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“No matter all the negative things I’ve gotten, I get lots of love everyday” – Interview with Anette Olzon about new album “Rapture”, solo career and more

Swedish vocalist Anette Olzon, known worldwide for her work in the bands Nightwish and The Dark Element, will release a new album “Rapture” on May 10th via Frontiers Music. It is her third solo record following “Shine” from 2014 and “Strong” from 2021.

Anette co-produced the album with guitarist Magnus Karlsson (both also worked on the project Allen/Olzon), making symphonic metal that made her career famous internationally.

Promoting the new album, Chaoszine spoke with Olzon in a video call to talk about the difference between her solo albums, working as a nurse, her connection with fans, and much more.

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NIGHTWISH Announces 'Yesterwynde' Album, 'Perfume Of The Timeless' Single

Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH will release their new album, "Yesterwynde", on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio album, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020.

NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen states: "'Yesterwynde' is a fantastical voyage through time, memory, and the better angels of human nature.

"Three years in the making, we're thrilled beyond words to soon share our tenth album with the world!"

The album's first single, "Perfume Of The Timeless" will arrive on May 21.

"Yesterwynde" track listing:

01. Yesterwynde 02. An Ocean Of Strange Islands 03. The Antikythera Mechanism 04. The Day Of... 05. Perfume Of The Timeless 06. Sway 07. The Children Of 'Ata 08. Something Whispered Follow Me 09. Spider Silk 10. Hiraeth 11. The Weave 12. Lanternlight

In January, NIGHTWISH drummer Kai Hahto spoke about the band's upcoming follow-up to 2020's "Human. :II: Nature." album in an interview with Laureline Tilkin of Tuonela Magazine. He said: "At least it's not gonna be the same as 'Human. :II: Nature.', so… Probably, let's say that we go back to more heavy, heavier things on the new album, but also there's a lot of, again, new winds to blow, so to speak. So, different new elements. But, of course, it's still NIGHTWISH, but, of course, we brought back the big symphony orchestra again to the new upcoming tenth album. Yeah, it's gonna be exciting. And quite challenging music to play as well."

Asked if he is "in a way happy" that he doesn't have to play the new NIGHTWISH songs live right now, in light of the fact that the band is taking a break from touring for the foreseeable future, Kai said: "No, no, no. Totally opposite. I would love to go and play it live. But hopefully the time will come when we go back, charging the batteries first. Of course, it's nice to be home with the kids and wife and dogs, but still, of course, I've always been a player, so I also like to play for the people. But I believe I'm not gonna be bored. So I have a lot of things in the back of my head. Even NIGHTWISH is now taking a break. So, I'm not gonna be bored."

Earlier in January, Hahto told Chaoszine that "it looks like" NIGHTWISH won't play any shows in the next two or three years.

In April 2023, NIGHTWISH surprised fans by announcing that the band was not going to be playing any live shows for the foreseeable future and would be not be touring in support of the group's next studio album.

NIGHTWISH's statement read as follows: "As the 'Human :ll: Nature - World Tour' is drawing to a close, we feel now is the time to tell you of our plans for the next phase in our journey.

"After the planned shows for June 2023 we will be 'hanging up our spurs' for an indeterminate time, as far as live concert performances go, and won't be touring the next album.

"The reasons for this decision are personal, but, we all agree, vital to the wellbeing and future of the band. Be assured that we still love working together, and this decision has nothing to do with Floor's pregnancy or our other individual projects.

"However, an album of 12 new songs will see bright daylight in 2024, as will 3 music videos! The band is positively hyped beyond words over this new upcoming musical adventure."

In December 2022, Holopainen said NIGHTWISH's upcoming follow-up to "Human. :II: Nature." will be the third part of a trilogy that began with 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" album. He told Metal Hammer: "I immediately knew after getting that album ['Endless Forms Most Beautiful'] done that, 'Okay, we have to do more songs about this, because there's so much more to explore and tell the world. We're not done with this.' And the same thing happened after 'Human. :II: Nature.'; we're still not done. So let's do one more. At least one more.

"In a way, [the next album] is the third part of a trilogy, which started with 'Endless Forms…' and then 'Human. :II: Nature.' There are some major surprises there again, but it feels like a natural continuation to 'Human. :II: Nature.'"

According to Tuomas, NIGHTWISH's next LP will cover previously uncharted ground while continuing in the more cinematic style that has characterized some of the band's recent efforts.

In September 2022, Tuomas was asked if NIGHTWISH's upcoming LP will once again be an exploration of evolutionary science, as was the case with the previous two releases. Tuomas said: "Yes and no. It sails on the same waters, but there's some new surprises there as well."

In August 2022, Tuomas told Rock Sverige that he spent "about a year" working on the music and lyrics for the next NIGHTWISH album.

Asked if he got any kind of inspiration from the pandemic, Tuomas said: "Yeah, lyrically there's a couple of things that reflects the pandemic, but not in the way you would expect."

