Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers Nightwish are currently working on their new album together with producer Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen. The yet-untitled creation will be the first Nightwish studio-record to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen. Longtime drummer Jukka Nevalainen will sit out on the recording sessions due to health issues; Kai Hahto (Wintersun, Swallow The Sun, Trees Of Eternity) will replace him. It’s set for a release in spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast.

They have checked in with a brief but important update:

"The mixing of the album has begun. Two down, 10 to go!"

Nightwish recently released the sixth album trailer below. Jansen describes her first impressions after moving from the Netherlands to the east of Finland. Find out what her thoughts on sauna, salmiakki, the new language and her new fellow men are:

Nightwish just recently announced their North American tour for April and May 2015. Check out all confirmed dates here:

April

9 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
11 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
13 - Quebec City, QC - Capitole Theatre
14 - Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre
16 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
17 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
18 - Chicago, IL - Concorde Music Hall
19 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
21 - Denver, CO    - Ogden Theatre
22 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
24 - Spokane, WA  - Knitting Factory
25 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
26 - Portland, OR  - Crystal Ballroom
28 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
30 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues

May

1 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek theatre
2 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
3 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
5 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
6 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
8 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
9 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
11 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Work
12 - Louisville, KY - Expo Five
13 - Charlotte, NC - Filmore
14 - Silver Springs, MD - Filmore