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Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen discussed her upcoming metal album, “Frisson Noir,” which will be released on June 12 via earMUSIC, in a recent interview with Andrew Slaidins of The Rockpit’s “50 Shades Of Slaids”, as per Blabbermouth. An earlier press release referred to the album as “the heaviest record of her career and a powerful statement of identity, strength, and belonging.” Tarja explained that, in contrast to some of her earlier endeavours, which were more orchestral and symphonic in style, this was the ideal moment for her to create a heavier record.
“For some time already I’ve been looking for a really heavy sound for my albums. I’ve been producing my records since even my second album on my own and together with my husband, and we are working, we are a team. We’ve been working together for a long, long time. And the thing is that my knowledge when it comes to music, my first love in music was in classical music. I started studying it when I was six years old. I went for classical singing later on, and that was my first love in music and the knowledge that I have of studying so super many years about classical music. So the orchestral, symphonic part in my compositions or in music of mine today is where is my biggest knowledge. But when it comes to heavy metal, the sound of a band, I reach that heaviness in my live shows. My band always sounds super heavy on the live shows, and I love it. I always, always loved it. That power, it’s supporting my big voice. But I haven’t been able to kind of reach it for my album productions, and this is the thing that I was really kind of missing. And so intentionally, I really wanted to work with a person, the mixing engineer, Neal Avron, for this record that could make a change in that and help me out. And we had really beautiful conversations with him, and really it was such a pleasure to work with Neal on this album, because, yes, it really now sounds heavy. And it’s a result for me that I’m really happy with.
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