Oceanborn - Nightwish

Nightwish. Tomas. Tarja. Equals Oceanborn. I think for most Nightwish fans this album probably became the one that actually made them fall in love with symphonic metal. Her opera voice can not me mistaken for anyone else and Nightwish does miss that original touch now regardless whether it was their choice to give up the opera part of music or not. Is it worth to buy? Depends what kind of music you are into. I still did not manage to make my Rock husband fall in love with it, same as my blues and pop lovers friends do not play it very often. But for those who do know and do like Scandinavian metal, symphonic metal, even power metal - this album would be a pleasant ...  Read the complete review

Nightwish- Oceanborn I can remember the first time I played this CD, it was the first time I'd connected with music, at all ever. It was an event that was very pivotal in my life; leading to a future obsession with music itself back in 2002. When I first got this CD, I was a bit wary as it had been called Symphonic power metal; and I still had the narrow-minded assumption about metal music itself. But what I got actually is one of the most beautiful songs composed on the album: Sleeping Sun, this had destroyed every metal assumption I had. Tarja Turunen - Vocals Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar Tuomas ...  Read the complete review