there's a currently a chatting session with NW on a swedish news site
www.aftonbladet.se
Nightwish säger: Hej, nu är vi här! Shoot!
ancientdanne säger: hello nighwish what is your future plans now for the band now then you have a nwe singer and all... your new album Dark passion play that are going to realese in 28th september (in Sweden) how has it been to work with that album?
Nightwish säger: It was a long, hard and incredibly fun process. The result is sth we are all very proud of. Future plans include heavy touring in Sweden.
Jakob säger: i must say that all the best music is from finland! Why is it like that?
Nightwish säger: Swedes are not that bad, either. I don`t kniow, it`s partly musicianship, partly Finnish crazyness and partly the snowball effect.
OceanSoul säger: Hi Nightwish, I'm a fan from Finland What do you think about the fact that almost your whole new cd is out on the internet? But I have to admit that The Poet and the Pendulum sounds great, your best song ever. Morjens (:
Nightwish säger: Well, thanks. It fu...ng sucks, the internet hassle. But we believe people will want to have the real thing, as well.
SE säger: On the coming tour - are you going to play even some old songs or keep it to your new album? Coming to see you in Helsinki!! Looking forward to it
Nightwish säger: Lots of old ones, absolutely! We will check it out in the rehearsals, which songs work out best with Anette.
breakz säger: Greetings NW Ive been following you guys from the start and been on 3 on yer concerts including the last one you did in Sthlm, Im wondering if yer planning on doing extra concerts in Sweden now when you got a Swedish singer?
Nightwish säger: It`s a big world and so many places need to be visited... Wish we had more time for them all. But 3 shows in Sweden for starters is quite good.
Angel säger: Hi, are your new singer as good as Tarja?
Nightwish säger: I think she is. We think she is. Comparisons are a necessary evil, but at the end, no use for anybody.
säger: Why did Tarja leave Nightwish?
Nightwish säger:
We decided to order a new singer from the mailorder catalogue. Change is good.
säger: What is your major inspiration when writing your music?
Nightwish säger: Life experiences, dreams, fears, wishes, longing for sth you`ll never have. The beauty and ugliness of the world.
OceanSoul säger: Anette, och hela Nightwish, hur går det med svenskan? How is it going with the language? Are Nightwish trying to learn swedish or is Anette trying to learn finnish?
Nightwish säger: Hej! Det går ganska bra, de är duktiga på att förstå svenska och även att tala det. Lite rädda för det, men de är väldigt duktiga. Jag försöker lära mig finska och har köpt en finskakurs;=)
ancientdanne säger: how long was you in the studio when you woked on this new album? and did you have any problems with it?
Nightwish säger: About 10 months in the studio altogether. No major problems, despite the time this was quite a smooth process.
arctica säger: Hi Nightwish. First of all i'd like to say that you guys rock! Please describe your new album, is it alot different than previous ones?
Nightwish säger:
It`s Edgar Allan Poe clashing with Walt Whitman, Angels Fall First meeting Once, Ireland meeting Finland. It`s not radically different, but includes many new elements, as well. Like the female singer. haha.
säger: Do you enjoy being famous?
Nightwish säger: Not really. It comes with the job, and with that job also comes many responsibilities. I`d rather stay in the background, but since I dag my own grave, I need to accept everything that comes with it. -Tuomas
säger: Do you feel that your music is going in a new direction with your new singer, I mean that it's a big different between Anette's and Tarja's singing style?
Nightwish säger: Style of singing has changed quite a bit, indeed. But the music and the soul have remained very much the same.
sanna säger: Hey nichtwish are you Tuomas singel
Nightwish säger: Yeah..
JB säger: What music are you listening to? (when you're not listening to your own music) You rock!
Nightwish säger:
Anette: I listen to various music, depending on my mood for the day.... right now it´s Finntroll, Amorphis, Amy Winehouse....13.30 säger: Hi there how long did it take for the band to find a your new singer, Anette? must have been a long process / Kristofer
Nightwish säger: It took about a year and a half. We were in no hurry..
ancientdanne säger: how long do you think that Nighwish are going to play?
Nightwish säger:
Till all the instruments are smashed. 10 years, 50 years.??
säger: hello nightwish . you totally rock. are you guys still friends with tarja? well, love 3
Nightwish säger: We haven`t had any contact with her since 2005. Not much to say, I guess.
CaJoo säger: What do you like to do on your free time?
Nightwish säger: Flying kites, horse polo, chess and other intelligent things.
Jakob säger: what is the best feeling when you are performing live?
Nightwish säger: When everybody is singing along the song, lots of happy faces in the audience.. That`s like one huge group orgasm.
CrimsonAnna säger: Hello! I was wondering, since the lyrics is a reflection of Tuomas' life, is there a possibility that some future NW album will be truly happy if you are?
Nightwish säger: I`ll aim for that. Been aiming for a decade now, without much success =)
Peter säger: Hur är Nightwish inställning till droger? Jag menar det hör ju rocken till..
Nightwish säger: Booze and menthol Kent do the job for me. None of us is into drugs.
Challe säger: how old are you gyes?
Nightwish säger: Between 29-41.
marco is the sweet grandaddy of the group.
Tulork säger: Hey there. Which country has been the most odd you have played in so far. What I meen is, who have givven you the stranges treatment, stranges intervjues and so on..
Nightwish säger: Equador.
sanna säger: What do you think about Within Temtesion and evenacence???
Nightwish säger: We both like them a lot! Good stuff.
säger: How did you react when you been told that you got the job as the new singer in Nightwish?
Nightwish säger: I got into a kind of shock-state at first and it took me several weeks before I truly believed that they wouldn´t find someone called Nina instead....
Robban säger: Rate the Swedish crowds (compared to others) 1-10! And don't be too nice.
Nightwish säger: 9-
Over the hills säger: When will you release the new CD? :3
Nightwish säger: Single out 22.8. Album out 26.9.
ancientdanne säger: what have been the best concert that you have played so far?
Nightwish säger: Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 2005.
Adam säger: what are your favourite swedish bands/artists?
Nightwish säger: Tuomas: Tiamat, Therion, Roxette, Abba Anette: ABBA, Lisa Miskovsky
Hi! säger: Do you some times feel like you could take over the world with your music? That would be so damn cool
Nightwish säger: Well, it has taken over our own little microcosmoses, that`s enough for now.
Over the hills säger: Would you call your music Gothic?
Nightwish säger: I wouldn`t, but it`s totally ok if someone does.
Moderator säger: This is the last question
Epix säger: Why do u wait until 28 of September for the realese?
Nightwish säger:
Because the record label needs their time for promotion etc. And Anette doesn`t want to do the festivals because then she would hide behind Jukka all the time.
Moderator säger: Thank you Nightwish and thanks to the readers for all the questions.
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OceanSoul säger: Anette, och hela Nightwish, hur går det med svenskan? How is it going with the language? Are Nightwish trying to learn swedish or is Anette trying to learn finnish?
= OceanSoul says: Anette and the whole Nightwish, how is it going with Swedish [girl]? [...]
Nightwish säger: Hej! Det går ganska bra, de är duktiga på att förstå svenska och även att tala det. Lite rädda för det, men de är väldigt duktiga. Jag försöker lära mig finska och har köpt en finskakurs;=)
= Nightwish [obviously Anette] says: Hi! It’s going pretty well. They understand Swedish well and can also speak a little. [They are] a bit shy but they are very good. I try to learn Finnish and have taken [bought] a course in Finnish.