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Archive recently conducted an interview with former AFTER
FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor
Jansen about her REVAMP project. A couple of excerpts from the
chat follow bleow. How does [the] new [REVAMP] album ["Wild
Card"] differ from your last one? Floor: We wanted to make it
more heavy, more modern. The sound is heavier than, I think, the
first one was; it's more diverse. The keyboard sound has been
used in a different way; a more modern sound. I tried to get
into an even bigger vocal variety by using growls; sometimes a
very extreme "rocky" sound, then a more "operatic" sound, then a
"poppy" sound. I tried to do as much as I could [vocally], and I
think that lyric-wise, this is a more personal album; it has an
extra layer and is written more directly. Those personal lyrics
are especially prominent in a series of songs on the album
titled "Anatomy Of A Nervou