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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE To Release Sophomore Album In March

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, will release its second studio album on March 17, 2008 via the newly-launched Spinefarm Records UK. Founded by five Finnish musicians with a deep regard for all-conquering U.S. heavyweights such as JOURNE...

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NIGHTWISH Singer: 'All This Beautiful Music Is Lovely, But You Need To Be Naughty Sometimes'

NIGHTWISH's Anette Olzon is featured in the January 2008 issue of Metal Maniacs talking about her band's latest album, "Dark Passion Play". Excerpts follow: On being a woman in metal: "All this beautiful [music] is lovely, but you need to be naughty sometimes. I'm a nice girl, but I don't feel all t...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Platinum' Edition Of 'Dark Passion Play' To Include Five Bonus Tracks

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release a "platinum" edition of their latest album, "Dark Passion Play" (release date to be confirmed),which will include all 13 songs from the original version plus five bonus tracks: 01. Erämaan Viimeinen (new track) 02. The Escapist (new track)...

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NIGHTWISH: Highlights From MTV Finland Special Posted Online

A six-and-a-half-minute compilation of clips from a 30-minute NIGHTWISH TV special that aired on MTV Finland on November 16, 2007 can be viewed below (Note: The video includes footage from the band's first official performance with new singer Anette Olzon which took place in early October in Israel)...

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NIGHTWISH: Video Interview With TUOMAS, ANETTE Available

Germany's Metal.de conducted an interview this past summer with NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and vocalist Anette Olzon. Watch the 23-minute chat below. NIGHTWISH was honored in the "Best-Selling Artist - Scandinavia" category at the World Music Awards Sunday night (November 4) in Monte Ca...

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NIGHTWISH Keyboardist: We 'Hit The Jackpot' With New Singer ANETTE OLZON

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: Take us through the process of finding a new singer after Tarja's exit from the band. Tuomas Holopainen: Here are some s...

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NIGHTWISH: Video Interview With MARCO HIETALA Available

Artisan News Service recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala about the group's split with singer Tarja Turunen and the addition of new vocalist Anette Olzon. Watch the four-minute report below. On Turunen's departure, Marco said, "We really couldn't get along an...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman: 'We're Going To Put A Little More Effort Into America This Time'

Metal Hammer recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen: Metal Hammer: You recently played a secret live show in Hamburg as SUSHI PATROL. How did it go? Tuomas: "Actually we did three secret shows with different names, first was in Estonia, second was in Hel...

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NIGHTWISH: VIP Tickets To Include Meet-And-Greet With Band

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have upgraded their VIP ticket packages to include a meet-and-greet with the band in addition to the previously announced first/priority entry into venue and an autographed poster. VIP tickets for the following cities will be affected by this: Oct. 31 -...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Dark Passion Play' Certified Gold In Sweden

NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", has been certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The CD, which has already achieved triple-platinum status in Finland after selling more than 90,000 copies, has shifted 20,000 units in the United States since its October 2, 2007 rele...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Sleeping Sun' Performance From New York City Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH performing the song "Sleeping Sun" at the Nokia Theatre in New York City on October 18, 2007 can be viewed below (courtesy of "rick412"). A brand new audio interview with Anette Olzon conducted on October 15, 2007 in West Springfield, Virginia has been posted on...

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NIGHTWISH: Take A Video Tour Of Band's Finnish Recording Studio

A 10-minute video tour of NIGHTWISH's recording studio/headquarers in Kitee, Finland hosted by the group's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, can be viewed below (Note: The footage was originally included on a DVD that accompanied a recent issue of the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine). A bra...

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NIGHTWISH: Audio Interview With ANETTE OLZON Available

A brand new audio interview with NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon conducted on October 15, 2007 in West Springfield, Virginia has been posted online at MetalExposed.com. In a recent interview with Metal Hammer magazine, NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen recalled how fragile the working relationship w...

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Dark Passion Play

Just in case you thought NIGHTWISH was gonna lose their confidence after a well-publicized vocalist change and years off from the studio, feast on this: "The Poet and the Pendulum", the opening track on "Dark Passion Play", is a fourteen-minute-long, five part epic, what would have been an album sid...

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NIGHTWISH Performs At New Jersey Record Store

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH performed a 30-minute set earlier today (Friday, October 19) at New Jersey's legendary independent record store Vintage Vinyl. The event was produced by YeboTV.com and was offered to fans as a free webcast stream worldwide. The setlist was as follows: 01...