Watch Nightwish perform acoustic version of 'How's The Heart?' for Kerrang! Radio

To celebrate the release of their critically lauded ninth studio album ‘HVMAN. :||: NATVRE.’ today (10th April), Nightwish have recorded an acoustic version of album track ‘How's the Heart?’ for Kerrang! Radio.

Nightwish singer Floor Jansen and multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley performed the emotionally powerful, stripped-back version of ‘How’s The Heart?’ for us a few weeks ago before most of the planet was placed on lockdown.

Check out the rousing rendition of ‘How’s The Heart?’ right here:

Featuring the Kerrang! Radio playlisted anthem ‘Noise’, second single ‘Harvest’ and the studio version of ‘How’s The Heart?’, Nightwish’s new album ‘HVMAN. :||: NATVRE.’ is available to buy now via Nuclear Blast Records RIGHT HERE.

The follow-up to March 2015’s ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ is an ambitious double album featuring nine tracks on the first disc and one long track – ‘All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World’ - divided into eight chapters on CD 2.

The album was recorded from August to October 2019 at Röskö campsite, Petrax Studios and Troykington castle, as well as Finnvox Studios, by Tero Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Troy Donockley.

Mixing was done by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox, with Tuomas Holopainen and Tero Kinnunen. Mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox.

Following the album’s release, Nightwish will grace the UK in the run-up to Christmas to play the following arena shows:

DECEMBER 2020

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – Wed 16th

London The SSE Arena Wembley – Fri 18th

You can get tickets from Kerrang! Radio Tickets right now.

The ‘HUMAN. :II: NATURE.’ track-listing is as follows:

DISC 1:

1) Music

2) Noise

3) Shoemaker

4) Harvest

5) Pan

6) How's The Heart?

7) Procession

8) Tribal

9) Endlessness

DISC 2:

1) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Vista

2) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue

3) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Green

4) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Moors

5) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Aurorae

6) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Quiet As The Snow

7) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Anthropocene (incl. "Hurrian Hymn To Nikkal")

8) All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Ad Astra

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