The band has teamed up with an actor who delivers stories and vocals on some tracks - and, I must admit I feel that this move is a bit silly and actually disturbs the musical experience more than it enhances it. The song structures are a bit more complex compared to 'Ecliptica', and some of the tracks are actually even kind of progressive. The keyboards are given more space n this album and have also become more varied (and it may probably due to the entry of a new keyboard-player on this album). The style on this album is more or less the same as the 'Ecliptica' with catchy and epic vocal hooklines and choruses, thundering drums and solid neoclassical keyboard and guitar acrobatics that would make both Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore green with jealousy. Genre: Euro power metal Like 'Ecliptica', 'Silence' impressed my positively.

The record has all the glossy, non-threatening professionalism of '80s-style, pop-based prog metal: soaring, multi-tracked vocals, virtuosic instrumental passages, and clean, airbrushed production polish. Sonata Arctica's Silence basically sounds like Europe with the chops of Dream Theater. Revontulet (1:32) 11.įan page Sonata Arctica: This is property of Sonata Arctica Lista. The End Of This Chapter (7:01) 5.īlack Sheep (3:42) 6. Tony Kakko also sings for Northern Kings, an ’80s pop cover project also featuring Marco Hietala, Jarkko Ahola and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto.Sonata Arctica Silence Rare 6,4/10 4314reviews Sonata Arctica’s music was intended to be used as the soundtrack to the game with the band members as playable characters, but the project eventually fell through. He left before their final demo and rejoined after the Successor EP in his new role as bass player.Ī PC role-playing video game titled Winterheart’s Guild went into development by Zelian Games with a release planned for 2007. Marko Paasikoski featured as second guitarist on the band’s first three demos (released under the Tricky Beans name).

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