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Posted at August 26, 2015, 7:05 pm: Sonata Arctica is: Jani Liimatainen- Guitar Tommy Portimo- Drums Tony Kakko- Vocals & Keyboards Marko Paasikoski- Bass Henrik Klingenberg- Keyboards Discogrophy: -Reckoning Night Released: 2004 -Winterheart's Guild Released: 2003 -Songs of Silence Live In Tokyo Released: 2002 -Silence Released: 2001 -Ecliptica Released: 1999 Biography: The band was founded under the name of Tricky Beans and initially played songs which were to a great extent influenced by the rock 'n roll genre and which didn't as much as flirt with the power metal genre. 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's name was changed to Tricky Means, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar. Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices. In 1999, the band entered studios to record a demo enititled FullMoon, their line-up composed by vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, bassist Janne Kivilahti and drummer Tommy Portimo. The demo was then sent to Spinefarm Records and the band changed its name to Sonata Arctica. A recording deal soon followed. Later that year, Sonata Arctica's first single — entitled UnOpened — was released in Finland. It entered the Finnish Top 20 sales chart on the week of its release and, soon enough, the band had closed deals with labels from around the world, prior to the release of their debut album. The debut Ecliptica arrived by the end of 1999 and had a worldwide release, obtaining rave critics from the specialized press. Tony Kakko then decided to focus on singing and began looking for a new keyboard player for Sonata Arctica; Mikko Härkin (ex-Kenziner) was eventually invited to fill the position. In the beginning of 2000, Sonata Arctica was chosen as the band to support the veterans from Stratovarius throughout their European tour. Janne Kivilahti quit the band and was replaced by Marko Paasikoski, a founding member of Tricky Beans. From late 2000 to late 2001, the band worked on composing and recording their next album — Silence — which was released in June of 2001. An extensive tour followed, which included concerts throughout Europe (together with Gamma Ray) and Japan. In 2002 Sonata Arctica made its first incursion to America, making shows in Brazil and Chile. According to some of the musicians from the band, it was one of their best tours to date — the other being the Japanese tour from 2003. A live album entitled Songs of Silence was also released on that year. By the end of 2002, keyboardist Mikko Härkin left the band due to personal reasons. Thus, their third album — Winterheart's Guild — was recorded with the help of the seasoned keyboard player Jens Johansson, from Stratovarius, who recorded the keyboard tracks together with Tony Kakko. Keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg then joined the band, in time to take part in the tour that followed the release of the album. Most of the concerts on the tour were sold out. With the end of their contract with Spinefarm Records, the band received invitations from most European recording labels, and eventually opted out for Nuclear Blast. In early 2004, the band was chosen as the opener for Iron Maiden's Japanese tour. In March of that year, Tommy Portimo became a father; his wife gave birth to a baby girl. Reckoning Night was recorded in three months and released in October. Both the single and the EP of this release remained on the top of the Finnish charts simultaneously for over six weeks. A promotional tour was to follow, but Sonata Arctica got invited by the popular Nightwish to join their European tour, and thus made a change of plans. The concerts that followed were played for audiences of over ten thousand people. In early 2005, Nightwish invited the band to open the concerts of their North American tour. This tour eventually got cancelled, but the members of Sonata Arctica opted to still make a short tour, playing concerts in Canada and in the USA. The band has three releases scheduled for the end of 2005 and for the beginning of 2006. Foremost, a live CD and DVD recorded in Tokyo in February of 2004, which will also include footage from the European 2004 tour and from the North American 2005 tour, with at least one acoustic song played in the Reckoning Night Japanese promotional tour. Its proposed release date is late 2005 in Japan and early 2006 elsewhere. Second, Spinefarm Records has decided to release 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 album entitled The End of This Chapter is set to be released in early 2006. Last, vocalist Tony Kakko has stated more than once that their next studio album is scheduled to be released in late 2006; the album is yet untitled. Top songs: 1 My Selene 2 Blinded No More 3 Wildfire 4 Land