Wintersun - Crowdfunding Campaign An Enormous Success
On March 1st, Wintersun opened up a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in order to raise money for their own studio and third album, The Forest Seasons. In the first nine days, they flew past the initial 150,000 euro goal set by the band. The campaign resulted in Wintersun raising 428,310 euro, equal to about 456,625 US dollars, by March 31st. Contributors to the campaign will be getting The Forest Seasons, including previous Wintersun albums, instrumentals, and isolated tracks off Time 1.5 (Time I remastered) and The Forest Seasons, for the 50 euros ($53.31) that the band was asking.
According to them, Indiegogo congratulated Wintersun for the second highest funded music campaign on Indiegogo of all time. (Second only to a music-based product that raised around $1.6M).
The money contributed will be used to fund future album productions and allow the band to construct their own headquarters for recording future albums and releases, including the completion of the long awaited Time II. (We'll also get to see more videos of Jari shredding and maybe sometimes in his underwear, which basically puts every other shredder to shame).
The Forest Seasons is expected to be released in July of this year.
According to them, Indiegogo congratulated Wintersun for the second highest funded music campaign on Indiegogo of all time. (Second only to a music-based product that raised around $1.6M).
The money contributed will be used to fund future album productions and allow the band to construct their own headquarters for recording future albums and releases, including the completion of the long awaited Time II. (We'll also get to see more videos of Jari shredding and maybe sometimes in his underwear, which basically puts every other shredder to shame).
The Forest Seasons is expected to be released in July of this year.
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| FeskarN Posts: 872  |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
It is now official... die-hard Wintersun fans are the most stupid of the stupid.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| moe5512 Posts: 502  |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by moe5512 on 04.04.2017 at 14:47 I, as a Wintersun hater, would. 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Desha delicious dish Posts: 817  |
And no lessons were learned.
---- You are the hammer, I am the nail building a house in the fire on the hill
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| FYA Destroyer Posts: 827  |
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| nikarg Staff Posts: 7351  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.04.2017 at 14:38 Ok, I don't like them either, but there is also one thing I don't understand... A die-hard Wintersun fan would normally own all their albums, so essentially each one paid 50 euros just to buy the new album, right? And of course "to fund future album productions" (which is something that the music label pays for normally), as well as "allow the band to construct their own headquarters for recording future albums and releases" (in other words to buy their own studio... wtf?). The sum they gathered implies that there were about 8500 of these fans if my math is correct...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Quote:Written by nikarg on 04.04.2017 at 16:18
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
A fool and his money are soon parted.
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4100  |
If I hear the word package one more time...
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| ScreamingSteelUS Editor-in-Chief Admin Posts: 5925  |
This should not have happened.
---- "Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader I'm the Agent of Steel.
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| Sentenced Odiin gothic.moorion@gmail.com Posts: 260  |
I am going to vomit in the corner if I look at Jari's gesticulation for one more second.
---- Life has given me much, maybe taken more...
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| ScottyM Posts: 214 |
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| Gothmog_Motsham Posts: 665  |
Well, good on them. No matter how much of an asshole everybody here thinks he is..He tried and he succeeded. I'd say Jaari is a master in marketing So good on them. I'm getting the album anyway.
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| Karlabos Posts: 5736  |
I was expecting this to be a post april fools announcement saying the album isn't being recorded at all and to everybody who already helped: "happy april fools!!" Something on that line... That would be pretty entertaining
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| zikon Posts: 252  |
Ugh, please just go awayyy.
---- "The poetry of the earth is never dead" John Keats
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| Zap Posts: 3580  |
See folks, you can achieve anything, as long as you have hordes of gullible fans.
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| DarthSitthiander Posts: 72  |
Must suck to not have the money to endorse stuff you like. 50 bucks is like one night of drinking with some friends.
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| Coconut Racecar Posts: 388  |
Hahaha, really? I'm still gonna download it illegally. Ya ain't gettin' a cent from me.
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| Liafev Posts: 650  |
Wow .. I'm still surprised by the result, but even more by the level of hate that's here .. Grow up guys! If you don't want to give your money, no one forces you to do so, but it's high time for you to accept and respect those who did it. I feel that 50? is not so much since I fucking love every piece of music that Jari already released and I want to hear more, a lot more.
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| IBlackened Posts: 479  |
They're selling a product, people are buying it. What's the problem here?
---- Their old stuff is better.
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| Christophzki Posts: 14  |
I'm looking forward to hearing Jari's steamy sauna music. I'm also looking forward to hearing the new album, yeah I said it.
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669  |
Written by IBlackened on 04.04.2017 at 23:10 Jari Mäenpää
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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