NIGHTWISH Songwriting Finished

Finland's NIGHTWISH have recently completed writing the material for their next album. They and are now preparing to do the pre-production recordings of the songs. The band is still seeking a replacement for departed singer Tarja Turunen before entering the studio in September 2006 to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "Once", tentatively due for release in mid-2007.

The new DVD "End Of An Era" was in the meantime also certified gold in France, entered the Italian DVD-Charts at 6.