Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

8.6 | 907 votes |

Release date:	4 September 1999
Style:	Power metal
Owners:	951 have it 78 want it 2 trade it

01. Blank File
02. My Land
03. 8th Commandment
04. Replica
05. Kingdom For A Heart
06. Fullmoon
07. Letter To Dana
08. Unopened
09. Picturing The Past
10. Destruction Preventer
11. Mary-Lou [Japanese bonus]
12. Letter To Dana (Returned To Sender) [2008 remaster bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1999: 13
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Additional info
Recorded at Tico Tico Studio, by Ahti Kortelainen.
Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.

Staff review by
Dream Taster

Rating:
8.8

Hailing from Finland, Sonata Arctica was one of the revelations of the year 1999 . The young band played very fast tempo melodies , enhanced by splendid keyboards and breathtaking guitar lines. "Ecliptica" was their first full-length album and was the beginning of the arctic phenomenon.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that more than the musical performance shown throughout the entire album, the most important aspect of "Ecliptica" is the songs themselves. Every track on that album is catchy as it can be, the choruses are grand, the solos fantastic and innovative, even the vocals rule. I mean, anyone who listened to that album at some point has to remember at least two or three songs of "Ecliptica" nowadays, and that without being necessary a fan of the band.

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published 01.10.2003 | Comments (19)

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BeastOfMetal456 Account deleted	Permalink 20.08.2011 - 15:04 BeastOfMetal456 Account deleted Good album, too cheesy for me though. Loading...
LordHypnos Account deleted	Permalink 02.10.2012 - 01:40 LordHypnos Account deleted Written by [user id=114505] on 24.06.2012 at 04:48 Cheesy power metal at best! Cheesy? I don't see it that way... Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink 02.10.2012 - 08:36 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 Written by [user id=135634] on 02.10.2012 at 01:40 Cheesy? I don't see it that way... Well, there's your problem.....You can't listen with your eyes Loading...
LordHypnos Account deleted	Permalink 02.10.2012 - 13:32 LordHypnos Account deleted Written by JÄY on 02.10.2012 at 08:36 Written by [user id=135634] on 02.10.2012 at 01:40 Cheesy? I don't see it that way... Well, there's your problem.....You can't listen with your eyes You know what I meant. Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink 02.10.2012 - 23:04 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 Written by [user id=135634] on 02.10.2012 at 13:32 Written by JÄY on 02.10.2012 at 08:36 Written by [user id=135634] on 02.10.2012 at 01:40 Cheesy? I don't see it that way... Well, there's your problem.....You can't listen with your eyes You know what I meant. ....that's true Loading...
Aristarchos Posts: 817	Permalink 28.02.2013 - 19:13 Rating: 7 Aristarchos Posts: 817 Found this album quite late and was surprised I was still able to discover a power metal that was great. Loading...
Lião Account deleted	Permalink 29.04.2013 - 09:24 Lião Account deleted If this album could be described in only a single word...? Masterpiece. Every riff, beat and cheesy power metal screams are just perfect, from the first drum beats of Blank File, through the catchy speed, addded with the powerfull Tony vocal habilities in the ballads, is magnific. A trip into the cheesy world of power metal, and certainly the album that best defines the genre, in my opinion. It's sad that everything after it changed. Well, let's replay this album on and on... and at least we have the demo tapes. Neverthless, a masterpiece. Loading...
pipis Posts: 10	Permalink 24.04.2014 - 20:35 pipis Posts: 10 Horrible disk !!! Loading...
Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965	Permalink 08.11.2014 - 18:22 Rating: 8 Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965 "If I only had a heart - IF I ONLY HAD A HEART!" This is one awesome album. Loading...
Tomas Piller Posts: 100	Permalink +3 05.03.2015 - 13:35 Rating: 9 Tomas Piller Posts: 100 Brilliant album. A lot of cheese of course, it's euro power metal after all ffs. Some people simply love cheese from time to time, others can feel free to go back chewing their black metal potatoes Loading...
Sang Dalang Abu Posts: 1008	Permalink 05.03.2015 - 20:05 Rating: 7 Sang Dalang Abu Posts: 1008 I remember when I listen this album. And wow I just like one song "Fullmoon". Piece of shit are average Loading...
Metal Diogenes Posts: 1264	Permalink 27.02.2020 - 13:41 Rating: 9 Metal Diogenes Posts: 1264 Very typical late 90's Stratovarius-inspired Finnish power metal with cheesy lyrics, happy sing-a-long choruses and all the other cliches. I remember hearing these songs first time some time around early 2000's when some teenage school band played covers of them on TV. At first I didn't enjoy this kind of flowery metal, but now I feel like the autotune-filled musical hell of late 2010's and 2020's has taught me to appreciate even these cheesier albums a helluva lot more than I used to. ---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like! Loading...
unknown-soldier Posts: 27	Permalink 26.11.2020 - 23:24 Rating: 6 unknown-soldier Posts: 27 Based on the MS rating, i really looked forward to be mind blown by this album. a solid 6 however is the best i can give. Loading...
metalriff Posts: 155	Permalink 09.03.2021 - 12:49 Rating: 9 metalriff Posts: 155 Much better than its follow up 'Silence' ---- 1001 Metal albums to hear before you die https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6531 Loading...
AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5326	Permalink +1 08.03.2022 - 14:12 Rating: 7 AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5326 I have to say over the last few years I have grown alot more tolerant to this type of flower power metal style, for someone who has been an avid black metal listener for years, I have grown fond of bands I thought I would never warm to, but unfortunately Sonata Arctica I have struggled with most. I admit there are a few tracks on this album I quite like, "Blank File" and "My Land" probably my picks of the bunch, eventough the lyrics are a wee bit ridiculous. Unfortunately the rest of the album has defeated me in terms of the sheer amount of cheesiness, and the songs "Kingdom For A Heart" and "Fullmoon" I just found lame tbh. This is definitely not a bad album by all means, in fact overall it's actually pretty good, it's just corny as hell. ---- Andy's 2024 album ranking Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 5113	Permalink +1 08.03.2024 - 13:37 JoHn Doe Posts: 5113 Listening to this after rather long time, I forgot how good this album is. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...