Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 1998, Nightwish ta fitar da kundi na biyu, Oceanborn, a cikin Finland kawai. Yin amfani da sauti na fasaha da ci gaba fiye da Mala'iku Fall Farko, Oceanborn ya ga ƙungiyar ta watsar da yawancin abubuwan da ke cikin yanayi da kuma abubuwan da ke cikin su a farkon fitowar su, ban da waƙar "Moondance". Ya bambanta da waƙoƙin mata na Turunen, kundin ya kuma nuna baƙon muryar murya ta Tapio Wilska (tsohon Finntroll), tun da Tuomas ba ya son sake raira waƙa. Wilska kuma tsohon memba ne na Nattvindens Gråt. AllMusic review ya ce album din "a matsayin cikakke yana aiki sosai", tare da waƙoƙin da suke "mai ƙarfi sosai". Oceanborn ya sami nasara nan take a Finland, ya kai lamba 5 a kan jadawalin kundin Finnish. Single na farko na kundin, "Sacrament of Wilderness", ya buga lamba 1 a kan jadawalin waƙoƙin Finnish, inda ya zauna na makonni da yawa. An fara sakin kundin ne kawai a cikin Finland, amma saboda nasarar "Sacrament of Wilderness", Spinefarm ya saki Oceanborn a duniya a cikin bazara na 1999. A watan Mayu na 1999, Nightwish ya yi rikodin "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)", kuma a cikin wata guda an sayar da kwafi 15,000 a Jamus kadai. Bayan nasarar da kungiyar ta samu na farko a duniya, an kara Nightwish a matsayin kungiyar budewa don yawon shakatawa na Turai na Rage na 1999. Dukkanin kundin Oceanborn da kuma waƙoƙin "Sacrament of Wilderness" da "Walking in the Air" an tabbatar da zinare a cikin Finland a watan Agusta na 1999.Yayin da suke cikin ɗakin studio a farkon 2000 suna aiki a kan kundin na uku, an karɓi Nightwish a cikin gwajin gasar Eurovision Song Contest ta Finnish tare da waƙar "Sleepwalker". Duk da lashe kuri'un jama'a, Nightwish daga karshe ya gama a matsayi na uku, tare da juriya ta zabi mawakiyar bishara ta gida Nina Åström don wakiltar Finland.A ranar 19 ga Mayu, 2000, Nightwish ta fitar da kundi na uku na Wishmaster. Wannan ya fara a No. 1 a kan kundin kundin kundin Finnish, kuma an tabbatar da zinariya a Finland bayan makonni uku a lamba daya. Amsar mai mahimmanci ga kundin ya haɗu, tare da Allmusic yana ambaton kundin a matsayin maimaitawa, kuma...  Tambaya: A ina ne aka yi bikin Biebop Metal Fest?
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