This page keeps you up-to-date about what Nightwish's musicians are doing during their break. We will add more information as soon as we receive it. Release dates (in Finland): For My Pain - Fallen 31.03.2003 For My Pain: Debut album "Fallen" out on 31.03.2003 Tarot: New single "Undead Son" out on 14.04.2003 Sethian: Debut album "In To The Silence" out on 28.04.2003 Tarot: New album "Suffer Our Pleasures" out on 19.5.2003 All CDs will be released on Spinefarm Records. All these cds will be available in Nightwish -Shop as soon as they are released. Websites: Altaria: www.altariamusic.com For My Pain: www.formypain.com Sethian: sethian.cjb.net Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus: www.trioniskalaukaus.net For My Pain have published the tracklist of their debut-album "Fallen": 1. My Wound is Deeper than Yours 2. Dancer in the Dark 3. Queen Misery 4. Sea of Emotions 5. Rapture of Lust 6. Broken Days 7. Dear Carniwhore 8. Bed of Dead Leaves 9. Autumn Harmony 10. Tomorrow is a Closed Gate (Dead for So Long) Here is a nice photo of Tuomas and Trio Niskalaukaus (and Wilska)... Marco Hietala is currently writing the last pieces of music and lyrics for the upcoming album from Tarot. Group consists of his old bandmates, including his brother, Zachary on guitar, Janne Tolsa on keyboards, Pecu Cinnari on drums and Marco himself on bass&lead vocals. The last time they released an album was 1998. They have played together a couple of gigs every year, so the group has never officially broken up. They are about to start the studio sessions in a few weeks and the release dates are planned already for this spring. Finnish melodic metal band Altaria, featuring Sonata Arctica guitarist Jani Liimatainen, will be joined by Nightwish guitarist Emppu on guitar during some of their forthcoming live shows in the end of 2002 When Jukka returned from World-Tour on 9th September he only stayed home for 4 days and left to practise and record his parts for the debyt-album of band called "Sethian". The album will be recorded in Walltone studios and mixed by Mikko Karmila. Band is: Wilska (It is the same guy) - vocals Koponen -guitar Jalasmäki -Bass Kautonen - guitar. Also Tuomas plays in this album and will record his parts during the fall and suprise,suprise, the instrument is keyboards. No one knows yet if the band will perform live in this same line-up but we'll find out. Album will be released by Spinefarm in the beginning of 2003. More information about gigs will be add later. MTV3´s Hockey Night -program´s (in Finland´s television) intromusic is played and almost totally made by Emppu! Emppu plays that intro´s guitars and bass and he has also programmed part of intro´s drums Tuomas will play keyboards on "Timo Rautiainen ja Trio Niskalaukaus"´s Finland -tour from November to December 2002. Tuomas plays keyboards in "For My Pain...", which signed record contract with Spinefarm Records. Still unnamed album will be released in the beginning of 2003. Their first single "My Wound Is Deeper Than Yours" will probably be released in the end of 2002. For My Pain... is: Altti Veteläinen (Eternal Tears of Sorrow): bass Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish): keyboards Lauri Tuohimaa (Embraze): guitars Olli-Pekka Törrö (ex-Eternal Tears of Sorrow from the first two albums): guitars Juha Kylmänen (RefleXion): vocals Petri Sankala (Eternal Tears of Sorrow): drums