R&P: What do you think of “Sonata Arctica”?
Question by Passive-Aggressive ♀ ♫♫: R&P: What do you think of “Sonata Arctica”?
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Their later works contain some elements typical of progressive metal.
Originally named Tricky Beans, the band played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label — Friend ’till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. In 1997 the band changed their name to Tricky Means, and from that point until 1999 their style was drastically changed, the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. In 1999, the band recorded a demo entitled FullMoon in Kemi’s Tico Tico Studios, which was their first real metal recording. The demo was sent to Spinefarm Records by a friend of the band and a recording deal soon followed, during which the band changed its name to Sonata Arctica.
Later that year, Sonata Arctica’s first single, entitled UnOpened was released in Finland, and their debut, Ecliptica, arrived by the end of 1999 and had a worldwide release. From late 2000 to late 2001, the band worked on composing and recording their next album — Silence — which was released in June 2001. Their third album — Winterheart’s Guild — was recorded with the help of the seasoned keyboard player Jens Johansson from Stratovarius who recorded the keyboard solos and released in 2003.
Reckoning Night was recorded in three months and released in October 2004. Both the single and the EP of this release remained on the top of the Finnish charts simultaneously for over six weeks. In 2006, the band released a live CD and DVD entitled For the Sake of Revenge, which was recorded in Tokyo in February 2005. Then, Spinefarm Records released a compilation album in order to get the most out of their contract with the band, since Sonata Arctica changed their recording label. The compilation is entitled The End of This Chapter and was released in Japan in August 2005 and in Europe on May 2006. On May 25, 2007, Unia was released. The album’s first single, “Paid In Full”, was released on April 27, 2007. Interestingly, the cover for Unia features a barely perceptible image of a person’s hair and eyes looking out through a crack in the background in the lower right-hand corner. It is likely an allusion to the person in the song “Caleb” on Unia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeu_VWZzvIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6lo_kssC3I
Sonata Arctica’s latest album was released on September 16th 2009 in Finland and September 22nd in the USA. Henrik stated that the new album will be in the same vein as Unia, but not as complex and darker. Singles from this album include “Flag in the Ground” and “The Last Amazing Grays”. On August 28, 2009, the music video of “Flag In The Ground” was released to the web.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWTRoEOmsA
Best answer:
Answer by phatzwave
I have most of their stuff on CD, favorite is Silence …Without it I could not live.
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