Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH have released the twelfth episode in their on-going series of new album trailers, where founding member, composer, and keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen addresses recurring themes in the songwriting process and the poetic, scientific approach taken to create new music.
Hear his insights on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/3hSB4ENrQKc?list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.
"Natural science and its paradigm seem to represent something cold and boring to a lot of people," shares Holopainen, who confesses to wanting to be a biologist since he was six years old. "Hopefully we can illustrate with this album that science can be even something profoundly spiritual."
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.
View all previous episodes of NIGHTWISH’s new album trailer series here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YoyRFF3KY&index=1&list=PLB4brr7vf-P6LMpAuLbvvaskBkEUpbNuL.
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 various physical formats, visit the Endless Forms Most Beautiful Landing Page at http://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless:
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, which includes the non-album bonus track “Sagan”)
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
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,
