by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 14, 2017 | News, Updates
Despite exceeding their first out of allegedly three crowdfunding campaigns by 285%, Wintersun extended their Forest package pre-order earlier last week to April 30th. While the group continues to earn enough money for their studio and building, they announced...
by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 3, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates
Wintersun’s first of three crowdfunding campaigns officially ended over the weekend. Despite it taking less than 24 hours to reach their goal of 150€, the campaign continued and ended making €428,310 raised by 8596 backers, which translates to 456,749.78. Their...
by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 2, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates, Video
It wasn’t too long ago when we had a Headbangers Brawl on the subject of crowdfunding. How much support does a band need from their fans? Secondly, how much do they need the support after being signed by a label? Yesterday (1) Wintersun launched their first of...
by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 1, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates, Video
Back in mid-2014, Wintersun expressed the urge to create a crowdfunding campaign for their nonexistent album Time II. Wintersun mastermind Jari Mäenpää once confessed: “…But the problem is this. I have a record deal with Nuclear Blast. If I would do a Kickstarter with...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 6, 2017 | New Music, News, Updates
While many are digesting 2016 tunes, it is time to move forward and see what is ahead for 2017. 2016 gave us several diversified lists proving it was a great year for music. Does 2017 have what it takes to top that? We’re already hearing about big releases...