Ακουστικό άλμπουμ από μέλη των Stratovarious και των Sonata Arctica

   Ο τραγουδιστής των Stratovarious Timo Kotipelto και ο πρώην κιθαρίστας των Sonata Arctica Jani Liimatainen κυκλοφορούν μαζί τον ακουστικό δίσκο "Blackoustic" στις 19 Οκτωβρίου μέσω της earMUSIC. Οι δυό τους συνεργαζονται εδώ και λίγο καιρό, ενώ ο εν λόγω δίσκος ήταν ουσιαστικά ιδέα των οπαδών τους.
   Το "Blackoustic" θα περιέχει accoustic διασκευές γνωστών τραγουδιών των Stratovarious και όχι μόνο, αλλά και από τα σόλο άλμπουμ του Kotipelto.

"Blackoustic" tracklist: 
01. Sleep Well
02. Out In The Fields
03. Black Diamond
04. My Selene
05. Behind Blue Eyes
06. Hunting High And Low
07. Where My Rainbow Ends
08. Speed Of Light
09. Perfect Strangers
10. Coming Home
11. Serenity
12. Rainbow Eyes
13. Karjalan Kunnailla

Sonata Arctica - "I Have A Right" (new video)

 Tο νέο τους video παρουσίασαν οι Φινλανδοί Sonata Arctica, με τίτλο "I Have A Right", το οποίο περιλαμβάνεται στην επερχόμενη δισκογραφική δουλειά της μπάντας "Stones Grow Her Name" που θα κυκλοφορήσει στις 18 Μαΐου από την Nuclear Blast Records. Παρακάτω μπορείτε να δείτε τα making-of του άλμπουμ, άλμπουμ νούμερο εφτά για τους Sonata Arctica. Στις 11 Νοεμβρίου του προηγούμενου άλμπουμ είχαν κυκλοφορήσει το DVD με τίτλο "Live In Finland".

   O τραγουδιστής της μπάντας Tony Kakko δήλωσε για το "I Have A Right" τα εξής:

   "I Have A Right" was the very last song I wrote for this album. At that point Tommy had already played his last track for "Stones Grow Her Name", gotten ready to go to sauna and opened his first beer for that night, when I sms'd him to check his e-mail and record yet one more "easy track". He was mildly pissed. And perhaps fueled by that he nailed the song on the first take. It was a very emotional moment for him, I was told. The song hits home, if you know the subject and can relate to the subject. To put it short it's a song about how we should not pass the burden we get from the past generation on the shoulders of our future offspring. Children's rights subject. Not the most metal subject ever, I suppose, but then again I think it fits our band well and is pretty universal. Funny to actually have fans from each age group this songs speaks about. Let's see what comes of it. Choosing the first single and video from this album was not very easy this time around as we had so many candidates. The best possible problem to have! "I Have A Right" won the vote. The playing parts for this video were shot in our home town Kemi, here in Finland. The location was an old, abandoned school building. Somehow spooky and COLD. It was mid march. Could say we were lucky the weather was unseasonably warm, yet way below zero. Director Tuukka Temonen and his crew did a great job with editing and all the additional footage. All in all, from my point of view, this was the easiest ever Sonata Arctica video to make. No 12 hours standing in a room filled with bird shit, no freezing my ass off on the ice in the middle of the sea from 8am to 10pm, or running in the woods in the middle of the

night and not sleeping for 48 hours...had all that with the past videos. I am more than pleased. I hope you like the song and video as much as we do."

