SONATA ARCTICA и новия им албум, траклист и обложка Опции

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На официалния сайт на финландците се повиха пълни подробности относно предстоящия им албум.
Той ще се появи на 18-ти септември тази година, обложката е :



Песните са, както следва:

- Limited 2CD - Digipack:

01. Everything Fades To Gray (Instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

Bonus Track : 13. In the Dark

-CD Jewelcase :

01. Everything Fades To Gray (Instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

Тепърва ще бъде обявен списъкът с песни в бонус диска към двойното лимитирано издание.

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1. 'EVERYTHING FADES TO GRAY' (INSTRUMENTAL)
Fades to gray, huh? Not black? Have the band grown tired of their fan favourite cover of Metallica's least soppiest ballad? Previous Sonata albums have started in an in-your-face upbeat medley of concert-openers and single hits ('Misplaced', 'Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited') but this starts with the type of piano-led Danny Elfman magic you'd expect them to close with (think 'Draw Me').

2. 'DEATHAURA'
The piano makes ways for orchestral bombast and now we're getting back to the grand illusions we've come to associate with Tony Kakko and co, especially when Dimmu-esque pomposity drops into haunting female vocals from Tony's latest jewel Johanna Kurkela. Gone is the trademark narration of Nik Van-Eckmann, this is this album's 'The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Real Puppet'. A brave move for an album opener with it's monolithic ambition and progressive complexity, prepare to spend some time with this one.

3. 'THE LAST AMAZING GRAYS'
Ah, this is more like the Sonata of old. A stand-out single, you can almost already picture the crowd singing this one back to the band on their upcoming tour. It's reminiscent of 'Paid In Full', that ridiculously anthemic and catchy bugger from 'Unia'.

4. 'FLAG IN THE GROUND'
This is where Sonata put their flag in the ground and take back the galloping power metal land they conquered with 'Winterhearts Guild', with a song that could be lovechild of 'The Cage' and 'Abandoned...'. This is high-octane stuff that will please their legions of old school fans.

5. 'BREATHING'
You gotta love a good ol' Sonata ballad. Tony's vocals are suited to real heartfelt melancholy like this and this is the first of ballad-tasticness on this album. This is lighter-waving badassness, let me see your best power ballad face. Take it away Elias – time to shine, oh yes, that solo is sonic sex. Welcome to the band!

6. 'ZEROES'
Ok, WTF? We all know Sonata's standout trademark is Tony's voice, so why play with perfection. 'Zeroes' goes and blasts a whole bunch of effects over the vocals and jumps headfirst into some spooky pop punk singalong action. Don't be dismayed though, the more you listen the more you start to appreciate a band willing to remain playful six albums in.

7. 'THE DEAD SKIN'
'The Dead Skin' continues with the vocal wizardry but the song itself is atypical Sonata-era 'Broken' karaoke-glory. Wait till I'm drunk again. This will be the one that I'm attempting to destroy at the Hard Rock Hell festival in December. I'll be the one doing my best 'Bonnie Tyler' impression if they roll this one out live. Watch out.

8. 'JULIET'
You can understand my nervousness about being alone in a room with Tony Kakko. After all 'The End Of The Chapter' and 'Don't Say A Word' are some of the most gory, misogynistic songs written this side of grindcore, but he assures me it's all just a character and in 'Juliet' the macabre tale of a stalker and his earring-less victim comes to a deathly close... or does it?

9. 'NO DREAM CAN HEAL A BROKEN HEART'
Nice 'Black Diamond'-eqsue keyboard intro there guys. You gotta love a bit of medieval bontempi. This is a slice of trademark Sonata and brings in the sultry female vocals of Johanna Kurkela
once again. If you loved 'Reckoning Nights' soaring epic 'White Pearl, Black Ocean' you'll dig this.

10. AS IF THE WORLD WASN'T ENDING
Ballad #3 and another good use of Elfman-style twinkle. This is exactly the type of song you'd expect to end finish an album. It's slow, doomy but with uplifting noodling from keyboardist Henkka.

11. 'THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE'
End now? No way. There's more and it's is a good'un. Harking back to Tony's former X-Files obsession is a track that feels like a continuation of the one before but instead of another ode to Agent Scully this is apparently about being hungover. Something I can relate to thanks to this listening session.

12. 'EVERYTHING FADES TO GRAY (FULL VERSION'
From the mirror reflection of the track that introduced this album comes a fully orchestrated motherfucker of a closer. Grandiose? Sonata? Always. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

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