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Finland’s BEARWOOD Featuring MARKO HIETALA Release New Single / Video “Life Of Sin”

https://bravewords.com/news/finlands-bearwood-featuring-marko-hietala-release-new-single-video-life-of-sin/

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NIGHTWISH Side Project AURI Releases New Single 'Museum Of Childhood' From Upcoming 'III - Candles & Beginnings' Album

https://blabbermouth.net/news/nightwish-side-project-auri-releases-new-single-museum-of-childhood-from-upcoming-iii-candles-beginnings-album

#Nightwish #AURI #TuomasHolopainen #JohannaKurkela #MuseumOfChildhood #CandlesAndBeginnings #TroyDonockley #Finland #AlbumRelease #ProgressiveMusic

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NIGHTWISH Side Project AURI Releases “Museum Of Childhood” Single And Music Video

https://bravewords.com/news/nightwish-side-project-auri-releases-museum-of-childhood-single-and-music-video/

#Nightwish #AURI #MuseumOfChildhood #Single #MusicVideo #HeavyMetal #HardRock #News #August2025 #CandlesAndBeginnings

Today is all about

https://tidal.com/browse/track/275125069?u

#Music #Nightwish #Mood

Gary Moore/Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away
De Atramentis Document Black in Pilot Parallel fountain pen on Rhodia Touch paper

This started as an experiment in seeing how well the Parallels would play with pigment inks - I'm pretty happy with the results!

#fountainpen #garymoore #nightwish #calligraphy

The lyrics of Gary Moore's 'Over the Hills and Far Away', hand-lettered in a LOTR-inspired style in black ink. A black wax seal of a howling wolf is affixed.

'They came for him one winter's night
Arrested, he was bound
They said there'd been a robbery
His pistol had been found

They marched him to the station house
He waited for the dawn
And as they led him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wronged

"You stand accused of robbery"
He heard the bailiff say
He knew without an alibi
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom

Over the hills and far away
For ten long years, he'll count the days
Over the mountains and the seas
A prisoner's life for him there'll be'

Warkings – Armageddon Review

By ClarkKent

Those of you hoping to turn your ancient civilization cosplay group into a power metal band, sorry to burst your bubble–Warkings has beat you to it. Including Armageddon, this prolific German outfit has released five albums since their founding in 2018.1 Perhaps realizing that one new LP per year is not sustainable, Warkings waited three years to record Armageddon. In that span, the quartet has transformed itself into a quintet, making permanent Morgana le Fay, who previously served as a guest collaborator. Admittedly, it’s not easy to take a group seriously when it dresses up and poses like the members in the band photo below. Fortunately, nobody takes power metal too seriously anyway. Trve fans only care about the following questions: Is the album fun? Is it catchy? Does it make you sing and dance to ridiculous choruses? Let’s find out if Warkings checks these boxes.

Warkings follows the Sabaton and Powerwolf schools of power metal, playing with high levels of bombast while following Sabaton’s lead in writing about historical events. These range from a song (“Armageddon”) about a Viking raid on a church in 793 to a song (“Genghis Khan”) about the famed Mongolian ruler to a song (“Hangman’s Night”) about when France’s King Phillip IV arrested and executed the Knights Templar in 1307. Those unfamiliar with Warkings’s previous work might assume the addition of a female vocalist puts them in the beauty and the beast dynamic of Epica or Nightwish. In a twist, it’s the female, Morgana le Fay, who performs with an edgier, more aggressive approach than the male, The Tribune. The Tribune has a cleaner, softer sound than his Sabaton and Powerwolf brethren, while Morgana le Fay sounds more like Lzzy Hale of Halestorm. The difference in impact that these two have couldn’t be starker. Whereas The Tribune brings a more upbeat feel akin to Fellowship, Morgana le Fay adds grit, which is most evident on the relentlessly heavy “Circle of Witches.”

Don’t expect a hearty meal from Armageddon; it’s more like junk food for your ears. Just as junk food hooks you with additives like sugar and salt, Warkings hooks you with effective, catchy choruses and high-energy drum beats. Opening tracks “Armageddon” and “Genghis Khan” are particularly tasty morsels. If there was ever a heavy metal sing-along album, those two songs would be near the top of the playlist. There are plenty of other examples of good earworms, but Armageddon is at its best on collaborations with other German power metal bands. These include “Hangman’s Night” performed with horror-themed collaborator Dominum, and “Stahl auf Stahl” performed with folk-themed Subway to Sally. On these songs, the bands mix and match their strengths, such that “Hangman’s Night” adds atmospheric chanting and “Stahl auf Stahl” features some tasty violin melodies alongside the guitars.2 Just as too much junk food will make you sick, Warkings wisely limits tunes to four minutes or less, and the fourteen-track record clocks in at a swift 40 minutes.

With some modifications, Warkings could upgrade into a more filling and nutritious snack. For one, while the guitar riffs are adequate in driving the high energy, they’re often generic and uninspired. Sometimes the riffs are great during the intro and chorus but disappear during the rest of the song (“Genghis Khan”), or they’re just bland throughout (“Kingdom Come”). The solos similarly suffer a lack of imagination, and they’re so brief you wonder why Warkings bothered in the first place. The other issue is that Armageddon sags in the middle. This is where a couple of four-minute tracks, “Kingdom Come” and “Kings of Ragnarok”, prove the wisdom of the wham-bam approach. When you rely on simple formulas without including Ascension–level shredding during the solos, anything longer than three minutes starts to spoil.

