Nightwish's new album "Dark Passion Play" will be released on September 28th, 2007 and will contain 2 discs. The first disc will have 13 tracks and the second disc will contain 11 instrumentals.

 

This album is the most expensive album made in Finnish history, costing 500,000 Euros. Nightwish recently filmed 2 videos for their first 2 singles, one of them being 'Amaranth'. It cost 270,000 euros to make and was directed by Antti Jokinen.

 

Album Cover:

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1301/coverdppjm3.jpg

 

CD1:

 

1. The Poet And The Pendulum [14 Minutes Long]

2. Bye Bye Beautiful

3. Amaranth

4. Cadence Of Her Last Breath

5. Master Passion Greed

6. Eva

7. Sahara

8. Whoever Brings The Night

9. For The Heart I Once Had

10. The Islander

11. Last Of The Wilds

12. 7 Days To The Wolves

13. Meadows Of Heaven

 

CD2 [instrumentals]:

 

01: The Poet And The Pendulum

02: Bye Bye Beautiful

03: Amaranth

04: Cadence Of Her Last Breath

05: Master Passion Greed

06: Eva

07: Sahara

08: Whoever Brings The Night

09: For The Heart I Once Had

10: The Islander

11: Last Of The Wilds

 

'Amaranth' has been confirmed the 2nd single off the album, released 22nd August, and the video, as said before, has been shot. Here's the artwork:

 

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8632/coveramaranthlm9.jpg

 

Here's what the finnish Media had to say about the album:

Anyone expecting the album to be a radio-friendly hit parade is disillusioned at the first 14-minute epic which begins the album. The upcoming single Amaranth is already somewhat easier stuff. As the album proceeds, it is clear that NW hasn’t slipped to an ‘artsey’ (= too artistic) side – there is still lot of material on this album to make one move both one’s head and feet.

 

Nevertheless, as Holopainen has said also himself, the album hardly can be appreciated fully at the first listening but rewards only after repeated listenings.

 

As before, the songs are accompanied with pompous arrangements – there is orchestra, kettledrums, choirboy…

 

And it also becomes clear that all doubts about Anette the new singer and about the strength of her voice can be buried. She very obviously brings warmth to NW compared to Tarja whose voice is more like a cold mountain brook. (tunturi = not actually a mountain but a fjeld in Lapland), and for example in the final song Meadows of Heaven, the hair on the skin of the listener begins to stand.

 

Some new posters have been released in anticipation for the upcoming album.. shall post those in a minute.

Edited June 18, 200718 yr by EvMark

New clips have been released.

 

The Poet and the Pendulum <3333