After teasing fans over recent weeks with pieces of the new album, Tarja has revealed the disc's cover which depicts her clad in black and blending into the shadows on the background. "I am very ...

Hietala has brought together some impressive musicians but the pairing that will be of most interest to existing fans will be ...

In 2005, Nightwish seemed unstoppable. A year after the symphonic metal sensations had released their defining 2004 album, Once, they’d exploded across Europe, supported Iron Maiden and headed off on ...

Blow out the candles, all you rock stars celebrating birthdays in August. In this episode, we work through Turunen's life from the village town she was born in, through childhood and to the world's ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There’s a clear camaraderie between them as they joke and discuss new developments. Which raises ...

Current Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen and ex-Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen recently took part in a 50-minute Instagram live chat, where they covered everything from COVID-19 downtime to the music ...

Former Nightwish singer and successful solo artist Tarja Turunen was our guest on a recent episode of The MetalSucks Podcast to discuss all things Christmas, including her 2017 holiday album, From ...

Act I: Live in Rosario, the first-ever live solo offering from famed Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, Tarja Turenen, was released just a couple of weeks ago. Available in 2-CD, 2-DVD and ...

Few voices have been as inspirational in symphonic metal as Tarja Turunen’s. Her classically inspired three-octave range helped rocket Nightwish – the group she started with Tuomas Holopainen and ...

“They were the first metal band I saw live. It was a crazy experience for a young girl who hadn’t listened to much metal until that point. There was a lot of togetherness in the audience. It reminded ...

When Within Temptation and Nightwish released their debut albums in 1997, there wasn’t a name for the kind of music they made. Within Temptation’s Enter, released in April, took obvious influence from ...