Que rapido es jueves!... y pensar que el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes!... Hoy jueves le toca a Sonata Arctica... y bueno...creo me dejo de rodeos y comenzare!
Sonata Arctica es una banda finlandesa de Power Metal Melódico proveniente de la ciudad de Kemi y formada en 1996 bajo el nombre Tricky Beans, que después cambió a Tricky Means, y finalmente a Sonata Arctica en 1999. Sonata Arctica ha recibido la influencia de bandas como Stratovarius, Helloween, Nightwish (cuando tarja aun estaba con ellos), Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Metallica, Queen, entre otras citadas por el grupo en diversas entrevistas
Inicios (1996-1998)
Sonata Arctica fue fundada bajo el nombre de Tricky Beans y en sus inicios tocaban canciones fuertemente influidas por el género hard rock, las cuales no tenían mucho que ver con su actual estilo, el Power Metal. Al principio de su carrera, grabaron tres demos que nunca fueron enviados a ningún sello discográfico - Friend 'till The End, Agre Pamppers y PeaceMaker .
Ecliptica (1999-2000)
En 1999, la banda grabó una demo titulado FullMoon, compuesto por Tony Kakko, el guitarrista Jani Liimatainen, el bajista Janne Kivilahti y el batería Tommy Portimo. La demo fue enviada al sello Spinefarm y la banda cambió definitivamente su nombre a Sonata Arctica. Un contrato de grabación llegó poco después.
Más tarde ese mismo año fue lanzado en Finlandia el primer single del grupo, titulado UnOpened, el cual provocó un gran impacto, entrando en los 20 más vendidos en su primera semana tras salir a la venta. Debido a este éxito inicial, pronto la banda había cerrado varios contratos con sellos alrededor del mundo, con vistas al lanzamiento de su álbum debut. El disco fue llamado Ecliptica y posteriormente lanzado a nivel mundial a fines de 1999, obteniendo buenas críticas por parte de la prensa especializada. Por todo esto, Tony Kakko decidió concentrarse en el canto y comenzó a buscar un nuevo integrante para la banda: Mikko Harkin (antes en Kenziner), fue invitado y seleccionado para tocar el teclado.
A principios del 2000, Sonata Arctica fue elegida para telonear a los ya consagrados Stratovarius a lo largo de su gira por Europa junto con Rhapsody. Janne Kivilahti se salió de la banda y fue reemplazado por Marko Paasikoski, uno de los fundadores de "Tricky Beans".
Silence y Winterheart's Guild (2001-2003)
Desde finales del 2000 hasta el 2001, la banda trabajó en la composición y grabación de su siguiente disco, Silence, lanzado finalmente en junio de 2001. Un extenso tour lo siguió, realizando una serie de conciertos a través de toda Europa (junto con Gamma Ray) y Japón. En el 2002 Sonata Arctica hizo su primera incursión en América, actuando en Brasil y Chile. En esta gira, por una lesión, Jani fue reemplazado por el guitarrista argentino Martín Lacrouts. De acuerdo a lo expresado posteriormente por alguno de los músicos de la banda, ésa fue una de sus mejores giras hasta la fecha - siendo la otra la gira en Japón en el 2003-. Además, el álbum en directo titulado Songs Of Silence fue lanzado justo después ese mismo año.
Unia (2007-2008)
Un nuevo disco, titulado Unia, fue lanzado el 25 de mayo de 2007; su single promocional fue Paid in Full, el cual fue lanzando unos meses antes. Este disco cuenta con unas guitarras más agresivas, mayor proliferación de teclados aunque con menor protagonismo en la partes instrumentales. Constantes juegos vocales, donde hay muchos toques operísticos, apuntando a un toque progresivo del power metal.
El disco ha generado diversas reacciones entre los fans del grupo, entre quienes creen que Unia es el trabajo menos logrado de la banda, y quienes opinan que se encuentra entre los mejores, sino el mejor de sus trabajos.
The Days Of Grays (2009)
Después de una intensa gira mundial donde se promocionó el disco Unia y una aparición en el festival de Heavy Metal "Wacken Open Air" en Alemania, la banda regresó a Finlandia para trabajar en su nueva producción discográfica, que sería el primer álbum de estudio sin Jani Liimatainen a cargo de las guitarras, siendo así el primero con Elias Viljanen en el conjunto.
