Former NIGHTWISH vocalist ANETTE OLZON releases new solo single 'Rapture'
18-04-2024
Anette Olzon, the former vocalist of NIGHTWISH and one half of the dynamic duo behind THE DARK ELEMENT alongside former SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Jani Liimatainen, has released the official music video for her new solo single, “Rapture”. It is the title track of her third solo album, “Rapture”, due on May 10 via Frontiers Music Srl. The clip was created by Patric Ullaeus from rEvolver Film Company.
Watch the officla visualizer for “Day Of Wrath” below.
Watch the previously released “Day Of Wrath” and lyric video for “Heed The Call” below.
“Rapture” track listing:
01. Heed The Call
02. Rapture
03. Day Of Wrath
04. Requiem
05. Arise
06. Take A Stand
07. Cast Evil Out
08. Greedy World
09. Hear My Song
10. Head Up High
11. We Search For Peace
Recording linup:
Anette Olzon – Vocals
Magnus Karlsson – Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Anders Köllerfors – Drums
Johan Husgafvel – Growls
The Swedish-born singer originally joined NIGHTWISH in 2007 and recorded two studio LPs with the band before being dismissed in 2012 in the middle of the group’s North American tour. She was replaced by former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen.
Olzon reflected on her time with NIGHTWISH in a 2021 interview with Finland’s Chaoszine. Asked how she looks back on the entire five-year experience, she said: “Well, it’s mixed emotions. It was a hell of a ride. You know how it was with the media in Finland. And for me, I didn’t understand what was happening because I didn’t know how big the band was, since I don’t live in Finland. So it was really fun the first years with everything and also crazy. I wasn’t home a lot. They did their heaviest touring when I joined. All of a sudden, they wanted to do so many long weeks on the road. I remember just that I had a five-year-old son and I came home after five weeks. I was home one week. I didn’t almost have time to unpack my bags before I went off again for four weeks. So I don’t remember everything, to be honest. There are so many things that I don’t remember. And also, of course, the last years where it wasn’t such a nice atmosphere between us. And I had my third child, and things happened.
“So I remember it both with really happy, happy feelings, but also with very, very negative and sad feelings,” she explained. “But, of course, it was an amazing experience, and it was my dream that came true to be a full-time singer in an amazing big band. And they are a super-good band. So I bless the albums that we did and will always cherish that time, of course.”
Not long after Olzon was fired from NIGHTWISH 11 years ago, she claimed that an argument arose between her and NIGHTWISH when she asked for an Australian tour to be postponed during her pregnancy. Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen suggested that Jansen should front the band on a temporary basis, but Olzon said no.
Anette explained in a 2014 interview: “I would have been too pregnant to go to Australia, so I wanted to push the dates back, but Tuomas didn’t want that. Discussions about a substitute came up, and at first, I was, like, ‘Yeah, well, okay.’ But when they mentioned Floor, it was an automatic ‘no’ from me. I didn’t think it was a good idea, because I knew what would happen — I knew the fans would love Floor, because she’s a metal singer and I’m a pop singer, and I wanted to keep my job.”
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