The renowned symphonic metal band, Nightwish , has released the official music video for the single “Lanternlight”, from their latest album Yesterwynde (2024), released by Nuclear Blast at the end of September.
Tuomas Holopainen , the band's keyboardist, who, as with previous albums, composed most of the material for this record, comments (via Blabbermouth ): "'Lanternlight' was the first song written for the album and the natural end to Yesterwynde . A love song, aiming for the timeless; a song to immortalize the memories of those dearest to us."
Tuomas and 'Yesterwynde': the creative journey
The name of the new album, Yesterwynde , is a word coined by the artists themselves that “describes a feeling that cannot be described by human language,” explains keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen (via Blabbermouth ).
Yesterwynde was the Nightwish album that took the longest to complete, having been "intensely worked on for three and a half years" and also mastered seven times until all members were "one hundred percent satisfied" with the result.
In response to the care and effort invested in the album, fans were presented with new nuances and flavors. According to Tuomas, "the heavy ingredients of the songs are easily recognizable," which generated several distinct reactions from fans, where "some say it's the band's biggest album so far," as well as being "Nightwish's heaviest and most sinister release" to date.
The band's project addresses a variety of universal themes, such as memories, mortality, humanism, time, and others. " Yesterwynde is the band's most lyrically driven album: our music has never been so enamored with the lyrics," concludes Tuomas.
Check out the official music video for “Lanternlight” below:
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