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Wikipedia article




"'Sacrament of Wilderness'" is the second single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the first single from their album 'Oceanborn', and a split-single with Eternal Tears of Sorrow and Darkwoods My Betrothed.'Once Upon a Nightwish', Deggael Communications, 2007.

The single's cover art features the owl with the same scroll as in the cover of 'Oceanborn' and 'Wishmaster'.[http://nightwish.com/en/community/nightmail Nightwish.com Nightmail]

It reached the number-one spot in the Finnish charts during several weeks, as well as the subsequent, "Walking in the Air". Both were certified with Gold Disc in Finland with more than 5,000 sold copies.

The cover of the single features the same owl as in "Passion and the Opera".

Live performances



The song disappeared from Nightwish' live setlist after their World Tour of the Century, in 2003, but returned again in late 2007, sung by their new vocalist Anette Olzon but otherwise the same musically. It is one of the few songs from their first two albums that has survived live and still is performed.

Former Nightwish bassist, Marko Hietala, doesn't like this song as much as he likes some others; when asked why, he said:

Track listing



# "Sacrament of Wilderness" (performed by Nightwish)

# "Burning Flames' Embrace" (performed by Eternal Tears of Sorrow)

# "The Crow and the Warrior" (performed by Darkwoods My Betrothed)

Video



The music video is a live performance of the song at Kitee, the band's hometown, on 13 November 1998. The band members, except Sami, sported short hair in the video,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Oj3tyyTxQ Nightwish "Sacrament of Wilderness" video] released as bonus material on Nightwish's first DVD, 'From Wishes to Eternity', in 2001.

Sales and certifications



Personnel



*Tarja Turunen lead vocals

*Tuomas Holopainen keyboards

*Emppu Vuorinen lead guitar

*Jukka Nevalainen drums

*Sami Vnsk bass

References




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