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Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica live
Sonata Arctica live
Background information
Origin Kemi, Finland
Genre(s) Power metal
Years active 1996−present
Label(s) Spinefarm
Nuclear Blast
Website www.sonataarctica.info
Members
Tony Kakko
Elias Viljanen
Tommy Portimo
Marko Paasikoski
Henrik Klingenberg
Former members
Jani Liimatainen
Mikko Härkin
Janne Kivilahti
Pentti Peura

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Kemi (Giepma is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near of the city of Tornio. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Spinefarm Records is a Finland -based Record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists Nuclear blast may refer to Nuclear explosion Nuclear Blast, a record label Tony Kristian Kakko (born May 16 1975) is the vocalist primary songwriter and creative force in the band Sonata Arctica. Elias 'EVil' Viljanen (born July 8, 1975) is a Finnish musician known for being the Guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007 Tommy Portimo ( September 5 1981) is the Drummer from the band Sonata Arctica. Marko Paasikoski (born June 10 1978 in Kemi, Finland) is the Bassist from the Power metal band Sonata Arctica Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg (born October 21, 1978 in Mariehamn Åland, Finland) is a keyboardist and singer Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born September 9, 1980, in Kemi, Finland) is the former Guitar player and one of the founding members Mikko Härkin (born May 25, 1979, in Keitele, Finland) is a Finnish Power metal keyboardist. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within Kemi (Giepma is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near of the city of Tornio. Their later works (most notably "Unia") contain some elements typical of progressive metal. Unia, released on May 25 2007 is the fifth full-length Studio album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex [1]

Contents

Biography

The band was founded by Tony Kakko, Jani Liimatainen, Marko Paasikoski, Tommy Portimo and Pentti Peura in Kemi in 1996. Tony Kristian Kakko (born May 16 1975) is the vocalist primary songwriter and creative force in the band Sonata Arctica. Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born September 9, 1980, in Kemi, Finland) is the former Guitar player and one of the founding members Marko Paasikoski (born June 10 1978 in Kemi, Finland) is the Bassist from the Power metal band Sonata Arctica Tommy Portimo ( September 5 1981) is the Drummer from the band Sonata Arctica. Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label — Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release Friend Till The End is a demo by the Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica, which was released under the band name Tricky Beans. Agre Pamppers is a demo by Sonata Arctica which was released under the band name Tricky Beans in 1996 PeaceMaker is a 1997 self-released demo by Sonata Arctica (under the name Tricky Means)

In 1997 the band changed their name to Tricky Means, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar. Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices and second guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band. The term falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false refers to the Vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the Modal voice register and The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice Tony has stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. Stratovarius is a Finnish Power metal band that formed in 1983 [2]

In 1999, the band recorded a demo entitled FullMoon in Kemi's Tico Tico Studios, which was their first real metal recording. FullMoon is a demo recorded and released by Tricky Means now Sonata Arctica. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, bassist Janne Kivilahti and drummer Tommy Portimo. A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion The demo was sent to Spinefarm Records by a friend of the band and a recording deal soon followed, during which the band changed its name to Sonata Arctica. Spinefarm Records is a Finland -based Record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists

Later that year, Sonata Arctica's first single — entitled UnOpened — was released in Finland. UnOpened is Sonata Arctica 's first single released in 1999 through Spinefarm Records. It entered the Finnish Top 20 sales chart on the week of its release and, soon enough, the band had closed deals with labels from around the world, prior to the release of their debut album. The debut Ecliptica arrived by the end of 1999 and had a worldwide release, obtaining rave critics from the specialized press. Ecliptica is the first full-length Album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica.

Tony Kakko then decided to focus on singing and began looking for a new keyboard player for Sonata Arctica; Mikko Härkin (ex-Kenziner) was eventually invited to fill the position. Mikko Härkin (born May 25, 1979, in Keitele, Finland) is a Finnish Power metal keyboardist.

In the beginning of 2000, Sonata Arctica was chosen to support the well known power metal band Stratovarius throughout their European tour. Stratovarius is a Finnish Power metal band that formed in 1983 Marko Paasikoski returned to the band to play bass in the wake of Janne Kivilahti's departure after the tour.

From late 2000 to late 2001, the band worked on composing and recording their next album — Silence — which was released in June of 2001. Silence is the second full-length album by Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica, released in 2001 through Spinefarm Records. An extensive tour followed, which included concerts throughout Europe (together with Gamma Ray) and Japan. Gamma Ray is a Power metal band from north Germany, founded by former Helloween Guitarist, singer and Songwriter Kai For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. In 2002 Sonata Arctica made its first incursion to America, putting on shows in Brazil and Chile. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the According to some of the musicians from the band, it was one of their best tours to date — the other being the Japanese tour from 2003. A live album entitled Songs of Silence was also released that year, consisting of gigs from their tour in Japan. A live album &ndash commonly contrasted with a Studio album &ndash is a recording consisting of material (usually music recorded during stage performances Songs of Silence is a live album by Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica.

By the end of 2002, Mikko Härkin left the band due to personal reasons. Their third album — Winterheart's Guild — was recorded with the help of the seasoned keyboard player Jens Johansson from Stratovarius, who recorded the keyboard solos, while Kakko took care of the basics. Winterheart's Guild is Sonata Arctica 's third Album, released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records. Jens Johansson (born November 2, 1963 in Stockholm) is a world-renowned Swedish Power metal keyboardist and pianist The album was released in 2003.

