When Nightwish came to America to perform at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles on January 21 – their only scheduled U.S. show in support of new album Imaginaerum – we managed to get five signed copies of the CD, and now we’re giving them to you! You’ll win a copy of the deluxe edition, which includes a bonus CD of instrumental versions of every album track, and the booklet has been signed by all five members! This contest ends February 7, so click here to enter, and good luck!
Metallers NIGHTWISH recive EMMA-award, Best Selling Album Of The Year, for Imaginaerum After Only Four Weeks Sales.
“Yesterday we received an EMMA award for the most selling album in Finland 2011. What makes this extra special is the fact that it did so in just four weeks! Again, we can nothing but bow before the loyalty and enthusiasm of our fantastic fans! THANK YOU!!’ the band posted on their official website.
CHILDREN OF BODOM was honored in the “Metal Album Of The Year” category at this year’s Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent), which was held last night (Friday, January 20) at Barona Areena in Espoo, Finland. Meanwhile, MICHAEL MONROE walked away with the “Rock Album Of The Year” (for “Sensory Overdrive”) and “Band Of The Year” awards at the annual event, which was televised on Finnish TV channel YLE TV2. NIGHTWISH‘s “Imaginaerum” disc, which has only been out since late November, was named “Best-Selling Album Of The Year”.
“Metal Album Of The Year” nominees were as follows:
* KOTITEOLLISUUS – “Kotiteollisuus”
* CHILDREN OF BODOM – “Relentless Reckless Forever”
* AMORPHIS – “The Beginning Of Times”
* MOONSORROW – “Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa”
A photo of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman accepting the “Metal Album Of The Year” award at last night’s Emma Gaala can be seen below.
For a complete list of winners (in Finnish), visit www.emmagaala.fi.
Fan-filmed video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen‘s January 17 performance at Forum Palace in in Vilnius, Lithuania can be seen below.
Turunen‘s new project, HARUS, last month released a CD/DVD/Blu-ray, entitled “In Concert – Live At Sibelius Hall”.
The HARUS live album/DVD was made available worldwide by earMUSIC in collaboration with Edel‘s classic music division Berlin Classics. This joint venture from two music labels apparently far away from each other would probably sound bizarre at first sight (a label operating in alternative and metal music with one representing traditional classical music artists). The reason lies beneath the many sides of Tarja Turunen‘s music.
The first output of HARUS features traditional and emotional music from Finland presented together with more international repertoire.
Tarja‘s sophomore solo album, “What Lies Beneath”, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 24 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
“What Lies Beneath” was released in North America on September 14, 2010 via The End Records.
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH played a “secret” gig last night (Thursday, January 19) under the name RUBBER BAND OF WOLVES at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California.
The band’s setlist was as follows:
01. Storytime
02. Wish I Had An Angel
03. Amaranth
04. Scaretale
05. The Siren
06. Slow, Love, Slow
07. I Want My Tears Back
08. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove
09. The Islander (acoustic)
10. Nemo (acoustic)
11. Last of the Wilds
12. Planet Hell
13. Song Of Myself
14. Last Ride Of The Day
15. Poet And The Pendulum
16. Over The Hills And Far Away
Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
NIGHTWISH‘s official world-tour kick-off performance will take place this Saturday, January 21 at the Gibson Ampitheater in Universal City. The Universal City concert will be the biggest NIGHTWISH show production ever on North American soil and strictly a one-off — there will be no U.S. tour until later in 2012.
“Imaginaerum”, the first album in four years from Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH, sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous CD, 2007’s “Dark Passion Play”, opened with 11,000 units to land at No. 84.
“Dark Passion Play” has sold 134,000 copies in the U.S. so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
“Imaginaerum” was certified gold in Germany earlier this month for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.
The effort entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 1 and has already been certifield triple platinum in the country after shifting more than 60,000 units.
Note: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Finland has revised the sales requirements for albums to reach platinum status in the country from the pre-2010 level of 30,000 to the current 20,000.
“Imaginaerum” was released in North America on January 10 via Roadrunner Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows (note that track 12 is broken down into four parts):
01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Ghost River
04. Slow, Love, Slow
05. I Want My Tears Back
06. Scaretale
07. Arabesque
08. Turn Loose the Mermaids
09. Rest Calm
10. The Crow, the Owl and the Dove
11. Last Ride of the Day
12. Song Of Myself
Song 1: From A Dusty Bookshelf
Song 2: All That Great Heart Lying Still
Song 3: Piano Black
Song 4: Love
13. Imaginaerum
NIGHTWISH will play a “secret” gig under the name RUBBER BAND OF WOLVES at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California on January 19 — two days before the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal act’s world-tour kick-off performance at the Gibson Ampitheater in Universal City. The Universal City concert will be the biggest NIGHTWISH show production ever on North American soil and strictly a one-off — there will be no U.S. tour until later in 2012. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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