of the Free 5 Wolf and Raven I also recommend checking out "the cage" Original of the message was taken from http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/ Replies:I think there is already a thread on this, try searching.thats all that thread starts with, this one is definately more officia... These guys are one of my favorite bands, I love the Song My Land, King... I've wanted to try one of their albums for a while now, but whenever I... Awesome, brilliant band. Cheesy as hell, but they deliver excellent memorable melodies. Trivium, once again you have done a nice thread, good job Yeah I l... I love this band, I love this band, I LOVE THIS BAND! They are the ... their vocals get on my nerves sometimes, which is weird because i like... Their english is good enough for Finnish, no offense, Tarja's (spoken)... They are soooo freaking good. I love Sonata Arctica. thanks a lot man, I try Great job, man, thanks for doing a write-up on such an awesome band! yeah it is kinda cheesy power metal, but I really like them. i cant seem to get into to them someone sent me some songs and i diden... I love Sonata, Fullmoon is my favourite song, along with my selene and... wow I hadnt even heard Fullmoon yet, that songs totally amazing Wow, I click this thread and Broken starts playing through my speakers... Titch and I are going on a tour of finland next year to see some sonat... They were probably the first real power metal I heard. I might be going to Wacken next year. Yeah, me too, hopefully, the lure of Emperor is too much. I love the band alot, especially Silence, but their vocals are really ... can you name some? im kinda in the same situation as you I listen t... Rhapsody, Symphony X, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Dream Evil and Manow... sweet man. Definitly get some SX. I just heard sea of lies and out of the ashes and definately like them... Music Recommendation thread would get better answers. This "Sonata Arctica lyrics are cheesy" business is starting... Can everyone stop referring to ALL PM lyrics as "cheesy" ? ... The accolade, divine wings of tragedy, communion and the oracle, and t... iv never heard of any of those bands Im quite fond of that Wolf & Raven song of Sonata Arctica. You have to admit, the lyrics to Gravenimage and The Misery are a bit ... songs by symphony X, not bands doh ok Truth++ Can anyone upload any songs? EDIT: rules are stupid my selene dont download it if you dont ne... Won't let me play it cos its a protected itunes track : < Please delete that, Trivium. 123 I dont see how Sonata lyrics are more cheesy than other power met... I read that they were recording a new album like two months ago. ...yea...I think we all are. yes, atleast i certainly am. It's not the lyrics, it's the vocals. yeah thats typical power metal, dragons and fantasy I love it thoug... When people get into power metal they have to understand what the lyri... Yeah I love power metal, esppecially Dragonforce, Nevermore, and Symph... So you like a singer thats more gruff. thoes singers arnt gruff at all I dont think Many Powermetal lyrics are not cheesy at all. yeah that is cheesy, id say most bands do have cheesy lyrics. We have been over this and I agree, I really hate hair metal. yeah the metal that was playing at the same time that wasnt about glam... Yeah, it was. Im glad I wasnt alive during the hair metal era. It wasn't bad really - we had "proper" metal too; Iron Maide... Queensryche are great, Operation:mindcrime is one of the best ever con... Nice to see somethings never change. I don't think they are cheesy, it's just funny though when your listen... yeh they're awesome Symphony X? True, Russell Allen has quite a few clean moments. Although it was cheesy, at least most Hair Metal bands were alot more ... True, but most hair metal followed a cookie-cutter styled formula too. todays formula for a hit band 1. this band is amazing! i saw them with Overkill at BB King's, and th... nah, i think you hit it on the nose there Did anyone miss the irony of him posting that with his username? I was waiting for someone to say that. I think the "having a backing vocalist who can sing a huge amount... Trivium - are you really drowing in hell? Or did ya forget an "n&... Nah, he just loves Dark elves. ha wow I completely missed that for like a week . Anyone got either of their live DVDs from their Japan tours 03/04? I ... Sonata owns. NP - 8th Commandment I am now fully appreciating the excellence of the first half of reckon... yeah I agree, it took some getting used to. Very good band. Blinded no more, 1. I always maintained that the first half was good - better, in fact, th... I have also always thought that the first half was as good or better t... Did you get it from power metal mailing list? We do seem to agree on an awful lot. |