Nightwish Finish Writing New Album

Finland's Nightwish have finished writing the material for their next album and are now preparing to record pre-production versions of the songs so that they can be edited and arranged. The band are currently 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 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.