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Sonata Arctica - Share New Album Details, Launch First Single


On September 6th, Finland's Sonata Arctica will release their tenth studio album, dubbed Talviyö (which means Winter Night). The album was recorded between September, 2018 and May, 2019, produced by Mikko Tegelman and the band in Studio57. Additional recordings took place in various other places. The mixing was done by Mikko Tegelman and Pasi Kauppinen and the mastering was handled by Svante Forsbäck. Sonata Arctica also present their first single from the album, "A Little Less Understanding", along with a lyric video.




"We were talking about having an album cover made from a photo and luckily managed to find this award winning photographer Onni Wiljami who actually hails from a village not too far from our hometown and his pictures were just perfect for this album", explains keyboardist Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg. He adds: "We recorded a bunch of kick ass songs and tried some new stuff as well. I'm really proud of how we managed to record the band sounding more live, playing together instead of just tracking everything one by one."

"The idea was to create an album that is musically in line with at least the previous two albums", says vocalist Tony Kakko and adds: "I am very happy with the songs and the general mood of the album. Some career highlights there, I feel."




Tony Kakko on the new single: "The song is lyrically somewhat a follow-up for I Have A Right" and talks about the difficulty of making the right choices with the upbringing of a new human being."

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Sonata Arctica
Posted: 22.06.2019 by Abattoir


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22.06.2019 - 20:15
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Amazing cover, longing for cold winter night in deep lappland forest whit Aurora, minus 30 celdius, Fire place, and metal. 3. Months left till winter
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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22.06.2019 - 20:32
Lanthros

It just doesn't have any energy to it. I really miss earlier SA.
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22.06.2019 - 22:21
Grinkor

Meh. Heavy Pop. And I don´t think it deserves the word "heavy"
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22.06.2019 - 22:54
AndreMarcos

Pretty boring stuff ....
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22.06.2019 - 23:32
Harmaajoki

Cover 10/10
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Shit talking and shit taste, whatever.
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23.06.2019 - 03:28
mikeprado30

Nice song, but I understand when people says they don't like this style adopted by SA.
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BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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23.06.2019 - 03:49
WorpeX
Made of Metal
Awful and completely forgettable song. In fact, I just finished listening to it and I have already forgotten how it goes.
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23.06.2019 - 12:49
glizda00

I agree with comments above. Really there is nothing thrilling in this song. Sounds like it's been made of boredom.
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23.06.2019 - 16:31
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Yeah, it's not bad... just dull and underwhelming.

Although, is it really possible to still be underwhelmed considering Sonata's disappointing trajectory over the last... 10 years?

The dream is not alive.
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23.06.2019 - 16:55
Zenzero
Zenzero
Shhhh, I'm sleeping
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23.06.2019 - 20:19
BlankFile

It´s a cool song. Not old Sonata off course... far away from that, but I dig it anyway.
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23.06.2019 - 22:25
Ruchesko

Written by Lanthros on 22.06.2019 at 20:32

It just doesn't have any energy to it. I really miss earlier SA.

Have you tried Jani's post-SA work?
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24.06.2019 - 07:30
Lanthros

Written by Ruchesko on 23.06.2019 at 22:25

Written by Lanthros on 22.06.2019 at 20:32

It just doesn't have any energy to it. I really miss earlier SA.

Have you tried Jani's post-SA work?

No. Can't say that I have. I wouldn't be opposed to giving it a listen when I get the chance though.
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24.06.2019 - 14:18
Byners

I like the simple lyrics, contrary to those poetic stuff from Unia. It's a simple and effective song. Not metal, really, but enoyable.
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"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost..."
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24.06.2019 - 14:53
zikon

Gone are the days of fast paced songs with guitar/keyboard duel solos *sigh*
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"The poetry of the earth is never dead" John Keats
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24.06.2019 - 20:36
Nick Carter

Please Sonata, just stop. My inner kid cannot take this shit album after album.
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#MetalIsForEveryone
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24.06.2019 - 22:03
Ruchesko

Written by Lanthros on 24.06.2019 at 07:30

Written by Ruchesko on 23.06.2019 at 22:25

Have you tried Jani's post-SA work?

No. Can't say that I have. I wouldn't be opposed to giving it a listen when I get the chance though.

Here's a taste.


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26.06.2019 - 11:13
Mountain King
K i K o
Horrible. How can the band that recorded Ecliptica, Silence & Winterheart's Guild, write such a bad song. Even by pop/rock standards, it's horrible. Even Circus Maximus last album was better and more memorable.
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30.06.2019 - 09:12
Stunning Cactus

A Little Less Disappointing
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01.07.2019 - 17:25
JoHn Doe

An earworm
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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01.07.2019 - 22:15
Crème fraiche

They just keep stacking these turds.
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19.07.2019 - 07:04
The Evergreen

There's a song writing workshop here in Fairbanks, Alaska. You're supposed to bring your half written songs in and they help you finish them.

Tony, you can stay at my house.
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