"Shudder Before The Beautiful", a brand new song from Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH, can be streamed on the web site of the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The track is taken from the band's new full-length album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", which will be made available on March 27 in Europe and March 31 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was created by the band's longtime collaborator Toxic Angel. Famed evolutionary biologist and atheist writer/leader Richard Dawkins appears as a guest on the effort. "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" features eleven new songs and will be released in different formats: * Standard CD * Digibook (including instrumental CD) * 2LP (vinyl in gatefold) in different colors * Earbook (including instrumental and orchestral CD) * Earbook (deluxe version including bonus vinyl) * Download Pre-order your copy here. "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" track listing: Jewelcase 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. My Walden 07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 08. Edema Ruh 09. Alpenglow 10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 11. The Greatest Show On Earth 2LP black vinyl / 2LP picture vinyl as gatefold Side A 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan Side B 01. Yours Is An Empty Hope 02. Our Decades In the Sun 03. My Walden Side C 01. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 02. Edema Ruh 03. Alpenglow 04. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula Side D 01. The Greatest Show On Earth Digibook incl. instrumental CD CD1 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. My Walden 07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 08. Edema Ruh 09. Alpenglow 10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 11. The Greatest Show On Earth CD2 (instrumental) 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. My Walden 07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 08. Edema Ruh 09. Alpenglow 10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 11. The Greatest Show On Earth Earbook incl. instrumental & orchestral CD CD1 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. My Walden 07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 08. Edema Ruh 09. Alpenglow 10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 11. The Greatest Show On Earth CD2 (instrumental) 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. My Walden 07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 08. Edema Ruh 09. Alpenglow 10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 11. The Greatest Show On Earth CD3 (orchestral) 01. Shudder Before The Beautiful 02. Weak Fantasy 03. Élan 04. Yours Is An Empty Hope 05. Our Decades In the Sun 06. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 07. Alpenglow 08. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula 09. The Greatest Show On Earth The "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" title came from Charles Darwin's "The Origin Of Species" book, where he wrote: "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, while this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." NIGHTWISH keyboard player and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen comments: "There's a kind of scientific approach to a lot of things on the album. Songs like 'Shudder Before The Beautiful', 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful', 'The Greatest Show On Earth' and 'Alpenglow' all somehow reflect the bliss of existence. It's temporary character. Evolution
Maybe you could even talk about the poetic nature of science. Natural science and its paradigm seem to represent something cold and boring to a lot of people. Hopefully we can illustrate with this album that science can even be something profoundly spiritual." NIGHTWISH's new video, "Èlan", can be seen below. The clip was shot in Finland at various locations between September and November 2014, and it was directed by Ville Lipiäinen. The "Élan" four-track single, which arrived on February 13, features the album version of the title cut, a radio edit and an alternate version of "Élan", as well as the non-album bonus track "Sagan". Longtime NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen sat out the recording sessions for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" due to health issues; Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN, SWALLOW THE SUN, TREES OF ETERNITY) replaced him. Singer Floor Jansen, who officially joined the band in 2013, made her live debut as the frontwoman of NIGHTWISH on October 1, 2012 at Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington. "Èlan" video:
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