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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #175 on: October 01, 2014, 05:33:49 AM »
That seems like too much for just the first reward on the list. Usually bands have just the simple pre-order first to get as many backers as possible, and then packages with all the extras costing more for those willing to put down for all that. With all of that in the first package, it's going to be starting off with something fairly expensive...and I think that could severely hurt the number of backers and amount of money they could crowdfund. Instead of having all the pre-order backers and the guys putting down for all the extras together, they're only going to get the guys willing to shell out for the extras. :\

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« Reply #176 on: October 01, 2014, 01:55:21 PM »
To which Wintersun replied:

The fact of the matter is, if we would include CDs in the campaign. We would never reach our goal and TIME II wouldn´t see the light of day in that case. This is unfortunate, but it is a fact. We make very little with CDs and we don´t have the resources to handle them with large amounts anyways. We can of course hire someone to do it, but then again we would make even less. NB makes the most profit with CDs and they have the proper resources to ship and sell them. Plus the CDs in the campaign would eat the sales of the digital download package and then we would never reach our goal. So not good for anyone. But we´re confident that when you see the whole download package, you will change your mind!

Just because other bands do this does not mean all bands have to do it.
I'm pretty sure that NB stood firm and stipulated that CD's must not be part of any campaign.

I'm sure there will be lots of other goodies to tempt the fans and the stems are massive for me already.

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #177 on: October 01, 2014, 09:40:53 PM »
They could still let people pre-order a digital download of just the album without extras. ::) My point is, by having a pack with all these extras as the first (I.E. the lowest priced reward) it excludes a lot of people from contributing, the people who don't want stuff like stems, and less people contributing means less money.

And before you make the argument "even if less people contribute this package costs more so it evens out" no it does not, because they could have both at the same time. I know that they don't have to do exactly what other bands do just because that's what other bands do, but there's a very logical reason as to why this is a bad plan - the goal is to make money, and in its current state, it is not designed to make as much money as possible.

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« Reply #178 on: October 02, 2014, 12:36:07 AM »
Points taken and here's my reply :)

Time II is not complete yet and thus no release date, but Jari did mention 'high quality digital download'.
I guess Wintersun and NB know what they are doing, so it's wait and see.

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #179 on: December 07, 2014, 03:20:34 AM »
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #180 on: July 27, 2016, 04:42:45 AM »
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When I announced last week that "it is done", I did not mean that IT is done. I meant that IT is done! :D

But seriously, after almost two years of insane amount of work (not to mention a lifetime of practicing and developing music composing, lyric writing, playing, singing, production and engineering skills etc.), something big and amazing that will blow your mind has finally been completely finished, 100%! We thought (and I'm sure you did too) that this day would never come, but it's finally here. I feel I did the impossible! Feeling very proud and happy!

The question now though is, will it ever be released? Well it will be sooner or later, but that is yet to be determined. I have sent a long email to Nuclear Blast and we are now in negotiations with them. That's all I can tell you right now. Keep your fingers crossed!
:lol Well that quickly went from hype to reality!
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #181 on: July 27, 2016, 05:46:10 AM »
Time 1 was fantastic, would love for the sequel to see the light of day.  Come on Nuclear Blast.
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« Reply #182 on: July 27, 2016, 12:50:46 PM »
I doubt if it's just NB.
I suspect this long email might have some demands/requests.
Besides why would NB not want to release it?
Two albums in 12 years is not a good return, I am sure NB would love to cash in with it, with deluxe box sets, half a dozen different coloured vinyls etc etc.

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #183 on: July 27, 2016, 12:59:23 PM »
I thought this day would never come... The debut is one of my all time favorite albums, and Time I is pretty solid as well.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #184 on: September 28, 2016, 02:42:06 PM »
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Very productive phone meeting with Nuclear Blast just now. Everything might still work after all... Still need to confirm the details "on paper".
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« Reply #185 on: September 28, 2016, 02:57:42 PM »
That's great news. I'm looking forward to Time II, released 2023.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #186 on: November 11, 2016, 11:07:23 AM »
Woah, kinda unexpected news on Facebook today given I thought this was likely dead, but the trailer for Time II has arrived!

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=42
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« Reply #187 on: November 11, 2016, 12:26:48 PM »
They're really exploring the boundaries of metal with this one.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #188 on: November 11, 2016, 12:43:45 PM »
I like how unwilling they are to rest on their laurels. Almost everybody would love Time II to be more songs in the vein of s/t or Time I, but I'll give mad props to Wintersun for not being afraid to explore new directions and to develop their music into unexpected directions.
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« Reply #189 on: November 11, 2016, 01:00:47 PM »
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« Reply #190 on: November 11, 2016, 01:39:02 PM »
Jari posted this week that he will no longer be playing guitar onstage, so he can concentrate totally on his singing.

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #191 on: November 11, 2016, 03:47:46 PM »
Woah, kinda unexpected news on Facebook today given I thought this was likely dead, but the trailer for Time II has arrived!

