NIGHTWISH Goes Island Hopping On New Single “An Ocean Of Strange Islands”

Nightwish is now streaming their damn-near-10-minute new single “An Ocean Of Strange Islands”. The single comes from Nightwish‘s upcoming record Yesterwynde, due out September 20.

“The song ‘An Ocean Of Strange Islands’ gives you sheer heaviness with its massive guitars, epic orchestrations, and phenomenal vocals by Floor Jansen,” wrote Nightwish of their new single. “Classic Nightwish at its best! ‘An Ocean Of Strange Islands’ A takes us on the ultimate musical island-hopping adventure, reminding the adventurer that happiness is most joyous when shared.”

Pre-orders for Yesterwynde are available here.

If you’re wondering when Nightwish‘s live hiatus might end, keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen recently said it’s not over anytime soon.

Holopainen recently spoke to Metal Hammer saying Nightwish will not do any shows in support of their upcoming new record Yesterwynde, noting that “the reasons are personal, we’re not going to go into it, but it was something that had to be done for this band to continue. There’s no bad blood between the members, nothing like that. We just have to take a long breather.””

So how long is this touring hiatus going ot last? The bad news is Holopainen has no idea. The good news is that Nightwish recently signed a new deal with Nuclear Blast, so at least we’ll be getting new music from the band! We just won’t be seeing ’em on stage.

“Personally, I haven’t really given it much thought. I don’t know how long the break is going to be. We just signed a multi-album deal with Nuclear Blast, so that is evidence there are going to be more albums in future. Nightwish are definitely not going to stop, so everybody stop worrying. We just need a breather from touring.”