Nightwish announce new album ‘HUMAN. :II: NATURE’

NIGHTWISH have announced a new album!

Titled HUMAN. :II: NATURE, the upcoming album from the Finnish symphonic metal titans is the long-awaited follow up to 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful and is scheduled to be released in April this year.

The new album will be a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters on the second CD.

The upcoming album was recorded from August to October last year at Röskö campsite, Petrax Studios and Troykington castle, as well as Finnvox Studios, by Tero Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Troy Donockley. The mixing was done by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox, with Tuomas Holopainen and Tero Kinnunen. Mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox.

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can also view the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

Disc 1:
01. Music
02. Noise
03. Shoemaker
04. Harvest
05. Pan
06. How’s The Heart?
07. Procession
08. Tribal
09. Endlessness

Disc 2:
01. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Vista
02. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – The Blue
03. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – The Green
04. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Moors
05. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Aurorae
06. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Quiet As The Snow
07. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Anthropocene (incl. “Hurrian Hymn To Nikkal”)
08. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Ad Astra

HUMAN. :II: NATURE is set for release on April 10th via Nuclear Blast Records.

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