Formed: 1996
From:
Kitee,
Finland
Last Known Status: Active
Background
On first listen, Nightwish seems to fall into the same genre as Evanescence, Lacuna Coil and The Gathering – female-fronted metal band with symphonic and gothic overtones. But any similarities end there. Singer Tarja Turunen, a trained opera singer, adds a new dimension to the band and separates Nightwish from other bands. Then there's the rest of the group, led by keyboardist and primary songwriter Tuomas Holopainen. Listen closely, and you'll hear a group that's equally influenced by opera, classical music, Euro-metal, early thrash and even Kate Bush. Nightwish formed as an acoustic-based band in, but quickly switched to a hard rock sound.
Latest Nightwish News
Below is our complete Nightwish news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Anette Olzon Working On New Material
Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon has issued the following statement about writing new material for a solo album:
"Good evening dear ones
"I am at my hotel room in Stockholm after a day full of creating songs in the studio together with Stefan and Johan. Its been really nice and also fun to sit down and making songs together. We have one song that is ready to record some vocals on tomorrow and then 2 more ideas that we will work more with. Now I just need to write some more lyrics to them, in my own private space.
"This will be so great and its so nice to have such great songwriters and musicians to help me with the songs. We work that way that we sit down by the piano and the guitar and just try melodies etc and then I write down lyrics and we try and test the structure of the song. Then Johan goes and puts drums, bass etc in the computer to get the music recorded for me to test-sing it. Then we work from there. It's so nice to create songs like this, I haven't done that since we started Alyson Avenue, so its been a while but I´ll soon get a hang of it again;=) And I really like the sound of it already!"
Video Interview With Nightwish Available Online
Nightwish bassist Marco Hietala conducted a video interview with Radio Télévision Belge De La Communauté Française at Graspop on June 28th. The video on the interview can be viewed below. More...
Nightwish Singer Comments on Michael Jackson
Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon has posted the following blog on Michael Jackson:
"I`ve spent my evening in front of the TV and followed the memorial of Michael Jackson. I cried over and over again when the wonderful speakers talked and the great singers performed. The hardest part of it all were when Michaels daughter spoke about her father and how great he had been as her father and that she loved him so. That was almost to tough to watch...
"I have often thought about why the most caring people die first...Why is it that the meanest and most egocentrical people live long and just torment the people around them with their bitterness and hate?
And the caring and warmest people that give and think about others and live with their heart unprotected and outside the body leave so soon?
"I do believe that God needs the good people for better purposes or maybe even to save them from the pain and sorrows they need to go through being hurt and tormented by the hating and mean people of this world. By being misunderstood and questioned in their deeds to try and help and nurture others. Tormented with others jealousy, envy and hate.. More...
Nightwish Posts Live Graspop Footage Online
Nightwish has posted live video clips online of their performance at the Graspop Festival in Dessel, Belgium. The clips can be viewed below. More...
Arsames Confirmed For Metal Camp 2009
Iranian thrash/death metal act ARSAMES has been confirmed for Metal Camp 2009 - talents stage (DARK DOG STAGE BANDS) set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia.
The Metal Camp festival billing is shaping up as follows:
ABORTED
ALESTORM
AMON AMARTH
BLIND GUARDIAN
DEATH ANGEL
DEATHSTARS
DESTRUCTION
DIE APOKALYPTSCHEN REITER
DIMMU BORGIR
DOWN
DRAGONFORCE
EDGUY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXTREMA
GRAVEWORM
HACKNEYED
HATEBREED
HOLLENTHON
KATAKLYSM
KEEP OF KALESSIN
KREATOR
LAMB OF GOD
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
MY DYING BRIDE
NIGHTWISH
SATYRICON
SODOM
SONIC SYNDICATE
SUIDAKRA
TESTAMENT
VADER
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
For more info, check the Metal Camp website at metalcamp.com.
Download Live Version of Nightwish's "Amaranth"
Finnish symphonic metallers, Nightwish, have posted a track, "Amaranth," from their new live album "Made In Hong Kong (And various other places)." The track will be available for free download until midnight tonight (April 2nd). Download the live track here
More Bands Confirmed For Graspop Festival 2009
The organizers of Belgium's premier metal festival Graspop Metal Meeting has announced some more big names for this years edition of the event. New additions to the friday are tribal metal act Soulfly and British power metal band Dragonforce. Saturday features Korn, Death Angel, Journey, Monster Magnet, All Shall Perish, Duff McKagen's Loaded, Five Finger Death Punch and No Use For A Name. Finally, the new bands confirmed for the sunday are Lamb Of God, Children Of Bodom, Nightwish, All That Remains, Sick Of It All, Suicidal Tendencies and Warbringer. More bands will be announced soon.
