Wintersun have unveiled that their long-awaited album, Time II, is “100% done.” Serving as the continuation to 2012’s Time I, the upcoming album is expected to arrive sometime between late summer and early fall this year. The band has remained actively engaged, hinting at more big news to soon follow. Thus far, two key announcements have been made – the completion of the album, marking the ultimate follow-up to 2017’s The Forest Seasons, and the launch of the Time II crowdfunding campaign.
For a quick recap, Wintersun initiated their first crowdfunding campaign in 2017 with the goal of acquiring their own studio. This initial campaign was record-breaking, surpassing $450,000. Now, seven years later, as they embark on a second crowdfunding campaign, we’re curious to see the promised included contents of the next package.
Read the full latest updates from the band below:
“WINTERSUN ALBUM UPDATE – BIGGEST WINTERSUN NEWS
TIME II = 100% DONE. Enough said.
“This album has been the biggest challenge in my life and I’m still kinda surprised it is finally done.” – Jari
“The day finally came: TIME II is done!! Couldn’t be happier!” – Jukka
“I thought this day would never arrive and when Jari sent me a message that TIME II was ready I still couldn’t understand that we were finally done after all the obstacles and challenges. I am more than happy now. Cheers!” – Kai
“Whoa, I think Jari surprised us all! I’m happy that after all these years the album is finally ready!” – Teemu
Next week a little bit more information about the album release plans… Stay tuned!”
Crowdfunding update:
“TIME II RELEASE AND WINTERSUN CROWDFUNDING II (FOLLOW-UP UPDATE)
So last Friday, we dropped the biggest news and gave a Wintersun album update of a lifetime! And yes indeed, TIME II is finally done. 100% DONE! And it sounds massive!
Were you guys surprised?
Thank you to everyone for supporting and helping us to get it finally finished! We’ll be dropping more information along the way about the album and how all this happened.
Now… We need just a little bit more patience from you guys while we prepare everything for the release. The album booklet (Gyula Havancsák is working on it), promo photos (we have a photoshoot soon with Onni Wiljami Kinnunen), merchandise, physical release (CD, vinyl) with Nuclear Blast, etc.
If everything goes according to plan, the album release will happen in the late summer of 2024, the latest early fall.
Before that, we will launch the second crowdfunding campaign, planned to start on March 1st, which will be a pre-order for a very big PACKAGE that will include TIME II. More information about this later, but let’s just say that there are a lot more surprises we have in store for you!”
