Sonata Arctica - New Album Details Unveiled
All of a sudden, Finnish power metallers Sonata Arctica have revealed the details of what will be the successor of 2012's controversial Stones Grow Her Name. The new album will be named Pariah's Child and will be released on March 28th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. It will also be the first to feature new bass player Pasi Kauppinen. Here below you can enjoy the album's cover artwork, and appreciate the return of the old, classic logo.
About the album, vocalist Tony Kakko had this to say: "As always it's pretty hard coming up with a name for the new baby. I tried to approach it from many angles; how this is our 8th album and how easy it would be to abuse that fact. All the symbolism of figure eight, eternity and so on. But that just did not feel right as it's been done so many times. Then I started to think how we'd in ways abandoned our 'totem animal', the wolf and all what comes with the territory. As the music on the album is bowing more towards the 'old' Sonata, meaning more power metal style elements and wolves in many of the songs in one form or another, it was clear we need a wolf on the cover. An abandoned wolf. A pariah. Or Pariah's child, actually. The new generation to bring the old logo back."
The new release will be accompanied by the following live performances:
10.04.2014 - NED - Effenaar, Eindhoven
13.04.2014 - NED - Melkweg, Amsterdam
14.04.2014 - GER - Markthalle, Hamburg
16.04.2014 - GER - Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig
17.04.2014 - GER - C-Club, Berlin
18.04.2014 - GER - Hellraiser, Leipzig
19.04.2014 - GER - Matrix, Bochum
21.04.2014 - GER - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg
22.04.2014 - GER - Garage, Saarbrücken
23.04.2014 - FRA - Bataclan, Paris
24.04.2014 - GER - Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg
26.04.2014 - GER - Hirsch, Nürnberg
27.04.2014 - SUI - Z7, Pratteln
28.04.2014 - ITA - Live Club, Trezzo
30.04.2014 - HUN - Club 202, Budapest
01.05.2014 - CZE - Retro Music Hall, Prague
02.05.2014 - AUT - Szene, Vienna
04.05.2014 - FRA - Transbordeur, Lyon
05.05.2014 - ESP - Bikini, Barcelona
06.05.2014 - ESP - Arena, Madrid
About the album, vocalist Tony Kakko had this to say: "As always it's pretty hard coming up with a name for the new baby. I tried to approach it from many angles; how this is our 8th album and how easy it would be to abuse that fact. All the symbolism of figure eight, eternity and so on. But that just did not feel right as it's been done so many times. Then I started to think how we'd in ways abandoned our 'totem animal', the wolf and all what comes with the territory. As the music on the album is bowing more towards the 'old' Sonata, meaning more power metal style elements and wolves in many of the songs in one form or another, it was clear we need a wolf on the cover. An abandoned wolf. A pariah. Or Pariah's child, actually. The new generation to bring the old logo back."
The new release will be accompanied by the following live performances:
10.04.2014 - NED - Effenaar, Eindhoven
13.04.2014 - NED - Melkweg, Amsterdam
14.04.2014 - GER - Markthalle, Hamburg
16.04.2014 - GER - Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig
17.04.2014 - GER - C-Club, Berlin
18.04.2014 - GER - Hellraiser, Leipzig
19.04.2014 - GER - Matrix, Bochum
21.04.2014 - GER - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg
22.04.2014 - GER - Garage, Saarbrücken
23.04.2014 - FRA - Bataclan, Paris
24.04.2014 - GER - Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg
26.04.2014 - GER - Hirsch, Nürnberg
27.04.2014 - SUI - Z7, Pratteln
28.04.2014 - ITA - Live Club, Trezzo
30.04.2014 - HUN - Club 202, Budapest
01.05.2014 - CZE - Retro Music Hall, Prague
02.05.2014 - AUT - Szene, Vienna
04.05.2014 - FRA - Transbordeur, Lyon
05.05.2014 - ESP - Bikini, Barcelona
06.05.2014 - ESP - Arena, Madrid
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| R Lewis Posts: 935 From: Italy  |
Let's hope the old logo brings also the old music back. At least, that's what Tony's words suggest...
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Stratowarrior Posts: 134 From: USA  |
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695 From: Sweden  |
It sounds promising, but I'm still not expecting anything considering what a letdown "Stones bla bla bla" was. Although I absolutely loved "The Days of Grays" and thought "Unia" was good (no more, no less), which could mean that "Stones bla bla bla" was just a parenthesis.
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| The Evergreen Posts: 241 From: USA  |
Sounds good to me. I almost don't care what direction it goes as long as it's coherent. Stones had some cool songs, but it was a bit of mess if you try to listen to it all the way through. Say what you want about Unia, it worked well as an album. Days started to get crazy. Old style would be the best, but most of all, I'd like something that sounds good and consistent all the way through. Love the art work.
