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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Pain Announce New Touring Guitarist
Swedish metallers PAIN, the band fronted by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tägtgren, has recruited René Sebastian (photo) from ICONDEMN to play guitar on the second leg of PAIN's European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH.
Commented PAIN: "We're looking forward to meet [René] for the first time on the plane to Hamburg on Sunday. You will meet him on stage on Monday. René has promised us total f*kin mayhem on stage and I'm sure that's what you'll get. We'll try to soften him up with a couple of beers for you."
"The last eight days have been really relaxing and recharging for us. Now we are eager to go out on this second leg of the tour and kick your asses again (and maybe someone will kick ours again). Twenty-five shows remain and we're really looking forward to play in France (again), Spain, Portugal and Great Britain etc. Last mentioned is untouched ground for us which makes it even more exciting. Kick ass!!!" More...
Nightwish Announce Amsterdam Signing Session
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will take part in a signing session at the Hard Rock Café Amsterdam on March 20, one day before the band's concert in Amsterdam. The band will be present from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The signing session is a charity event. There will be an entrance fee which will go to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation in the Netherlands.
For more information, go to this location. More...
Nightwish Schedule London Signing Session
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will take part in a signing session on Wednesday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at the Zavvi store on Oxford Street in London, England.
For more information, click here.
Warner Music Austria presented NIGHTWISH with gold-album awards for the band's latest CD, "Dark Passion Play", on February 28, 2008 prior to the group's sold-out concert in Vienna. The awards were handed out by Warner Music sales director Günter Unter before an audience of 5,000 enthusiastic fans.
NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified quadruple-platium in Finland for sales in excess of 120,000 copies. The CD has also been certified platinum in Switzerland, and gold in Germany, Sweden and Poland.
NIGHTWISH has been nominated in the following categories at the Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent):
* Band Of The Year
* Best Metal Album ("Dark Passion Play")
* Best Album" ("Dark Passion Play")
* Song Of The Year ("Amaranth")
* Best Finnish Artist
Emma Gaala will be held on Saturday March 8, 2008 at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki.
NIGHTWISH will perform at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 20 as part of the third U.S. leg of the band's tour in support of the "Dark Passion Play" album. The trek, which will also include a September 24 date at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina, is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August and run through the end of September. Final details, including special guest support and on-sale dates, will be officially announced in early April. Discussions have also started to bring the band back to North America in early 2009 for additional touring. Those plans should be finalized by the summer.
Sonata Arctica To Support Nightwish In The U.S.
It has been revealed that Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will support NIGHTWISH on the third U.S. leg of the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band's tour to promote the "Dark Passion Play" album. The trek, which will include a September 20 date at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana and a September 24 stop at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina, is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August and run through the end of September. Final details, including on-sale dates, will be officially announced in early April. Discussions have also started to bring NIGHTWISH back to North America in early 2009 for additional touring. Those plans should be finalized by the summer.
In other news, NIGHTWISH's May 17 concert in Calgary is now officially sold out and it is suggested that anyone looking for tickets to that concert to go to the Edmonton gig on May 16 as there are still some tickets available.
NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified quadruple-platium in Finland for sales in excess of 120,000 copies. The CD has also been certified platinum in Switzerland, and gold in Germany, Sweden, Austria and Poland.
NIGHTWISH was honored with an Echo award in the "Rock/Alternative (International)" category lon February 15 in Berlin, Germany. The other nominees in that category were FOO FIGHTERS, KAISER CHIEFS, MARILYN MANSON and WITHIN TEMPTATION.
As previously reported, NIGHTWISH will play a Tuska festival warm-up show on June 26 at the Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland, the day before the official start of the festival. They will play the main stage along with AMORPHIS and EPICA. Tickets go on sale on March 3. It should be noted, however, that the NIGHTWISH concert is not part of Tuska festival and will require separate tickets to attend.
NIGHTWISH has been nominated in the following categories at the Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent):
* Band Of The Year
* Best Metal Album ("Dark Passion Play")
* Best Album" ("Dark Passion Play")
* Song Of The Year ("Amaranth")
* Best Finnish Artist
Emma Gaala will be held on Saturday March 8, 2008 at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki.
Nightwish To Play New Orleans In September
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will perform at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 20 as part of the third U.S. leg of the band's tour in support of the "Dark Passion Play" album. The trek, which will also include a September 24 date at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina, is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August and run through the end of September. Final details, including special guest support and on-sale dates, will be officially announced in early April. Discussions have also started to bring the band back to North America in early 2009 for additional touring. Those plans should be finalized by the summer.
