Nightwish Announce New Album, HUMAN. :II: NATURE.

Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish have just unveiled details of their new album, HUMAN. :II: NATURE.

The follow-up to 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful is set to drop on April 10, with pre-orders launching next month on February 7. Interestingly, this forthcoming ninth studio record from Nightwish will be a double album, containing nine songs on the first disc, and one long song divided into eight chapters on the second.

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The tracklist for HUMAN. :II: NATURE. is as follows:

Disc 1:

1. Music
2. Noise
3. Shoemaker
4. Harvest
5. Pan
6. How's The Heart?
7. Procession
8. Tribal
9. Endlessness

Disc 2:

1. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Vista
2. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – The Blue
3. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – The Green
4. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Moors
5. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Aurorae
6. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Quiet As The Snow
7. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Anthropocene (incl. Hurrian Hymn To Nikkal)
8. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World – Ad Astra

And the artwork looks like this:

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Catch Nightwish live at the following dates this year:

November

16 Oslo Spektrum
20 Leipzig Arena
21 Dusseldorf ISS Dome
23 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
24 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
25 Paris ArcorHotels Arena
26 Antwerp Lotto Arena
28 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
29 Luxembourg Rockhal

December

3 Milan Lorenzini District
4 Munich Olympiahalle
9 Bamberg Brose Arena
10 Frankfurt Festhalle
12 Vienna Stadthalle
14 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
16 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
18 London SSE Arena Wembley

Grab your tickets now from the Kerrang! Ticket Store.

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