Nightwish Have Most Of Music For Next Album

Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen revealed to fans the the Kitee International Music and Art Festival that he's written most of the music that comprise the band's next studio album.

During a Q&A session at the event, he said (via Metal Hammer, "The next album is well on its way. I've written about 80 or 90% of the material so far. All the floodgates opened last October when we finished with the AURI project. I was listening to the album and just something clicked in my head. I've been really excited about writing songs ever since.

"It's going to be 10 or 11 songs most likely. We're going to start recording next July, so if everything goes as planned, we're looking at a spring 2020 release."

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