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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is Nightwish's best album and one of the best albums of all time. This is an EXTREMELY talented band who never fail to be original and fresh in their ideas. There isn't one song on Oceanborn that you feel you have to skip ~ you have to just start from the beginning and NOT even touch the skip buttons ~ if you hear all the songs together all the way through as a whole, you will appreciate their individual raw talent and origonality much more. For me I loved this album more and more every time I put it on ~ this is a must have!!!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I was blown away the first time I heard this band, and now months later, after delving into the genre in a big way, I've yet to hear better.Nightwish are a Finnish 5-piece with standard rock line-up except they use an operatic soprano as lead vocalist. First released in 1998 this is exceptionally powerful and colourful music.
The soprano vocals may take a little getting used to (I've been raised on classic rock) but Tarja sounds absolutely wonderful on the big ballads (one of which is a great version of "Walking in the Air") On some of the more metal-type numbers I can't help wishing from time to time that Ronnie James Dio or Glenn Hughes was singing that material. In other words she has a beautiful big voice but I'm not always convinced it suits the music. Where she really scores is when she turns on the power when a song has a key change.
Tuomas the keyboard player writes all the material but somewhat surprisingly it is very guitar-oriented with great riffs that fairly leap out at you, and are driven along at quite fast tempos by their drummer Jukka. Drum sounds are excellent,the machine-gun bass drum is not overdone and the group are augmented from time to time by strings(orchestral accompaniment was to be enlarged in later releases especially "Once" and "Dark Passion Play")
The best tracks are "Stargazers" "Sleeping Sun" (Tarja's vocals doubled up are sublime) "Walking in the Air", "Sacrament of Wilderness", "Gethsemane" and Swanheart" (the first 4 are also on their "Best of"). The longer tracks are not quite as good as on later releases and some of their endings aren't as well thought out as their intros so I've docked a star from what is an exceptional album.
The soprano vocals may take a little getting used to (I've been raised on classic rock) but Tarja sounds absolutely wonderful on the big ballads (one of which is a great version of "Walking in the Air") On some of the more metal-type numbers I can't help wishing from time to time that Ronnie James Dio or Glenn Hughes was singing that material. In other words she has a beautiful big voice but I'm not always convinced it suits the music. Where she really scores is when she turns on the power when a song has a key change.
Tuomas the keyboard player writes all the material but somewhat surprisingly it is very guitar-oriented with great riffs that fairly leap out at you, and are driven along at quite fast tempos by their drummer Jukka. Drum sounds are excellent,the machine-gun bass drum is not overdone and the group are augmented from time to time by strings(orchestral accompaniment was to be enlarged in later releases especially "Once" and "Dark Passion Play")
The best tracks are "Stargazers" "Sleeping Sun" (Tarja's vocals doubled up are sublime) "Walking in the Air", "Sacrament of Wilderness", "Gethsemane" and Swanheart" (the first 4 are also on their "Best of"). The longer tracks are not quite as good as on later releases and some of their endings aren't as well thought out as their intros so I've docked a star from what is an exceptional album.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I cannot praise Nightwish enough.They are beyond amazing.Lead vocalist Tarja will put you into a trance with her Haunting,soul piercing voice.Backed up with a symphony of Guitars,Keyboards,flutes,drums,etc...How gothic do you want it? Nightwish delivers you music that would bring the dead back to life.Music that makes every single hair on your body stand to attention.Not many bands around can do that.I am proud to have Nightwish as part of my music collection,and you would be to.I strongly recommend you buy any one of Nightwish's albums.You will not regret it. 10/10.
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The sound that defined Nightwish
"Oceanborn", Nightwish's second album, takes a dramatic turn from the accoustic folklore of their debut, "Angels Fall First". Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lewis
sheer bliss
I listen to a lot of metal; mostly death metal and melodic death metal... ... for people who don't know what that is, well is doesn't really matter. Read more
Published 7 months ago by James
Nightwish-Oceanborn
What a brilliantly composed album! The drumming is outstanding. The Lyrics also powerful and the group work well together. Definately Nightwish's finest piece of work. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Turton
Classic
A great album. Just not as great as some of there other work. But still a great album that will bear repeated listening too. Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. Anthony
Nightwish as they used to be
After everything that has happened with this band it would be interesting to look back to their early work; it will help us remember why we liked this band in the first place. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2010 by Wishmaster
A must have
Excellent disk,with bonus stuff and with excellent bootleg inside!!!
A must have for every fan of Nightwish
A must have for every fan of Nightwish
Published on 6 May 2009 by F. Areti
Born of the Waves
Oceanborn is officially Nightwish's second album although I consider it more their proper debut as Angels Falls First sounds a bit under developed at times and comes across as a... Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2008 by Twitch
Ridiculous and Fantastic in equal measures
This album stands as perhaps the first real classic in the increasingly crowded genre of symphonic metal and in some ways has never been equalled. Read more
Published on 7 April 2008 by Mr. A. Milne
Nightwish's best release/Tarja's best ever vocals
Excellent album! Great songs & arrangements, top notch musicianship and a crystal clear production. The much missed Tarja really pushes her operatic lungs to bursting point on this... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2008 by Adam Jackson
a blast
the reviews below seem to cover it, I thought Once was something special and on the first listen of this cd I was a little disappointed.....second listen it hit ..BIG TIME. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by Mr. Pj Armstrong
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