"Human. :II: Nature." was released in April 2020. The follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters, on CD 2.

In August 2022, NIGHTWISH announced the addition of Jukka Koskinen (WINTERSUN) as an official member of the band. Koskinen, who made his live debut with NIGHTWISH in May 2021 at the band's two interactive experiences, had spent the previous year touring with NIGHTWISH as a session musician.

In November 2022, singer Floor Jansen revealed that she was "cancer free" after recently undergoing surgery to have a tumor removed following a breast cancer diagnosis.

This past October, Floor and SABATON drummer Hannes Van Dahl welcomed their second child, a daughter named Lucy. Jansen and Van Dahl already have a seven-year-old daughter named Freja, who was born on March 15, 2017.

Photo credit: Tim Tronckoe (courtesy of Nuclear Blast)

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Nightwish's Floor Jansen Shares Which 'Human. :||: Nature.' Song Was Inspired By 'Black Mirror'

The vocalist says an upside of sequestering is “more time than ever to write some music.”

It’s been a surreal time for Floor Jansen, and the Apr. 10 release of Nightwish’s double album, Human. :||: Nature., has admittedly felt a bit strange for her.

The singer has been sequestered with her husband, Hannes, and daughter, Freja, at their peaceful country home in Sweden, and while she says things are less panicked there with regard to the coronavirus pandemic, they are still taking precautions. (She previously revealed that a couple of relatives contracted and recovered from the virus.) The album arrived on Nuclear Blast Records with online fanfare and toasts via webcam from band members, but the event somehow didn’t seem like it was real, especially given that the album was five years in the making.

While Jansen and the symphonic metal band have flown below the radar of her Dutch homeland, her appearance on Dutch music show Beste Zangers (Best Singers), which aired last August through October, turned that all around. On the program, a group of singers of varying notoriety went to Ibiza to learn various songs to perform each week. The “best singer” had their song released as a single.

Jansen did Beste Zangers to change narrow-minded views about metal, and to show her dynamic range. She tackled genres like Latin pop and reggaeton, and being chosen as the best singer on three different weeks led to the recorded performances being officially released. She scored three No. 1 hits in Holland, including a cover of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow,” and a soaring duet with Dutch opera singer-actor Henk Poort on “The Phantom of the Opera.”

As a result of her newfound Dutch celebrity, Jansen booked 10 solo shows in Holland in February at 500- and 1,000-seat venues that quickly sold out. Along with two Beste Zangers performance dates scheduled for late May, the final show — which was scheduled for the 6,000-seat AFAS Live in Amsterdam — has been postponed because of the coronavirus crisis. The shows let her focus on both softer and harder renditions of songs, including material from her previous metal bands After Forever and ReVamp.

“It was supposed to be quite [different] from Nightwish’s big productions,” Jansen tells Billboard. “This is something else, and it was nice for me to do something a bit easier. Not that I needed to slow down, but it’s nice to create a contrast.”

The resultant media explosion  led to her being booked at the Dutch festival Pinkpop and Nightwish for two nights at Amsterdam’s 17,000-seat Ziggo Dome, a huge achievement for the band. (Those events are also postponed right now.) Jansen feels gratified that, despite Dutch media originally missing the boat on Nightwish’s music, her homeland now appreciates her vocal prowess and the diverse Finnish group that has turned her into a global name. Human. :||: Nature. debuted at No. 2 and No. 11 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively, and has accumulated 246.3 million on-demand streams, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Media. 

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Heavy Metal Numerology: The Life Path

The Life Path number is the most important aspect of numerology. It showcases the soul purpose of a person and the path they are most likely to follow in this lifetime. It is calculated by adding up the digits of someone’s complete birth date (ex: 11+6+1986) until you arrive at a single digit number (1-9), 11 or 22. 11 and 22 are considered “master numbers” and belong to people whose souls are more evolved. Each number represents a different soul path. So, I have chosen some of my favorite people who possess these numbers themselves to showcase how these energies manifest in real life. Although, for the purpose of this post, I am leaving off the master numbers, as they are less common, and I want to put the focus on the single digit life paths. The #2 energy is especially hard to come by in the rock and roll world, so I will be excluding that one as well. You’d find that particular life path energy to be more common in the mainstream pop world. The most common life path energies I came across in my research are the #1 and #8 energies. Not surprisingly, these energies represent those with natural leadership abilities, and these people are therefore more likely to situate themselves at the forefront of whatever they choose to do. They are usually either a solo act or are a/the frontman/frontwoman of their band. Next up after that would be the #3 and #7 energies. 3 is the energy of creative expression, while 7 represents the truth seeker.

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What a wonderful backstage in Oberhausen last night. The last 4 concerts left on this tour with @rockmeetsclassic Tomorrow we are playing in Ingolstadt Saturn Arena. ♥️