Oceanborn
Sign in to saveOceanborn 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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Oceanborn is a progressive metal band from Chicago, IL, USA formed by Christopher Lee, Dominick Camillo & Lance Ferrell in 2010. Since the formation Oceanborn has released 1 album and amassed a significant amount of great album reviews comparing the bands sound and musicianship to the likes of dominating rock bands such as Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, Coheed & Cambria and Muse. The band's debut album, "Hidden From The World", was predominantly <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Oceanborn">
Key facts
- Album.alt
- An image of a woman with long black hair and a white dress floating on the surface of the ocean. In the distance above her, the Earth is visible through a rip in the sky that resembles the shape of a human eye. There is an owl flying to her left that is holding a letter in its talons.
- Album.recorded
- August–October 1998
- Album.studio
- Caverock (Kitee) Finnvox (Helsinki)
- Album.genre
- Symphonic metal power metal
- Album.length
- 49:02
- Album.label
- Spinefarm
- Album.producer
- Nightwish
- Album.chronology
- Nightwish studio album
- Album.prev_title
- Angels Fall First
- Album.prev_year
- 1997
- Album.next_title
- Wishmaster
- Album.next_year
Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- symphonic metal
- Duration
- +3191
- Performer
- Nightwish
- Record label
- Century Media Records
- Distribution format
- music streaming
- Official website
- www.nightwish.com
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- English language
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- Finnvox Studios
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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.
Oceanborn has sold more than 68,000 copies in Finland. The single "Sleeping Sun" was released in August 1999, and the song has been included in every reissue of the album since then. The album was released in the US by Century Media in March 2001.