In other news, NIGHTWISH has officially sold out of all VIP tickets for its spring 2008 tour.
Pain Post New Tour Diary Online
PAIN are supporting NIGHTWISH on their European Tour from February until April 2008.
Says Pain, "What ever happens on tour stays on tour? Fuck that!"
"On this blog we'll keep you updated with news and share what ever happens during the tour. Everything you read or see on this blog is exclusively uncensored. Similarities with now living persons is total coincidence."
Iced Earth To Support Nightwish In Quebec
It has been revealed that U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH have been confirmed as the "special guests" for NIGHTWISH's May 9, 2008 concert at the Centre De Foires in Quebec City, Canada.
Tickets are available through EnterTheVault.com and all ticketing outlets
Nightwish Win German ECHO Award
NIGHTWISH received an ECHO award in Berlin, Germany last night (February 15th) for Band Of The Year in the category Rock / Alternative (International). The other nominees were KAISER CHIEFS, FOO FIGHTERS, WITHIN TEMPTATION and MARILYN MANSON.
Footage of Nightwish's playback performance at the ECHO Awards is available below. More...
More Bands Announced For Rock AM Ring
DISTURBED, HIM, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY and DANKO JONES are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 6-7 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
ALTER BRIDGE
BABYSHAMBLES
BAD RELIGION
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY
CSS
CULCHA CANDELA
DANKO JONES
DIE TOTEN HOSEN
DIMMU BORGIR
DISTURBED
FETTES BROT
HIM
IN FLAMES
INCUBUS
JUSTICE
KATE NASH
METALLICA
MOTÖRHEAD
NIGHTWISH
PETE MURRAY
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
ROISIN MURPHY
SIMPLE PLAN
SPORTFREUNDE STILLER
THE HELLACOPTERS
THE PRODIGY
Nightwish Post Backstage Video Blog Online
A new NIGHTWISH video has appeared on YouTube featuring behind-the-scenes footage of techs and the band throughout their Scandinavian tour (including shots of their children, the tour bus catching on fire and other mundane scenes of life on the road!). The self-shot video can be viewed here. More...
Photos Of Nightwish In China Available Online
BW&BK has posted photos of Finnish metallers Nightwish on their tour in China. Photos are available at this location.
Nightwish are currently on tour in Australia, followed by a European and North American tour. A complete list of tour dates can be found here.
Mercenary, Cynic, Machine Men Confirmed For Wacken
Mercenary, Cynic and Machine Men have recently been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air Festival, which takes place July 31 to August 2 in Wacken, Germany.
Other bands set to perform at the festival:
3 Inches lf Blood
As I Lay Dying
At the Gates
Autumn
Avantasia
Axel Rudi Pell
Axxis
Before the Dawn
Carcass
Children of Bodom
Corvus Corax
Crematory
Destructor
Dream of an Opium Eater
Enemy of the Sun
Ensiferum
Excremetory Grindfuckers
Exodus
Girugamesh
Gorerotted
Gorgoroth
Grave
Hatebreed
Headhunter
Iron Maiden
Kamelot
Killswitch Engage
Kreator
Krypteria
Lord Belial
Lordi
Nifelheim
Nightwish
Obituary
Opeth
Powerwolf
Primordial
Psycho Punch
Sabaton
Saltatio Mortis
Soilwork
Sonata Arctica
The Bones
Van Canto
Warbringer
Watain
Nightwish Nominated For Emma And Echo Awards
Nightwish have been nominated in five different categories for the Finnish "Emma" award, including Band Of The Year, Best Metal Album (Dark Passion Play), Best Album (Dark Passion Play), Song Of The Year (Amaranth), and Best Finnish Artist. The Emma-gala takes place on the 8th of March in Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki. The band has also been nominated for the German "Echo" award in the Rock/Alternative (international) category. The Echo award ceremony will take place on the 15th of February in Berlin.
Soilwork Added To Wacken 2008
Soilwork, amongst many others, have been confirmed for this year’s installment of the Wacken Open Air festival. It is set to take place from July 31st to August 2nd in Wacken, Germany.
