Les Finlandais s'apprêtent à sortir leur nouvel album, "The Days Of Grays", le 18 Septembre en Europe et le 22 aux US via Nuclear Blast Records.
L'album contiendra les titres suivants :
Limited 2CD Digipack:
01. Everything Fades To Gray (instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)
Bonus Track:
13. In The Dark
Bonus CD: track listing to be announced
CD Jewelcase:
01. Everything Fades To Gray (instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)
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Le claviériste Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg a déclaré que ce nouvel opus serait "un peu plus noir et un peu moins complexe que le précédent 'Unia', mais que ce ne sera pas un retour aux racines du speed métal. Tout ce qui fait SONATA est dans l'album, solos, beaucoup de chant et quelques titres plus lents."
qques posts CR :
Citation de metalden:
En réponse au message "News Sonata Arctica - nouveau guitariste" posté par webbi le 14/03/2008 13H04:
le groupe esr en tournée, ils étaient à Glasgow le 23/04, 2 videos et la set-list :
Sonata Arctica ~ Replica ~ Glasgow
Sonata Arctica ~ Black Sheep ~ Glasgow
SONATA ARCTICA's setlist was shaped as follows:
01. Intro
02. In Black And White
03. Paid In Full
04. Kingdom For A Heart
05. Replica
06. 8th Commandement
07. Shamandalie
08. Caleb
09. Black Sheep
10. The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden
11. Wolf & Raven
12. Fullmoon
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13. It Won't Fade
14. Gravenimage
15. Don't Say A Word
16. The Cage
17. Vodkaa (Hava Nagila)
SONATA ARCTICA will support NIGHTWISH on its fall 2008 U.S. tour. Tickets are on sale now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until May 10, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.
Citation de metalden:
En réponse au message "News Sonata Arctica - nouveau guitariste" posté par metalden le 29/04/2008 14H29:
après les dates françaises (quel plaisir ! http://metalden.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=564 ), ils sont passé par Munich :
Sonata Arctica live in Munich Nov 16 2008
Sonata Arctica live in Munich Nov 16 - 2
Citation de metalden:
En réponse au message "News Sonata Arctica - nouveau guitariste" posté par metalden le 24/11/2008 09H44:
qques news, le mixage du prochain album va débuter dans qques semaines, il sera moins compliqué qu'Unia, mais ce ne sera pas un retour au speed pour autant :
Keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg of the Finnish melodic metal band SONATA ARCTICA has issued the following update:
"Many... OK, let's not kid ourselves here, but at least some of you wonder how the [new SONATA ARCTICA] album is progressing. So far the drums, bass and rhythm guitars are done. Some weeks ago we had a meeting with the boys and among other things we decided which songs are going to be on the album and in what order. Hell yeah!! So we're right on schedule and....still have a couple of weeks until the mixing starts. Those dear days will be spent on working out the keyboard tracks, Tony's [Kakko] got a bunch of vocals left to do, we're still waiting on some guest 'tracks, etc. All in all we're once again excited as hell about the new stuff and if everything goes well you'll have a new SONATA album in your hands next fall."
Klingenberg previously described the new SONATA ARCTICA material as "a bit darker and maybe not so complex as [2007's] 'Unia'. Nevertheless, it's definitely not a back-to-the-roots album with fast power metal. All the trademark SONATA stuff is on there, solos, lots of singing some slower songs."
Recorded and mixed at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, "Unia" — which was certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copies — landed on the following international album charts: Finland - #1; Japan - #7; Sweden - #27; Germany - #35; Switzerland - #40; Austria - #62. The "Paid in Full" single also secured the #1 single position in the band's native land.
