“Steve Harris from Iron Maiden said, ‘If any band can carry our torch, it’s them.’ You think, ‘Wow – do we even want that?’” Nightwish’s constant reinvention could be a chain reaction that explodes out of control

Nightwish.

In 2020, when Nightwish unveiled ninth album Human. :||: Nature. – their grandest musical vision to date, recorded before bassist Marko Hietala left – Prog spoke to Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley about the joy of vocal harmonies, breaking boundaries with their first orchestral suite, and being tipped as the future of rock and metal.

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