NIGHTWISH Vocalist FLOOR JANSEN On Possible AFTER FOREVER Reunion - "It's Good To Leave Things In The Past"
November 19, 2021, 3 years ago
Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen is featured in a new interview with Metal Hammer. She looks back on her early days as a professional singer and discusses the possibility of a reunion with her first band, After Forever, which officially called it quits in 2009. Following is an excerpt from the interview.
Q: You joined After Forever when you were only 16. Did you already know that this was what you wanted to do?
Floor: "No. Think of a bunch of teenagers that wanted to play music, and think before the internet. I liked metal. And I wanted to sing in a metal band. That was my ambition; I used to play guitar and write my own acoustic songs, then I played at parties of friends. And one day when I did that, somebody said, ‘I know a bunch of guys that have a metal band, and they are looking for a female background singer’, and that was After Forever. And so that’s how I joined."
Q: Is there any chance at all of After Forever reuniting?
Floor: "No, not as far as I’m concerned. I’m very content with where I am. It’s good to leave things in the past. Many After Forever albums have been re-released, unfortunately without my consent. But now the latest (self-titled) album will be re-released next year and all members were involved, which is a huge difference. So that’s something I can heart-warmingly recommend to fans or nostalgics. Something’s coming."
Read the complete interview here.