Nightwish Bassist Joins Black Sabbath Tribute Act
Marco Hietala, the bass player and vocalist of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish has announced that he will be joining the Finnish tribute to Black Sabbath, Sapattivuosi. The band will be releasing their third album, "Ihmisen Merkki (Sign Of Man)" on April 1st of this year. The album is mainly focused on the Ronnie James Dio era of Black Sabbath.
Pain to Tour with Nightwish, More Dates Announced
Pain, featuring Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tagtren, will be supporting Nightwish on their entire European tour in March.
Mar. 11 London, UK - Carling Academy Brixton
Mar. 14 Brysseli, Belgium - Forest National
Mar. 15 Rotterdam, Holland - Ahoy Arena
Mar. 17 Köln, Germany - Palladium
Mar. 18 Lingen, Germany - Emslandhallen
Mar. 20 Karlsruhe, Germany - Europahalle
Mar. 21 Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle
Mar. 23 Paris, France - Zenith
Mar. 24 Paris, France - Zenith
Mar. 26 München, Germany - Zenith
Mar. 28 Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakobshalle
Mar. 30 Mantova, Italy - Palabam
Mar. 31 Pordenone, Italy - Palasport
Apr. 02 Zagreb, Croatia - Cibona Hall
Apr. 04 Debrecen, Hungary - Fonix Hall
Pain has also announced three more shows to the European Cynic Campaign Part 2.
Apr. 25 Sofia, Bulgaria - Blue Box
May 16 Warsaw, Poland - Club Progresja
May 17 Krakow, Poland - Club Studio
As previously reported, Pain's tour blog can be found at this location.
Volbeat To Tour With Nightwish
VOLBEAT unleashes their second U.S. album, "Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood," March 17th on Mascot Records U.S.A. This new rock-a-billy metal masterpiece arrives on the tail end of their successful 2008 release "Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil." They will support this release with a month long tour with multi-platinum Finnish band Nightwish in May 2009. Tour dates are listed below.
The title "Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood" refers to a story that connects seven of the thirteen (official) songs on the album: "Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood," "Find That Soul," "Maybellene I Hofteholder," "Still Counting," "Back To Prom," "Light A Way and A Broken Man And The Dawn." It's a tale about a travelling band whose leader is a man that once got shot in the desert and left for dead. During the band's tour he went on a mission to find the mysterious killer that put seven bullets in his body. While travelling from city to city the band ends up in a small town called Ten House City performing for just a handful of people in the local bar. The songs offer observations of the people in the rundown venue, made by the bandleader. This storyline will continue to be a connecting theme and developed as VOLBEAT writes future albums.
Here are the latest Volbeat tour dates in support of Nightwish: More...
Nightwish Posts Video Trailer of Live DVD
Finnish metal band Nightwish has just posted a video trailer of their new live DVD + CD set "Made in Hong Kong," which is to be out on March 13th, 2009 in Europe on Nuclear Blast. The video can be watched below.
Nightwish Unveils New CD/DVD Album Details
Nightwish has issued the following statement about the details of their upcoming CD/DVD:
"New Nightwish-release is out at March 2009. MCD was recorded during still continuing "Dark Passion Play World Tour". Release include also bonus-DVD with material from Israel to South-America, directed by Ville Lipiäinen."
LIVE-CD:
1. Bye Bye Beautiful
2. Whoever Brings The Night
3. Amaranth
4. The Poet And The Pendulum
5. Sahara
6. The Islander
7. Last Of The Wilds
8. 7 Days To The Wolves
Bonus tracks:
9. Escapist
10. While Your Lips Are Still Red
11. Cadence Of Her Last Breath (Demo)
DVD:
1. Bye Bye Beautiful (promo)
2. Amaranth (promo)
3. Islander (promo)
4. Documentary 37 min
Nightwish Unveils New Album Cover Art
Finnish band Nightwish has announced the release information for their upcoming album "Made in Hong Kong (And Various Other Places)" and unveiled the cover art (viewable here), which can be viewed below. The band made the following statement:
"New Nightwish release is out at March 2009. MCD was recorded during still continuing "Dark Passion Play World Tour". Release include also bonus-DVD with material from Israel to South-America, directed by Ville Lipiäinen. Tracklist of MCD will be published later."
