The Latest Breaking News from Floor Jansen

Nightwish have six songs written for their next album: “Every time I sit in front of my keyboard, I’m like, ‘Ah yeah, this is great!’”

Work is underway on the followup to 2024’s Yesterwynde

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

“I was 18 when I recorded it, so we didn’t know anything about writing, about recording, about singing”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen on her worst album – and the prog metal deep cut which makes her cry

The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life

Metal Hammer · Aug 17

“It feels like the start of something heavier and more direct”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen returns with metallic new single Run and announces 2027 tour dates

The symphonic metal singer is keeping busy during her band’s live hiatus

Metal Hammer · Jun 29

“Sometimes I think, ‘This has become so big that I can’t handle this monster any more.’ I have some trouble comprehending it”: How Nightwish became the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Metal Hammer · Jun 7, 2025

"It’s a break from touring, it’s not a permanent stop." Floor Jansen on Nightwish, Yesterwynde and what comes next

Nightwish might not have been on the road in 2024, but they still put out one of the year's best albums

Metal Hammer · Jan 20, 2025

“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

With close harmonies and a full orchestral suite on Human. :||: Nature. the band proved it was capable of endless expansion. But the experience of being mobbed and drowned out in South America offered pause for thought

Metal Hammer · Dec 19, 2024

“Nothing is finished yet, but it will come”: Floor Jansen will use Nightwish’s touring hiatus to make her next solo album

No Nightwish shows? No problem! Singer Floor Jansen will still be productive during the symphonic metal titans’ downtime

Metal Hammer · Dec 17, 2024

"The most successful symphonic metal band in the world." Every Nightwish album ranked from worst to best

The biggest symphonic metal band of them all have had a glittering career so far. Here is every Nightwish studio full-length ranked

Metal Hammer · Dec 16, 2024

"I don't wanna say the word 'ballad' but we wrote a slower song." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen is teaming up with thrash legends Testament on their new album

A big change of pace from both parties as Nightwish's Floor Jansen will appear on a track on the new Testament album

Metal Hammer · Oct 22, 2024

Nightwish’s Floor Jansen wants to collaborate with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale

Jansen admits she was “starstruck” the first time she met the Halestorm frontwoman

Metal Hammer · Sep 27, 2024