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Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish have just released another teaser for the band's highly anticipated new album Imaginaerum, which is going to be released on November 30th in Finland and on December 2nd in Europe. You can watch the listening session teaser below. More album details were previously reported here.

Also, bass player Marko Hietala will take part in an exclusive online fan chat on November 11th, 2011. Everyone owning a Facebook or Twitter account may login here to ask Marko your personal questions. The chat will take place from 7pm - 8pm CET.



Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Nightwish
Posted: 08.11.2011 by TerrorZone


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08.11.2011 - 11:40
FreddeSwede
Storytime is out on Youtube. It sounds very "Nightwish-y".
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08.11.2011 - 11:47
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Really, I would prefer this album to be instrumental from what ive heard. metal and orchestra with no vocals.
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08.11.2011 - 11:52
Baz Anderson
Staff
Looking forward to getting my hands on it.
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08.11.2011 - 12:21
FreddeSwede
Written by Irritable Ted on 08.11.2011 at 12:01

Written by FreddeSwede on 08.11.2011 at 11:40

Storytime is out on Youtube. It sounds very "Nightwish-y".

Vocals sound more like Abba. Instrumentals good though.

Yeah I was talking about the music. We all know the vocals from Anette sounds pretty fucking lame. I think the band should use Hietala for singing instead.
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08.11.2011 - 15:02
ANGEL REAPER
Written by FreddeSwede on 08.11.2011 at 12:21

Written by Irritable Ted on 08.11.2011 at 12:01

Written by FreddeSwede on 08.11.2011 at 11:40

Storytime is out on Youtube. It sounds very "Nightwish-y".

Vocals sound more like Abba. Instrumentals good though.

Yeah I was talking about the music. We all know the vocals from Anette sounds pretty fucking lame. I think the band should use Hietala for singing instead.

Hietala have his own band for that.
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08.11.2011 - 15:03
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Written by FreddeSwede on 08.11.2011 at 12:21

Yeah I was talking about the music. We all know the vocals from Anette sounds pretty fucking lame. I think the band should use Hietala for singing instead.

Absolutely. Ahhhh, I should be over it already but I would have been PERFECT if they got Vibeke Stene as the singer.

I think I will be getting the instrumental version of the album. But I'll check out the movie at least.
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08.11.2011 - 17:48
DylanFan61
I liked dark passion pay, commerical, yeah, but varied and powerful, strong songwriting, but anette STILL seems like a weird choice for vocalist - she does have a nice, melodic voice, very good to listen to, but it really lacks any kind of punch AT ALL, which is weird considering their music seems to be getting increasingly epic and dramatic as well as commercial.
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08.11.2011 - 18:03
Ernis
狼獾
Abba sounds good. In fact, Anette suits that kind of music well. It leaves an impression of a musical-theatre style. I don't think I'd even be able to imagine this song with operatic vocals.
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08.11.2011 - 19:03
lingus99
Written by FreddeSwede on 08.11.2011 at 11:40

Storytime is out on Youtube. It sounds very "Nightwish-y".

The numerous posts of it have already been removed. Apparently, hearing a song 3 days before it's release isn't good in the eyes of Nuclear Blast.

Dicks!
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08.11.2011 - 20:13
Rulatore
Written by HolyandFallen on 08.11.2011 at 20:11

I'm still waiting for wintersun

+1
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08.11.2011 - 21:21
Milena
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Written by DylanFan61 on 08.11.2011 at 17:48

I liked dark passion pay

Fun pun, though I'm sure it's just typo ^_^
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08.11.2011 - 21:23
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Imagi-whatever will be released well before Time.
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08.11.2011 - 22:17
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Storytime is back on YouTube, at least for the moment. It sounds very much like DPP Nightwish, almost to the point of parody, but the song is pretty decent.
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08.11.2011 - 23:03
DylanFan61
Written by Milena on 08.11.2011 at 21:21

Written by DylanFan61 on 08.11.2011 at 17:48

I liked dark passion pay

Fun pun, though I'm sure it's just typo ^_^

Of course it wasn't! completely intentional.....
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08.11.2011 - 23:11
Milena
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Written by DylanFan61 on 08.11.2011 at 23:03

Of course it wasn't! completely intentional.....

I usually don't fall for 'sellout' jokes, but this was well played, kudos *congratulates you*
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09.11.2011 - 01:32
JOPE OF STEELE
Steelemeister
NOT metal
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09.11.2011 - 06:08
Stabby
Account deleted
I liked Dark Passion Play too. It was the worst crap ever, especially that part with the chick who can't sing like Tarja.

In all seriousness, I don't care how conventionally metal Storytime is, I enjoyed it. Metal is a very versatile term, with about a billion sub-genres. Symphonic Pop Metal, maybe? The guitars are metal, so much so that nobody would call it rock. Oh well it's pretty good no matter what we call it. Brain candy, although some of it makes me cringe, but that's good, I'm a bit of a masochist.
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09.11.2011 - 06:54
Crème fraiche
Are people still butthurt about Tarja? Geez..
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09.11.2011 - 07:58
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Written by Crème fraiche on 09.11.2011 at 06:54
Are people still butthurt about Tarja? Geez..

Some people are. Some people just dislike Annette.
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09.11.2011 - 08:09
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 09.11.2011 at 01:32
NOT metal

Because they were SO METAL before!
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09.11.2011 - 09:00
Stabby
Account deleted
Written by Crème fraiche on 09.11.2011 at 06:54

Are people still butthurt about Tarja? Geez..

Yes, of course. I was actually mocking those people although it was a bit hard to see unless read in the context of the whole discussion. Yeah I say get the fuck over it too, but some can't. And like Troy mentioned, some people just think that Anette is the devil and would rather have other singers even if they aren't Tarja.

I don't think that her voice hinders the band at all, it is actually perfect for pop which is basically what they are. I don't think they're going to change their path.
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09.11.2011 - 09:06
Stabby
Account deleted
When she sings "I am the journey, I am the destination" in Storytime I really want to edit in James Hetfield shouting "I AM THE TABLE!" They should do a duet. Actually Nightwish should just write and record all of the new Metallica albums in the style of Nightwish.
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09.11.2011 - 09:28
Valentin B
Iconoclast
Nightwish meets Abba? the song btw is still streaming here: http://www.metalhead.ro/nightwish/stiri-nightwish/asculta-o-noua-piesa-nightwish-storytime-aid-107833-l-1 just scroll down the page a bit.

anyway I haven't been a fan of this band for quite some time now, so my opinion isn't exactly the most unbiased.
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09.11.2011 - 12:49
ErnilEnNaur
Account deleted
Written by [user id=106198] on 09.11.2011 at 09:06

Actually Nightwish should just write and record all of the new Metallica albums in the style of Nightwish.

Perish the thought. The greatest band of the month must not touch anything made by the worst band of the month, the year and the decade.

Now for my thoughts on the song. It's commercial, it's catchy, it's designed to sell the album. And it will. I myself am looking forward to long cinematic epics, which Imaginaerum seems to promise.
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09.11.2011 - 15:16
Milena
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Staff
Written by [user id=106198] on 09.11.2011 at 09:06

When she sings "I am the journey, I am the destination" in Storytime I really want to edit in James Hetfield shouting "I AM THE TABLE!"

YES, my thoughts exactly
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09.11.2011 - 20:25
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Written by [user id=105293] on 09.11.2011 at 12:49
The greatest band of the month

New Esoteric. Nightwish loses.
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