Finnish/Dutch symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH kicked off their Japanese tour this past Tuesday, May 21 at Namba Hatch in Osaka. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Dark Chest Of Wonders 02. Wish I Had An Angel 03. She Is My…
Former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen has inked a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the release of the second album from her REVAMP project. The CD was recorded at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The…
Former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen has completed recording the second album from her REVAMP project at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The Netherlands with Joost van den Broek (ex-AFTER FOREVER). The CD, which will feature guest…
Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon and her boyfriend, PAIN bassist Johan Husgafvel, welcomed their second child, Mio, on Wednesday, March 27 at 10:19 a.m. He weighed in at 4.115 kilograms and measured 54 centimeters long. Olzon and Husgafvel had their…
Former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen is putting the finishing touches on the second album from her REVAMP project. “The final recording sessions are taking place this month,” reads a post on REVAMP‘s Facebook page. “We…
Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH were honored in the “Metal Album Of The Year” and “Band Of The Year” categories at this year’s Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent), which was held on March 1 at Barona Areena in Espoo, Finland. Other…
Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and main songwriter of the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH, has eight songs “roughly ready” for his “The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck” project. According to Tuomas, there are “only two months” remaining until he hits…
Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has posted a two-minute audio snippet of a demo version of a new solo track called “Falling”. Check it out in the YouTube clip below. Olzon in 2011 released two demo tracks that she recorded…
REVAMP, the band led by former AFTER FOREVER and current NIGHTWISH touring vocalist Floor Jansen, recently entered the studio to begin recording its sophomore album for a fall 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. REVAMP states: States Jansen: “I will…
Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and main songwriter of the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH, has commenced work on his “The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck” project and will be in “hibernation” for the next three months. During this time, he…