Anette Olzon Walked Off Due To Vocal Problems
ANETTE OLZON sent a press release to Brazilian media where she clarified the reasons behind her sudden "collapse," which caused her to leave the stage in the middle of the NIGHTWISH show in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on November 10th 2008.
OLZON stated that the smoke on stage got on her vocal chords to make her lose her voice. She was trying to sing until she reached the point she couldn't do it anymore and therefore was "forced" to leave the stage.
NIGHTWISH has always had a very good and close relation to their fans in Brazil and the thought of disappointing the fans was too great for Anette. The band tried to buy some time for Anette to regain her voice back but it didn't. NIGHTWISH ended up playing two more songs after Anette left the stage but were forced to stop the show after that.
After the show, people stayed in the venue to get some kind of explanation to what happened. After a while, promoter Eric de Haas from Dynamo Productions came on stage to tell the fans that the concert was over and Nightwish was already back on their hotel.
It is reported that the next show NIGHTWISH did the next day in the capital of Brazil (BRASILIA) went well and the band the song THE POET AND THE PENDULUM on their setlist.
Soon afterward, Olzen had an interview with MTV Brazil, which you can watch below. More...
Nightwish Vocalist Leaves The Stage In Tears
Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon left the stage crying on Monday, November 10, while preforming "The Poet and the Pendulum" in Belo Horizone, Brazil. This happened about six songs into the set and cut short the bands performance.
Videos showing what happened are already posted to Youtube and can be seen below.
Marko handled the rest of the song and made a short speech saying something like "Anette is going through a hard time in life right now."
No further details are currently available. More...
Volbeat To Support Nightwish On Upcoming Tour
Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have been confirmed as the support act for Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH on their two-week May 2009 U.S. tour. A combination of makeup concerts for previously cancelled shows mixed with fill-in gigs, these will be NIGHTWISH's final North American dates for at least two years. More...
Nightwish Lead Singer Recovered From Illness
Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles has reported that Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon has finally recovered from the illness that caused many show cancellations and changes.
After weeks of speculation which saw the final four dates of the American tour wiped away, followed by the cancellation of their Moscow debut, Nightwish management has expounded on the situation exclusively to BW&BK, thanking fans for their sympathy, well wishes and support. "Anette is already 100% recovered. She was performing with Pain (Peter Tägtgren, also of Hypocrisy) here in Helsinki at Tavastia Club last Thursday (Oct. 9th)... a killer show!"
Read the full article at Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles.
Pain Announces New European Tour And Album
Pain, the Swedish band led by Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) will embark on the European tour in January/February 2009. Support on the trek will come from Brother Firetribe, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring Nightwish guitarist Emppu Vuorinen.
According to Pain, "David Wallin [drums] can’t be a part of this tour because of personal reasons. The name of the stand-in drummer will be announced shortly."
The band has also announced the upcoming release of their new album. "Cynic Paradise" will be released on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction" (which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner) features "eleven gems offering a vast variety of styles and influences which are even new for PAIN," according to a press release. Nightwish singer Anette Olzon makes a guest appearance on two tracks — "Follow Me" and "Feed Us".
The tracklist for the new album is as follows:
01. I'm Going In
02. Monkey Business
03. Follow Me (feat. Anette Olzon)
04. Have A Drink On Me
05. Don't Care
06. Reach Out (And Regret)
07. Generation X
08. No One Knows
09. Live Fast - Die Young
10. Not Your Kind
11. Feed Us (feat. Anette Olzon)
"Cynic Paradise" will be available as a limited-edition digipack including a bonus CD. More...
Sonata Arctica Plays Free Show Tonight in NYC
Nightwish has canceled their appearance tonight in NYC at The Nokia Theater. The venue has issued the following message to fans:
"Fans of metal band Sonata Arctica and special guest MARTYRD will be treated to a FREE concert on Saturday! Fellow Finnish rockers Nightwish, also originally set to perform at Saturday night's show, have cancelled their performance due to lead singer Annette Olzon's sudden illness. The rest of the band's members will be at the show to meet-and-greet fans as well as sign autographs. Sonata Arctica will go peform at 9pm. Ticket holders will be issued refunds at points of purchase."
Nightwish Cancels Baltimore Show
Nightwish has posted the following message online:
"Nightwish's show in Baltimore (September 26th) is also cancelled due to Anette's illness. We will keep you informed about the situation of the show in New York. Thank you for understanding."
Nightwish are due to play the Nokia Theater in New York, NY tomorrow (September 27th). Stay tuned for updates.
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