“Erämaan Viimeinen” history:
The fact that Nightwish kept Spinefarm Records as their record company for Finland only (while Nuclear Blast deals with the rest of Europe except UK which is dealt with Spinefarm’s English subsidiary) leads to strange arrangements regarding singles. Indeed, record companies don’t restrain themselves from choosing their own singles. While Eva and Amaranth were chosen unanimously, the two record companies had different views toward the next single: on the one hand, “Bye Bye Beautiful” that was released in February 2008 (CD-Single, DVD-Single, Tee Shirts, Picture Discs etc…) by Nuclear Blast; On the other hand, Spinefarm did not release it in shops but only sent promo CDs to radios and the video to musical TV channels. Besides, Spinefarm surprisingly chose to release another new single: a version of Last of the Wilds with vocals. The release is minimalist: a 2 tracks single and nothing else (no video for instance!). This is far from Nuclear Blast’s commercial show-off habit, but it is enough for Finland since the Finnish song did very well in sales as soon as it came out.

Indica:
(On the opposite picture: Jonsu from Indica)
Indica is a Finnish pop-rock band of 5 ladies. Their albums are very easy-listening, even though the language can put some foreigners off, and Jonsu’s crystal-clear voice brings a real identity to the band, which is successful in Finland. Indica was also the opening act for Nightwish in 2007 while they were playing in Scandinavia. You can check the band out on their official website or on YouTube that has many videos from the band!