Artist: Sonata Arctica

I'm not in the mood for witty anecdotal introductions this week. But I am in the mood to be mean. Check below for some relatively harsh thoughts on the new Burzum and Firewind albums, while releases from Diablo Swing Orchestra and TesseracT are spared my wrath (and even earn some praise). Here are the new ...

Tweet Directed by Tuukka Temonen. STONES GROW HER NAME is out on May 18th (EU) and May 22, 2012 (NA) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Tony Kakko of Finnish act Sonata Arctica has checked in with the following brief update about progress on the band's upcoming new album and follow-up to "The Days of Grays:" "Hi ya all! Greetings from a photoshoot! The next studio album is in making and already it was a high time to take care of the visual side. Time flies...can't wait to get th... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Sonata Arctica keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg was recently interviewed by Rock Overdose (Greece), in which he revealed some information on the direction of the next Sonata Arctica Release. The following Q&A represents an excerpt from that interview: Q: So you are in the studio right now? A: "We're going into the studio next month. We have one... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Fra un mese e poco più, per la precisione dall' 8 al 15 agosto , torna l'edizione 2011 dello Sziget Festival, in più grande festival rock ed alternativo del mondo. L'evento si svolge ogni anno sull'isola di Obuda, in Ungheria. Tutti coloro che intendessero acquistare un biglietto possono farlo a questo link. Ma fino a domani c'è ancora attivo un concorso per vincere un abbonamento per i prossimi anni alla rassegna. Andate qui. In generale, tutto quello che c'è da sapere sulla rassegna, sull'Ungheria, su Budapest e sulla logistica, lo trovate invece qui . [...]

Symfonia - In Paradisum Release date: April 19, 2011 As far as European metal artwork goes, I think is pretty inspiring on a personal level. But even if I wanted to harp on it - this band has members of Stratovarius , Helloween , Sonata Arctica , et. al. - would I really want a bunch of power metal dudes having it in for me?

News Barry Anderson of Metal Storm conducted an interview with keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg of Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA on March 20, 2011 in Sheffield, England.

Symfonia In Paradisum Edel Music 04 April 2010 by Tom Dare There's a band I'm not going mention in this review. In fact there's a box with their name on it, and every time I do I have to put a quid in for the Thrash Hits Christmas party. It's the band Timo Tolkki used [...]

Wait, is that a cardigan that Tony Kakko's wearing onstage? Oh, it's actually a hoodie. We'd actually prefer it if he did wear a cardigan onstage. How much would that fuck with the That'sNotMetulz brigade's heads? Click here to see the rest of our coverage of Bloodstock Open Air 2010.

Normally we leave it up to our Deputy Editor to cobble together our Slaylists when he's one shade or another of hungover. Not so this week - step forward Tom Dare with his Slaylist of EPIC proportions... In a world where metal rules ("and if you don't like it die" - Paul Baloff), one nation consistently [...]

Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Broken Live in Tokyo 2003 [...]

Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Paid In Full [...]

Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Flag In The Ground SONATA ARCTICA: Wolf and Raven [...]

While Scar Symmetry have been busy making music with two new singers that sound like their old one, that old one - Christian Alvestam - has been busy with a ton of new projects of his own. Among them is the very promising Solution.45, a band that also features Mikko Härkin (Cain's Offering, ex- Sonata [...]

Hard Rock Hell is back for a third outing in Pontins, Prestatyn Sands in Wales on 04-06 December and because it's sold out, we've got five pairs of tickets to give away. FIVE PAIRS! FIVE! You could be watching heavy metal in a Pontins for FREE. Not bad. The bad news is that because it's sold out, there are no more chalets to give away so you'll have to find a B&B down the road (there are loads) or just sleep on the lawn outside ours. You can probably sleep in Hugh's bed if [...]

Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Wolf and Raven SONATA ARCTICA: Paid In Full [...]

We're not an American band Recently I discovered the Australian site Metal as Fuck . The name is a hard sell, but the content isn't. It's interesting to see how another part of the world operates. Some posts I found particularly engaging stemmed from TweetChat , Twitter's version of chat rooms (at last, a constructive use for Twitter!). MaF got its readers to convene online and discuss issues in real time, which is potentially much more dynamic than blog comments [...]

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Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Paid In Full SONATA ARCTICA: Black Sheep Live in Tokyo 2001 [...]

What do you get crossing a caffeinated gamer, speed metal and a drunk French bassist? Well, you could get a Famicom indy car game dipped in Red Bull. In this particular case however, we get Dragonforce ... and that is no short end of the joystick. Between slaying the crowds during last year's inaugural Mayhem Festival and developing a new fan base through Guitar Hero III , it is no wonder that the metal act's 2008 release Ultra Beatdown was a success. As both a throwback to old school [...]

Sonata Arctica sings the following genre(s): Power Metal More videos from Sonata Arctica : SONATA ARCTICA: Black Sheep Live in Tokyo 2001 [...]