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Biography - Nightwish

A new era begins!

NIGHTWISH has always stood for virtuoso perfection. They are able to evoke fantastic dream worlds, fade out time and space, and touch you deep inside with their majestic symphonic compositions. Vision and temptation, love and passion, devotion and blood – this Finnish band also has the courage to aspire to new creative and innovative ventures. Since their formation in August 1996, they have risen long ago to become the biggest Symphonic Metal band. It is no secret that main composer and keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen is a versatile songwriter, who lives for his music, dedicates himself to his art and this seeps through in every single note of his work.

Four years have passed since the gigantic "Imaginaerum" album, a lot has happened and still even more will happen, because the time is right for a new chapter in the history of the Suomi-Symphonics. A chapter, which will set new standards and will start a magic trip into a spectacular parallel universe, so overwhelming, so epic, so beguiling. NIGHTWISH connect past, present and future to a flawless whole. It is a time for a new era. It is a time for »Endless Forms Most Beautiful.

"They present themselves as a unity and much more than on all albums before!" "Endless Forms Most Beautiful« is the first NIGHTWISH-studio album to feature Dutch singer Floor Jansen (REVAMP, ex-AFTER FOREVER) the splendid chanteuse has been a full-time member since Oct 2012. On the imposing 2013 live release "Showtime, Storytime" the amazing power woman improved the sound with her beautiful voice while lending the songs, once more, a special grace. It was clear that the Dutchwoman would catapult the songs vocally on a new, even more powerful, level. "The recordings of the more soft, very deep and less operatic song parts were a great challenge for Floor, because she had never sung before on an album in that way", remembers Tuomas Holopainen. "Nevertheless, her enthuisiasm brought out the maximum in her versatile voice."

On the drums there is also a new face: On account of health problems, long-time drummer Jukka Nevalainen has had to take a break and is replaced by his good friend Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN) for touring duties. Finally the quintet was extended by the entrance of multi instrumentalist Troy Donockley. His new colleagues fill Holopainen with pride: "The new members were completely motivated and contributed large parts to the arrangements. They worked as a unit, much more than on all the albums before!"

The beauty of nature

The latest album was recorded at the Röskö Campsite in Kitee, and Petrax Studios in Hollola. "The recordings went apart from Jukka’s illness and a few broken ribs in the buzzer camp smoothly", Tuomas remembers. "It was a huge advantage that all band members were on site. We developed an organic (we) feeling. Moreover, we were able to focus the arrangements around the vocals. This constant presence also had a positive effect on the length of the recordings. We only spent a few months in the studio, whereas on the "Once" album, we spent more than half a year in the studio."

The new piece of silver was produced once more by Tuomas, together with the whole band & Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen. Mikko Karmila was responsible for the mix in the Finnvox Studios, in Helsinki, and Mika Jussila mastered the album. The orchestral recordings took place as usual at Angel Studios in London with Pip Williams, along with the choir and percussion. "The orchestra is extremely prominent in some songs. Nevertheless, it still feels like it operates in the background“, describes Holopainen. " However, three songs on the record feature neither the orchestra or a choir."

The Cover artwork is the work of Toxic Angel again, a good friend of the band, who did an amazing job and excellently transformed the message of the lyrics. " Here it was important to us to integrate as many as possible different botanical species and animal species, to underline the topic of the record. Primarily it was a matter of showing the beauty of nature and the real world."

The origin of life