Nightwish and Floor Jansen have parted ways.

The band announced the split this morning, calling it a mutual decision that is "necessary and important to us and our future ambitions." For fans and for the band, they said, "this marks the end of a truly great voyage." Floor stepped in as a fill-in singer in 2012, became an official member in 2013 and fronted three studio albums: Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Human. :II: Nature. and Yesterwynde. Nightwish says it will continue and plans to enter the studio in 2027 to record a new album as the band celebrates 30 years. The news lands heavy. Back in 2021, Tuomas Holopainen said that if Floor ever left, "that's it, it's the end of NIGHTWISH." Floor also released her new solo single "Me Without You" today.

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