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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release their new album, "Imaginaerum", in Finland on Wednesday, November 30 and the rest of Europe on Friday, December 2 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will be made available in North America through Roadrunner Records."Imaginaerum" track listing:01. Taikatalvi02. Storytime03. Ghost River04. Slow, Love, Slow05. I Want My Tears Back06. Scaretale07. Arabesque08. Turn Loose The Mermaids09. Rest Calm10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove11. Last Ride Of The Day12. Song Of Myself13. ImaginaerumA track-by-track breakdown of the album by NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen can be found at Metalhammer.co.uk. Regarding the "Imaginaerum" cover artwork, which can be seen below,Cheap Jerseys China, Tuomas Holopainen said, "Originally, this was supposed to be the centerfold image of the album, but once I and some mates saw the final image, we immediately knew that the hunt for the actual cover artwork was over. I believe this is Toxic Angel's finest piece of work yet, capturing the deepest essence of what 'Imaginaerum' is all about. The power of imagination and places of wordless wonders, magic and awe, of longing and the surreal."I emphasized from the start that not a single living thing should be seen in the picture, and Toxic was able to create that sublime but desolate, 'all this waiting for you, and you only' feeling. "All you need is the courage to enter."NIGHTWISH recently spent time not only putting finishing touches to the "Imaginaerum" album, but also planning a movie of the same name."Imaginaerum" is one of the projects which recently received grants from the Finnish government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation. The movie, directed by Stobe Harju,Cheap Jerseys NFL, about an old man on his deathbed who glimpses a childhood dream in which he refuses to grow old, and fights aging with his imagination,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, will get $575,000 toward its $3.7 million budget.NIGHTWISH's new single, "Storytime", will be released on Friday,Cheap Jerseys Stitched, November 11 via Nuclear Blast Records. Regarding the musical direction of the forthcoming album, NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon wrote on her official blog, "I think it's a great and varied CD. The feelings in it are great and there are a lot of elements in it,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, so I am sure it will have many different favorite songs for the listeners since the songs are so different in styles and sound. [2007's] 'Dark Passion Play' is a great album and this one, too, so I don't know yet which one I like more, but, of course, for me personally, this one feels better to do since the songs are more adjusted to my voice and my style." NIGHTWISH will kick off the "Imaginaerum" world tour in Los Angeles. The very first show of the trek will take place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on Saturday, January 21. This will be the biggest NIGHTWISH show production ever on North American soil and strictly a one-off there will be no U.S. tour until later in 2012. |
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