h33t - Sonata Arctica - Unia (Lossless) (Japan Edition) [rockbox]

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Their later works (most notably Unia) contain some elements typical of progressive metal.

The band was founded by Tony Kakko, Jani Liimatainen, Marko Paasikoski, Tommy Portimo and Pentti Peura in Kemi in 1996. Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label — Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker.

In the beginning of 2000, Sonata Arctica was chosen to support the well known power metal band Stratovarius throughout their European tour. Marko Paasikoski returned to the band to play bass in the wake of Janne Kivilahti's departure after the tour.

With the end of their contract with Spinefarm Records, the band received invitations from most European recording labels, and eventually opted for Nuclear Blast.

In early 2004, the band was chosen as the opener for Iron Maiden's Japanese tour. Additionally, Tommy Portimo became a father; his wife gave birth to a baby girl in March.

A computer video game is also planned based on Sonata Arctica characters and music. The name of the game will be Winterheart's Guild, like their album. The game will be developed by Zelian Games, and will be an Action-RPG in a style between Fallout and Diablo. Further details or a release date are not yet available, but a demo was shown at the Leipzig video game conference in 2006, featuring Henrik Klingenberg as the playable character.

On March 2, 2007, guitarist Jani Liimatainen posted on the band's website that he will not be playing the shows during the band's Finnish Spring tour. This is in due to the fact that he must perform his "civic duties" for his country. His replacement for the Spring dates was Elias Viljanen (http://www.eliasviljanen.com/).

On August 6, 2007, the band officially confirmed on their web page, that Jani was asked to leave the band because of his failure to fulfill his civil duties in Finland. From August 6 on, Elias Viljanen is officially a member of Sonata Arctica.

On May 25, 2007, Unia was released. The album's first single, "Paid In Full", was released on April 27, 2007. Interestingly, the cover for Unia features a barely perceptible image of a person's hair and eyes looking out through a crack in the background in the lower right-hand corner. It is likely an allusion to the person in the song "Caleb" on Unia.

On August 6, 2007, the band announced on their website that guitarist Jani Liimatainen had been asked to leave the band due to problems related to his conscription. He was replaced by Elias Viljanen who had already filled in for him in the band's Finnish and Japanese shows during the spring and summer.

In October 2007 Sonata Arctica headlined the ProgPower USA VIII. Later the band supported Nightwish across their 2008 tour of United States and Canada and headlined on the shows that Nightwish cancelled due to Anette Olzon's sudden severe sickness.

In 2008 Tony Kakko collaborated with English Singer/Songwriter and arranger Mark Deeks to perform choral arrangements of some of the band's works at a special one off concert at The Sage Centre in Gateshead.

It was announced on September 4, 2008 that the band's first two albums would be re-released by Spinefarm UK on October 6th.

Tracklist:

1. In Black And White (5:03)
2. Paid In Full (4:24)
3. For The Sake Of Revenge (3:23)
4. It Won`t Fade (5:5

5. Under Your Tree (5:14)
6. Caleb (6:16)
7. The Vice (4:0

8. My Dream`s But A Drop Of Fuel For A Nightmare (6:13)
9. The Harvest (4:21)
10. The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden (2:57)
11. Fly with the Black Swan (5:25)
12. Good Enough Is Good Enough (5:16)
13. They Follow
14. Out in the Fields
15. My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare (Instrumental version)

Members

Current

* Tony Kakko − vocals, keyboards (on Ecliptica, Winterheart's Guild and Unia) (1996−present)
* Elias Viljanen − guitars, backing vocals (2007−present)
* Marko Paasikoski − bass guitar, backing vocals (2000−present), guitars (1996-1997)
* Tommy Portimo − drums (1996−present)
* Henrik Klingenberg − keyboards, backing vocals (2003−present)

Former

* Pentti Peura − bass guitar (1996−199

* Janne Kivilahti − bass guitar (1998−2000)
* Mikko Härkin − keyboards (2000−2002)
* Jani Liimatainen − guitars, backing vocals (1996−2007)

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