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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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. BROTHER FIRETRIBE will play an album-release show on May 3 ...
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PlanetMosh recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PlanetMosh: On the "Showtime Storytime" NIGHTWISH DVD, you don't appear in the documentary about the "Imaginaerum" tour. Why did you request that you not be seen or heard in it? Olzon: I said ...
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"Lies", the first solo video from former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE, KAMELOT). "Lies" is the first single from Olzon's debut solo album, "Shine", which will be released via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based ...
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A teaser for "Lies", the first solo video from former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon, can be seen below. The clip, which was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE, KAMELOT), will make its online debut on February 14 at 4:00 p.m. CET. "Lies" is the first ...
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Due to problems with the mastering and the need for more time to make a promotional video, the release date of "Shine", the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon, has been pushed back a month. The CD will be released via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of ...
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Due to problems with the mastering and the need for more time to make a promotional video, the release date of "Shine", the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon, has been pushed back a month. The CD will be released via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of ...
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NIGHTWISH fans were no doubt feeling cold-conked in 2012 when the abrupt decision to part ways with Anette Olzon was made in the middle of the Finnish symphonic metal band's U.S. tour. This becomes the controversial subject of a documentary film, "Please Learn the Set List in 48 Hours" accompanying NIGHTWISH's new live DVD/CD package, ...
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Former NIGHTWISH vocalist Anette Olzon has told Prog magazine that she believes she was fired from the band in 2012 because she became pregnant with her third child. Olzon's departure from the group came seven years after previous NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen was dismissed from the group by being presented with an open letter which ...
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Ex-NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has slammed her former bandmates, claiming that she had "no say" during her time with the band and insisting she was fired from the group shortly after announcing that she was pregnant with her third child. Olzon, who will release her debut solo album, "Shine", in February, gave an extensive interview ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will release her debut solo album, "Shine", in February via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The CD, which was co-produced by Anette Olzon and Johan Kronlund, is a collaboration with some of the most successful teams in rock and pop in Scandinavia: ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will release her debut solo album, "Shine", in February via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The CD, which was co-produced by Anette Olzon and Johan Kronlund, is a collaboration with some of the most successful teams in rock and pop in Scandinavia: ...
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Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will release her debut solo album, "Shine", on February 28, 2014 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The CD, which was co-produced by Anette Olzon and Johan Kronlund, is a collaboration with some of the most successful teams in rock and pop ...
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