Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers Nightwish have announced a worldwide video contest to showcase the talents of their own fans.
Sign language speakers/interpreters, jazz flutists, cellists, ukulele & theremin players, expert whistlers, vocalists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and keyboard players alike: You are all invited to create a video for your very own cover version of the Nightwish single “Elán”.
Prizes for three Grand Prize Winners & two Runners Up include Nightwish t-shirts, posters, and autographed photo cards.
For complete contest instructions & rules, click here.
This contest ends on Thursday, April 10th. Winners will be announced on April 16th, 2015.
Nightwish’s eighth studio album, “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”, will be released in North America on March 31st. Produced by Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen, the title for “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” was taken from the writings of English naturalist Charles Darwin and includes adult & childrens choirs, collaborative work with esteemed orchestral arranger Pip Williams, and a guest appearance by evolutionary biologist, writer, and atheist Richard Dawkins.
The video for the album single “Elán” features some of Finland’s most beloved elderly actors & actresses and was shot in 11 days in eight abandoned Finnish locations by director Ville Lipiäinen. Watch the video below.
To pre-order the new Nightwish album in various physical formats click here.
The band also revealed the opening track “Shudder Before the Beautiful” from “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”. You can listen to it here.
Tuomas commented:
“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”.
Weblinks:
nightwish.com
www.facebook.com/nightwish
Sign language speakers/interpreters, jazz flutists, cellists, ukulele & theremin players, expert whistlers, vocalists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and keyboard players alike: You are all invited to create a video for your very own cover version of the Nightwish single “Elán”.
Prizes for three Grand Prize Winners & two Runners Up include Nightwish t-shirts, posters, and autographed photo cards.
For complete contest instructions & rules, click here.
This contest ends on Thursday, April 10th. Winners will be announced on April 16th, 2015.
Nightwish’s eighth studio album, “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”, will be released in North America on March 31st. Produced by Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen, the title for “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” was taken from the writings of English naturalist Charles Darwin and includes adult & childrens choirs, collaborative work with esteemed orchestral arranger Pip Williams, and a guest appearance by evolutionary biologist, writer, and atheist Richard Dawkins.
The video for the album single “Elán” features some of Finland’s most beloved elderly actors & actresses and was shot in 11 days in eight abandoned Finnish locations by director Ville Lipiäinen. Watch the video below.
To pre-order the new Nightwish album in various physical formats click here.
The band also revealed the opening track “Shudder Before the Beautiful” from “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”. You can listen to it here.
Tuomas commented:
“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”.
Weblinks:
nightwish.com
www.facebook.com/nightwish