http://trazneata.radiolynx.ro/2009/08/08/interviu-tuomas-holopainen-nightwish-video/ - интервью с Туомасом @ Sibiu
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Interviewer: I understand you have a few new tracks ready for the new album… I know they’re being kept secret, but I would like to find out a few details…
Tuomas: There’s not so much I can tell you about the new album. We’ve already booked the location where we will record the album, starting with July, next year. We only have several months as holiday and then we’ll enter the studio. I have started working on the songs only a few months ago and right now I only have three tracks which are complete, but without the lyrics. It's very hard to say something about the songs, I’ve barely started working on the album. I have the whole concept clearly in my mind and this has never happened to me with the previous albums. At least not on this level. There will be a slight change in the album (no idea what he means with this) which will be hard to achieve, but I believe that will only make it better.
I: Will this album be more emotional or more in the style of Dark Passion Play?
T: Do you think Dark Passion Play is emotional?
I: I think it’s a bit heavier than the rest.
T: I think something heavy can also be emotional, and DPP is certainly our heaviest album, as you said, but it’s by far the most emotional we’ve ever made, due to the circumstances of its birth.
I: I see. So have you shared your ideas with the rest of the band or are you keeping them for yourself?
T: I’ve mostly kept them for myself, at least until now. The way I have been working involves bringing the songs as closer to perfection as I can – that’s just the way it all works. Afterwards, I discuss them with the rest of the band. I’ve listened to some bass parts composed by Marco, our bass player, and they’re actually ( actually? is it a surprise? ) very good.
I: I've heard some rumors according to which Troy Donockley might join the band to become the new member of Nightwish and I was like: WHAT? THAT CANNOT BE? ( I won’t comment on that. ) What do you have to say about that?
T: *thinks* That’s not a bad idea, actually! He’s been supporting us through the European tour, in the USA and in some festivals and he will also be joining us for the show at Hartwall arena. I wouldn’t add him to the promotional photos yet, but in many ways he’s already the fifth-and-a-half member of the band, because we share many ideas – which is incredible. He’s a close friend of mine and be sure he’ll be a part of our next album as well.
I: Talking about the show at Hartwall arena, will this one be recorded on DVD as well?
T: Uhm…nothing official yet. We’ve already recorded our last concert there, so nothing is certain now.
I: But could you give me some details about this final concert of the tour or you don’t have anything planned yet?
T: I think it definitely asks for something special, but we haven’t decided what it’s going to be, not yet. But there will be some surprises, both related to the setlist and to the visual aspect.
I: Talking about the setlist, was it difficult to make one, playing the same songs for two years, knowing that fans want to listen to them? (again, I’m not sure what she means about this ) How hard was it to make a setlist for this tour?
T: We have actually changed our setlist several times during this tour. There are tracks which we have kept, but we like to change some songs every now and then. But then, after the three months break we had during the European tour last March (wait. A three months break in March? O.O) we’ve found the perfect setlist and followed it, depending only on how much we could play and whether or not we had been in the same place before. But playing Amaranth or Wishmaster, you can’t give them the same vibe as before, that’s for sure.
I: Will you be playing Bye Bye Beautiful again?
T: No, we haven’t played that song since November and I’m sure we’ll never play it again.
I: Not even at Hartwall?
T: No, not even there. It’s a very good song for live shows, but it has fulfilled the purpose it had on the album and now it’s just ridiculous.
I: And my last question is: In these two years of touring, has there ever been a moment when you said : “Fuck this tour! I wanna go home, I wanna sleep in my bed”?
T: I wouldn’t go that far, but I did feel like that at the end of the last year. The schedule was very difficult and there were problems in the band, problems which everyone could read about. And it’s not just about Anette, but about the whole crew, including the technicians and the management. The three months break was very good for us, but I don’t believe we ever lost the desire to play; we were simply homesick and incredibly tired. So after those three free months, when we started the American tour, everyone felt good again.
I: And one more question: Marco mentioned something about Walt Whitman, so I understand you’ve been inspired by him. Will you give up your old sources of inspiration – Walt Disney and Tolkien – in favour of poetry?
T: No, I’ll never give up those. The point is I’ve never been into poetry, even though people might think otherwise. I tried to read it, but I didn’t understand much, to be honest. But a few years ago I have discovered Walt Whitman and his poetry book has become some sort of personal Bible for me, which I use as a guide: an idea about life and this world, like Song of Myself. (again, he’s not making much sense, or the translation to Romanian sucks worse than the one I’m doing now) It’s the first time I understand poetry and I can truly read it. And Walt’s influence will be felt on the next album, quite strongly.
I: Would you give us a message for metal fans and listeners of RadioLynx?
T: Yeah. Thank you for staying with us through both good and hard times. It’s a known fact that metal fans are the most loyal ones in the world, so thank you. Thanks.