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That is very much interesting. Although I'm more hooked on Delain's recent material, I might give the former vocalist's material a peek to see how it sounds.

Last night's show in Toronto was awesome, just like the last time I saw them a couple of months ago when they opened for Kamelot. They didn't have a set list with them, and I did arrive early to see their tour bus arrive. Though because of the cold weather, I had to go off to use the washroom and I ended up missing Ambre coming out from the tour bus. Oh well, I at least got to do that last time they came around with Kamelot. (They were sharing the same bus as Battle Beast.)

I'd say that Delain returning is most likely to happen. You never know though, anything is possible.

It is! 🙂 The single, "Universal", is set to be released on April 16, in a few days time. I imagine by then we will all hear at the same time news about their upcoming album around the single's release. They are currently touring with Wind Rose, so it'll be fun and interesting to hear the song performed for a glimpse into the album. And hopefully I will be able to get a tour shirt, because when I last saw them opening for Kamelot, they didn't have any shirts with them.

Mikko is a damn good mixing and mastering engineer. I look forward to hearing how the new album sounds with all of the double mastering he is doing at the moment. Well, when Delain returns to North America (if it happens this year), I will have to ask him how the album sounded.

I will say this: I was very surprised to find this out about Ewo. When I met him back in March 2018 at the Toronto show during the Decades tour, me and him spoke for a bit and he even gave me one of Emppu's guitar picks. That's pretty much all that I can remember from meeting him.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/nightwish-re-signs-with-nuclear-blast-records Well, well. Some news of the day. Looks like Nightwish is still sticking around with their label Nuclear Blast for a little longer than expected, and it is even their 20th anniversary with them since they signed with them back in 2004 around the time Once came around.

This May, I will be going to see Blind Guardian in concert. I have never seen them in concert, and now I will have the opportunity to see them perform live, just like I saw Avantasia back in 2016. One of my favorite songs from Blind Guardian, off from their album Nightfall in Middle-Earth:

Mixing and mastering for the album has concluded! https://chaoszine.net/nightwish-has-finished-the-mixing-and-mastering-of-their-upcoming-album/

Probably means that a North American tour might not happen.

Oh no doubtingly that I enjoy "Masters of Destiny"! I also enjoyed "Vengeance" which features Yannis Papadopoulos as well as "Ghost House Heart". For some reason, I tried to like the rest of the album, but just couldn't get into it. Oh well. 🤷‍♂️ I didn't know that Ludo did all of the shirt designs! That's awesome!

If you had to rank the studio albums of Delain by most to least favorite, what would they be? Here is my ranking of most to least favorite Delain albums: Dark Waters April Rain Moonbathers The Human Contradiction We Are The Others Lucidity Apocalypse & Chill I think it is safe to say that Dark Waters was easily the best album in my opinion. 😁

Hopefully a tour! It'd be cool to see Kai and Tuomas performing again!

Wow, some fans are really impatient when it comes to having to wait for the new material! I am impatient to hear the new album as well or see Nightwish tour again, but I don't go and hassle the mastering person and make demands for albums to sounds like "this" or "that". When the band says it's ready, then it will be ready. Anyways, that's the end of my short rant. Still, the album is going to take a little longer to come out because of the vinyl pressings, so in the end - it is still estimated to be a summer to fall release for the album.

Welcome to the forum, Richard!