In the search for another keyboardist, the band received many applications and two of them were invited for auditions. Since they were well aware of the candidates' ability, the band decided to pick the new member based on personality. To this end they spent a night drinking with each of the potentials in order to find out which one would fit best into the band's personality and mentality. Henrik Klingenberg was eventually chosen and joined the band in time to take part in the tour that followed the release of Winterheart's Guild. Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg (born October 21, 1978 in Mariehamn Åland, Finland) is a keyboardist and singer Most of the concerts on the tour were sold out.

With the end of their contract with Spinefarm Records, the band received invitations from most European recording labels, and eventually opted for Nuclear Blast. Spinefarm Records is a Finland -based Record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists Nuclear blast may refer to Nuclear explosion Nuclear Blast, a record label

In early 2004, the band was chosen as the opener for Iron Maiden's Japanese tour. For other uses see Iron maiden. Additionally, Tommy Portimo became a father; his wife gave birth to a baby girl in March.

Reckoning Night was recorded in three months and released in October. Reckoning Night is the fourth full-length Studio album by the Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica. Both the single and the EP of this release remained on the top of the Finnish charts simultaneously for over six weeks. A promotional tour was to follow, but Sonata Arctica was invited by the popular Nightwish to join their European tour, and thus made a change of plans. Nightwish is a symphonic Power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland. The concerts that followed were played for audiences of over ten thousand people.

In early 2005, Nightwish invited the band to open the concerts of their North American tour. This tour eventually got cancelled, but the members of Sonata Arctica opted to still make a short tour, playing concerts in Canada and in the USA. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The band then released a live CD and DVD entitled For the Sake of Revenge, which was recorded in Tokyo in February of 2005 and released in 2006. For the Sake of Revenge is a live album recorded by the Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Then, Spinefarm Records released a compilation album in order to get the most out of their contract with the band, since Sonata Arctica changed their recording label. The compilation is entitled The End of This Chapter and was released in Japan in August 2005 and in Europe on May 2006. The End of This Chapter is the name of Sonata Arctica 's first compilation album named after the track (taken from their album Silence)

A computer video game is also planned based on Sonata Arctica characters and music. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The name of the game will be Winterheart's Guild, like their album. Winterheart's Guild is an Action-RPG in development by Zelian Games. The game will be developed by Zelian Games, and will be an Action-RPG in a style between Fallout and Diablo. An action role-playing game or action RPG is a common name for a type of computer or video game which is closely linked to the Console role-playing game genre Fallout is a Computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain, developed by Black Isle Studios (though before the studio was named "Black Diablo is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment Further details or a release date are not yet available, but a demo was shown at the Leipzig video game conference in 2006, featuring Henrik Klingenberg as the playable character.

As of December 2006, the band began recording their fifth studio album, Unia. Unia, released on May 25 2007 is the fifth full-length Studio album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album The album was released May 25, 2007. The album's first single, "Paid In Full", was released April 27, 2007. " Paid in Full " is a single by the Finnish Power metal band Sonata Arctica. Interestingly, the cover for "Unia" features a barely perceptible image of a person's hair and eyes looking out through a crack in the background in the lower right-hand corner. Unia, released on May 25 2007 is the fifth full-length Studio album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album It is likely an allusion to the person in the song "Caleb" on "Unia". For other meanings of the word Caleb or Kalev see Caleb (disambiguation Caleb ( Hebrew; Tiberian vocalization Unia, released on May 25 2007 is the fifth full-length Studio album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album

The band headlined at ProgPower USA VIII in October 2007.

On March 2, 2007, guitarist Jani Liimatainen posted on the band's website that he will not be playing the shows during the band's Finnish Spring tour. This is in due to the fact that he must perform his "civic duties" for his country. His replacement for the Spring dates was Elias Viljanen (http://www.eliasviljanen.com/).

On August 6, 2007, the band officially confirmed on their web page, that Jani was asked to leave the band because of his failure to fulfill his civil duties in Finland. From August 6 on, Elias Viljanen is officially a member of Sonata Arctica.

Members

Current

Former

Guest musicians

Discography

Studio albums and EPs

Date of Release Title Label
September 9, 1999 Ecliptica Spinefarm
October 18, 2000 Successor (EP) Spinefarm
September 4, 2001 Silence Spinefarm
February 22, 2001 Orientation (EP) Spinefarm
May 27, 2003 Winterheart's Guild Spinefarm
November 5, 2003 Takatalvi (EP) Spinefarm
August 30, 2004 Don't Say a Word (EP) Nuclear Blast
October 11, 2004 Reckoning Night Nuclear Blast
May 25, 2007 Unia Nuclear Blast

Live albums and compilations

Date of Release Title Label
November 20, 2002 Songs of Silence (Live album) Spinefarm
August 24, 2005 The End of This Chapter (Compilation) Spinefarm
March 31, 2006 For the Sake of Revenge (Live album and DVD) Nuclear Blast/Spinefarm
November 15, 2006 The Collection 1999-2006 (Compilation) Spinefarm

Singles

Demos

Cover songs

Videography

External links

References

  1. ^ The Metal Forge Heavy Metal Music Zine - news, interviews and reviews
  2. ^ Interview with The Gauntlet, 31 Mar 2007
  3. ^ Sonata Arctica FAQ
Tony Kristian Kakko (born May 16 1975) is the vocalist primary songwriter and creative force in the band Sonata Arctica. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Elias 'EVil' Viljanen (born July 8, 1975) is a Finnish musician known for being the Guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007 An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Marko Paasikoski (born June 10 1978 in Kemi, Finland) is the Bassist from the Power metal band Sonata Arctica The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Tommy Portimo ( September 5 1981) is the Drummer from the band Sonata Arctica. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg (born October 21, 1978 in Mariehamn Åland, Finland) is a keyboardist and singer A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Mikko Härkin (born May 25, 1979, in Keitele, Finland) is a Finnish Power metal keyboardist. 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