Nightwish founder / keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen spoke with KaaosTV about the band's upcoming virtual shows, An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World, as well as about his forthcoming albums from Darkwoods My Bethrothed and Auri. Check out the interview below.

Holopainen on Darkwoods My Betrothed

"We did three albums in the mid-'90s, the latest one coming out in '98; Witch-Hunts, it was called. Since then we have had this highschool friends get-together almost every summer, since the past 15 years or so, and we always talk about the comeback of Darkwoods and then forget it immediately. But last July, in 2020, we thought that it's really now or never. Because of this situation that the world is in, we finally might have the time and the means to actually realize this that we have been talking about for so long, and here we are."

"Originally I was just a session musician back in the days, and now, even though I'm a full-time member of the band I still don't do any songs. It's the other guys who take care of that; I just play my parts with the keys. That's the dynamics of this particular band and that's the way it works the best, because Jouni (Mikkonen / guitars), Teemu (Kautonen / bass) and Pasi (Kankkunen / vocals), the core of the band, they have such a strong vision of the songs and the lyrics and the overall atmosphere of what Darkwoods is about. They do the songwriting part and then I just come in and spice up the whole thing with the keyboards, just the way it has worked in the past and on this album as well."

Darkwoods My Betrothed is gearing up to release their new album, Angel Of Carnage Unleashed. Stay tuned for updates. Go to the band's official Facebook page here.