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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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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Wardruna, Body Count and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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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 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Mastodon, Within Temptation and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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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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Marko Hietala shares video for the darkly gothic new single Frankenstein's Wife

Former Nightwish bassist and vocalist Marko Hietala starts a European tour with former bandmate Tarja later this month

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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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New proggy sounds from Nightwish, i Häxa, Souls Of Ambience and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you must hear today from Kosmodrome, The Wring, Death By Gong and more...

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The 13 new metal songs you need to hear this week

From Nightwish’s mega-symphonic single to Lordi’s metal mobile phone tie-in, hear the best heavy tracks of the week. Plus, vote for your favourite.

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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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"There’s no bad blood." An update on new Nightwish album Yesterwynde, why they still won't tour and what comes next

Nightwish mainman Tuomas Holopainen lifts the lid on album number 10

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If Emily Eavis is looking for great young rock artists to play Glastonbury, look no further than the incredible modern metal scene

Metal has never been more exciting, boundary-pushing or diverse, and is packing plenty of great bands that could be appreciated at the world's biggest festival

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Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen says Yesterwynde is "probably the biggest album" they've ever made

Nightwish mastermind Tuomas is setting expectations high for their new record!

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“I thought the music industry was a circus but it’s nothing compared to the movie industry”: how Nightwish channelled their inner Tim Burton to make the fantastical Imaginaerum movie

Long before Ghost released Rite Here Rite Now, Nightwish hit the big screen with their Imaginaerum movie

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"At a certain point we beat Britney Spears!" How Ice Queen made Within Temptation symphonic metal's first superstars - and changed heavy music forever

With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal

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"The whole thing was such a shock, because it came out of nowhere." A public letter, tears and the Finnish Prime Minister: inside the crazy day Nightwish parted ways with Tarja Turunen

When Nightwish dismissed their lead singer via open letter, the fallout was so public and intense that even the Finnish prime minister got involved

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The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Nightwish, Babymetal with Electric Callboy and Zeal and Ardor are among the best new metal songs this week. Vote for your favourite!

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Nightwish unveil epic new eight-and-a-half minute single Perfume Of The Timeless

Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish will release new album Yesterwynde in September

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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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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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“A fantastical voyage through time, memory and the better angels of human nature”: Nightwish announce long-awaited new album Yesterwynde

Finland’s symphonic metal maestros will release the followup to 2020’s Human :||: Nature in September, with the lead single coming next month

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Every cover song by Nightwish ranked from worst to best

Finland’s symphonic metal leaders have officially released 10 covers across their career. Here they are in reverse-order of majesty.

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“A lot of guys can play awesome guitar but there’s very few super-shredders like that”: members of Slayer, Nightwish, Mastodon and more salute the genius of Alexi Laiho

Late, great Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho was born on April 9, 1979

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