NIGHTWISH Officially Start Recording New Album
October 16, 2010, 14 years ago
NIGHTWISH have officially started recording the follow-up to 2007's Dark Passion Play. Drummer Jukka Nevalainen checked in from the studio late yesterday (October 15th):
"After spending an intensive summer camp on Finnish countryside and putting a final touch to the demo, we started recording the drums for our next album. We gathered together yesterday and set up the drums and all the recording devices. Today was mostly spent just perfecting the sounds. Just like with our last album we got some back-up from Mr. Kai Hahto (SWALLOW THE SUN and WINTERSUN), who is known to be able to conjure godly sounds by tuning the drums. The legendary duet of Mikko Karmila and TeeCee Kinnunen are taking care of the engineering again. Tonight ended with a complete take of the first song, so the recording session has now officially started!"Check out studio photos at this location.
As previously reported, Nightwish Management exclusively confirmed to BraveWords.com that a London, UK orchestra has been booked into the studio for February 2011, with an anticipated release no earlier than the fall, probably later in '11.
Watch BraveWords.com for updates on the progress.
