Spinefarm Records/Century Media Records

1998

9.5/10

Oceanborn is the second studio album from the Finnish metal band, Nightwish. In this album, the sound performed by the musicians gives the listener the classic heavy metal sound along with a splash of fantasy. Mystic keyboards and heavy metal riffs combined with amazing lyrics and beautiful vocals bring together this amazing album. Keyboardist, Tuomas Holopainen, not only writes all the amazing lyrics sung for this album (and all other Nightwish albums), but also writes all the beats and riffs and produces the records. While producing the record, he was nice enough to throw in a special bonus track, Sleeping Sun (however, this is only found on the reissued version of the album)! Aside from the bonus track, Oceanborn offers ten tracks for your listening pleasure! The only downside of this album... it can get a little boring listening to the 5 and 6 minute tracks. But don't let that get in the way of enjoying the brilliant sound produced from this band! Hope everyone out there enjoys this album as much as I did!

Your Pal,
Johnny