SONATA ARCTICA: NEW ALBUM UNVEILED!

SONATA ARCTICA have unveiled the new artwork, track listing as well as the album title of their forthcoming album.

"THE DAYS OF GRAYS" will see a worldwide release (excluding Asia) through Nuclear Blast Records on September 18th, 2009 (September 16th in Finland and September 22nd in the USA).

Formats / track listing:

Ltd. 2CD-Digipak:

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

Bonus CD: track listing TBA.

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)

Not to mention it's their best artwork yet.



I've got my uncle on it, as soon as its ready to be shipped, he can get a copy, which means around late August I should be able to have it.

WinterSon wrote:

Not to mention it's their best artwork yet.



I've got my uncle on it, as soon as its ready to be shipped, he can get a copy, which means around late August I should be able to have it.

And then, you'll be thinking about your nice friend Gurther! Won't you?

perfect album cover

really beautiful

full moon, northern lights, waterfall, snow topped mountains.....perfect

I can't wait for it!! Sonata is my favourite band!!

pass, i hated unia and don't expect any better this time around

Vggamegod wrote:

pass, i hated unia and don't expect any better this time around

The cover looks cooler

Definitely a must-have. Cover looks nice. Looking at the song names it's a sad album I quess, said in other way it's modern Unia wasn't as good as albums before that but it wasn't bad either.

infernoRS wrote:

Definitely a must-have. Cover looks nice. Looking at the song names it's a sad album I quess, said in other way it's modern Unia wasn't as good as albums before that but it wasn't bad either.

I don't agree... Composition-wise, I think Unia was superior to the older albums... ;] Now, maybe you don't like the new direction, but I can tell you it is as good or better than the old ones ^_^ (EDIT: IMO, of course =D)

Gurther wrote:

infernoRS wrote:

Definitely a must-have. Cover looks nice. Looking at the song names it's a sad album I quess, said in other way it's modern Unia wasn't as good as albums before that but it wasn't bad either.

I don't agree... Composition-wise, I think Unia was superior to the older albums... ;] Now, maybe you don't like the new direction, but I can tell you it is as good or better than the old ones ^_^

I love Unia as same as the others ones... The only Sonata album I prefer more than the other is Ecliptica...

I can't wait to see if Elias match with Sonata style...

BuzzPhil wrote:

Gurther wrote:

infernoRS wrote:

Definitely a must-have. Cover looks nice. Looking at the song names it's a sad album I quess, said in other way it's modern Unia wasn't as good as albums before that but it wasn't bad either.

I don't agree... Composition-wise, I think Unia was superior to the older albums... ;] Now, maybe you don't like the new direction, but I can tell you it is as good or better than the old ones ^_^

I love Unia as same as the others ones... The only Sonata album I prefer more than the other is Ecliptica...

I can't wait to see if Elias match with Sonata style...

Same here, it will be interesting to hear!

I'm seeing them in October, so I guess it won't be long until I can tell if the new album sounds good live

Oh... you're so lucky... I want to see them live... Are you seeing them at Montreal??

BuzzPhil wrote:

Oh... you're so lucky... I want to see them live... Are you seeing them at Montreal??

Yeah... I just hate DF, they keep coming with good bands (Turisas, Sonata Arctica), and it should be the opposite way! I guess I'll leave after SA... As usual xD

BuzzPhil wrote:

Gurther wrote:

infernoRS wrote:

Definitely a must-have. Cover looks nice. Looking at the song names it's a sad album I quess, said in other way it's modern Unia wasn't as good as albums before that but it wasn't bad either.

I don't agree... Composition-wise, I think Unia was superior to the older albums... ;] Now, maybe you don't like the new direction, but I can tell you it is as good or better than the old ones ^_^

I love Unia as same as the others ones... The only Sonata album I prefer more than the other is Ecliptica...

I can't wait to see if Elias match with Sonata style...

