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Sonata Arctica - Preparing Christmas Surprise


After Sonata Arctica's singer Tony Kakko worked with Finnish supergroup Raskasta Joula on the Christmas carol "Pieni Rumpali" ("Little Drummer Boy") video, now the Finnish metallers are preparing a surprise of their own. Their new Christmas single is entitled Christmas Spirits, and is due out on December 18th via Nuclear Blast. It will be released via digital download and as a limited edition EP, only available at the Nuclear Blast Online Shop.

The band commented on it: "Hello everyone out there! Christmas is just around the corner so we decided to cheer you all up with a nice Christmas story. 'Decided' might be a bit strong in this context since the 'Christmas Spirits' song has been around for about ten years now, we just never had the time to record it. Finally during the Pariah's Child sessions we managed to do the basic tracks and this autumn we finished the song. I guess the main reason for the delay was getting the lyrics done, it's nearly impossible to get into the Christmas mood unless it's actually... you guessed it, Christmas. Hats off to Tony since he did it anyway, this autumn, and without any snow, we might add. Be that as it may, here's our latest piece of art: 'Christmas Spirits'!"




Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Sonata Arctica
Posted: 01.12.2015 by Bad English


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01.12.2015 - 21:19
Ruchesko

Gotta love Kakko.
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01.12.2015 - 22:49
Kais

Well this is an awkward, and yet an interesting release. :|
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02.12.2015 - 06:30
SoUnDs LiKe PoP

I'm excited for this. SA's more upbeat works kind of already have a christmas-y feel in some songs (such as The Wolves Die Young), and so I think that a christmas song will actually fit well with their sound. I'm hoping the song will be a longer one, somewhere around 7-10 minutes or so.
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02.12.2015 - 12:07
FeskarN

This was unexpected. Could be good though.
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18.12.2015 - 06:45
SoUnDs LiKe PoP

Song leaked. Listening now. You can definitely tell that this song was written around the time that they were working on Unia.
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