Armageddon marks my first venture with Warkings, and admittedly, I wasn’t impressed during my first few listens. With each subsequent listen, however, the hooks embedded themselves deeper and deeper into my brain. Those who are more familiar with Warkings might be happy to learn that they appear to have benefited from the lengthier gestation period between albums. They have come back from this break not only with a new member who benefits their sound, but sharper songwriting and stronger choruses. So prepare to dust off your old suit of ancient armor and regale your neighbors with anthems about centuries-old historical events.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: N/A | Format Reviewed: Stream
Label: Napalm Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Official Site
Releases Worldwide: July 4th, 2025

#2025 #30 #Armageddon #Ascension #Dominum #Epica #Fellowship #GermanMetal #Halestorm #Jul25 #NapalmRecords #Nightwish #PowerMetal #Powerwolf #Review #Reviews #Sabaton #SubwayToSally #WarKings

#Nightwish - The Greatest Show on Earth

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TONS OF ROCK 2025 – Day 4: DARK ANGEL Leaves Scars On Oslo!

https://bravewords.com/concert-reviews/tons-of-rock-2025-day-4-dark-angel-leaves-scars-on-oslo/

#DarkAngel #Oslo #TONSOFROCK #HeavyMetal #TarjaTurunen #Nightwish #ConcertReviews #Bravewords #RockFestival #Norway

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#Katatonia
Dead End Kings
Dead Letters

YouTube Search:
https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Katatonia+Dead+End+Kings+Dead+Letters

Songwhip:
https://songwhip.com/Katatonia/Dead-Letters

LastFM:
https://www.last.fm/music/Katatonia/_/Dead+Letters

Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Katatonia-dead-letters-lyrics

#Katatonia #JonasRenkse #AndersNyström #MikaelAkerfeldt #FredrikNorrman #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #ProgressiveRock #SwedishMetal #MelodicDeathMetal #GothicMetal #Nightwish

I've released my new album, 『Piano Collection Ⅴ』Listen and purchase now directly : https://shou.bandcamp.com/album/piano-collection

#piano #ピアノ #music #pianist #ピアニスト #東京 #musician #pianomusic #ポルノグラフィティ #FINALFANTASY #ファイナルファンタジー #アニメ #classical #soundtrack #movie #Nightwish

Ghost River - Nightwish - #SoundCloud #Music #Nightwish

https://soundcloud.com/nightwishofficial/ghost-river

I don’t have the musical chops to know why, but the chorus of the new #muse track makes me think of (modern) #nightwish.

(Not complaining)

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MARKO HIETALA – “10 Songs That Changed My Life…”

https://bravewords.com/news/marko-hietala-10-songs-that-changed-my-life/

#MarkoHietala #Nightwish #MetalHammer #BlackSabbath #IntoTheVoid #HeavyMetal #HardRock #News #Music

Ylellä on podcast-sarja Tarja Turusesta.

https://areena.yle.fi/1-74596642

#musiikki #nightwish #podcastit

Es wird mal wieder Zeit, gute Musik aufzulegen. Und da kommt mir heute Nightwish gerade recht. Symphonic Metal kann ich eigentlich immer wieder hören, und nachdem mir "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" schon gefallen hat, kommt heute "Human:II:Nature" auf die Ohren, natürlich in der Limited Edition Eco Vinyl Marbled. Man gönnt sich ja sonst nix!
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Das Album ist allein schon deshalb interessant, weil es gewissermaßem aus zwei Teilen besteht. Der erste Teil bringt Lieder zu Gehör, wie wir sie von Nightwish kennen. Symphonisch, episch, zuweilen auch poppig, aber immer hörbar. Die erstaunlich umfangreiche Stimme von Floor Jansen ist durchaus ein Genuß!
Der zweite Teil kommt dagegen ohne Gesang aus. Nightwish präsentiert hier ein orchestrales Werk, mit dem man gut auch eine Dokumentation von National Geographic oder BBC untermalen könnte. Ein bisschen ungewohnt, wenn man den Rest der Werke von Nightwish kennt, aber nicht minder hörenswert! Also, mir jedenfalls macht es Spaß. Und mit einem guten Whisky in der einen und einem guten Buch in der anderen Hand ist das Album Genuss pur.
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#nowplaying #vinyl #vinyllove #nightwish #music

Hiraeth, Nightwish

"Neverending
Longing for the what if's
For a home that once was
For a ghost love lullaby"

(Hiraeth is a Welsh word, usually translated as "longing", but that term is too tame)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7EadJWG4PM

#Nightwish #Hiraeth

Un peu de métal symphonique ?

J'ai fait une version lyrique de Nightwish en plus 😉

https://youtube.com/shorts/TPnqnEYe3T4?si=EjTJ2SRLed6HrMLo

#nightwish #metal #symphonicmetal #lyrique #lyrical #amaranth #cover #flute #vocals #flutelover😍 #femaleartist #femalevoice #fluteplayer #viral_video #metalsymphonique #beatboxflute #beatbox

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TESTAMENT's Collaboration With NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN Ain't Happening
It was also never officially scheduled. TESTAMENT's Collaboration With NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN Ain't Happening appeared first on Metal Injection.

https://metalinjection.net/news/testaments-collaboration-with-nightwishs-floor-jansen-aint-happening

#Testament #Nightwish #FloorJansen #MetalInjection #NewAlbums #WeeklyInjection #Vildhjarta #RiversOfNihil #Midnight #Witchcraft