NIGHTWISH RELEASE ELEVENTH TRAILER

Following Friday‘s release of the band‘s first single & official video for "Elán," Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH have just unveiled the eleventh...

Following Friday‘s release of the band‘s first single & official video for "Elán," Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH have just unveiled the eleventh episode in their on-going series of new album trailers. Enjoy it on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/Q830_hBOxCw?list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.

With an album title taken from the writings of English naturalist Charles Darwin, NIGHTWISH’s eighth studio album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, will be released in North America on March 31st. Produced by Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen, Endless Forms Most Beautiful includes adult & childrens choirs, collaborative work with esteemed orchestral arranger Pip Williams, and a guest appearance by evolutionary biologist, writer, and atheist Richard Dawkins. Read an article on the Dawkins/NIGHTWISH collaboration here: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/02/richard-dawkins-feature-finnish-metal-band-nightwishs-new-album.

Shot in 11 days in 8 different locations, inspired with reviving abandoned places throughout Finland, and featuring some of Finland’s most beloved elderly actors and actresses, watch the Ville Lipiäinen-directed video for "Elán" here: http://youtu.be/zPonioDYnoY?list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.

To pre-order the new NIGHTWISH album in any of the following physical formats, visit the Endless Forms Most Beautiful Landing Page at http://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless: http://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless.

• Jewel case CD
• Digi-book (+ instrumental bonus CD)
• 2 LP gatefold vinyl (in various colors)
• 3 CD import earbook ( + bonus instrumental & orchestral CDs)
• Import earbook (deluxe edition + bonus vinyl)
• Import picture disc


Endless Forms Most Beautiful track listing:

01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan (order the digital single here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/elan-single/id952764699)
04. Yours Is An Empty Hope
05. Our Decades In the Sun
06. My Walden
07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
08. Edema Ruh
09. Alpenglow
10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11. The Greatest Show On Earth

View all eleven episodes of NIGHTWISH’s new album trailer series here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YoyRFF3KY&index=1&list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.

NIGHTWISH’s 27-date headlining tour of North America for 2015 launches in New York City on April 9, 2015 and travels to three Canadian cities plus Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles before closing out in Silver Springs, Maryland on May 14th. Direct support will come from Swedish heavy metallers SABATON; opening will be Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN.

Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com; VIP Meet & Greet tickets (which includes early entry + an official tour program) are on sale at EnterTheVault.com.

Dates for the 2015 NIGHTWISH tour with SABATON and Delain are:

04/09/15 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
04/10/15 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
04/11/15 Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/13/15 Capitole Theatre – Quebec City, QC – CANADA ***SOLD OUT***
04/14/15 Phoenix Concert Theater – Toronto, ON – CANADA
04/16/15 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
04/17/15 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
04/18/15 Concorde Music Hall – Chicago, IL
04/19/15 7 Flags Events Center - Clive, IA
04/21/15 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
04/22/15 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
04/24/15 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
04/25/15 Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
04/26/15 Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
04/28/15 Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
04/30/15 House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
05/01/15 Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
05/02/15 Marquee Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
05/03/15 Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
05/05/15 Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX
05/06/15 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
05/08/15 House of Blues – Orlando, FL
05/09/15 Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL
05/11/15 Marathon Music Work – Nashville, TN
05/12/15 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
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