Nightwish Share New Song

2020-02-07 by Fernando Alves STAFF | 52 Comments
Gothic metallers Nightwish are currently streaming the video for 'Noise', the first single taken from their upcoming album HUMAN. :II: NATURE. , out April 10th, via Nuclear Blast Records.

Stream 'Noise' official music video here:


Music video directed by Stobe Harju with the Co4lition film team.

Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen recently commented to Finland's Kaaos TV:

"I just started doing songs one by one. I didn't have an idea of how the whole album would sound like. Already at that point, I knew there's going to be a long, orchestral song. I had the idea for the thematics of the songs 'Music' and 'Noise' being the first two tracks of the album. It gives a nice contrast. 'Noise' was one of the first songs I did because I felt so strongly about the subject matter that the song deals with. It had to be done in this time and age. But, yeah, the songs came one by one and at some point, I realized that, 'Hold on, almost all the songs are about humankind.' The word 'human,' the word 'nature,' they appear a lot in the lyrics. Somehow, it's a concept album without intending it to be. Then, at some point, it became clear to me that 'Hold on. Clearly, nine songs sang by a human voice about humanity about humans, then we have the nature epic, the instrumental second point. How about calling this album HUMAN. :II: NATURE. ? There's also a lovely little wordplay because it's also about human nature, how we are as species.". Tuomas continued: "We left the full orchestra for the first nine tracks, so that left a lot of space for the instruments and the vocals. That was a deliberate decision. Then, the orchestra comes full-on for the last symphonic epic. But I think when it comes to the process of doing the album, the formula was pretty much the same as the previous albums. I tried to do the songs as finished as possible on my own, then I introduce them to the band, then we start the process from scratch again."

On the concept behind the album, Tuomas Holopainen stated:
"It's nine songs that have some connection to the species of human. I'm not going to go into them one by one, but there is a connection. For example, song number five called 'Pan' is an ode to human imagination. Song number six 'How's The Heart?' is an ode to human empathy. And so on."

Read Tuomas Holopainen's more detailed interview here:
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-tuomas-holopainen-on-human-ii-nature-its-a-concept-album-without-intending-it-to-be/

Tagged: Nightwish

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TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


Rocks

DungeonBoy
February 7th 2020
9703 Comments


Papers

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


Scissors

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


Daggers?

alamo
February 7th 2020
5571 Comments


"It's nine songs that have some connection to the species of human." rofl

song is meh

kalkwiese
February 7th 2020
10416 Comments


Song is very meh. Concept ia even more meh.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


You guys don't know how to appreciate good cheese

Toondude10
February 7th 2020
15186 Comments


I really liked this

Dizchu
February 7th 2020
549 Comments


Song is good, music video is very boomer Facebook.

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


Have to admit, the blonde makes the song more interesting.


kalkwiese
February 7th 2020
10416 Comments


Love me some good cheese, but I've had enough gouda tbh

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


They should teach her the chugga riff, and she can replace their dwarf.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


"Have to admit, the blonde makes the song more interesting"
HOT song indeed

Malcontent
February 7th 2020
150 Comments


"It's nine songs that have some connection to the species of human..." lol

It's 2008. I'm listening to a Ayreon album about the intersection of human nature and technology featuring vocals by Floor Jansen.

It's 2020. I'm listening to a Nightwish album about the intersection of human nature and technology featuring vocals by Floor Jansen.

kalkwiese
February 7th 2020
10416 Comments


I thought Shudder Before The Beautiful had a riff that's a little too similar to the one in Storytime, but this one is even more akin to it.

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
February 7th 2020
26577 Comments


once fantastic band that has spent the last 15 or so years being mediocre releases mediocre song shocker

Flugmorph
February 7th 2020
34172 Comments


fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Flugmorph
February 7th 2020
34172 Comments


game of thrones theme song melody

annoys the heck outta me

Mythodea
February 7th 2020
7457 Comments


Song is good, music video is very boomer Facebook. [2]

Also HUMAN. ://: NATURE.



DAMN.

DungeonBoy
February 7th 2020
9703 Comments


I mean.. maybe I'm wrong, but I keep reading it just as human nature. Sure there's random punctuation in there, but as an album title is human nature really that bad?

alamo
February 7th 2020
5571 Comments


it's actually HVMAN. :II: NATVRE.

DungeonBoy
February 7th 2020
9703 Comments


Behemoth gets a pass for using Roman U's, no justice for Nightwish?

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


Who gives a shit about the album title. It's the music that matters (which doesn't help matters in this case). Delain's new album is called "Apocalypse and Chill". My point is symphonic metal has always been a little cheesy and questionable. It's too late to act surprised now.

