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Encyclopedia > Oceanborn
Oceanborn
Oceanborn cover
Studio album by Nightwish
Released 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Power metal, Symphonic metal
Length 53:11
Label Spinefarm Records
Drakkar Entertainment
Century Media
Producer(s) Tero Kinnunen
Professional reviews
Nightwish chronology
Angels Fall First
(1997)		 Oceanborn
(1998)		 Wishmaster
(2000)

Oceanborn is the second album by Nightwish, released in October 1998. Oceanborn is one of their darker albums, making use of harsh male vocals in songs like The Pharaoh Sails To Orion. Nightwish: Oceanborn album cover This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Spinefarm Records is the recording label responsible for bands such as Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Finntroll, For My Pain, Impaled Nazarene, Nightwish, Norther, Sentenced, Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Tarot, Throne of Chaos, Thy Serpent and Warmen. ... Drakkar Entertainment GmbH, also called Drakkar Records or Drakkar Publishing, is a German record label with its headquarters in Witten. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tero Kinnunen (sometimes credited as Tero Cavemann or Mr. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Angels Fall First is Nightwishs debut album, released in 1997 by Spinefarm Records. ... Wishmaster is the third album by Nightwish, released July 18, 2000 by Spinefarm Records. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ...


The entire album was basically fantasy oriented with tracks like Swanheart, Walking In The Air and The Pharaoh Sails To Orion. Other songs had a more religious feel to them, like Gethsemane. In addition, there were also some theatrical tracks like Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean.


Track listing

  1. "Stargazers" – 4:28
  2. "Gethsemane" – 5:22
  3. "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" – 4:46
  4. "Sacrament of Wilderness" – 4:12
  5. "Passion and the Opera" – 4:50
  6. "Swanheart" – 4:44
  7. "Moondance" – 3:31
  8. "The Riddler" – 5:16
  9. "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" – 6:26
  10. "Walking in the Air" – 5:31
  11. "Sleeping Sun" (Bonus track; All editions since 1999) – 4:05
  12. "Nightquest" (Bonus track; Japanese limited edition) – 4:16

Sacrament Of Wilderness was the first single from Nightwishs album Oceanborn. ... Passion and the Opera was a promotional single from Nightwishs album Oceanborn. ... Walking in the Air is a song written by Howard Blake for the animated short The Snowman, which has been broadcast on TV and published on videotape and DVD; also released as a single, LP and CD. In The Snowman, it was performed by a St. ... Sleeping Sun Sleeping Sun is a track, made by the Finnish symphonic metal-band Nightwish. ...

Credits

Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen
Former members: Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen
Discography
Albums and EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once
Singles: "The Carpenter" | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | "Passion and the Opera" | "Walking in the Air" | "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" | "The Kinslayer" | "Deep Silent Complete" | "Ever Dream" | "Bless the Child" | "Nemo" | "Wish I Had an Angel" | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | "The Siren" | "Sleeping Sun"
Live albums: From Wishes to Eternity | End of an Era
Compilations: Wishmastour 2000 | Tales from the Elvenpath | Bestwishes | Highest Hopes
Videos and DVDs: From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era
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