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First of all, Oceanborn is a huge step when thinking about Nightwish's debut album, Angels Fall First. All the elements of folk music and ambience are forgotten, and instead Nightwish have concentrated on using Tarja Turunen's wide voice and playing pure heavy metal. Or, well, another description could be opera metal. Drama and a variety of melodies are used and effective, but overrule all expectations. Songs are catchy, but they have a long lifetime. Also, the whole band does great work: even though they seem like another Dream Theater-wannabe, Holopainen and Vuorinen use their instruments with patience and don't slope into unneeded tricking. So everything seems to be alright, but the album as a whole lacks a little bit of diversity, and sometimes falls into repeating itself. The songs are, however, very strong, and the album as a whole works great. Oceanborn is, so far, Nightwish's most successful album.
© Antti J. Ravelin /TiVo
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Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Keyboards - Nightwish, MainArtist - Tarja Turunen, LeadVocals - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
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Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
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Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
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Tuomas Holopainen, Composer - Nightwish, MainArtist
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Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Producer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer, Producer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
DAVID BLAKE, Composer - Nightwish, MainArtist
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Tero Kinnunen, Composer
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Tero Kinnunen, Composer
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Tero Kinnunen, Composer
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Tuomas Holopainen, Composer, Keyboards - Mikko Karmila, MixingEngineer - Nightwish, MainArtist - Jukka Nevalainen, Drums - Tero Kinnunen, Composer - Erno Vuorinen, Guitar - Sami Vänskä, BassGuitar
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
Album review
First of all, Oceanborn is a huge step when thinking about Nightwish's debut album, Angels Fall First. All the elements of folk music and ambience are forgotten, and instead Nightwish have concentrated on using Tarja Turunen's wide voice and playing pure heavy metal. Or, well, another description could be opera metal. Drama and a variety of melodies are used and effective, but overrule all expectations. Songs are catchy, but they have a long lifetime. Also, the whole band does great work: even though they seem like another Dream Theater-wannabe, Holopainen and Vuorinen use their instruments with patience and don't slope into unneeded tricking. So everything seems to be alright, but the album as a whole lacks a little bit of diversity, and sometimes falls into repeating itself. The songs are, however, very strong, and the album as a whole works great. Oceanborn is, so far, Nightwish's most successful album.
© Antti J. Ravelin /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:26
- Main artists: Nightwish
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Spinefarm FI
- Genre: Metal
2007 Spin-Farm Oy 2007 Spin-Farm Oy
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