Human. : II: Nature.

Human. : II: Nature.
Nightwish studio album
Publication (s)	April 10, 2020
admission	2019
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast
Genre (s)	Symphonic metal
Title (number)	10
running time	81 min 35 s
occupation	Singing : Floor Jansen Guitar : Emppu Vuorinen Bass , vocals, acoustic guitar : Marko Hietala Keyboard : Tuomas Holopainen Uilleann Pipes , Low Whistles , Bouzouki , Bodhran , Blaswandler , Guitar, vocals: Troy Donockley Drums : Kai Hahto
production	Tuomas Holopainen
Studio (s)	Petrax Studios, Hollola Finnvox Studios , Helsinki
Location (s)	Röskö Campground , Petrax Studios, Troykington Castle, Finnvox Studios
chronology Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) Human. : II: Nature. -
Single release February 7, 2020 Noise

Human. : II: Nature. (stylized as HVMAN.: ||: NATVRE. ) is the ninth studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish . It was released on April 10, 2020 via Nuclear Blast .

Emergence

In the summer of 2016, the band announced that they would take a break the following year. The musicians used this break for their own side projects. Tuomas Holopainen released an album together with his wife Johanna Kurkela and Troy Donockley under the name Auri . Emppu Vuorinen released another album with his second band Brother Firetribe , while the singer Floor Jansen gave birth to a daughter in March 2017.

Tuomas Holopainen announced in February 2018 that he had already written six songs for the new album and that he is hoping for a release in 2020. Finally, in November 2018, the music was finished.

The album was recorded between August and October 2019 at the Röskö campground, the Petrax Studios in Hollola , the Finnvox Studios in Helsinki and the Troykington Castle studio, directed by Tero Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Troy Donockley. The album was mixed by Mikko Karmila, Tuomas Holopainen and Tero Kinnunen at Finnvox Studios. The mastering was done by Mika Jussila. For the song Noise one was music video releases.

background

Tuomas Holopainen described Human. : II: Nature. as a concept album that was not intended. When writing the texts he noticed that many of his texts to the humanity deal and the words human and nature ( Engl. Man and nature ) are very common in the texts. Since people sing songs about humanity on the songs of the first CD and the second CD contains an instrumental about nature, he came up with the idea for the album title, which Holopainen called a “little pretty play on words ”. According to Holopainen, the only reason that the album was released as a double CD was that the album is around 85 minutes long and therefore the material does not fit on one CD.

The songs on the first CD all deal with the human species , according to Holopainen . The song Shoemaker is about the life and work of impact researcher Eugene Shoemaker . The song Pan would celebrate the human imagination , according to Troy Donockley . It is about the all-encompassing achievements of civilization and culture , but not about the eponymous deity of Greek mythology . How's the Heart? deals with human empathy .

Track list

CD 1: Music - 7:03 Noise - 5:40 Shoemaker - 5:19 Harvest - 5:14 Pan - 5:18 How's the Heart? - 5:02 Procession - 5:32 Tribal - 3:57 Endlessness - 7:12

CD 2: All the Works of Nature Which Adorn the World I. Vista - 4:00 II. The Blue - 3:36 III. The Green - 4:42 IV. Moors - 4:44 V. Aurorae - 2:08 VI. Quiet as the Snow - 4:05 VII. Anthropocene - 3:06 VIII. Ad Astra - 4:42

Charts and chart placement

Human. : II: Nature. reached the top of the album charts in Germany . Nightwish thus reached the top position in Germany for the third time, the top 10 for the tenth time and the album Top 100 for the 18th time. In addition, Nightwish reached the top position in the German vinyl charts for the first time . The album was the best-selling record in Germany in April 2020, and they were the first Finnish act to top this chart evaluation.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (... Where.)	...
Austria (Ö3)	2 (7 weeks)	7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NIGHTWISH Announces New Album, 'Human. : II: Nature. ' Blabbermouth.net , accessed January 16, 2020 . 
2. ↑ NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN: 'I Truly Think That This Whole Band Could Use A Little Break Now'. Blabbermouth.net, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
3. ↑ NIGHTWISH Singer, SABATON Drummer Welcome Baby Daughter. Blabbermouth.net, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
4. ↑ NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Has Written Six Songs For Band's Next Album; 2020 release date expected. Blabbermouth.net, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
5. ↑ TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN On Next NIGHTWISH Album: 'All The Songs Are Now Done Musically'. Blabbermouth.net, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
6. ↑ NIGHTWISH Announces New Album, 'Human. : II: Nature. ' Blabbermouth.net, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN On 'Human. : II: Nature ':' It's A Concept Album Without Intending It To Be '. Blabbermouth.net, accessed February 5, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Jens Peters: Not of this world . In: Rock Hard , April 2020, page 36
9. ↑ ^{a b} Nightwish - Human. : II: Nature. (Vinyl). GfK Entertainment, accessed on May 8, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Nightwish - Human. : II: Nature. (Album). GfK Entertainment , accessed April 17, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Nightwish - Human. : II: Nature. Ö3 - Austria Top 40, accessed on June 16, 2020 . 

Web links

• Human. : ||: Nature. at Allmusic (English)