Style: Operatic power metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Neoclassical power metal with operatic vocals and amazing keyboard work
Thoughts: Every band starts somewhere, even bands that are larger than life. From the very beginning Nightwish showed potential. Though Angels Fall First was not a fantastic album it showed that the band was on to something.
With Oceanborn that potential was realized. The songs have more life, Tarja has more confidence and fits in with the band better. The songwriting is much improved. The interplay between the keyboards and guitar is fantastic. It all just came together here.
Listening to this now and listening to the bands current output I'm saddened. They had such a wonderful sound in their early works and it just got more and more streamlined as the years went on. At the very least however we have this and it's follow up as the true potential that the band could reach.
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