Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Their later albums (particularly Unia) are also often cited as part of the progressive metal genre. The band was founded by Tony Kakko, Jani Liimatainen, Marko Paasikoski, Tommy Portimo and Pentti Peura in Kemi in 1996. Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label — Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. 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. Tony has stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. In 1999, the band recorded a demo entitled FullMoon in Kemi's Tico Tico Studios, which was their first real metal recording. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, bassist Janne Kivilahti and drummer Tommy Portimo. 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.

STUDIO & EP ALBUM

1999 - Ecliptica

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 51Min

Bit Rate: vbr (160/192) kbps

01 - Blank File

02 - My Land

03 - 8th Commandment

04 - Replica

05 - Kingdom For A Heart

06 - FullMoon

07 - Letter To Dana

08 - UnOpened

09 - Picturing The Past

10 - Destruction Preventer

11 - Mary-Lou (Bonus Track)

2000 - Successor

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 55Min

Bit Rate: vbr (160/320)kbps

01 - FullMoon (Edit)

02 - Still Loving You (Scorpions Cover)

03 - I Want Out (Helloween Cover)

04 - San Sebastian

05 - Shy

06 - Replica (Live)

07 - My Land (Live)

08 - UnOpened (Live)

09 - FullMoon (Live)

10 - 8th Commandment (Live)

11 - Letter To Dana (Live)

12 - Kingdom For A Heart (Live)

2001 - Silence

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 1H,04Min

Bit Rate: vbr (192/160)kbps

01 - Of Silence

02 - Weballergy

03 - False News Travels Fast

04 - The End Of This Chapter

05 - Black Sheep

06 - Land Of The Free

07 - Last Drop Falls

08 - San Sebastian (Revisited)

09 - Sing In Silence

10 - Revontulet (Instrumental)

11 - Tallulah

12 - Wolf & Raven

13 - Respect The Wilderness (Bonus Track)

14 - The Power Of One

2001 - Orientation

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 18Min

Bit Rate: vbr (192/320)kbps

01 - Black Sheep

02 - Mary-Lou (Acoustic)

03 - The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler Cover)

04 - Die With Your Boots On (Iron Maiden Cover)

2003 - Winterheart's Guild

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 55Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - Abandonned Pleased....

02 - Gravenimage

03 - The Cage

04 - Silver Tongue

05 - The Misery

06 - Victoria's Secret

07 - Champagne Bath

08 - Broken

09 - The Ruins Of My Life

10 - Draw me

2003 - Takatalvi

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 32Min

Bit Rate: 256 kbps

01 - San Sebastian (Original Version)

02 - The Gun

03 - Still Loving You

04 - Shy

05 - Dream Thieves

06 - I Want Out

07 - Fade To Black

2004 - Reckoning Night

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 55Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - B- Misplaced

02 - Blinded No More

03 - Ain't Your Fairytale

04 - Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night...

05 - Don't Say A Word

06 - The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet

07 - My Selene

08 - Wildfire

09 - White Pearl, Black Oceans...

10 - Shamandalie

11 - Wrecking The Sphere (Japan Bonus)

2007 - Unia

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 59 Min

Bit Rate: vbr (160/320) kbps

01 - In Black And White

02 - Paid In Full

03 - For The Sake Of Revenge

04 - It Wont Fade

05 - Under Your Tree

06 - Caleb

07 - The Vice

08 - My Dreams But A Drop Of Fuel For A Nightmare

09 - The Harvest

10 - The Worlds Forgotten The Words Forbidden

11 - Fly With The Black Swan

12 - Good Enough Is Good Enough

LIVE

2002 - Songs of Silence (Live)

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 1H,22Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - Intro

02 - Weballergy

03 - Kingdom For A Heart

04 - Sing In Silence

05 - False News Travel Fast

06 - Last Drop Falls

07 - Respect The Wilderness

08 - Fullmoon

09 - The End Of This Chapter

10 - The Power Of One

11 - Replica

12 - My Land

13 - Black Sheep

14 - Wolf And Raven

15 - Blank File

16 - Land Of The Free

17 - Peacemaker (Studio Track)

2006 - For the Sake of Revenge (Live)

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 1H,17Min

Bit Rate: 320 kbps

01 - Prelude For Reckoning

02 - Misplaced

03 - Blinded No More

04 - Fullmoon (Extract From White Pearl Black Oceans)

05 -Victorias Secret

06 - Broken

07 - 8th Commandment

08 - Shamandalie

09 - Kingdom For A Heart

10 - Replica

11 - My Land

12 - Black Sheep

13 - Gravenimage

14 - Dont Say A Word

15 - The Cage - Vodka -Hana nagila (Sing Along)

16 - San Sebastiant

SINGLES

1999 - UnOpened

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 9Min

Bit Rate: 192kbps

01 - UnOpened

02 - Mary-Lou (Bonus Track)

2001 - Wolf & Raven

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 08Min

Bit Rate: vbr (128/192)kbps

01 - Wolf & Raven

02 - Peacemaker

2001 - Last Drop Falls

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 17Min

Bit Rate: vbr (192/320)kbps

01 - Last Drop Falls

02 - Die With Your Boots On (Iron Maiden Cover)

03 - Mary-Lou (Acoustic)

2003 - Victoria's Secret

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 15Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - Victoria's Secret (Edit)

02 - Victoria's Secret

03 - Fade To Black (Metallica Cover)

2004 - Don't Say a Word

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 18Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - Don't Say A Word (Edit)

02 - Ain't Your Fairytale

03 - World In My Eyes (Depeche Mode Cover)

04 - Two Minds One Soul (Vanishing Point Cover)

2004 - Shamandalie

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 8Min

Bit Rate: vbr (224/320) kbps

01 - Shamandalie

02 - The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me

2007 - Paid in Full

Track Listing

Format: MP3

Time Play: 13Min

Bit Rate: 192 kbps

01 - Paid In Full (Radio Edit)

02 - Out In The Fields

03 - Paid In Full

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