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Nightwish have six songs written for their next album: “Every time I sit in front of my keyboard, I’m like, ‘Ah yeah, this is great!’”

Work is underway on the followup to 2024’s Yesterwynde

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“I was 18 when I recorded it, so we didn’t know anything about writing, about recording, about singing”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen on her worst album – and the prog metal deep cut which makes her cry

The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life

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“It feels like the start of something heavier and more direct”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen returns with metallic new single Run and announces 2027 tour dates

The symphonic metal singer is keeping busy during her band’s live hiatus

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"The whole thing was such a shock...everything was shaking and we were crying for two weeks." The inspiring, sad and triumphant story of the 'girl next door' opera singer who'd become a heavy metal icon

Tarja Turunen didn't just kick the door down for women in metal in the 90s: she made opera cool as hell

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“Usually there would be a hero who destroys the asteroid. I didn’t want that. I wanted to end humanity!” Self-confessed egomaniac counts the ways of our deaths on his first solo release in 13 years

Whether you want to spend your last five months surrounded by family, living in denial or taking part in a shaggathon, there’s a song for you on this apocalyptic concept album

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“Faintly ludicrous and simplistic – but Humankind should enjoy it while it still can”: Arjen Anthony Lucassen has fun counting down to Armageddon on Songs No One Will Hear

Tragedy and comedy are combined among rich musical moments in Ayreon leader’s pre-apocalyptic adventure

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“Organised religion is causing the worst genocides and most horrible situations in the history of mankind”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen goes on vicious tirade against Christianity

Nightwish’s lead singer takes no prisoners when asked whether she has religious beliefs or not

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“Sometimes I think, ‘This has become so big that I can’t handle this monster any more.’ I have some trouble comprehending it”: How Nightwish became the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful

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"It’s a break from touring, it’s not a permanent stop." Floor Jansen on Nightwish, Yesterwynde and what comes next

Nightwish might not have been on the road in 2024, but they still put out one of the year's best albums

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“Steve Harris from Iron Maiden said, ‘If any band can carry our torch, it’s them.’ You think, ‘Wow – do we even want that?’” Nightwish’s constant reinvention could be a chain reaction that explodes out of control

With close harmonies and a full orchestral suite on Human. :||: Nature. the band proved it was capable of endless expansion. But the experience of being mobbed and drowned out in South America offered pause for thought

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“Nothing is finished yet, but it will come”: Floor Jansen will use Nightwish’s touring hiatus to make her next solo album

No Nightwish shows? No problem! Singer Floor Jansen will still be productive during the symphonic metal titans’ downtime

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"The most successful symphonic metal band in the world." Every Nightwish album ranked from worst to best

The biggest symphonic metal band of them all have had a glittering career so far. Here is every Nightwish studio full-length ranked

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"I don't wanna say the word 'ballad' but we wrote a slower song." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen is teaming up with thrash legends Testament on their new album

A big change of pace from both parties as Nightwish's Floor Jansen will appear on a track on the new Testament album

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Nightwish’s Floor Jansen wants to collaborate with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale

Jansen admits she was “starstruck” the first time she met the Halestorm frontwoman

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"Things have always been ****ed up." How death, cancer and a whole pandemic helped make Yesterwynde the most optimistic Nightwish album yet

Despite an unbelievable amount of personal setbacks, Nightwish rallied to make one of 2024's best metal albums. Here's how

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"Nightwish sound heavier and livelier than they’ve been for years." Yesterwynde proves Nightwish remain the undisputed heavyweight champs of symphonic metal

Yesterwynde is as much a chance for Floor Jansen to spread her wings as it is a showcase of Nightwish's incredible ambition

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"The ultimate musical island-hopping adventure!" Listen to new Nightwish single An Ocean Of Strange Islands now

The latest preview of new Nightwish album Yesterwynde is here

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Nightwish Announces Hiatus From Touring To Focus On New Album

Nightwish's upcoming album 'Yesterwynde' explores themes of nature and human resilience, marking a significant milestone for the iconic Finnish symphonic m...

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"I was just really, really ****ing tired." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen explains why making new album Yesterwynde was a challenging experience

Between her cancer battle and pregnancy, recording Nightwish's latest album offered some different challenges

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“We’re lucky to be alive!” Nightwish are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer – and it comes with two exclusive gifts

The new issue of Metal Hammer comes with a special Nightwish keyring and an art print of Floor Jansen

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Listen to ultra-symphonic surprise new Nightwish song The Day Of…

The orchestral metal sensations have just released the second preview of upcoming album Yesterwynde

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Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”

The keyboardist has also talked about the touring hiatus the symphonic metal outfit will take after September’s Yesterwynde album

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Floor Jansen cancels shows, reveals she collapsed after Nightwish concert: "my health is not good enough to responsibly perform"

Floor Jansen has been forced to cancel two upcoming gigs after falling ill following Nightwish's show in Finland in June

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A beginner’s guide to symphonic metal in 5 albums

Few genres do grandiosity like symphonic metal – and here’s where to start with it

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Floor Jansen: the soundtrack of my life

Nightwish singer Floor Jansen picks her songs and albums of lasting significance, and reveals the amazing singer whose music is "absolutely cheese-bombs"

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