Former NIGHTWISH vocalist ANETTE OLZON is featured in a new interview with PlanetMosh.com discussing her new solo album, Shine. An excerpt is available below:

PM: 'Lies' was written about your divorce wasn’t it?

Olzon: "Yes exactly, not totally about it, but in the mood of it, you know, how you feel when you are in that situation."

PM: Fans reading the lyrics to 'Lies' could easily think it’s about the Nightwish split.

Olzon: "Yes but that was also like a divorce, so it suits that situation too. Being in a band is not like a normal job, it’s like a family so it is like a big divorce when you end something like that too, so I think 'Lies' does work for the Nightwish thing too."

PM: One thing I find depressing is how many people seem obsessed with championing their favourite singer as the “best” a band has had and criticising the other singers. Rather than simply admitting that each singer is different and has their own strengths and weaknesses they constantly compare and criticise.

Olzon: "When I joined Nightwish I had very big shoes to fill and they didn’t make it easy for me, the fans. It was a hard job for me to take because the fans didn’t approve of me. We sold more albums than Nightwish ever had in the past, so in that way I succeeded, but they made me feel very insecure and that I had to work so hard to be liked because of those comparisons with Tarja which I find quite amusing because we are so different. I think music is something where you can’t compete, I don’t think you can say who is best because we are all different and what you like may be something I don’t like and I think we should stop comparing. They are quite fanatical some of these fans, and I don’t know why Nightwish have this type of fan because I don’t think all bands have them, but there’s something about Nightwish that made these people quite fanatical."

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Olzon has released her new video, 'Lies', taken from her upcoming debut solo album, Shine.

The Shine release dates via earMUSIC are as follows:

Sweden - March 26th

Germany, Finland, Russia, Spain - March 28th

France, Benelux, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, UK - March 31st

Italy - April 1st

North America - April 8th

Shine has been produced with the collaboration of some of the most successful teams in rock and pop in Scandinavia: the producer Stefan Örn (songwriter and producer of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest winning track ‘Running Scared’), Johan Glössner and co-produced by Anette Olzon and Johan Kronlund. The album was mixed by Kronlund, Nicklas Flykt and Ronny Lahti (known for his work with LOREEN and ROXETTE).

Check out the first lyric video for the song 'Fallen' below:

"I am so thrilled to finally release my first solo album,” says Anette Olzon. “I’ve been working on it for a long time by now... The album is very personal with songs I have started writing already in 2009 but also very recent songs. The overall message of the album is that life can be really dark and filled with hardship and sadness, but you can always choose to see some light coming through, to make you stronger and full of life - making you SHINE... no matter what."

And what about the musical direction? “In the end, it is a rock album,” says Anette. “Well, a pop rock album maybe, or would you call it pop metal?” We have heard this one before, didn’t we?

Whether we can define Shine a metal album, rock, pop or “pop rock” what would be hard to miss is how strong the songs are and what an extraordinary album it is. It exceptionally masters the borders between melancholy and hope, between fragility and power, because it showcases an artist who doesn't rest on her laurels but heads boldly into the future. Because it shines.

See what Anette has to say about Shine below: