Nightwish – seventh “making-of” album 2015 trailer (“Almost There”) online!

Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH are currently working on their upcoming new album. The yet-untitled creation will be the first NIGHTWISH studio-record to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for a release in spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Longtime drummer Jukka Nevalainen will sit out on the recording sessions due to health issues; Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN a.o.) will replace him.

Today the band releases the seventh album trailer. In this episode the band recaps the summer and recording main parts of the new album at their NIGHTWISH summer camp. Check it out here: http://youtu.be/xPoVHMT2Gcc

Commented keyboard player and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen: “We are actually ahead of our schedule. Incredibly, Floor has sung about two songs a day. Marco cut the final bass parts in 1.5 days and Emppu did the rhythm guitars in a week. I think it was because everything was so well-rehearsed this time. We’ve tried to work more like a band.”

Added vocalist Floor Jansen: “Tuomas challenged me, using everything I have to offer. High, low, soft, whatever, but definitely lower stuff and very soft and intimate things. Something that more by coincidence was something that I kind of missed doing. Something I haven’t explored much and Tuomas wrote parts where I have to use this completely, where I have to go into it entirely. I’m very happy with what came out there.”

NIGHTWISH just recently revealed the famed evolutionary biologist and atheist writer/leader Richard Dawkins as a guest on their eighth studio album. Additionally the band announced their North American tour for April and May 2015. Check out all confirmed dates here:

• 09.04 USA New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
• 10.04. USA Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
• 11.04. USA Worcester, MA - Palladium
• 13.04. CND Quebec City, QC - Capitole Theatre
• 14.04. CND Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre
• 16.04. USA Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
• 17.04. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
• 18.04. USA Chicago, IL - Concorde Music Hall
• 19.04. USA Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
• 21.04. USA Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
• 22.04. USA Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
• 24.04. USA Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
• 25.04. CND Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
• 26.04. USA Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
• 18.04. USA San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
• 30.04. USA Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
• 01.05. USA Los Angeles, CA - Greek theatre
• 02.05. USA Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
• 03.05. USA El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
• 05.05. USA Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
• 06.05. USA Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
• 08.05. USA Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
• 09.05. USA Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
• 11.05. USA Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Work
• 12.05. USA Louisville, KY - Expo Five
• 13.05. USA Charlotte, NC - Filmore
• 14.05. USA Silver Springs, MD - Filmore

More shows 2015.

• 06.06. FIN Joensuu - Laulurinne
• 08.06. FIN Turku - Baltic Princess
• 09.06. FIN Turku - Baltic Princess
• 19.06. CH Zurich - Rock The Ring Festival
• 12.07. CZ Vizovice - Masters of Rock
• 23.25.07. ESP Barcelona - Rock Fest BCN 2015
• 31.07. FIN Tampere - Ratinan Stadion
• 08.-09.08 F Hildesheim - M’era Luna
• 29.08. NOR Trondheim - Sverresborg Arena