Nightwish's Floor Jansen looks back on a youth spent indulging in cigarettes and symphonic metal with After Forever and collaborating with Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel

Finland's annual Tuska Festival took place this year from June 28th - 30th. Fan-filmed video of NIGHTWISH performing at the festival - featurinf REVAMP / ex-AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen - is available below: During the Tuska Festival, TJ Fowler from Skullbanger Media spoke with Nightwish bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala about th...

Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH was interviewed by Joiz prior to the band's June 15 performance at the Greenfield festival in Interlaken, Switzerland. You can now watch the chat below. Holopainen has known NIGHTWISH's current touring vocalist, Dutch singer Floor Jansen, for more than 10 ye...

On May 25th, Finland's NIGHTWISH performed at the Loud & Metal Attack in Tokyo, Japan. Fan-filmed live video from the show is available below: Nightwish were recently confirmed to perform on July 4th at the 2013 Byblos Festival, taking place in Citadel, Jbeil, Lebanon. Organizers state: "Having revived the symphonic met...

Finland's NIGHTWISH are confirmed to perform on July 4th at the 2013 Byblos Festival, taking place in Citadel, Jbeil, Lebanon.   Organizers state: "Having revived the symphonic metal genre, they achieved mainstream success by introducing Celtic and medieval elements into their music. Fronted by the stunning Floor Janse...