Nightwish - New Album Songwriting Process Has Started
In a recent interview with Alcatraz Metal Fest where they performed, Nightwish's main man Tuomas Holopainen stated a few new updates and info about the future for the band. During this summer, three new songs were written and Holopainen will continue writing more songs after he has finished his solo soundtrack album (The Life and Times Of Scrooge McDuck) due in October and after a few months break. The group will then enter the studio in July 2014, which they have already booked until September 2014. In the meantime, the rest of the band will spend time with their other projects (Tarot, ReVamp, Brother Firetribe).
About the vocalist issue, Tuomas comments: "The thing is that we haven't really thought about it in a concrete way, because there is no need to... It's been such a mess once again, I feel I need a month or two just to not think about the vocal issue at all. Then by the end of this year we have to make some decisions. But everyone realizes that Floor is on top of the list, naturally. But I don't want to do anything official, I don't want to make this decision just yet."
Regarding the new material: "Yeah, a bit more like a band album, because we have kinda searched this orchestral, really varied spectrum to its maximum now, that how I feel. But maybe, you never know how the mind works... But I have three new songs done already, it's again something a bit different."
The new vocalist will then be announced in 2014, and the Wacken show DVD will be out around November/December if everything goes as planned.
About the vocalist issue, Tuomas comments: "The thing is that we haven't really thought about it in a concrete way, because there is no need to... It's been such a mess once again, I feel I need a month or two just to not think about the vocal issue at all. Then by the end of this year we have to make some decisions. But everyone realizes that Floor is on top of the list, naturally. But I don't want to do anything official, I don't want to make this decision just yet."
Regarding the new material: "Yeah, a bit more like a band album, because we have kinda searched this orchestral, really varied spectrum to its maximum now, that how I feel. But maybe, you never know how the mind works... But I have three new songs done already, it's again something a bit different."
The new vocalist will then be announced in 2014, and the Wacken show DVD will be out around November/December if everything goes as planned.
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| Jiri Posts: 710  |
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The female vocals were the only down-side in the recent albums , and tbh I wasn't a fan of Tarja either ... so an album with Floor can easily become my favorite from NW. 
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| Enissa Posts: 816  |
Floor in Nightwish would be a fresh start for the band, and a very good choice in all aspects, but Tuomas needs to reconsider his musical direction, as the Disney-tique/fairytale/soundtrack themed composition in the recent album might not work with Floor. Which I doubt he will if he is already trying to compose a soundtrack album again :\
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| Jiri Posts: 710 |
Quote: You're right, we don't know. However, they have been dragging their feet on announcing her as the new vocalist. It won't happen. Even if it does, Tuomas isn't writing the new album with her vocals in mind. He is just writing music for any vocalist. If he was sure Floor was his vocalist, he probably would have started the writing process for her vocals. Who knows, maybe he is. Maybe he is holding suspense. But it is kind of getting ridiculous now. Floor has been touring with the band for almost a year now. Would he really wait four more months to announce that the vocalist is the woman who has already been singing with the band for such a long time? I am doubtful. If she is to be their new singer, t'would have been disclosed by now. Poor Floor...
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| AngelofDeth Cyborg Raptor Posts: 1183  |
Wow he is extremely lax about the situation, I always thought it was his arrogance but this kind of stuff can be extremely stressful and taxing so maybe this is a better way to handle it after all. Anyway I can only hope that they choose Floor for the new material and I would be super stoked if they also did re-recordings of Dark Passion and Imaginaerum with Floor as well! lol maybe one day...
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| Feng Posts: 108  |
"Yeah, a bit more like a band album, because we have kinda searched this orchestral, really varied spectrum to its maximum now, that how I feel." I highly doubt this means a direct return to pre Once material, but I'm now quite excited about the prospect of something that might sound a bit more old school!
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| CyberSymphony Ollie Posts: 673  |
I never even thought that Floor will stay as the permanent vocalist as she's with her Revamp project (thought she was brilliant with Nightwish). Quite intrigued about a new vocalist, hopefully we'll get a decent metal singer this time.
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I will find this band interesting again if they bring a good female vocalist, like Onielar from Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, but I doubt that will ever happen 
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3408  |
Written by Nemo Atkins on 16.08.2013 at 19:14 I don't think she'd be a bad choice, actually. What about Linnea Vikstrom? She didn't get to do much with Therion.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1284  |
If they only... if they only think about ELISA C. MARTIN  She would rock there and she REALLY would give a fresh air to the NW music...But nowadays she is with Hamka working in their next album, and Spanish musicians are not so valued in the Euro Metal world.
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Written by Nemo Atkins on 17.08.2013 at 11:15 She sang on Kings Of Edom and Hellequin, both off Sitra Ahra. She's still under 20 (I think) so Holopainen can still bend her to his (evil) will.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020  |
I hope Tarot will realise something good
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| The Melting Snow Posts: 674  |
And i'm still hoping somehow they could get Tarja back. NW will never be my cup of tea without her again. -_-
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
Written by [user id=135387] on 18.08.2013 at 17:22 If it doesn't work out with Floor, someone completely unknown is probably the way to go. However, Floor is unique. 
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About time
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