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Обща информация за групата:
Произход: Kemi, Finland
Жанр: Power metal, Progressive metal
Години активни: 1996 - до сега
Лейбъл: Spinefarm , Nuclear Blast
Настоящи членове:
- Tony Kakko
- Elias Viljanen
- Tommy Portimo
- Marko Paasikoski
- Henrik Klingenberg
Бивши членове:~Jani Liimatainen
~Mikko Härkin
~Janne Kivilahti
~Pentti Peura
История:Finnish prog metal quartet Sonata Arctica specializes in a soaring, orchestral variation on European heavy metal, fusing the sweeping, romantic bombast of bands like Europe with the over-the-top instrumental chops of Dream Theater. Born in 1996, the band, which included vocalist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, drummer Tommy Portimo, keyboardist Mikko Harkin, and bassist Janne Kivilahti, recorded a handful of demos before releasing their first single, "UnOpened," on Spinefarm Records in July of 1999. Producer Mikko Karmila (Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Nightwish) recorded and mixed Sonata Arctica's full-length debut, Eliptica, and the album was released in 2000 by Spinefarm and Century Media Records. Following a successful tour with Rhapsody and Stratovarius, the group put out a six-song EP, Successor-MCD, which featured live tracks, a pair of covers, and other previously unreleased material. Sonata Arctica were rewarded with various awards and honors around this time: Hard N' Heavy magazine voted them Newcomer of the Year, as did Emma, the Finnish Music Awards. Kivilahti quit the band in late 2000 and was replaced by Marko Paasikoski before work began on the band's second full-length album. With producer Ahti Kortelainen behind the boards, Sonata Arctica recorded Silence at Tico-Tico studios in time for a 2001 release.
Дискография:
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~ Ecliptica (09.09.1999)
~ Successor EP (18.10.2000)
~ Silence (04.09.2001)
~ Orientation EP (22.02.2003)
~ Winterheart's Guild (27.05.2003)
~ Talkativi EP (25.11.2003)
~ Don't Say A Word EP (30.08.2004)
~ Reconing Night (11.10.2004)
~ Unia (25.05.2007)
~ The Days of Grays (18.09.2009)
~ Stones Grow Her Name (23.05.2012)
- Лайв албуми и компилации:
~ Songs of Silence (Live in Tokyo) (20.11.2002)
~ End of this Chapter (Compilation) (24.08.2005)
~ For The Sake of Revenge (Live album & DVD) (21.03.2006)
~ The Collection 1999-2006 (15.11.2006)
~ Deliverance (Compilation) (2008)
* "UnOpened" (1999)
* "Wolf & Raven" (2001)
* "Last Drop Falls" (2001)
* "Victoria's Secret" (2003)
* "Broken" (2003)
* "Don't Say a Word" (2004)
* "Shamandalie" (2004)
* "Replica 2006" (2006)
* "Paid in Full" (2007)
* Friend 'till the End (1996)
* Agre Pamppers (1996)
* PeaceMaker (1997)
* FullMoon (1999)
* "Black Diamond" − Stratovarius (live, short clip in Stratovarius - Infinite Visions VHS/DVD)
* "Speed of Light" - Stratovarius (in the end of False News Travel Fast in Songs of Silence)
* "Fade to Black" − Metallica (Victoria's Secret, Takatalvi)
* "Wind Beneath My Wings" − Bette Midler (Orientation)
* "Die With Your Boots On" − Iron Maiden (Last Drop Falls, Orientation)
* "World in My Eyes" − Depeche Mode (Don't Say a Word)
* "Two Minds, One Soul" − Vanishing Point (Don't Say a Word)
* "Still Loving You" − Scorpions (Takatalvi)
* "I Want Out" − Helloween (Takatalvi)
* "Out in the Fields" − Gary Moore (Paid in Full, Unia)
* "Silent Jealousy" − X Japan (live)
* "Crash & Burn" − Yngwie Malmsteen (live)
* "Excuse Me While I Kill Myself" − Sentenced (live)
* "I Was Made for Lovin' You" − KISS (live)
* "Smoke on the Water" − Deep Purple (live)
* "Gaston y'a l'téléfon qui son" − Nino Ferrer (live)
* "One" − Metallica (live)
* "We Will Rock You" − Queen (live)
* "No More Tears" − Ozzy Osbourne (live)
* "Hava Nagila" − Hava Nagila ("The Cage"/"Vodka", "For the Sake of Revenge")
* "Master of Puppets" − Metallica (live)
* "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden (live)
* "Wolf & Raven" * "Don't Say a Word" * "Paid in Full"~~~~~~~~~
СА са просто ... Една от най-най любимите ми групи , едно от нещата , които са ме променяли , просто за тях не мога да кажа нищо освен , че ги обичам...