{"id":936121,"date":"2026-10-21T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936121\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:22:09","slug":"its-a-cover-band-with-original-members-im-part-of-that-band-and-im-not-there-former-nightwish-singer-floor-jansen-doesnt-mind-her-old-band-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936121\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a cover band with original members. I\u2019m part of that band and I\u2019m not there\u201d: former Nightwish singer Floor Jansen doesn\u2019t mind her old band After Forever coming back \u2013 just don\u2019t call it a reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nightwish<\/a> singer Floor Jansen isn\u2019t a fan of her old symphonic metal band After Forever\u2019s recent comeback being called a \u2018reunion\u2019.<\/p>\n

Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer before her shock Nightwish exit last week<\/a>, the Dutch vocalist, who led After Forever from 1997 to 2009, says that it\u2019s great people get to enjoy the seven-piece live again following their 2025 comeback. However, it\u2019s not a true reunion without her involved.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s not an After Forever reunion,\u201d Jansen tells us. \u201cIt\u2019s an After Forever cover band with original members. I\u2019m part of that band and I\u2019m not there. After Forever stopped many, many years ago. I now have a solo career and Nightwish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The singer then explains why she didn\u2019t join the reactivated group: \u201cBecause I\u2019m far over my head in work as it is. After Forever is in the past. I like that many people enjoy the music once again, so great, do it. But don\u2019t call it a reunion without the actual original singer and songwriter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded by guitarists Mark Jansen (no relation) and Sander Gommans in North Brabant, Netherlands in 1995, After Forever started as a death metal act but switched to a more operatic sound after Floor joined. They made five albums together \u2013 their final, a 2007 self-titled effort, reaching number six on the Dutch charts \u2013 but broke up in 2009. Floor joined Nightwish as a touring singer in 2012, replacing Anete Olzen, then became a full-time member in 2013.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Floor told FaceCulture that she thought After Forever ended before their time. \u201cI was not too pleased with stopping,\u201d she said. \u201cI did not think it was a good idea. I think there was [more to do].\u201d<\/p>\n

While Floor toured and recorded with Nightwish, singing on three studio albums, guitarist Mark (who split from the lineup in 2002) formed symphonic metal outfit Epica, who\u2019ve had seven albums chart in the Dutch top 10. After Forever returned and played two comeback shows in October 2025, with new singer Angel Wolf-Black replacing Floor.<\/p>\n

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Floor\u2019s Nightwish departure was announced on October 15. The band said that the parting was a mutual decision and that they will continue working on their upcoming 11th album as planned, with studio time booked for 2027. It\u2019s not yet clear who will replace Floor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Floor is focusing on her solo career and will release her second album, Hytress, on January 15. The singles Run and Bring Me Silence are out now. She has European and Central and South American tour dates booked for next year. See details and get tickets via her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Former Nightwish singer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-936121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}