Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Musi waOctober 7, 1998, Nightwish yakabudisa dambarefu ravo rechipiri, Oceanborn, muFinland chete. Kugamuchira ruzha rwehunyanzvi uye rwekufambira mberi kupfuura Angels Fall First, Oceanborn akaona bhendi richisiya zvakawanda zvezvinhu zvemamiriro ekunze uye zvevanhu zviripo pakuburitswa kwavo kwekutanga, kunze kwerwiyo "Moondance". Kusiyana nevakadzi veTurunen, album yacho yakaratidzawo vaenzi vanorira mazwi naTapio Wilska (ex-Finntroll), sezvo Tuomas aisada kuimba zvakare. Wilska ndiyewo aimbova nhengo Nattvindens Gråt. AllMusic ongororo akati kuti Album "sezvo rose anoshanda zvikuru", pamwe nziyo dziri "simba chaizvo". Oceanborn yakabudirira pakarepo muFinland, ichisvika panhamba yechishanu pamabhendi eFinland. Album yokutanga chete, "Sacrament of Wilderness", rakarova nhamba 1 pamusoro Finnish singles machati, apo akaramba kwemavhiki anoverengeka. Kubudiswa kwealbum kwaive kwakaganhurirwa kuFinland, asi nekuda kwekubudirira kwe "Sacrament of Wilderness", Spinefarm yakaburitsa Oceanborn pasirese muchirimo cha1999. Muna Chivabvu 1999, Nightwish akarekodha imwe chete "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)", uye mumwedzi mumwe chete iyo imwe chete yakatengesa makopi e15,000 kuGermany chete. Zvichitevera kubudirira kwechikwata chokutanga chenyika yose, Nightwish yakawedzerwa seboka rokutanga reRage's 1999 European tour. Zvose album Oceanborn uye singles "Sacrament of Wilderness" uye "Walking in the Air" vakanga vanopupurirwa goridhe muFinland muna August 1999.While ari Studio mukuvamba 2000 kushanda rechitatu album yavo, Nightwish akagamuchirwa muna Finnish Eurovision Song Contest tryouts pamwe rwiyo "Sleepwalker". Pasinei nokuhwina vhoti yeruzhinji, Nightwish pakupedzisira akapedza panzvimbo yechitatu, pamwe nevatongi vakasarudza muimbi wevhangeri weko Nina Åström kuti amiririre Finland. Musi waMay 19, 2000, Nightwish yakabudisa yavo yechitatu studio album Wishmaster. Izvi zvakatanga paNhamba 1 pamabhendi eFinland, uye yakasimbiswa goridhe muFinland mushure memavhiki matatu ari panhamba yekutanga. Mhinduro dzakakosha kune iyo album dzaive dzakasanganiswa, neAllmusic ichidudza iyo album sekudzokorora, uye...  Mubvunzo: Nightwish yakafamba pashure pokubudiswa kwechinyorwai?
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