Tweede single Marko Hietala's soloalbum

Nightwish bassist Marko Hietala bracht de tweede single Voice Of My Father uit aan de hand van een lyric video. Het is het tweede nummer dat online te beluisteren is van zijn soloalbum Pyre Of The Black Heart, dat op 24 januari uitkomt.

OVer het doel van dit soloalbum zegt Marko het volgende: "Well, let's put it this way: Nightwish is without any doubt my main band, and thanks to income from that direction, I don't have to be that commercially aware... What I mean is that when I was coming up with the musical thoughts for this solo record, I was able to do simply anything without limits. So if I had a goal, it was to not have any kind of limits, but to prepare an unpredictable, spontaneous, adventurous, ferocious and intimate solo record. And now when I am listening to the final album by myself, I can say with my hand on my heart that I – or rather us – pulled it off... The record is a really diverse musical roller coaster ride that takes eager listeners into a world of strong emotions and deep feelings!"

Hij eert ook zijn bandleden: "Even if Pyre Of The Black Heart is definitely my solo album, I didn't compose everything on my own. When the song writing process was really in full swing, I kept sending all the ideas to my long-time collaborators Tuomas Wäinölä [guitar] and Vili Ollila [keyboards], and this ingenious two-some came up with great additions and arrangements, one after another. Drummer Anssi Nykänen – who is simply a wizard behind his set – completed the line-up like no other."

De tracklist:

01. Stones
02. The Voice Of My Father
03. Star, Sand And Shadow
04. Dead God's Son
05. For You
06. I Am The Way
07. Runner Of The Railways
08. Death March For Freedom
09. I Dream
10. Truth Shall Set You Free

Hietala gaat ook op een korte tournee. Hier zit geen Belgische datum tussen, maar wel een Nederlandse, de Melkweg in Amsterdam.

»Tour Of The Black Heart 2020«
w/ OCEANHOARSE
02.02.  D         Hamburg - Markthalle
04.02.  D         Frankfurt - Batschkapp
06.02.  D         Munich - Backstage
07.02.  D         Leipzig - der ANKER
08.02.  PL       Wroclaw - Centrum Koncertowe A2
09.02.  CZ       Prague - Roxy
11.02.  H         Budapest - Barba Negra
13.02.  D         Stuttgart - Im Wizemann
14.02.  CH       Pratteln - Z7
16.02.  D         Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
17.02.  NL       Amsterdam - Melkweg
18.02.  F          Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge