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ChalhublRainbow
Century Child is their magnum opus imo, but this is the most classic Nightwish sound, so many great songs. The Pharaoh Sails To Orion, Stargazer, The Riddler.... really a great album
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CotBayun
I wish there was more Oceanborn-like music. That means metal where keyboards lead, and play as much role as the guitar. That means quirky, "nightly" atmosphere that is "dark" as in "mysterious" rather than "grim and depressive". There are few other examples, and even Nightwish themselves don't often pull that out again. Early Edenbridge comes close, though. October Rust by Type O Negative and two first albums by Mechanical Poet have great keyboards and similar atmosphere, but they're with male vocals.
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CotBayun
Yes, it does. Both radiate an aura of night, mystery, forest, and passion, reinforced by a "moondrop" sound of keyboards, as well as lyrics about nature, sex, and mystical creatures. It is easy to imagine Beast Inside caressing thighs of Princess of Lust, or the Green Man hunting with the tameless heart on befrosted paths to the unknown. They "click" together like Yin and Yang.
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Mar_Sexx_669
Even if I don't agree they share a similar atmosphere, this is an amazing perspective!
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vorbiddenonv
As vezes me pego na calada da noite ouvindo Oceanborn, "Ih caralho, achei que era o verdadeiro pesadão Furacão 2000 coletânea part. Mc Pocahontas", claro que não é, mas gosto de imaginar.
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RAM237
I first heard this somewhere in 2008, I think. And I had to listen to it again now to make sure it still sucks :) Well, I like almost everything done here what touches the guitar - melodies and work. But come on, the whole album of Tarja's opera vocals and those ever-present synths/keyboards is just too much for me. The album (as well as the rest Nightwish works) lacks for some rich growling male vocals complementing and balancing female voice at least on a couple of songs - that would be pretty cool! And with their original concept, I'm OK to listen 3-4 songs only, then I am getting tired of the album :(
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CotBayun
It's Symphonic power metal. "Epic" is not a genre, and even if it was, it would belong to bands like Rhapsody and Blind Guardian. BTW, ironically, Oceanborn is closest they ever got to Gothic metal. If you double slow down the two Tapio Wilska songs, they would fit on a Theatre of Tragedy album.
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KingLycaon
Simply their best album, and one of my favorites in the power metal genre. The atmosphere, the riffs, the keyboards, the vocals - everything is damn near perfect. "Hail the oceanborn..."
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sharafinha77
This album sure is something else. The composer was perfectly synchronized with his inspiration. What a way to end the 2nd millenium AD.
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tekbasinaadam
This is the only Nightwish record that i love as a body of work.She is probably high.
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