WINTERSUN’s Time II Has A Release Date & Pre-Orders, Finally

After years of ready and guarantees of a brand new album, Wintersun has lastly slated Time II for August 30. In case you missed out on the band-exclusive pre-orders, Nuclear Blast has posted theirs right here in a wide range of configurations. Personally, I am holding out for a Time field set with each albums.

“Time II is an epic journey from mild to darkness and again to mild, exploring the universe and vitality, contrasting darkish stormy landscapes to calm and delightful cherry blossom tree gardens with misty, snowy mountains that may depart you breathless,” stated Wintersun mastermind Jari Mäenpää.

“It has songs with livid velocity of drums, guitars, and bass and delightful melodic slower songs with a magical unique affect. It has large orchestrations and choirs spiced with historical world devices and glimmering synths. It has Jari’s hovering, clear singing contrasted along with his aggressive fashion. It’s a extremely detailed and complicated album the place you will see that new issues with each pay attention.”

Wintersun started recording each Time I and Time II all the way in which again in 2006. Time I finally noticed the sunshine of day in 2012, and Time II is lastly getting launched this yr. So simply how stunning is it that Time II is lastly popping out? Properly, Wintersun drummer Kai Hahto really thought frontman Jari Mäenpää was joking when he instructed him.

In a current interview with Chaoszine, Hahto commented on first discovering out that Time II was full, saying “Just a few weeks in the past, perhaps Jari despatched us a message in our band chat and revealed that the album is now executed. I did not consider it at first and needed to test the calendar that it is not even April Idiot’s day as a result of it has been like 16 years since I recorded my elements for it.”

Hahto later added that every little thing you hear on Time II (at the least for the drums) is what he recorded all the way in which again in 2006, and that Time wasn’t initially purported to be two data.

“[The] drum elements are the identical as what we recorded in 2006. I recorded the drums for Time I and Time II in 4 days as a result of initially it was simply purported to be titled Time and never break up into two sections. Later, the document label wished to separate it into two albums as a result of it was a bit too lengthy. The primary half got here out in 2012, so it has been already over 10 years for the reason that launch of that album already.”