Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Nightwish have long stood apart from other European metal ...

In 2005, Nightwish seemed unstoppable. A year after the symphonic metal sensations had released their defining 2004 album, Once, they’d exploded across Europe, supported Iron Maiden and headed off on ...

Former Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon just dropped a huge bombshell about her exit from the Finnish symphonic metal act. In a new interview, Olzon claims she was unceremoniously fired from the band ...

We've seen musicians step away from bands over the years due to a number of physical ailments, but here's one that is a bit out of the ordinary. Nightwish drummer Jukka Nevalainen has revealed that he ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 25: Singer Floor Jansen of the Finnish band Nightwish performs live on stage during a concert at the Max-Schmeling-Halle on November 25, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Nightwish's ...

The couple huddled on the bench gaze open-mouthed at the scene in front of them. Parading along the shore of one of the crystal-blue lakes that sandwich the Finnish city of Tampere are six people ...

Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen says she’ll use the band’s touring hiatus to make her second solo album. In April last year, the symphonic metal superstars announced that their next album won’t be ...

Nightwish‘s next album will serve as the third part of a trilogy, according to keyboardist/songwriter Tuomas Holopainen. The Finnish metal band’s ninth and most ...

Many of rock’s greatest bands have delivered classic debut albums – music that becomes engrained in rock culture. Nightwish, it’s fair to say, aren’t one of them. Angels Fall First can best be ...

In the four years since their last album, Finnish symphonic metal titans Nightwish have been through much change, challenge and uncertainty. And that's without the pandemic kicking the legs out from ...