Perfume of the Timeless

"Perfume of the Timeless"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Yesterwynde
Released21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)
Length8:12
LabelNuclear Blast
Songwriter(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Nightwish singles chronology
"Harvest"
(2020) 		"Perfume of the Timeless"
(2024) 		"The Day of..."
(2024)
Music video
"Perfume of the Timeless" on YouTube

"Perfume of the Timeless" is a single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the first from their tenth studio album Yesterwynde. It was released on 21 May 2024.[1] The single is the band's first published song to feature Jukka Koskinen on bass, replacing Marko Hietala.[2] Pre-release, it had been described by Tuomas Holopainen to be an eight and a half minute long song, with the chorus coming in at 3:30 in the track.[3]

Cover art

The cover art of the single features a photograph taken by English artist Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, featuring a young woman helping an older woman wind wool. It was taken around the late 1800s in North Yorkshire, England.[4] Nightwish's cover art is an edit of this photograph, with vocalist Floor Jansen replacing the younger woman in the photo.

Personnel

Nightwish

References

  1. ^ "Nightwish Announces 'Yesterwynde' Album, 'Perfume Of The Timeless' Single". Blabbermouth.net. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ Ruskell, Nick (30 April 2024). "Nightwish: "The whole theme of the album is time, history, humanism,..." Kerrang!. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. ^ Millspublished, Matt (2 May 2024). "Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is "eight-and-a-half minutes long": "The chorus comes in at 3:30"". louder. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Women at Their Leisure – Interesting Photos Show the Work Women Often Do in Their Free Time before 1900". Retrieved 9 May 2024.