NIGHTWISH: Stream new song 'Shudder Before The Beautiful'

In anticipation of their forthcoming studio album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" - out on March […]

March 15, 2015

In anticipation of their forthcoming studio album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" - out on March 27th (EU), 30th (UK) and 31st (US) - Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH now reveal the album opener 'Shudder Before The Beautiful' as the second track after the recently unveiled first singe 'Élan'.

'Shudder Before The Beautiful' is premiered today at Finland's biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. Click here: https://www.hs.fi/mainos/advertoriaali/nightwish/

Tuomas Holopainen comments: "We wanted to present our upcoming album`s opening track "Shudder Before The Beautiful" for everyone to listen to before the album`s release in cooperation with the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. Bringing together the most trustworthy Finnish media with a song about universal awe was a match made in heaven in its uniqueness. The core of "Shudder Before The Beautiful" lies in moments such as gazing at The Milky Way on a cold winter`s night, seeing a photo of our Planet Earth, "a pale blue dot" taken by Voyager 1 as a tiny oasis in the unfathomable vastness of space, or when listening to music which momentarily takes away all woe and time.

And sharing those moments with people you love."

The track list for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" reads as follows:

01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan
04. Yours Is An Empty Hope
05. Our Decades In the Sun
06. My Walden
07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
08. Edema Ruh
09. Alpenglow
10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11. The Greatest Show On Earth

The album is available in different formats. Pre-order your copy here: https://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless

'Élan', the first single from "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", was released on February 13. The 4-track single features the album version, radio edit and an alternate version of 'Élan', as well as the non-album bonus track 'Sagan'. Order your copy of 'Élan' exclusively here: https://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Elan

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" will be the first NIGHTWISH studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen. Longtime drummer Jukka Nevalainen wasn't able to take part in the recording sessions due to health issues but Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN) kindly stepped in and looked after the drumming duties for him.

NIGHTWISH also revealed the famed evolutionary biologist and writer Professor Richard Dawkins as a guest on this eighth studio album. The detailed cover-artwork was created by longtime collaborator Toxic Angel.

Don't miss NIGHTWISH live on Tour:

NIGHTWISH
ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL - EUROPE 2015
Support: ARCH ENEMY, AMORPHIS

16.11. DK Copenhagen - Falconer

18.11. GER Hamburg - O2 World

19.11. NL Amsterdam - Heineken Music Hall

21.11. GER Oberhausen - König-Pilsener-Arena

23.11. FR Lyon - Hall Tony Garnier

25.11. FR Paris - POPB-Bercy

26.11. FR Toulouse - Le Zénith

28.11. CH Basel - St. Jakobshalle

29.11. IT Bologna - Unipol Arena

01.12. GER Munich - Zenith