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After Forever Announces 25th Anniversary Reunion Celebration Performance in 2025

October 23, 2024 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

Dear After Forever fans, 2025 marks a monumental milestone: 25 years since After Forever left a timeless footprint on the world of symphonic metal with their debut album ‘Prison of Desire’. Its 2001 successor, ‘Decipher’, pushed their music even further, fusing progressive elements with a heavier sound that helped shape the symphonic metal of today. These two releases marked the start of a wonderful journey – one that took the band to international stages and into the hearts of fans all over the world.

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Nightwish Announces New Album “Yesterwynde” on Nuclear Blast Records

April 30, 2024 Ken Pierce 1 Comment

The Press Release:
A magic dwells in every beginning, full of anticipation for what lies ahead, making time briefly stand still. This moment seems almost infinite, filled with limitless possibilities for the future and the start of a new era. And now, this moment has dawned for NIGHTWISH…

Today, NIGHTWISH finally breaks the quietude to announce Yesterwynde. The Symphonic metal legend’s new album will see the light of the day on September 20th, 2024. It marks the band’s tenth studio album, following on from the release of Human. :II: Nature. in 2020.
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Nightwish Announces North American Leg Of “HVMAN. :||: NATURE.” World Tour

October 12, 2021 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

Finland’s mighty Symphonic Metal band Nightwish have just announced the North American Leg of their “HVMAN. :||: NATURE.” World Tour so you should read on down this post and enjoy the tour promotional video.

The Press Release:
Finnish sextet NIGHTWISH are proud to announce their North American leg of their “HVMAN. :||: NATURE.” world tour 2022. The 10-date trek will kick off on May 6th in Montreal with stops in New York, Chicago, and Denver before concluding in Los Angeles for two back-to-back shows at The Wiltem on May 20th and 21st. Joining the band as the special guest are labelmates BEAST IN BLACK.
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Nightwish Wins “Metal Of The Year” @ Finland’s Emma Gaala Awards

May 15, 2021 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

From Facebook:
Last night we celebrated Finnish music at the annual Emma Gaala awards. Nightwish won The “Metal of The Year” award. That is their 16th Emma award which is the highest amount of these awards any artist has won in the Emma Gaala history. Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees as well!

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Nightwish Reschedules “An Evening With Nightwish” Streaming Event To May

February 4, 2021 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

Back in December, the mighty Nightwish announced their live-streaming event called “An Evening With Nightwish” and if you missed that one you can click HERE to see the original news and the specific details. Sadly, the band has been forced to move said event to a few months later which I’m sharing down below.

The Press Release:
“An Evening with Nightwish In a Virtual World” live experiences have been rescheduled from March to May due to changes in the our touring schedule. The new dates are Friday, May 28 and Saturday, May 29, 2021.
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