- symphonic metal, power metal, rock, symphonic rock
- 49 min
- 10 tracks
- Spinefarm Records
Oceanborn is the second studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released in Finland by Spinefarm Records on 7 December 1998 and in the spring of 1999 worldwide. It was released by Drakkar Entertainment in the rest of Europe, and by Toy's Factory in Japan. It is their first album with bassist Sami Vänskä.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chronicles of Chaos10/10 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10 ★
- Metal Storm10/10 ★
- Metal Crypt4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Stargazers4:28
- 2Gethsemane5:22
- 3Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean4:46
- 4Sacrament of Wilderness4:12
- 5Passion and the Opera4:51
- 6Swanheart4:44
- 7Moondance3:32
- 8The Riddler5:16
- 9The Pharaoh Sails to Orion6:27
- 10Walking in the Air5:29
10 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nightwish
- Label
- Spinefarm Records
- Released
- December 7, 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FI
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