Year : 2016 (Limited Edition Digipak)
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 157 mb
Info:
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. They often include symphonic metal elements, and their later releases contain several elements typical of progressive metal, as well.The current line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo (and possibly new bassist Kauppinen) also acted as backing vocalists.As of early 2014, the band has released seven full-length albums (three via Spinefarm Records and four via Nuclear Blast) and are now expecting to release their eight studio work, Pariah's Child, on March 28,. 2014."With Pariah's Child Sonata Arctica focus finally back to what they were before: one of the crazy the most, but most endearing bands ever!" "Parah's Child: A loopy, but absolutely endearing album" "Melodies, crazy experiments, enchanting ballads: Sonata Arctica sound better than ever! "METAL HAMMER "Sonata Arctica a piece based far back to their roots and work with the so-called Kiss principle: keep it simple and straight" ROCK HARD "With 'Pariah's Child' reverse the Finns once again back - both to their previous orientation, as well as its former strength." ROCKS.
Album:
Finnish melodic metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA will release its ninth album, titled "The Ninth Hour", on October 7 via Nuclear Blast. Once again, the CD was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen to create a typical yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in the year 2016."The studio work for the new record started seriously in mid-April 2016 in several home studios around Finland," SONATA ARCTICA singer Tony Kakko explains. "But the main recording and mixing took place at the Studio57 in Alaveteli, Finland. It functions as a kind of centre point and all work finally ends up there. We aimed to create another melodic, beautiful, surprising SONATA ARCTICA album… Did it turn out that way? I surely think so. But maybe I should leave that for you to decide!"After a North American tour with their friends from NIGHTWISH plus many headline shows around the globe, the band was once again able to take a look at the entire world as it is at the moment — on the edge of a possible armageddon. This spirit is reflected in the artwork of "The Ninth Hour"."The artwork of our ninth studio album, 'The Ninth Hour', depicts a future utopian landscape on the background," adds Tony. "Nature and human technologies are in balance. In the middle we have an hour glass contraption with a knob for us to meddle with. The right-hand side cup represents the nature side with no humans left, on the left we have the human dystopia after we have destroyed Nature. The idea I had was, that turning the knob will tilt the hour glass in one direction or another, and the other cup will slowly empty and that future will be erased. Biblically we are expected to repent and sacrifice on 'The Ninth Hour'… to dive right back to a more mundane reality, it's a fact that we are currently living in critical, historical times. Our decisions will define the future. Not only ours as a race, but the future of this entire planet. We need to make sacrifices and in many cases we will repent our already made choices."Right after the summer festival season and the release of "The Ninth Hour", the band will embark on a European tour together with their labelmates TWILIGHT FORCE to present the new songs to their fans.
Line-Up:
Tommy Portimo Drums (1999-present) - See also: ex-Tricky Means
Tony Kakko Vocals, Keyboards (1999-present) - See also: Raskasta Joulua, ex-Karmaflow, ex-Tricky Means, Northern Kings, ex-Apocalyptica (live)
Henrik Klingenberg Keyboards, Vocals (backing) (2002-present) - See also: Elias Viljanen, Klingenberg Syndrome, Mental Care Foundation, Silent Voices, ex-Graveyard Shift, ex-Requiem
Elias Viljanen Guitars (2007-present) - See also: Depravity, Elias Viljanen, Klingenberg Syndrome, ex-The Enemy, ex-Mess, ex-Astral, ex-Sigillum Diaboli
Pasi Kauppinen Bass (2013-present) - See also: Isäntä Meidän, Klingenberg Syndrome, Mental Care Foundation, Silent Voices, Winterborn, ex-Requiem
Tracklist:
01. Closer to an Animal
02. Life
03. Fairytale
04. We Are What We Are
05. Till Death's Done Us Apart
06. Among the Shooting Stars
07. Rise a Night
08. Fly, Navigate, Communicate
09. Candle Lawns
10. White Pearl, Black Oceans (Part II: By the Grace of the Ocean)
11. On the Faultline (Closure to an Animal)
12. Run to You (Bryan Adams Cover) (Ltd. Edition Bonus Track)
+ Video "Life" (Official Video)
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