NIGHTWISH Taps AMORPHIS And TURMION KÄTILÖT As Support For Fall 2020 European Tour

Finnish/British/Dutch symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have tapped AMORPHIS and TURMION KÄTILÖT as the support acts on their fall 2020 European tour.

Tour dates:

Nov. 16 - N - Oslo - Spektrum
Nov. 20 - D - Leipzig - Arena
Nov. 21 - D - Dusseldorf - ISS Dome
Nov. 23 - NL - Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome (sold out)
Nov. 24 - NL - Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome (sold out)
Nov. 25 - F - Paris - AccorHotels Arena
Nov. 26 - B - Antwerp - Lotto Arena
Nov. 28 - D - Stuttgart - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Nov. 29 - LUX - Luxembourg - Rockhal
Dec. 03 - I - Milan - Lorenzini District
Dec. 04 - D - Munich - Olympiahalle
Dec. 07 - HU – Budapest - Arena
Dec. 09 - D - Bamberg - Brose Arena
Dec. 10 - D - Frankfurt - Festhalle
Dec. 12 - A - Vienna - Stadthalle
Dec. 14 - D - Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle
Dec. 16 - UK - Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena
Dec. 18 - UK - London - SSE Arena Wembley

NIGHTWISH's new album "Human. :II: Nature.", will be released on April 10 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters on CD 2.

Speaking to Germany's Rock Bottom, NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen said about "Human. :II: Nature.": "The original idea was not to do a double album. We thought we can fit all the material on one album, but since a CD only takes about 78 minutes of material and the album is 83 minutes long, or something like that, we had to split it into two discs. Which ended up being a brilliant decision, because now it even makes more sense when you think about the dynamics of the album. It's 'Human. :II: Nature.'. And the first nine songs are all about humans telling stories about humanity, human nature, about other humans, with a human voice. Then, after that, you flip the disc and go into the nature for half an hour for some instrumental escapism. So that's the 'nature' part of the album."

Asked if "Human. :II: Nature." is a concept album, Tuomas said: "I wouldn't use the term 'concept album,' but there is a little theme that's running through all the songs, so in a way, it is a thematic album. At some point through the songwriting process, I realized that the word 'human' appears in all the songs, and these are all somehow connected. Then I kind of realized that, 'Okay, this song is about the power of human imagination,' 'This song is about the power of human empathy,' 'This song is all about music descending on mankind,' 'This song is about human versus technology.' So, 'Okay, let's call this album 'Human'.' But that doesn't sound quite right, so the last song, it's all about the beauty of planet Earth. The last song is kind of like NIGHTWISH's love letter to planet Earth. So that's nature — human nature. That's how we came up with the title of the album."

"Human. :II: Nature." was recorded from August to October 2019 at Röskö campsite, Petrax Studios and Troykington castle, as well as Finnvox Studios, by Tero Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Troy Donockley. The mixing was done by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox, with Tuomas Holopainen and Tero Kinnunen. Mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox.