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Nightwish New Single To Include Megadeth Cover

posted Nov 6, 2004 at 10:52 AM by blacksun.  (6 Comments)

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Finland's Nightwish have selected "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" as the next single off their mega-successful "Once" album. The single will be released in Finland on November 24. In addition to the title cut, the CD will include "Greek Mary's Blood" (orchestral/instrumental score) and a cover of Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction", recorded live at Nosturi in Helsinki in October 2004. Nuclear Blast Records will release the single under the title "Death Makes An Artist" during February. The bonus tracks are the same, but there will also be an "animated video of the title track" on this European version.

In other news, Nightwish will be teaming up with Angra for a Japanese tour next March. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Mar. 12 - Nanba Hatch – Osaka, JPN
Mar. 13 - Zepp Fukuoka - Fukuoka, JPN
Mar. 16 - Zepp Nagoya - Nagoya, JPN
Mar. 17 - Shibuya-AX - Tokyo, JPN
Mar. 18 - Shibuya-AX – Tokyo, JPN

Source: Blabbermouth

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6 Comments on "Nightwish New Single To Include Megadeth Cover"

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1. MadK writes:

There late Arch Enemy already covered that Megadeth song and did a fine job doing it.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 1:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Andy Christ writes:

Yes, and now Nightwish can louse it up....

Hopefully they keep it somewhat more stripped back than they usually do. But no, they'll probably make it all overblown and cheese-filled.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:28 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. a real metal fan writes:

nightwish rulez but why megadeth?Especially when it's allready covered by someone.....
nightwish is great but this is a little bit ridiculous

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 8:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Just Grand writes:

is this Angra good? i know that megadeath rules

# Nov 15, 2004 @ 11:13 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Andrew writes:

I can tell this is going to be a cheesy song, just like the whole once album

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6. ac666 writes:

It was cheesy wasn't it? Nightwish always were too cheesy for my liking, but 'Once' was kind of like the stuffed-crust album - Packed full of extra cheese!

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