With the work finally complete on their eighth studio album, Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH have just released their tenth "Making Of" trailer, where founding member, songwriter, and keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen shares the following:
“We can all enjoy the fact that it’s finally done. We don’t have to, or want to, add anything more. It’s exactly like we all want it to be. There’s a healthy, paternal pride . . . I’m really grateful that people are expecting it so eagerly. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your passion. Thank you for your loyalty.”
Backing vocalist & pipe player Troy Donockley adds: “In all objectivity, I think it’s the best NIGHTWISH album ever. I really do. It truly is like reading an epic book.”
Watch Episode 10, "Ready!" on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YoyRFF3KY&index=1&list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (whose title comes from the writings of English naturalist Charles Darwin), will be released in North America on March 31st:
01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan (pre-order the digital single here)
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
Visit the Endless Forms Most Beautiful Landing Page at http://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless to pre-order the album in any of the following physical formats:
• 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
Produced by Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen, Endless Forms Most Beautiful features album artwork by Finnish artist Toxic Angel and includes adult & childrens choirs, collaborative work with esteemed orchestral arranger Pip Williams, session drum work by Kai Hahto of WINTERSUN (who is sitting in for the ailing NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen), and a guest appearance by evolutionary biologist, writer, and atheist Richard Dawkins.
View all previous episodes of NIGHTWISH’s new album trailer series on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?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
