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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:00 am
Sonata Arctica was born in 1996 on the edge of the world, in the northern Finnish town of Kemi. The very first incarnation of the band was named Tricky Beans. As Tricky Beans, the group produced three demos (Friend till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker) and played twice in Jyrki Sähkösirkus, a live tour version of a then famous TV pop show. Read more here... http://www.sonataarctica.info/site07/
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:50 pm
Sonata Arctica is a great band. But it's POWER metal.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:51 am
Where? Sorry dude, they have some progressive elements, like the guitar/keyboards dual solos, but they aren't a progressive band as it is.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:08 pm
Myspace lies. They called Tristania black metal, progessive metal, classical metal (symphonic metal), and I think heavy metal. While they might have some elements of these other genres, they are a gothic metal band. Sonata Arctica has progressive elements, but they are more power metal than anything. These guys are good for a song or two (like Lacuna Coil), but I can't listen to them for a long time. San Sebastian, Fullmoon, and Shy are their bes songs IMO.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:32 am
agreed!
san sebastian,wolf and raven, fullmoon, replica, missplaced, shy. excellent songs.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:47 pm
I agree with the Power Metalness of them lol
Although, I do think the guitarist & keyboard player try to add Progressive elements, especially during the solos.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:42 am
they play POWER metal! wink
i like fullmon, shy, san sebastian, kingdom for a heart twisted
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:48 pm
Their new album is very very very progressive. Ok except a few songs. Most of their older stuff is Power. I LOVE THIS BAND! They are my top favorite band...er tied with Kamelot. But still...I also get to see them beginning of February. I love Tony's vocals.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:52 am
So i just saw these guys live.... :: feints:: It was INCREDIBLE!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:37 am
Dragon Bleed These guys are good for a song or two (like Lacuna Coil), but I can't listen to them for a long time. San Sebastian, Fullmoon, and Shy are their bes songs IMO.
And I had no idea that they came from Kemi, it's quite up North in Finland. =o
EDIT - I'd like to know who dresses Tony Kakko, 'cause he wears some butt-ugly clothes. I saw SA at Tuska the other year and he wore like a red lumberjack shirt with a mesh net top under it. With some knee-length camo pants. I mean WTF?
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:15 am
These guys are fantastic!! I saw them live a couple of years back during their Reckoning Night tour in Southern California. They were awesome!!! I own every song that they've ever made or covered. My favorite album has got to be Reckoning Night, then next in line is Silence, then Winterheart's Guild, then Epica. I'm not even going to put Unia on the list because in my views, they changed a lot of their style in a bad way... My favorite songs are San Sebastian, Wolf and Raven, Don't Say a Word, The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me, The Gun (I'm not sure if this is a cover or not.. I didn't think so, but it's not on any albums...), Wildfire (I freakin' love this song), Black Sheep, Silver Tongue, Tallulah (it's a damn good ballad. And on youtube, someone sped up the recording by 30% or something like that, and it sounded good! You guys should try to find it), uhh.. what else... OH! I can't forget Mary-Lou. The slow and fast versions are really good. I really liked their cover of Die With Your Boots On by Iron Maiden, and their cover of Still Loving You by Scorpions. They kind of messed up Fade to Black my Metallica because they played it too fast. Anyways... Sonata Arctica gets the swordsman's approval with 2 thumbs up.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:36 pm
Bumping this up for Krad, so he doesn't make a new one.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:43 pm
There not to shabby, I saw 'em for free last week at Rams head live.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:48 am
Herr Kaiser Matthelm There not to shabby, I saw 'em for free last week at Rams head live. lucky guy stare
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