NIGHTWISH Receives 3 AWARDS

Fotocredit: Audrey Dujardin

After their last gig on the first part of the tour "Imaginaerum "in Stuttgart - NIGHTWISH received three awards of their label Nuclear Blast:  

„Imaginaerum“ – Gold Award (for more than 100.000 sold copies in Germany)
„Dark Passion Play“ – Platinum Award (for more than 200.000 sold copies in Germany)
„Once“ Triple Gold Award (for more than 300.000 sold copies in Germany)

"These 3 awards from „Once“, „Dark Passion Play“ and „Imaginaerum“ represent the purity of our music making, loyalty of the fans, and hard work & trust from the record label and management. We are deeply touched and grateful, and will continue to tread the chosen path with you all“, so the statement from Tuomas Holopainen.

“NIGHTWISH rightfully stand at the very top of the winner’s podium, brave every trend with their music and go ahead with their style consistently with much blood, sweat and tears. Each and every NIGHTWISH album is a masterpiece and the awards substantiate that the fans acknowledge and honour the band’s class and sincerity. We’re very proud that we’ve been able to make our contribution to their success and are looking forward a lot to our shared future”, states Andy Siry – head of A&R and label manager of Nuclear Blast.

NIGHTWISH: Official Anthem For The ICE HOCKEY – World Championship 2012!

The NIGHTWISH song "Last Ride Of The Day" – from their current longplayer “Imaginaerum” has been chosen as the official "anthem" for the upcoming hockey world championships - set to take place May 4-20 in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. 

"When I heard that we might be involved with the event, I called all the bandmembers right away, and we were all pretty excited," says NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen.

NIGHTWISH also posted a clip for "Planet Hell", shot in January 2012 at SIR Studios, LA, USA. Watch it below.

In other news the first trailer for Nightwish's "Imaginaerum" movie is out now!
Turn up the volume, set your player to full-screen and enjoy!

Additionally, the movie's official website has been launched at http://www.imaginaerum.com.

 

 

Nightwish`s new video Storytime

   

Without further ado, we present to you Nightwish's new single and music video, "Storytime". 

The single will be released all over Europe within the next days, don't miss it!

From the forthcoming album Imaginaerum. to purchase the exclusive D2C Bundle which includes an exclusive T-shrit, autographed print and special edition of the album, point your browser here.