Photo credits: Ville Akseli Juurikkala
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 the Caribbean. We have been going strong for 9 years because of fans like you, and hope to continue serving the Nightwish fan community for many more years to come! You can now stay even more in touch with the OSA site through our brand-new Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Tumblr pages; watch some of our favorite videos through our Official YouTube Channel, or look at some of our best onstage Nightwish photos on our new Flickr page! Hover your mouse over the "OSA Community" option on the menu to see all the various ways to keep up-to-date with OSA!
As we move into the second quarter of 2013, we are still riding the wave of Imaginaerum! That is not only the name of the latest Nightwish album (which entered the Billboard charts at #27 in the U.S. and #13 in Canada at the beginning of 2012!); but also the name of a feature film that will accompany the "music fantasy" concept of the album, which officially premiered in theaters across Finland on November 23rd! The film is slated to be huge, getting notice already in places such as the Cannes Film Festival and Variety magazine. After a long wait, fans in North America will get their chance to see the film when it is finally released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 31st! You can get your first glimpse of the movie here by entering our World of Imaginaerum section, or visit the newly-unveiled official Imaginaerum website!
To recap a bit on the past year: in October, Nightwish parted ways with vocalist Anette Olzon (who just recently announced her pregnancy), and the U.S. shows were finished out with former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen and will continue until the end of the tour. Tuomas has stated that news about a singer (whether it is Floor as a permanent replacement, or search for a new singer entirely) will not be made until 2014, so we have a long wait ahead of us!
In November: the Imaginaerum film made its world premiere at Helsinki's Hartwall Arena on November 10th! Not were fans treated to a sneak preview of the film, but they also got to see a special Nightwish concert right before the screening. This once in a lifetime event was the final Nightwish concert in Finland for the year 2012, and you can see videos from the concert on our YouTube channel, or look at the setlist in our Storytime section. Some of our Finnish Oceansouls were lucky enough to be at this premiere, so OSA made their presence "over the hills and far away" in Helsinki!
Nightwish made a triumphant return to North America in September 2012, wrapping up the month-long U.S./Canadian leg tour in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on October 14th, and then returning to the remainder of North America when touring Mexico at the end of November, kicking off December in Puerto Rico, and playing the final show in North America in Costa Rica on December 3rd. Word has it that during their stint in Latin America, performances will be filmed for a DVD slated for release in September of next year!
To welcome the band back to North America, OSA held a contest to design our Imaginaerum tour OSA t-shirts; our first contest in 7 years! The polls have closed, the votes have been cast, and the Oceansouls have spoken! Congratulations to our contest winner, Adrian "Angel of Grief" from Poland, for his "Jack-in-the-Box by Moonlight" design! His creative design will be featured on our upcoming 2012 tour OSA shirts, which are now onsale in our brand-new OSA Shop! Our user-friendly online store allows you to make purchases using PayPal.
The contest was a big success, and we'd like to thank everyone who participated; as well as our contributors to our wonderful prize package. A huge thanks to our friends at Roadrunner Records, Sonic Cathedral, and Bazillion Points!
The contest was such a success that it even garnered attention across the pond when our contest winner was interviewed for a Polish newspaper! Click on the link to see the scan where OSA is featured in print!
Even the band themselves have given us a thumbs-up! Take a look at the video below to see just how much they appreciated their gifts of OSA t-shirts at their recent show in Anaheim.
Now that the contest has ended, we have archived everything to our brand-new Flickr page! You can take a look at all the contestants' lovely designs, as well as see the screenshots of the final polls that declared the winner.
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