Though they won the tele-voting, the jury chose another contestant. The next year Nightwish took part in Finnish audition for Eurovision with the song Sleepwalker. Sleeping Sun is still thought to be one of the best band’s things. The mesmerizing Tarja's vocals in gothic arrengement conquered the German auditory by the first strike. In 1999 Nightwish recorded the single edition Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads To The Eclypse), for which they were inspired by the upcoming sun eclypse in Germany. The first single of Oceanborn, Sacrament of Wilderness, immediately headed the Finnish charts, while the disc itself entreted the top ten album chart. It also showed a more profound approach to song-writing and arrangement. The follow-up, Oceanborn, only gained of this aquisition in technical terms. In 1998 the group was extended by an obligatory for every self-esteeming metal band bass player Sami Vanska (later replaced by Marco Hietala). It did not stop the Spinefarm from realising the Nifgtwish's huge potential and prolonging the contract for one more album. Besides, drummer Nevalainen and guitarist Vuorinen were fulfilling their obligatory military service for the moment. The band planned to tour but it was difficult to bring to life due to Tarja's study. Though the critical reviews were not homogeneous, Nightwish were an undoubted success in Finland. The first one, Angels Fall First, was released in the same year.
The band signed to the Spinefarm Records for two albums.
In the beginning of 1997 their line-up was finished by drummer Jukka Nevalainen. Nightwish recorded a demo and sent it to different studios. Finally they found the solution: changed the acoustic guitar for the electric one and started playing power metal. The problem was that the classical operal voice of their vocalist Tarja Turunen was too powerful for acoustic music.
Nightwish was formed by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen in a small town of Kitee in Finland as the embodiment of his idea - a band, playing camp songs that can be ususally heard in the forest near the fire.
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