First of all, Oceanborn is a huge step when thinking about Nightwish's debut album, Angels Fall First.
All the elements of folk music and ambience are forgotten, and instead Nightwish have concentrated on using Tarja Turunen's wide voice and playing pure heavy metal.
Or, well, another description could be opera metal.
Drama and a variety of melodies are used and effective, but overrule all expectations.
Songs are catchy, but they have a long lifetime.
Also, the whole band does great work: even though they seem like another Dream Theater-wannabe, Holopainen and Vuorinen use their instruments with patience and don't slope into unneeded tricking.
So everything seems to be alright, but the album as a whole lacks a little bit of diversity, and sometimes falls into repeating itself.
The songs are, however, very strong, and the album as a whole works great.
Oceanborn is, so far, Nightwish's most successful album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stargazers | Nightwish | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Gethsemane | Nightwish | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 3 | Sacrament of Wilderness | Nightwish | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Passion and the Opera | Nightwish | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Moondance | Nightwish | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | Swanheart | Nightwish | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | The Riddler | Nightwish | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 8 | Sleeping SunHoward Blake | Nightwish | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean | Nightwish | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 10 | The Pharao Sails To Orion | Nightwish | Play | 06:26 | 14 MB | 49 MB |
| 11 | Walkin In The Air | Nightwish | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 52 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 391 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard Blake | Composer |
| 2 | Plamen Dimov | Violin |
| 3 | Toni Härkönen | Photography |
| 4 | Mikko Karmila | Mixing |
| 5 | Tero Kinnunen | Engineer |
| 6 | Nightwish | Arranger, Primary Artist |
| 7 | Hanna Wilska | Voices |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |