
No release in 2024 was as sonically or conceptually grand as Nightwish’s Yesterwynde, an album that drew on metaphorical ancient computers, the Welsh language, Tongan choirs and the very meaning of life and death.
As if that wasn’t head-spinning enough, Nightwish mastermind and keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen announced that the band wouldn’t be touring in support of it. Luckily for us, frontwoman Floor Jansen is here to shed a little light on the enigma of Yesterwynde.