...
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Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the first in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. Settled right in the middle of the beautiful wintery landscape of Eno, Finland, ...
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The controversial parting between NIGHTWISH and Anette Olzon in 2012 left a sour taste in the mouths of many fans, though NIGHTWISH's faithful have appeared to move on and embrace Floor Jansen as their new queen of symphonic metal. Where that's left the tailspun Olzon, who recently gave birth to her third child, is in ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon debuted two brand new songs — "Hiding In The Past" and "Strong" — and performed one cover, "Play Dead" (BJÖRK), during her June 6 solo appearance at the Kivenlahti Rock festival in Espoo, Finland. Fan-filmed video footage of the "Hiding In The Past" performance — a song written by Olzon, ...
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Metal Blast recently conducted an interview with new ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Blast: When you were first offered the position as Angela's [Gossow] replacement, how much of a challenge did you feel you were going to face filling her shoes? Alissa: Angela ...
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The latest episode of "Radioactive Metal" features an interview with Dutch singer Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH, REVAMP). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen recently spent two and half weeks in Hattula, Finland with the band's producer/crew member Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen recording a demo of the songs ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen, who is currently touring South America with her REVAMP project, has released the following open letter to her fans: "Dear fans, "After nightmares and many worried thoughts, I decided to write this letter in reaction to the negative messages that are going around about me on the Internet. Messages that hurt ...
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NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen has spent the last two and half weeks in Hattula, Finland with the band's producer/crew member Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen recording a demo of the songs that will appear on NIGHTWISH's next studio album. Tuomas writes on his official web site: "It has come together beautifully and we now have a total ...
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Multi-camera video footage of BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — performing on May 3 at Vigin Oil Co in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. BROTHER FIRETRIBE will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North America. The CD was issued on ...
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Metal Blast recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Blast: Having been a member of a band like NIGHTWISH is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you achieved a fame that would have been much harder, or ...
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Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with former THE AGONIST and current ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: So, before it was officially announced [that you were joining ARCH ENEMY], how long was this change brewing? Alissa: It's been ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has announced the lineup of her touring band. It is as follows: Patrik Borgkvist - Drums Mikael Mikey Nilsson - Guitar Johan Husgafvel - Bass Rickard Bonde Trumeel - Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar Olzon play on June 6 at the Kivenlähti festival in Espoo, Finland and on July 5 at the ...
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BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North America, May 3 in The United Kingdom and May 2 in the rest of Europe via Spinefarm Records. The video for the "For Better Or For Worse" ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. (Note: The Olzon interview begins around the 37-minute mark.) "Shine", the debut solo album from Anette Olzon, will be released via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock ...
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BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North America, May 3 in The United Kingdom and May 2 in the rest of Europe via Spinefarm Records. The "For Better or For Worse" single, which can ...
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Audio samples of all the songs that will appear on "Shine", the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon, can be streamed at Amazon.de. The CD will be released via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group, on the following dates: Germany: March 28 France: ...
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On March 3, Mark Holmes of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: In terms of the lyrics, [your solo debut, "Shine"] strikes me as a very personal album, so did you have any apprehensions about making yourself ...
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BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on May 2 via Spinefarm Records. The CD's first single and video, "For Better Or For Worse", will arrive on March 21. The cover artwork for the "For Better Or For Worse" ...
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U.K. rock journalist Mark Taylor recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow. On whether she has had any contact with the other former NIGHTWISH singer, Tarja Turunen: "We are on the same ...
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