The Last Candle

So uber-great Finnish metal group Nightwish released their new album, Once, in Europe a while back. How has it been doing, you might ask? <p/> As reported from Nightwish.com, it has reached number one for album sales in Germany, Finland, Norway, Slovakia, Hungary, and Greece. Once has received gold status (100,000 albums) from Norway and Germany and platinum (300,000 sold) in Finland, natch. The single Nemo reached gold in Switzerland previously. <p/> Once has also spent some time at the top spot in Billboard’s “Eurocharts,” beating out releases from Beastie Boys, Avril Lavigne, and Norah Jones. (Photo of the moment at left.) <p/> The music video for Nemo has reached #1 in Brazil. <p/> A “major label release” is in the works for the United States. (No release date yet.) <p/> This group is tearing up the music scene in Europe. Here’s hoping that they get some serious recognition when they visit Stateside on the upcoming tour and domestic Once release. <p/> Because they FRICKIN’ ROCK. <p/> <p/>