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=42

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #192 on: November 11, 2016, 04:47:24 PM »
Funsies? Sorry. :lol

I saw someone somewhere say something about Wintersun, and then watched the last South Park episode featuring that video, and I realized I had never actually done that.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #193 on: November 13, 2016, 04:14:19 AM »
You got me good.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #194 on: November 15, 2016, 05:14:17 AM »
I just thought, let's see how long we can milk this.  :lol
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« Reply #195 on: November 15, 2016, 03:39:13 PM »
Jari posted this week that he will no longer be playing guitar onstage, so he can concentrate totally on his singing.

Heh, I thought you were trolling too, but upon checking their fb, this is actually true.

Hmmm, not sure what to expect from this. No guitar means Jari has to be a different type of frontman, it will be interesting to see how he will act on stage now (I have seen them live twice, they were fantastic).

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« Reply #196 on: December 28, 2016, 06:45:01 AM »
Quote from: Jari Mäenpää the troll
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #197 on: December 28, 2016, 03:24:46 PM »
Don't believe it til I have it in my hands.
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #198 on: January 04, 2017, 05:25:04 AM »
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WHAT IS "IT"

It's 2017 folks and it's going to be a great year! Time for some big Wintersun news? Yes it is!

When we said that "IT IS DONE", we did not mean TIME II, but we meant a NEW ALBUM for sure! TIME II won´t be the next Wintersun album, because of reasons you already know from past updates and interviews.

So what is IT? IT is a NEW ALBUM and it is 100% done! And no, that's not the name of the album. This album will be something new and different, but equally great or perhaps even better in some ways. Over 53 minutes of solid Wintersun material (with no intro tracks) and with a killer concept!

This album will be THE 3rd FULL LENGHT Wintersun album. We will release the name of it soon and other details like track list etc. We're gonna start putting the pieces of the puzzle together for you guys how it's going to be released and what will happen... It will be a whole new experience to enjoy a Wintersun album! It will all make sense to you very soon!

And this album is not the only thing we've done, not by a long shot! In fact your minds will be blown soon! That is a guarantee. So click the notifications ON in our Wintersun Page, if you don't want to miss out on the new Wintersun album! (Because of Facebook algorithm reach limit). THANKS GUYS!

- Wintersun
FINALLY some solid news!

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #199 on: January 04, 2017, 03:38:34 PM »
Sounds good.
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« Reply #200 on: January 05, 2017, 04:06:25 AM »
That sounds good indeed. And I think it is a good idea to ditch Time II for the time being, because that album as a whole has become an old internet meme at this point. A fresh new start, hopefully one up to par, is the route to go.

This means there is still no Way of the Fire studio version though  :lol I think they have been playing that track live for almost a decade by now.

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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #201 on: January 05, 2017, 04:07:09 AM »
I think it's a smart move to do something completly diffrent, that will ease the hype for Time II whenever that's ready, if ever. That album is a running joke/meme at this point so leave it and start over.

Edit: you basically Ninja:d me ErHaO  :lol
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Re: Wintersun thread (New album, "TIME I", is out!)
« Reply #202 on: January 18, 2017, 08:01:43 AM »
We have a track list now.

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WINTERSUN'S 3RD FULL LENGTH ALBUM TRACKLIST

Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

1. Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring) 14:40
Part I The Dark Slumber
Part II The Awakening
2. The Forest That Weeps (Summer) 12:18
3. Eternal Darkness (Autumn) 14:08
Part I Haunting Darkness
Part II The Call of the Dark Dream
Part III Beyond the Infinite Universe
Part IV Death
4. Loneliness (Winter) 12:54

Total running time: 53:20

I thought that the album title was weird when it was revealed last week, but it makes sense now.

We should get release information next week. Really excited for this one.
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« Reply #203 on: January 18, 2017, 10:04:42 AM »
Funny if this actually is Time II but they changed name to easy the hype for the album.
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« Reply #205 on: March 01, 2017, 01:08:51 AM »
The crowd funding has kicked off, in less than 24 hours just under 90K Euro's.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wintersun-crowdfunding--3/x/2364920#/

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« Reply #206 on: March 01, 2017, 05:41:19 AM »
I would really like to help them, but 50€ is a bit much. I'll have to think on this. If they had included a 20€ package or so I would have been all over this,
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« Reply #207 on: March 01, 2017, 11:57:20 AM »
For the actual content you are getting and supporting the band directly, I think 50 euro's is cheap, I would have paid double.

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« Reply #208 on: March 01, 2017, 02:01:59 PM »
It's undeniably a whole lot for the price, but I'm really only interested in the new album and none of the other stuff.

Still, I'll probably end up getting in on this.
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« Reply #209 on: March 28, 2017, 01:22:39 PM »
Bumping this for one last time, crowdfunding ends in 3 days, new stuff added to the package.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wintersun-crowdfunding--3/x/2364920#/