Oceanborn (1998)

摇滚金属交响重金属

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艺人: 夜愿
发行: 1998-12-07
类型: 专辑
唱片公司: 斯潘法姆唱片、暗黑唱片
版本: MusicBrainz 上有 25 个发行版本

年表里的上一张：Angels Fall First（1997）年表里的下一张：Wishmaster（2000）

曲目

1Stargazers4:28
2Gethsemane5:22
3Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean4:46
4Sacrament of Wilderness4:12
5Passion and the Opera4:51
6Swanheart4:45
7Moondance3:32
8The Riddler5:16
9The Pharaoh Sails to Orion6:27
10Walking in the Air5:31
11Sleeping Sun4:05

11 首 · 约 53 分钟 · 依据 1998-12-07 FI 发行的版本，在 MusicBrainz 看这个版本。

介绍

《Oceanborn》（沧浪后裔）是芬兰交响金属乐队夜愿的第二张专辑，其于1998年12月在芬兰发行，1999年春在世界范围发行。《Oceanborn》在芬兰售出超过68,000份。

背景

据托马斯·霍洛帕尼称，在“并没有打算作为正式唱片的”的首张专辑发行后，乐队有了雄心，他补充到，“那发生几近偶然，因而我们决定全力投入将《Oceanborn》做好”。在2008年《ang!》的采访中，他回忆到：当它录制时，我们都是业余爱好者。我们并不真正知道我们在做什么，所以我们只是尝试了很多不同的东西，我们甚至使用了糟糕透顶的弦乐三重奏，然后是小提琴，再然后是顶部小提琴。因此，我们以20首小提琴曲目结束了《Moondance》，因为我们还没有这样做过，而且我们不知道我们在做什么！这是一个漂亮的专辑，而我也认为这是我们最好的一个，因为你可以听到尝试所有这些新事物的兴奋。奇怪的是这似乎成了一个突破性的专辑，因为在当时音乐是如此有趣。这是真正的歌剧，你看图片时，它们看起来相当恐怖。

据《Kerrang!》称，皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅只是夸张，《Oceanborn》实际上是在一所芬兰学校录制的。

风格

这张专辑在音乐角度标志着音乐风格从《Angels Fall First》的民谣风格产生了明确变化，展示了一个的节奏更快的，使用谐波吉他/键盘引导和和双重低音鼓的更夸张的力量金属风格。《Oceanborn》的声音在总体音乐角度加入了更戏剧性的方式，其中大多转移到了交响键盘和主唱塔雅·图伦尼的声音上。专辑的大部分歌曲是以幻想为主题的，如《Swanheart》和《Walking in the Air》，封面来自动画式图片《雪人》；然而，其他歌曲，如《Gethsmane》更有宗教的感觉。此外还有如《Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean》的戏剧性曲目。《Oceanborn》是他们声音最低沉的专辑，在歌曲《The Pharaoh Sails to Orion》和《Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean》重使用了Tapio Wilska的死嗓。

现场演出

自专辑发行后《Sacrament of Wilderness》一直是音乐会中爱好者最喜欢的音乐，歌曲也经常被演唱。《Sleeping Sun》和《Walking in the Air》经常在节目上演唱，但是《Stargazers》在2005年图伦尼被解雇后就不再演唱。《Walking in the Air》在2009年9月19日哈特瓦尔体育馆的演出中回到了现场歌单，这次是由新主唱Anette Olzon作为原音歌曲演唱。

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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.

In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 10th best power metal album of all time.

Background

Speaking to Kerrang! in 2008, band founder Tuomas Holopainen reminisced that the band got really ambitious after the debut album "that was never meant to be released as a proper record. It happened almost by accident, so we decided to put everything into making Oceanborn great." He added:

We were all such amateurs when it came to recording. We didn't really know what we were doing, so we were just experimenting with a lot of different things, we even brought in this string trio who were complete shit, then another violin, then another violin on top. So we ended up with 'Moondance' having 20 tracks of violin, just because we hadn't done this before and didn't know what we were doing! It's a pretty stuffed album, but I also think it's one of our best because you can hear the excitement of trying all these new things. It seems strange that this became a breakthrough album, because back at the time the music was so funny. It was really operatic, and when you look at the pictures, they look pretty horrific.

According to Kerrang!, "for all its Royal Albert Hall grandiosity, Oceanborn was actually recorded in a Finnish school."

Musical style

This album marked a definitive change in musical scope for Nightwish from their folk-laden roots in Angels Fall First, showcasing a more bombastic, power metal-oriented sound with faster tempos, harmonic guitar/keyboard leads, and plenty of double-bass-heavy drumwork. During that time, Stratovarius was Holopainen's biggest inspiration, hence the power metal sound of the album. Oceanborn's sound hearkens a more dramatic approach in the overall musical scope, mostly relegated to the symphonic keyboard work and lead singer Tarja Turunen's vocals. According to Mape Ollila, who penned the band's biography:

Along with Therion's Theli, the album came to be known as one of the cornerstones of the emerging genre of symphonic metal.

Most of the lyrics are fantasy-themed, with tracks like "Swanheart" and "Walking in the Air", a cover from the animated TV special The Snowman, as typical examples. In addition, there are also some theatrical tracks like "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean". Oceanborn is among their darkest albums, making use of the harsh vocals of Tapio Wilska in the songs "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" and "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean".