Tarja shares lyric video for her epic new single Dead Promises

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen releases promo for her new track Dead Promises - taken from her upcoming album In The Raw

Tarja Turunen (Image credit: Gonzales Photo/Terje Dokken/PYMCA/Avalon/UIG - Getty)

Tarja Turunen (opens in new tab) has released a lyric video for her new single Dead Promises.

It’s the first taste of material from the former Nightwish vocalist’s upcoming album In The Raw, further details of which will be revealed later this week.

Speaking about Dead Promises, Tarja says: “I really like how the guitar sounds – in your face. If I’m singing powerfully, I need something powerful behind me so that I don’t feel like I am left alone.”

The only other detail known about the new studio album at the moment is that it will feature a guest vocal appearance from Soilwork’s Björn “Speed” Strid.

Dead Promises will be available to download and stream from this coming Friday (May 3).

Last year, Tarja released Act II on 2CD, 3LP, DVD and Blu-ray.

The live package was split into two separate sets – the first was captured at London’s Metropolis Studios on June 6, 2017, in front of 20 competition winners from across Europe.

The second set was recorded on November 29, 2016, at Milan’s Teatro della Luna Allago, and features tracks from all four of Tarja’s solo albums and a cover of Muse track Supremacy.

Tarja - Act II (opens in new tab)

Tarja - Act II (opens in new tab)
Former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen returns with the sequel to her 2012 debut solo album Act I: Live In Rosario. Featuring material from all four of her albums, this is not to be missed

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.