AS I LAY DYING
AT THE GATES
AUTUMN
AVANTASIA
AXEL RUDI PELL
AXXIS
BEFORE THE DAWN
CARCASS
CHILDREN OF BODOM
CORVUS CORAX
CREMATORY
DESTRUCTOR
DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER
ENEMY OF THE SUN
ENSIFERUM
EVOCATION
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
EXODUS
GIRUGÄMESH
GOREROTTED
GORGOROTH
GRAVE
HATEBREED
HEADHUNTER
IRON MAIDEN
KAMELOT
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KREATOR
KRYPTERIA
LORD BELIAL
LORDI
MACHINE MEN
NIFELHEIM
NIGHTWISH
OBITUARY
OPETH
POWERWOLF
PRIMORDIAL
PSYCHOPUNCH
SABATON
SALTATIO MORTIS
SOILWORK
SONATA ARCTICA
THE BONES
VAN CANTO
WARBRINGER
WATAIN
Nightwish Announce Charlotte Show
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will perform at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 24 as part of the third U.S. leg of the band's tour in support of the "Dark Passion Play" album. The trek is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August and run through the end of September. Final details, including special guest support and on-sale dates, will be officially announced on April 9. Discussions have also started to bring the band back to North America in early 2009 for additional touring.
In other news, VIP tickets for the following NIGHTWISH concerts are sold out and only regular tickets are available:
Calgary
Edmonton
Mokena
Quebec City
Winnipeg
Las Vegas
Sayreville
San Diego
Denver
VIP tickets only remain for Poughkeepsie, Vancouver and Sauget.
All VIP ticket holders for the May 2008 tour will be admitted to the venue one hour before normal door times for the meet-and-greet so it is advised that you arrive there early.
Tickets are on sale at both EnterTheVault.com and via all normal ticketing systems.
As previously reported, NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The award presentation took place on December 29, 2007 at the On A Dark Winter's Night Festival in Oberhausen, Germany, where NIGHTWISH played in front of 6,000 fans.
"Dark Passion Play" has been certified triple platinum in the band's home country of Finland, platinum in Switzerland, and gold in Sweden, Austria and Poland.
Nightwish Go Gold In Germany
Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have received a gold award for 100,000 sold copies of their newest album, Dark Passion Play, in Germany, within one week after its release end of September. The presentation of the award took place at the On A Dark Winter's Night Festival in Oberhausen, where Nightwish played in front of 6000 fans.
Dark Passion Play entered the German album charts on #1, just as it's predecessor Once from 2004. Other awards in the long list are triple platinum in their home country Finland, platinum in Switzerland, gold in Sweden, Austria and Poland.
Nightwish will release the second single out of Dark Passion Play called 'Bye Bye Beautiful' on February, 15 as a normal CD and a DVD with clips and specials.
Nightwish Post Video Interview With Tuomas Online
A 10-minute interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen conducted by Restorm.tv on August 30, 2007 in Bern, Switzerland can be viewed here.
NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", has sold more than 100,000 copies in Finland since its late September release. In addition, the CD was recently certified platinum in Switzerland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies.
NIGHTWISH's new Finland-only single, "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last of the Wilds), entered the Finnish chart at position No. 1. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the instrumental "Last of the Wilds" off "Dark Passion Play", but with Finnish lyrics, courtesy of Jonsu from the all-girl pop/rock band INDICA, who supported NIGHTWISH in Scandinavia. More...
Nightwish Post Video Christmas Card Online
Whether accessed through their website, or here, Finnish metallers NIGHTWISH have recorded a goofy, impromptu holiday greeting (with English subtitles). The band is home for the holidays, headlines Helsinki on New Years Day, before heading to Japan, China and Australia. More...
Nightwish Complete North American Tour
NIGHTWISH have just wrapped up their North American tour. Footage from the final date on the trek can be found in the band's new video blog, available below...
Nightwish's Dark Passion Play album, released September 26th, recently surpassed 100,000 units in sales in Finland. The album has also been certified Platinum in Switzerland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies.
Released earlier this month, Nightwish's newest single 'Erämaan Viimeinen' hit #1 on the official Finnish singles chart. 'Erämaan Viimeinen' is a vocal rendition of the instrumental 'Last Of The Wilds', off Dark Passion Play. The song is performed, with Finnish lyrics, by Jonsu of the all-girl pop band INDICA, who opened for Nightwish throughout the recently completed Scandinavian tour.
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Nightwish Post New Video Blog Online
A new NIGHTWISH video blog featuring footage from the final show of the band's recently completed North American tour can be viewed here.
As previously reported, NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", has sold more than 100,000 copies in Finland since its late September release. In addition, the CD was recently certified platinum in Switzerland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies.
NIGHTWISH's new Finland-only single, "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last of the Wilds), entered the Finnish chart at position No. 1. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the instrumental "Last of the Wilds" off "Dark Passion Play", but with Finnish lyrics, courtesy of Jonsu from the all-girl pop/rock band INDICA, who is supporting NIGHTWISH in Scandinavia. More...
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