Artist: ANETTE OLZON [ex-NIGHTWISH]
Album: SHINE (DIGI)

Release date: 2014
Media type: CD

Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will release her debut solo album, "Shine", on February 28, 2014 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The CD, which was co-produced by Anette Olzon and Johan Kronlund, is a collaboration with some of the most successful teams in rock and pop in Scandinavia: Stefan Orn (songwriter and producer of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest-winning track "Running Scared") and Johan Glossner. The album was mixed by Kronlund, Nicklas Flykt and Ronny Lahti (known for his work with Loreen and Roxette).

"I am so thrilled to finally release my first solo album," says Olzon. "I've been working on it for a long time by now...  "The album is very personal with songs I have started writing already in 2009 but also very recent songs.

"The overall message of the album is that life can be really dark and filled with hardship and sadness, but you can always choose to see some light coming through, to make you stronger and full of life — making you SHINE… no matter what."

Regarding the CD's musical direction, Anette said: "In the end, it is a rock album. Well, a pop rock album, maybe, or would you call it pop metal?"

Olzon in 2011 released two demo tracks that she recorded in 2009 for what was supposed to become her debut solo album. She said at the time, "The songs are not mixed or produced, just recorded in the moment, and therefore are very rough songs. But I still want you to hear them since I am proud of them and I think they show another part of me than you hear in NIGHTWISH." She added, "The first song is called 'Floating' and I call it the 'circus' song. It gives me a happy feeling and the vibe in it is happy and joyful. The second song ['Invincible'] is a song I wrote for my son and therefore it's very special to me."

TRACKLIST:

1. "Like a Show Inside My Head"   3:38
2. "Shine"   3:29
3. "Floating"   3:09
4. "Lies"   5:02
5. "Invincible"   3:17
6. "Hear Me"   3:04
7. "Falling"   4:30
8. "Moving Away"   4:59
9. "One Million Faces"   2:54
10. "Watching Me from Afar"   4:14