Michelle of Total Rock conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH earlier today (Friday, June 8) at the Download festival at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September w...

NIGHTWISH have announced a string of Imaginaerum live dates for South America, due to take place at the end of the year. The schedule is as follows: November 29 - Teatro Metropolitan - Mexico City, Mexico December 1 - Teatro Tito Puente - San Juan, Puerto Rico 3 - Peppers Club - San Jose, Costa Rica 5 - venue tba - Lima, Peru 9 - Opiniao - Port...

NIGHTWISH have announced a string of Imaginaerum live dates in the UK this fall. The band's itinerary is as follows: November 4 - o2 Apollo - Manchester, UK 5 - o2 Academy Brixton - London, UK 6 - o2 Academy - Birmingham, UK 7 - o2 Academy - Glasgow, UK Nightwish's live schedule can be found here. The band recently wrapped up th...

OUT TOMORROW! UK Editions of the new issue of Metal Hammer - which is a mighty, 172-page Black Sabbath tribute - will get a free Download poster set, including iconic images from Metallica, Anthrax, Machine Head, Corey Taylor, Ghost, Nightwish and many more! Order your copy inside.

Finland's NIGHTWISH have checked in with the following update: "In case you missed the news, we're giving away free items on Nightwish Shop orders with value over €30 ('Storytime' CD single digipak) or over €60 (high quality 'Master Passion Greed' beach towel + '...