NIGHTWISH's Imaginaerum Takes Top Position On Finnish Chart

NIGHTWISH' new album, Imaginaerum, has topped the official Finnish album chart. The album sold 50,000 copies in Finland in its first two days of release.
 

Check out BraveWords.com's review of Imaginaerum at this location.

Full length audio samples from Imaginaerum have surfaced on YouTube. Check out a few of the clips below:
 

'I Want My Tears Back'


'Scaretale'


'Last Ride Of The Day'


'Turn Loose The Mermaids'


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Nightwish, who issued Imaginaerum in Europe on December 2nd, have renovated and revamped their official website to coincide with the release. Go to Nightwish.com to check it out.

Imaginaerum is the band's first album since 2007's Dark Passion Play, which was then-new singer Anette Olzon's debut. The tracklisting for Imaginaerum is as follows (note that track 12 is broken down into four parts):

'Taikatalvi'
'Storytime'
'Ghost River'
'Slow, Love, Slow'
'I Want My Tears Back'
'Scaretale'
'Arabesque'
'Turn Loose The Mermaids'
'Rest Calm'
'The Crow, The Owl And The Dove'
'Last Ride Of The Day'
'Song Of Myself'
Song 1: 'From A Dusty Bookshelf'
Song 2: 'All That Great Heart Lying Still'
Song 3: 'Piano Black'
Song 4: 'Love'
'Imaginaerum'

Nightwish's 'Storytime' single was released on 11.11.11, and landed at #1 on the Finnish Singles chart. A lyric video, along with the official 'Storytime' clip and a Making Of 'Storytime' video trailer can be viewed below: