As you know, Nightwish are preparing their new album. However, today they announced the release of the first single called Élan, which will be out on February 13th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. As for the new album, you can expect it in the spring of 2015. You can already take a look at the single cover below.

Walt Whitman quote: "Oh, while I live to be the ruler of life, Not a slave
To meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me."

Commented keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen: "This beautiful quote from my hero Uncle Walt was the starting point for writing Élan. The underlying theme of the song is nothing less than the meaning of life, which can be something different for all of us. It's important to surrender yourself to the occasional 'free fall' and not to fear the path less travelled by. Élan is a wonderful teaser for the full-length album, giving out a little taste, but revealing very little of the actual Journey of Grandeur to come..."




Élan tracklist:

CD:
01. Élan (album version)
02. Élan (radio edit)
03. Élan (alternate version)
04. Sagan (non-album bonus track)

Vinyl:
Side A:
01. Élan (album version)
02. Élan (radio edit)
Side B
01. Élan (alternate version)
02. Sagan (non-album bonus track)

Nightwish offers the single Élan as CDS, 10" MLP (four different colors) and also as exclusive CDs+shirt bundles. You can pre-order at this location.

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