The Shadow Self

The Shadow Self is the upcoming seventh studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record will be released on 5 August 2016.

Background

The songwriting started just after the release of Colours... in 2013 and Tarja gave hints through her facebook and twitter along the way. In the start of 2016 Tarja started to reveal more bits about the album and put up bits of lyrics on Facebook. Tarja also stated on her Twitter account that there would be two collaborations with two woman singers on the album.

In October 17, 2015, Tarja performed two new songs. "No Bitter End" and "Goldfinger", which would be the first glimpses of the new album.

On March 14, 2016, the artwork and album name finally got revealed. On March 22, 2016, Earmusic released a snippet of "No Bitter End"^[2] on YouTube.

On April 7, 2016, Earmusic revealed the prequel named The Brighest Void to be released on 3 June with nine tracks. It's important to notice that this is an album by itself but also ties together with The Shadow Self.^[3] On April 14, 2016, Earmusic released a trailer for the coming video "No Bitter End", the whole video will be released on 20 April. On 27 May 2016, Tarja announced The Brightest Void was available for streaming on Apple Music.

Track listing

The Shadow Self
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Innocence"	6:03
2.	"Demons in You" (feat. Alissa White-Gluz)	4:44
3.	"No Bitter End"	4:26
4.	"Love to Hate"	5:57
5.	"Supremacy" (Muse)	5:03
6.	"The Living End"	4:41
7.	"Diva"	5:45
8.	"Eagle Eye"	4:36
9.	"Undertaker"	6:41
10.	"Calling from the Wild"	5:13
11.	"Too Many"	12:53

The Brighest Void
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Bitter End" (Video Clip Version)		3:49
2.	"Your Heaven and Your Hell" (feat. Michael Monroe)		5:34
3.	"Eagle Eye" (feat. Chad Smith, Toni Turunen)		5:01
4.	"An Empty Dream"		5:02
5.	"Witch Hunt"		5:16
6.	"Shameless"		3:42
7.	"House of Wax" (Paul McCartney cover)	Paul McCartney	5:50
8.	"Goldfinger (James Bond Main Theme)" (Shirley Bassey cover)	John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	4:15
9.	"Paradise (What About Us?) - New Mix" (featuring Within Temptation)	Martijn Spierenburg, Sharon den Adel	5:18

Personnel

Musicians

Tarja Turunen - Vocals
Christian Kretschmar - Keyboard
Kevin Chown - Bass
Max Lilja - Cello
Alex Scholpp - Guitar
Doug Wimbish - Bass
Julian Barrett
Peter Barrett

Additional musicians

Luis Conte
Mike Coolen - Drums
Guillermo De Medio
Izumi Kawakatsu
Mervi Myllyoja
Atli Örvarsson
Nico Polo
Fernando Scarcella
Torsten Stenzel
Mike Terrana
Toni Turunen
Alissa White-Gluz - vocals on "Demons in You"
Anders Wollbeck

Production

James Dooley - Orchestral & Choir Arrangements
Bart Hendrickson - Orchestral & Choir Arrangements
Mel Wesson
Tim Palmer - Mixing

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References

^ "Tarja - 'THE BRIGHTEST VOID – THE PREQUEL' JUNE 3rd, 2016 -- 'The Shadow Self' - new album out AUGUST 5th, 2016". Tarja-theshadowself.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "Tarja "No Bitter End" Snippet - Album "The Shadow Self" OUT AUGUST 5th, 2016". Youtube.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via YouTube.
^ "earMUSIC - TARJA ANNOUNCES "THE BRIGHTEST VOID" - THE PREQUEL & REVEALS COVER ARTWORK & TRACKLIST". Ear-music.net. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "Tarja - 'THE BRIGHTEST VOID – THE PREQUEL' JUNE 3rd, 2016 -- 'The Shadow Self' - new album out AUGUST 5th, 2016". Tarja-theshadowself.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

External links

[1] "Tarja - 'THE BRIGHTEST VOID – THE PREQUEL' JUNE 3rd, 2016 -- 'The Shadow Self' - new album out AUGUST 5th, 2016". Tarja-theshadowself.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[2] "Tarja "No Bitter End" Snippet - Album "The Shadow Self" OUT AUGUST 5th, 2016". Youtube.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via YouTube.

[3] "earMUSIC - TARJA ANNOUNCES "THE BRIGHTEST VOID" - THE PREQUEL & REVEALS COVER ARTWORK & TRACKLIST". Ear-music.net. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[4] "Tarja - 'THE BRIGHTEST VOID – THE PREQUEL' JUNE 3rd, 2016 -- 'The Shadow Self' - new album out AUGUST 5th, 2016". Tarja-theshadowself.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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