"I Have A Right" video

Making-of "Stones Grow Her Name" part 1

Making-of "Stones Grow Her Name" part 2

Sonata Arctica - Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τον νέο δίσκο "Stones Grow Her Name"

  Oι Sonata Arctica αποκάλυψαν τα τραγούδια που θα πλαισιώνουν τον νέο δίσκο τους,"Stones Grow Her Name" που αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει στις 18 Μαΐου από την Νuclear Blast Records. Το μιξάρισμα του άλμπουμ επιμελήθηκε ο Mikko Karmila στα Sonic Pump Studios, ενώ το "Stones Grow Her Name" θα κυκλοφορήσει επίσης σε digipak limited edition, "κοσμηματοθήκη" και σε βινύλιο. Να σημειωθεί ότι στις 11 Νοεμβρίου οι Sonata Arctica είχαν κυκλοφόρησαν το DVD "Live In Finland", ενώ τελευταία δισκογραφική δουλειά τους ήταν το 2009 με το "Τhe Days Of Grays". 

   Ο τραγουδιστής της μπάντας Tony Kakko δήλωσε για το "Stones Grow Her Name":

"Our newest adventure is only a final touch short of being ready.The recordings went extremely well and the mixing is in schedule. I have to say I am enjoying myself greatly.I've had a very hard and work-filled two-year period writing the songs while touring extensively with our previous album, 'The Days of Grays'. But it has all been worth it!Yet again we are introducing new things to keep the music alive and interesting. New elements, styles and new moods, talented quest artists and ideas for the enjoyment of the loyal friends of our music. Can't wait for you to get your hands and ears on 'Stones Grow Her Name'! Hope to see you all again on tour!"

"Stones Grow Her Name" tracklist:

1. Only The Broken Hearts (Make You Beautiful) 

2. Shitload of Money 

3. Losing My Insanity 

4. Somewhere Close To You 

5. I Have A Right 

6. Alone In Heaven 

7. The Day 

8. Cinderblox 

9. Don't Be Mean
10. Wildfire II
11. Wildfire III

Sonata Arctica: Στην κορυφή των charts στην Φινλανδία το dvd τους

   Tην κορυφή των charts στην Φινλανδία έχει κατακτήσει μέχρι στιγμής το dvd των Sonata Arctica με τίτλο "Live in Finland", που περιέχει την live εμφάνιση τους στο Club Teatria στο Oulu της Φινλανδίας στις 15 Απριλίου 2011 και κυκλοφόρησε στις 11 Νοεμβρίου.

   Ο Henrik Klingenberg δήλωσε:"Once again our fans came through and ripped the DVD off the shelves, resulting in the no.1 position on the Finnish DVD charts ! We're very happy about this and send out our sincere thanks to all of you. It's always very inspiring to get these kind of news, especially now when we're working our asses off in the studio with our next album which will be out this spring."

    Στο dvd εκτός από την εμφάνιση στο Oulu, περιλαμβάνεται και η εμφάνιση των Sonata Arctica στο Kemi, στην πόλη που δημιουργήθηκε η μπάντα, τον Αύγουστο του 2009, ενώ περιέχεται και φωτογραφίες των Φινλανδών, ντοκουμέντα και making-off των video clip τους.

   Το tracklist του dvd:

DVD1:
Sonata Arctica: Live in Finland

1.Intro (Everything Fades To Gray)
2.Flag In The Ground
3.Last Amazing Grays
4.Juliet
5.Replica
6.Blank File
7.As If The World Wasn´t Ending
8.Paid In Full
9.Victoria´s Secret
10.Instrumental Exhibition
11.The Misery
12.Fullmoon
13.In Black & White
14.Mary-Lou
15.Shy
16.Letter To Dana
17.Caleb
18.Don´t Say A Word
19.Outro (Vodka/Everything Fades To Gray)

DVD 2:
Extra Features:
Sonata Arctica Open Air II:

1.White Pearl, Black Oceans
2.Draw Me
3.In Black & White
4.Don't Say A Word

Making of "Live in Finland"
Making of "Flag In The Ground"
Latin-American Tour Documentary
Made in Finland - Tour Documentary
Music Videos:Don't Say A Word, Paid In Full, Flag In The Ground
Acoustic live at Alcatraz, Milano
The Flag in the ground- cover contest
Photo Galleries

"Sources": metalunderground.com, nuclearblast.de