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| Wukk Posts: 792 From: UK  |
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES You cannot fathom how excited I am.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada  |
Written by Wukk on 09.01.2014 at 14:56 You're right. I keep trying to fathom it but, alas, I cannot. You win this round...
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Kais Posts: 610 From: Latvia  |
I just hope this will be worth my time, money and excitement. Sonata Arctica have been quite a disappointment since Unia.
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| Byners Posts: 215 From: Brazil  |
Whoa, they're on fire.
---- "Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost..."
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| Shorlack Posts: 13 From: Chile  |
Best way to start a new year... Can't ask for more! Great artwork, amazing old logo, promising Tony's words... 
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| FeskarN Posts: 867 From: Sweden  |
Yeah, this sounds very promising! The artwork is really cool and I hope that this is really a return to more of the older sound they once had. I hope it won't be another letdown after all..
---- The Land Is Silent... Before The Storm!
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| SexyCat_1113 Posts: 78 From: China  |
So fucking magnificent news!! Old logo and classic powerful means SA will be back this time!!!
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| BlankFile Posts: 686 From: Portugal |
Im really looking forward to this one, hoping to ear some "old" Sonata. 
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| CyberSymphony Ollie Posts: 673 From: UK  |
Didn't band attempt to return to their old sound on Days Of Grays, but this one looks promising.
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361 From: Slovak Republic  |
I want another "Sing In SIlence", "Destruction Preventer", "The Cage"... The kind of songs that made me love this band so much. I Don't mind change but Power Metal is the best so I hope they go back to the first 3 albums...
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| gopherhawk2@gmail.co Posts: 257 From: USA  |
I want it, but it better not suck dick.
---- Follow your heart, not trends.
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| ChildofHorus Posts: 17 From: The Netherlands |
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| DragonSavior X10 Posts: 111 From: USA  |
I keep telling myself not to get excited, but every time I hear about this album, it seems better and better. I hope this is finally the comeback album.
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada  |
Written by ChildofHorus on 10.01.2014 at 03:20 Honestly, with the wolf looking how it is I bet I would like it more if it was out of the cover altogether.
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| Empyror Posts: 89 From: USA  |
Written by Wukk on 09.01.2014 at 14:56 Yep, That's where I'm at.
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| Wukk Posts: 792 From: UK |
Written by Mattybu on 10.01.2014 at 03:45 Come to think of it, I feel like I've seen this exact icy scene somewhere before, maybe on a Nightwish shirt or something.
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada |
Written by Wukk on 10.01.2014 at 15:44 Probably something similar, I would be kind of surprised if it was like some public domain icey image and Sonata Arctica just slapped their logo and a wolf over it. Also, since I thought the wolf was out of place, I now actually read the paragraph about the album and apparently the wolf is of thematic importance, so my suggestion to improve it would be to kind of make a wolf cloud silhouette in the background, but more of a howling pose than a "pet cat staring at their owner flicking their bean" pose. That way it would be a bit grandiose (appropriately cheesy) and a little more "spiritual" feeling. Just my thoughts anyways.
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| Wukk Posts: 792 From: UK |
Written by Mattybu on 10.01.2014 at 20:01 I feel like they've already been down that avenue. http://www.arisemetal.net/a_images/53/sonata%20artica%20the%20last%20amazing%20grays.jpg /mayormaynotownthisshirt
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada |
Written by Wukk on 10.01.2014 at 22:01 Ahhh. I am certainly only a cursory listener of this band (I recall listening to some tracks/albums on youtube long ago and liking them but never revisiting) so I didn't really know that... nice shirt though 
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| Wukk Posts: 792 From: UK |
Written by Mattybu on 10.01.2014 at 22:13 Thank you. It gets me all the ladies.
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1273 From: Costa Rica  |
I hope that will come the TRUE follow-up for Winterheart's Guild (my favorite album from them). They lost greatly their essence with Stones Grow Her Name (one of the worst european metal albums I've ever heard).
---- BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 959 From: Finland  |
"more power metal", old logo, a Wolf & Raven on the cover... It feels a bit forced, like they are desperate to appeal to the power metal fans, which may very well cause said fans to have unrealistic expectations. I like the cover, but who really cares that much about a logo anyway? But of course I'll pick it up.
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| morwen Posts: 7 From: Spain |
Written by Azarath on 11.01.2014 at 08:56 I almost fainted when I saw the old logo.  But then I remembered Tony said they wouldn't return to their classic speed style, so it looks kinda forced to me too. I hope there's no false expectation anymore, like Flag on the Ground, which had nothing to do with the rest of the album (The Days of Grays).I'll be waiting impatiently!!
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| Zadion Posts: 101 From: USA  |
This sounds really promising, actually. It looks like Tony realized what a disaster SGHN was. Here's to hoping for something more similar to TDoG.
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| R Lewis Posts: 935 From: Italy |
Written by Wukk on 10.01.2014 at 22:26 I also got it. Never brought me ladies.
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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