Nightwish News

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has posted the following message on her official blog : "I've spent my evening in front of the TV and followed the memorial of Michael Jackson .

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM have set "From Afar" as the title of their fourth album, due on September 9 via Spinefarm Records .

Upon first listen to Paper and Roses , Born in Winter's latest, inevitable comparisons to Evanescence and Annette Olzon-era Nightwish are bound to crop up, particularly since these eight songs are similarly rooted in melodic, progressive metal and driven by female vocals.

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers PAIN performing the song "Shut Your Mouth" on June 20, 2009 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below .

The singer is for the third time in Romania, after two concerts as Nightwish vocalist.

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen kicked off her "Summer Storm" tour last night in Budapest, Hungary.

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen joined Argentinian hard rockers RATA BLANCA on stage at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina this past Friday, June 5 to perform a couple of tracks, including the DEEP PURPLE classic "Child In Time" . Fan-filmed video footage of her appearance can be viewed below.

MetalReviews.com recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen .

Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT on May 14, 2009 prior to the band's concert in Atlanta, Georgia with NIGHTWISH .

Excalibur , York University's community newspaper conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen before her May 2, 2009 concert at the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed at Medley in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 1, 2009 as part of her short North American tour in support of the "My Winter Storm" album.

Made in Hong Kong limps into existence, "Bye Bye Beautiful" stumbling awkwardly at the opening of this live album compiled from performances during the metal band's 2007-'08 world tour.

Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and vocalist Anette Olzon of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH were interviewed by the "Metal Eye" show on Z1 TV when the band performed in Zagreb, Croatia on April 2, 2009.

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will play a special homecoming show at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on September 19 to mark the end of the band's colossal "Dark Passion Play" world tour.

Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH performing the song "The Islander" last night at Palabam in Mantova, Italy, can be viewed below.

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Guitarist MA rten HagstrA m of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH has issued a statement correcting some of the quotes that were attributed to him in an interview conducted by MetalSucks.net in New York City on February 19.

Finnish web site Karjalainen.fi has uploaded two short video clips of NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon talking about the recent media frenzy surrounding her rumored "problems" with the band and what she did during NIGHTWISH 's recent three-month break from touring.

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH kicked off the 2009 leg of their world tour last night at the Brixton Academy in London, England.

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO a ' which consists of five singers and one drummer a ' has been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest VII , set to take place October 17, 2009 at Oktoberhallen in ...