MetalItalia.com has uploaded a video track-by-track breakdown of NIGHTWISH‘s new album, “Imaginaerum”, by the band’s keyboardist/songwriter Tuomas Holopainen. Check it out below. Source: Blabbermouth.net

NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:

NIGHTWISH, finnish masters of symphonic dark metal, just released another trailer for the bands highly anticipated new masterpiece „Imaginaerum“ which is going to be released December 2, 2011.

The trailer is mainly about the pre-listening session which was held at the Nuclear Blast headquarters in Germany in early September and also features various statements from international media.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6btD06LlLE

For all of you who want a direct statement from the band, bass player Marko Hietala will take part in an exclusive online fan chat on November 11, 2011. Everyone owning a Facebook or Twitter account may login at http://www.nuclearblast.de/streamingroom to ask Marko your personal questions about NIGHTWISH and „Imaginaerum“.

The chat will take place from 7pm – 8pm CET.

Furthermore, the band announced the official premiere of the video clip for the first single off „Imaginaerum“, „Storytime“: Wednesday, November 9! Keep your eyes open!

Kaaos TV last month conducted an interview with keyboardist/songwriter Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH. You can now watch the chat below (in Finnish, with English subtitles). Source: Blabbermouth.net

NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:

British webzine Finland Calling – specialized in heavy music from Finland – are offerering the chance for 30 people to win an exclusive copy of the upcoming NIGHTWISH single “Storytime”, taken from their new masterpiece “Imaginaerum” which is scheduled to be released on December 2nd , plus an “Imaginaerum” and “Dark Passion Play” poster. Click here to find out more, and be in for a chance to win: http://www.finlandcalling.com/2011/10/31/exclusive-nightwish-competition/

ROADRUNNER has issued the following:

Nathan Scott of FinlandCalling.com recently interviewed Nightwish mainman Tuomas Holopainen at the Gibson Guitars offices in London. The two discussed the band’s upcoming album Imaginaerum (out January 10 in the US), the accompanying film, their live plans and more.

Holopainen explains that the band has only minimal roles in the film, saying, “The most important thing is that we are trying to make a believable movie that will actually tell the story and be emotional to people. And we wouldn’t have been believable actors. I think people might have preconceptions about us. It’s the same thing you know, I don’t care how good of an actor Justin Timberlake is, but whenever I see him in a movie I’m a bit ‘ookaay’. He’s very good, but he’s still Justin Timberlake. So that’s the symptom that we’re trying to avoid. The director also originally wanted us to have bigger parts, but we told him ‘Please don’t make us say a single line.'”