Welcome to the Oceansouls of America (OSA) site! If this is your first visit here, OSA is the North American fan club of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Here you will find all things related to the band, especially points of interest to fans in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. You can now stay even more in touch with the OSA site through our brand new Facebook and Twitter pages!

2012 is the year of Imaginaerum! That is not only the name of the brand-new Nightwish album (which has just entered the Billboard charts at #27 in the U.S. and #13 in Canada!), but also the name of a feature film that will accompany the "music fantasy" concept of the album. The film (of which filming began last September on location in Montreal, Canada) is slated to be huge, getting notice already in places such as the Cannes Film Festival and Variety magazine. The first single, "Storytime", is here, and you can go to our own "Storytime" section to read the latest news! If you still haven't purchased your copy of Imaginaerum (what are you waiting for?), you have a chance to win a free copy signed by all 5 members through Roadrunner Records' CD giveaway! The band's second single, "The Crow, the Owl, and the Dove", is due in February, and you can pre-order your copy from the Emp.de site! In the meantime, you can look at pictures from the filming of the movie, watch video of the making of the album/film, read our interview with Tuomas, and keep up on all other Imaginaerum-related news. Now that the album is finally here, the tour is just around the corner! Keep checking back here for the latest updates as the world of Imaginaerum unfolds!

The clock has ticked down on the long-awaited interview that OSA conducted over the weekend in Los Angeles; Tuomas sits down with us just hours before the official start of the tour to talk about the shows in L.A., the rest of the tour, and takes your fan-submitted questions. Did your question get an answer?

Not only did the Imaginaerum tour begin on January 21st right on U.S. soil, bringing the large-venue stage shows of Europe to the States for a special concert in Los Angeles; but the band performed a secret show in Hollywood just 2 days before, under the psuedonym Rubber Band of Wolves. Then just two days after the L.A. gig, Nightwish has taken to the waters from Miami to the Cayman Islands for a glorious 4-day stint performing on the 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise festival!

As full as the band's schedule has been, that has not kept some of them from sending some kind words and deeds to the OSA as of late. Go to our Spilled Cup of Oceansoul section to read a message from Anette! Also, we received permission from Tuomas to give a very special gift to our fellow OSAers which you can unwrap anytime in our OSA Memories section. And for our OSA members in Canada, we have recently joined forces with the official Facebook page for Canadian Nightwish fans, so that you can keep up-to-date on all the latest news here and all other things specifically for Canadian Nightwish fans. There is also a Facebook page available for fans in the Oklahoma area to discuss the possibility of bringing Nightwish to their region when they come back for a U.S. tour! In the meantime, add OSA to your internet toolbar; our new "Amaranth" favicon will make it easy for you to find the OSA site in your Favorites!

Our site is frequently updated. We have many different features here; not only do we keep up on current Nightwish events, we also pay homage to the band's storied past, answer all your questions about Nightwish, and share our favorite Nightwish memories, including those of our dearly departed Oceansouls: one of them an original American Oceansoul; and the other, one of the founding members of OSA.

If you would like to be part of the OSA crew, whether it is donating content to our website or just meeting up with fellow Nightwish fans, send your inquiries in the Contact OSA section, or drop by our message board and post a message (be sure to sign up to Ultimate Metal to get into the forum)! We have also added a chat room so that you can discuss the new album and tour with other fans whenever you like! You can also follow us on our brand-new Facebook and Twitter pages! For more links to Nightwish-related pages, take a look inside our Dark Chest of Wonders!

Once again, thanks for visiting the OSA site...take a look around!