Mythodea
February 7th 2020
7457 Comments


@DungeonBoy, No, you're right, it's just silly commentary. But music aside, the video is meh and it's actually made out of three rehashed shots. Sorry to say, but this wasn't up to par. And this whole ''environmentalism for dummies'' is getting stale.

alamo
February 7th 2020
5571 Comments


well their last isn't called :II: LOVED. YOV. AT. YOVR. DARKEST.

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


It could have been, and it would still have had the same awesome songs.

Aerisavion
February 7th 2020
3145 Comments


“it's actually HVMAN. :II: NATVRE.”

Uuuggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


It has just been announced Greta Thunberg approved the album's title

Willie
Moderator
February 7th 2020
20212 Comments


Well, there's some street cred at least. She's more metal than Nightwish, anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kD1zubg3cA

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2020
18936 Comments


HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aerisavion
February 7th 2020
3145 Comments


She seems the kind of person to appear in a Nightwish music video tbh

Digis
February 7th 2020
31 Comments


Song is fine, dont know why but these kind of themes never appealed to me, especially when it's so in your face like that.

BallsToTheWall
February 7th 2020
51217 Comments


Weak song but they’ve never been gothic metal.

DarkNoctus
February 8th 2020
12201 Comments


that was fucking cringe

Keyblade
February 8th 2020
30678 Comments


sounds like an after forever track, doesn't sound like Nightwish at all

also the video is wack. ppl using smartphones too much is the same level of critique and insight as some boomer in a facebook group

Slex
February 8th 2020
16560 Comments


This has probably always been my least favorite band to ever exist I think
This has been a comment

Keyblade
February 8th 2020
30678 Comments


"Well, there's some street cred at least. She's more metal than Nightwish, anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kD1zubg3cA"

wait hold up, that actually fucking slaps. is this john mollusk fella in any bands

Willie
Moderator
February 8th 2020
20212 Comments


Right? It reminds me of like an old school Mayhem style song, but with a 12 year girl (or however old she is). Somehow, I've never actually thought about whether that dude is any actual bands...

Pikazilla
February 8th 2020
29751 Comments


once fantastic band that has spent the last 15 or so years being mediocre releases mediocre song shocker

Agreed. Nightwish have been boring ever since Tarja left. Sad times.

Flugmorph
February 8th 2020
34172 Comments


what even is with the notion that nightwish is not metal...lol

who... gives a fuck?

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 8th 2020
18936 Comments


".... I've never actually thought about whether that dude is any actual bands... "

If he's not, he should be. Creatively, the track goes beyond humor, it's actually a good jam.

Willie
Moderator
February 8th 2020
20212 Comments


--Nightwish have been boring ever since Tarja left.--

Correction. Nightwish got more interesting (in the studio) with Anette. ;)

--what even is with the notion that nightwish is not metal...lol

who... gives a fuck?--

It's a joke. Read the conversation and watch the Youtube video.

aydross121
February 8th 2020
1182 Comments


I liked this one, don't have hight expectations for the album though.

I never liked Floor in studio as much compared to live for some reason.

Willie
Moderator
February 8th 2020
20212 Comments


It seems like they let her cut loose in the live situations, but totally hold her back during recordings. That's why the songs from the one album she was on are so much better live (as are the songs from every album, really).

bloc
February 8th 2020
70085 Comments


Is this song an attack on all Nightwish fans?

Keyblade
February 8th 2020
30678 Comments


"If he's not, he should be. Creatively, the track goes beyond humor, it's actually a good jam."

he's actually in an... experimental groove metal band, and he plays drums I think. shame, cuz it sounds like he can make some dope ass blackened dm

Flugmorph
February 9th 2020
34172 Comments


still dont get who you are talking about

alamo
February 9th 2020
5571 Comments


"Correction. Nightwish got more interesting (in the studio) with Anette. ;)"
agreed hard

Willie
Moderator
February 9th 2020
20212 Comments


--still dont get who you are talking about--

The dude that made this black metal song out of Greta's UN speech. The video that prompted our joke about Greta being more metal than Nightwish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kD1zubg3cA

DungeonBoy
February 10th 2020
9703 Comments


had a chance to give this track a few listens.. it's pretty okay, really nothing too special though. no goosebumps on this one.. I like the Nightwish songs that give me goosebumps.

Poet
February 10th 2020
6144 Comments


First listen this was okay, and after about 20 listens it is still okay. It's like a combination of the Game of Thrones theme melody and Storytime.

"It seems like they let her cut loose in the live situations, but totally hold her back during recordings"

After seeing them live, they really let her cut loose.

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
February 10th 2020
18936 Comments


Yeah, Game of Thrones' theme was definitely an influence.



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