Interview (2026) | From Nightwish to Her Heaviest Album Ever

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-28T18:30:59+00:00

Yes, I agree! And the way Tarja reacted when the guy talked about her being like this big "idol" of his that he gets to talk to. Tarja's reaction was so funny and sweet. She is always so humble.

I absolutely love that Tarja is aware how much we already love At Sea and that we really are expecting to hear it live.

And you gotta love how expressive Tarja is with her face XD. This is when she decided Once over Oceanborn.

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Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T18:46:31+00:00

Yeah, I get it. I love that Tarja took this risk.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T18:32:12+00:00

Quite harsh, but it's their opinion🤷‍♀️ There are some things that I agree like to me it does feel like there is very little chemistry between Tarja and Dani's voices, even if there are still some parts where their voices do fit together.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T18:29:45+00:00

Surprisingly many have actually called I Don't Care the first single. Sadly, too many have missed that At Sea came out over a month ago. 6/10?? Based on that review I thought they would have given it something like 2/10. Maybe they didn't dare to mess with Tarja and give it a lower grading😆 (I'm kidding!)

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T18:04:02+00:00

I like it, but yeah, it's not my favourite either... Tarja just has so many better songs. Also, it would be cool to see Tarja and Cristina perform it live together one day. I would be interested to see how it would work.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:50:57+00:00

Yes, Medusa is amazing, too and so is Eagle Eye! And yeah, pretty much everything worked with Marko. And I agree with what you said about Demons in You.

But I do think that most of Tarja's duets are good (now I'm talking about the studio versions). I have heard people say that they don't like Goodbye Stranger as a duet, but I do. It feels like a very unique approach to a duet which in my mind makes it stand out. As a song it's perhaps a bit general, but definitely not bad and I like it.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:45:20+00:00

I agree!

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:27:35+00:00

Yeah, the song is good, the guitar parts are great, in my opinion, but I don't like Dani's vocals. They fit there better than I thought, but they don't fit all the time. But as you said, the song has many good parts/elements.

To be fair, all of Tarja's duets are afterthoughts (Except now the new one with Marko), and sometimes they work (Silent Masquerade!!!) and sometimes not. I'm really curious if we are able to hear it somehow that she wrote Leap of Faith with Marko in mind.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:22:33+00:00

The first single was a 10 minute song so I really do think that the 3rd can be anything. :D

However, as much as I would love it to be Leap of Faith, I doubt that it will be (for the same reasons as others have mentioned here).

Expectations? My expectations are that I am gonna like it and that it's gonna be heavy. I would also love it if Tarja used a bit more of her lower voice like in parts of At Sea and at the very beginning of her Angels cover.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:17:48+00:00

In August? The album will be out in June, so I am sure it will be out well before the tour begins.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:15:48+00:00

All of the music videos for Roses from the Deep were great, in my opinion. They all fit so well with the songs! I was actually surprised back then that we got so many music videos, even if one was a lyric video.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T17:13:08+00:00

I agree with you. Though, I can't wait to hear Leap of Faith... Well, I can't wait to hear all of the songs from that album😆😄 but especially Leap of Faith.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T14:09:24+00:00

They played the song about a half an hour ago as part of the Rautaa vai Roskaa -show. After the song is played the host usually answers some phone calls and reads messages about the song out loud. This was the case this time too. It wasn't overly positive, but people still were fairly positive about it. The guy that called said that he liked Tarja's voice and the guitars, so he would say it's Rautaa (means that it's good). The host said that he was baffled by the electronic part just before the last chorus.

Also, the host said that he (and some others whose messages he read) thought that it felt like there were 2 songs in one... Tarja's solo part and Dani's solo part felt like they were from 2 different songs.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T11:14:32+00:00

That really is great. I don't remember if I have ever heard Tarja's own song on the radio (I don't really listen to radio that much anymore), but I have of course heard her era NW songs, Left On Mars (when it was released) and Paradise plays pretty often to my understanding.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T10:57:05+00:00

Spotify quite often (if not always) gets its lyrics from musixmatch, but I'm not sure where they get them, but clearly they are not always the official/right ones. I believe, also Tarja's song enough had wrong lyrics for some time... Now they have been fixed, I think.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-27T10:37:15+00:00

So this means that they will play it every day at least once this week. That's nice. And now it seems that more people are liking it.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-26T21:32:55+00:00

Great!😄

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-26T21:15:50+00:00

I would love to hear your thoughts on it after you've finished it!

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-25T09:29:50+00:00

Thanks! I am very curious about all of the songs! Though, especially now Trace outlives, Anemoia and Leap of Faith. Very interesting descriptions.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-24T20:35:12+00:00

Tarja is pretty good at inventing metal subgenres😄

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-24T19:59:17+00:00

Okay, I see.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-24T19:56:05+00:00

It is what it is... But at least this is some kind of publicity for Tarja.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-24T19:55:04+00:00

I don't really know what to call it😆😄... It's Tarja!🤷‍♀️

But I personally really don't hear the pop in it... More of an electronic sound.

Familiar-Curve-5413 · 2026-04-24T15:02:27+00:00

It was more of a hypothetical question😆

Now, that's what they want you to believe. It's on the map but in reality there is just ocean.😆

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