I like Silence a lot more than others, Winterheart's Guild is maybe second, Ecliptica and Reckoning Night are both on the third place.

Got tickets to their September show. Staying ONLY for Sonata.
Also, I know the owner of the venue, so that means...
BACKSTAGE

Reckoning Night is my favorite, it had that funky organ that I dig, plus a lot of the songs were borderline beautiful.
And Unia was a masterpiece, may not be as speedy, but melodically it destroys many albums, and beauty-wise it had a certain grandeur, and offered probably a breath of fresh air for the drums, it wasn't all bass drum/snare/bass drum/snare.

WinterSon wrote:

Got tickets to their September show. Staying ONLY for Sonata.
Also, I know the owner of the venue, so that means...
BACKSTAGE

That's always a cool thing ^^ I usually use a friend's "gifts-from-god" to get backstage... Erhem. xD

WinterSon wrote:

Reckoning Night is my favorite, it had that funky organ that I dig, plus a lot of the songs were borderline beautiful.
And Unia was a masterpiece, may not be as speedy, but melodically it destroys many albums, and beauty-wise it had a certain grandeur, and offered probably a breath of fresh air for the drums, it wasn't all bass drum/snare/bass drum/snare.

I am definitely tired, I read " Reckoning Night is my favorite, I had that funky orgasm ..."...

Bed time xD

Gurther wrote:

WinterSon wrote:

Got tickets to their September show. Staying ONLY for Sonata.
Also, I know the owner of the venue, so that means...
BACKSTAGE

That's always a cool thing ^^ I usually use a friend's "gifts-from-god" to get backstage... Erhem. xD

WinterSon wrote:

Reckoning Night is my favorite, it had that funky organ that I dig, plus a lot of the songs were borderline beautiful.
And Unia was a masterpiece, may not be as speedy, but melodically it destroys many albums, and beauty-wise it had a certain grandeur, and offered probably a breath of fresh air for the drums, it wasn't all bass drum/snare/bass drum/snare.

I am definitely tired, I read " Reckoning Night is my favorite, I had that funky orgasm ..."...

Bed time xD

Well I won't deny your end of the interpretation.

They played "Flag in the Ground" in Kemi
If my senses are correct, that may be the new single!

WinterSon wrote:

They played "Flag in the Ground" in Kemi
If my senses are correct, that may be the new single!

I remember so, wasn't it meant to come out 26.8?

Having heard Elias Viljanen's recent solo album, I must say I'm looking forward to this one.

Metallhead123 wrote:

Having heard Elias Viljanen's recent solo album, I must say I'm looking forward to this one.

Argh I didn't even remember it is out already? Was Fire-Hearted it's name?

infernoRS wrote:

Metallhead123 wrote:

Having heard Elias Viljanen's recent solo album, I must say I'm looking forward to this one.

Argh I didn't even remember it is out already? Was Fire-Hearted it's name?

Indeed.
Fire-Hearted and it's been out since June 24th or something

Metallhead123 wrote:

infernoRS wrote:

Metallhead123 wrote:

Having heard Elias Viljanen's recent solo album, I must say I'm looking forward to this one.

Argh I didn't even remember it is out already? Was Fire-Hearted it's name?

Indeed.
Fire-Hearted and it's been out since June 24th or something

Meh I've been sleeping all the time, meh, cause I didn't remember that, meh? Got to have it...

Metallhead123 wrote:

infernoRS wrote:

Metallhead123 wrote:

Having heard Elias Viljanen's recent solo album, I must say I'm looking forward to this one.

Argh I didn't even remember it is out already? Was Fire-Hearted it's name?

Indeed.
Fire-Hearted and it's been out since June 24th or something

Is it good? :o

I liked the album, yes but then I am a fan of Guitar Virtuoso-ism
He's definitely good tho.

Here's a couple of his playing





It's hard to find stuff off the new album, not many have uploaded it. I shall soon tho.