So this is a list about embracing the awkward and loving it. Early on the lyrics were quite ESL (that’s English as a Second Language, for all you ESL people out there), but later on they demonstrated a heavy dose of “Maybe that was a funny idea when you were drunk, but…” (see, for example, the song called “Victoria’s Secret”).īut like Jim Steinman-though, inking fewer songs for Air Supply-Kakko and crew always make it work. Usually the awkward is carried in the lyrics (though once a banjo ran rampant on a recording session and I’ve never quite recovered). This means that the band’s sound is epic, quirky, but ultimately it can get a little… awkward. See, Sonata Arctica started out as a better version of Stratovarius that was founded with a songwriter at the helm-Tony Kakko-who’s like a weird, Finnish version of Jim Steinman. Now I know you’re probably thinking to yourself: “self, why would AMG write an article about a band’s ‘Awkward and Unintentional Successes’ if he likes that band?” Indulge me a second. No.I am stoked for Sonata Arctica’s forthcoming Ninth Hour which will be here on the 14th of October from Nuclear Blast. Track list Īll songs written and composed by Tony Kakko. The second track "Weballergy" is considered by Kakko to be a sequel to Ecliptica's "Blank File", as both of them cover the theme of Internet privacy. is a creating force because when you're on the road for half a year or something like that I can't make new music at all so I need something like a month or two to get my head working again. The title of the album was at first supposed to be longer, but Kakko's then girlfriend suggested "silence" and he reflected on how important silence was for him: The album is one of those things that's a bit different, a more difficult album.
Either way can be the good way, not the bad way necessarily. That thing is like representing a snippet of your life that really makes you go one way or the other. However, Tony explained that the cover was not supposed to feature too much symbolism, except for the footprints leading away from the campfire. The cover art, featuring a landscape divided into night, summer and winter, was meant to depict nature.
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