They didn't get so much advertise in comparison with other bands. 79) Songs Lineup Other versions Reviews Additional notes Disc 1 Side A : 1.of Silence 01:17 Show lyrics (loading lyrics.) 2. Power Metal needed a band like Sonata Arctica and I have to say that they became famous with their own powers. Type: Full-length Release date: September 22nd, 2017 Catalog ID: SPINE774382 Version desc.: Reissue, Remastered Label: Spinefarm Records Format: 2 12' vinyls (33 RPM) Reviews: 17 reviews (avg. They are really talented and you can see that on every single track. They also have a couple of great 'sad' ballads who add some a bit of grey among all the other bright colors. I can say that their music is like a picture with many bright colors. Great melodic guitars lead the way along with some awesome keyboards who create a great picture. On this CD you can find 13 very good Melodic Power metal songs that will appeal to any fan of Power Metal. An excellent second album that confirms the metal world that Sonata Arctica is a hell of a band and that their sole purpose is too deliver one of the. The record has all the glossy, non-threatening. Silence is not way different than their first CD but of course the guys are more mature now and you can see that through their music arrangements. Sonata Arcticas Silence basically sounds like Europe with the chops of Dream Theater.
Here we have their second full length album. They have influences but they work a lot on their ideas. They don't plain copy the bands I mentioned above. They have something magical in their music. I can't deny that they sound a lot like Stratovarius (with the Keyboards), I also can't deny that they have a lot of Helloween and Gamma Ray arrangements but hell there's something about Sonata Arctica that makes me like them a lot even if I hate the bands who sound a lot with my childhood heroes, Helloween. Rated 141 in the best albums of 2001, and 7557 of all-time album. Sonata Arctica have as their starting point the bands I mentioned above but they have add something that made them to stand out of the crowd. Released 16 July 2001 on Spinefarm (catalog no. What is the biggest drawback of the new Melodic Power Metal bands? Most of them sound like Helloween, Gamma Ray and Stratovarius. Sonata Arctica is without any doubt one of the strongest newcomers in the European Melodic Power Metal scene.