In 2005, Nightwish seemed unstoppable. A year after the symphonic metal sensations had released their defining 2004 album, Once, they’d exploded across Europe, supported Iron Maiden and headed off on ...

Act I: Live in Rosario, the first-ever live solo offering from famed Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, Tarja Turenen, was released just a couple of weeks ago. Available in 2-CD, 2-DVD and ...

Hietala has brought together some impressive musicians but the pairing that will be of most interest to existing fans will be ...

After teasing fans over recent weeks with pieces of the new album, Tarja has revealed the disc's cover which depicts her clad in black and blending into the shadows on the background. "I am very ...

Tarja Turunen has been singing since she was a child. In school, at public performances, and later, as the frontwoman of Nightwish. She was in the band for a decade, during which time she broadened ...

Current Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen and ex-Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen recently took part in a 50-minute Instagram live chat, where they covered everything from COVID-19 downtime to the music ...

We had some good news last week when Nightwish singer Floor Jansen announced that she’s officially cancer free and the feel-good stories just keep on coming. In a recent interview with the Scars and ...

I’m not a Nightwish fan, but I play one on TV. So I thought it was worth sharing the 45-minute-long discussion between Tarja Turunen — who, you’re likely aware, used to front Nightwish — and Floor ...

Symphonic metal existed before Nightwish – pioneered by outfits like Sweden’s Therion and Italy’s Rhapsody – but no band has made it bigger, better or more bombastic than the great Finnish collective.