Día 9 de julio de 2009, se anuncia, en su página oficial, la salida del sexto álbum de estudio titulado The Days Of Grays,2 con fechas de emisión el 16 de septiembre en Finlandia, el 22 de septiembre en Estados Unidos y el 18 de septiembre, vía Nuclear Blast, para Europa y el resto del mundo (excluyendo Asia). Se realiza un concurso el 22 de julio para el single promocional Flag in the Ground, que consiste en realizar el arte de la portada de dicho single,3 cuyo ganador fue anunciado a través del MySpace oficial de la banda.
"son mas discos pero al igual que en los anteriores grupos, solo pongo mis Discos favoritos...!!!"
Miembros!:
Actuales:
Tony Kakko (1996 - presente) (voces, guitarra acústica y teclado)
Tommy Portimo (1996 - presente) (batería)
Marko Paasikoski (2000 - presente) (bajo, guitarra acústica y segundas voces)
Henrik Klingenberg (2003 - presente) (teclados y segundas voces)
Elias Viljanen (2007 - presente) (guitarras y segundas voces)
Anteriores:
Pentti Peura (1996−1999) (bajo)
Janne Kivilahti (1999−2000) (bajo)
Mikko Harkin (2000−2002) (teclados)
Jani Liimatainen (1996-2007) (guitarra y segundas voces)
Como los conoci:
Con anterioridad los habia escuchado ser nombrados, pero nunca me di a la tarea de buscarles por ningun medio... fue hasta que buscando en youtube di con una cancion significativa "Still Lovin' You - Sonata Arctica" esa cancion que me habia gustado tanto con Scorpions... la transmutaron al puro estilo del power metal... que tanto me gusta... inmediatamente... me puse a buscar su discografia aver si de pura casualidad encontraba algun disco... apartir de esa cancion...fui encontrando otras que... me transmitian cierto sentimiento... canciones nuevas para cada etapa de mi vida... como lo estan.. "Shy, Wolf And Raven, FullMoon, San Sebastian, Replica, Kindom For A Heart, I Wan't Out (Cover De Helloween), In The Dark, Paid In Full, Broken..." estan en orden como fueron apareciendo en mi vida y sin dudarlo... nunca me arrepentire de escucharlas... de cantarlas... de gozarlas...
Sin mas creo les dejare con las canciones del dia de hoy que seran 3 !!! Que las disfruten! *-*!
"esta cancion va con dedicacion..pero me abstengo el poner para quien es..."
Still Loving You
Sonata Arctica
[Scorpions Cover]
Time, it needs time
To remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Fight, baby, fight
To remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can break down the walls someday
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you
Try, baby, try
To trust in my love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, our love
Just shouldn't be thrown away
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Yes, I've hurt your pride and I know
What you've been through
You should give me a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you.
Time, it needs time
To remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Fight, baby, fight
To remake your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can break down the walls someday
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you
Try, baby, try
To trust in my love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, our love
Just shouldn't be thrown away
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Yes, I've hurt your pride and I know
What you've been through
You should give me a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you,
I'm still loving you.
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Shy
Sonata Arctica
I can see how you are beautiful,
Can you feel my eyes on you,
I'm shy and turn my head away.
Working late in diner Citylight,
I see that you get home alright.
Make sure that you can't see me,
Hoping you will see me.
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana
(Can you?)
I see you in Citylight diner serving
All those meals and then
I see reflections of me in your eye,
Oh please...
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see
Obsessed by you, your looks, well,
Anyway "I would any day die for you",
(I write on paper and erased away)
Still I sit in diner Citylight,
Drinking coffee or reading lies.
Turn my head and I can see you,
Could that really be you?
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana?
I see your beautiful smile
And I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes,
Oh please..
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But I'm shy, can't you see.
I see, can't have you,
Can't leave you there,
'Cos I must sometimes see you.
And I don't understand:
How you can keep me in chains?
And every waking hour,
I feel you taking power
From me and I can't live,
Repeating the scenery over again.
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana.
I see your beautiful smile
And I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes,
Oh please...
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But, I'm shy can't you see
Oh baby, talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But, I'm shy can't you..
I'm shy can't you..
I'm shy can't you... see.
Can you feel my eyes on you,
I'm shy and turn my head away.
Working late in diner Citylight,
I see that you get home alright.
Make sure that you can't see me,
Hoping you will see me.
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana
(Can you?)
I see you in Citylight diner serving
All those meals and then
I see reflections of me in your eye,
Oh please...
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see
Obsessed by you, your looks, well,
Anyway "I would any day die for you",
(I write on paper and erased away)
Still I sit in diner Citylight,
Drinking coffee or reading lies.
Turn my head and I can see you,
Could that really be you?
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana?
I see your beautiful smile
And I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes,
Oh please..
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But I'm shy, can't you see.
I see, can't have you,
Can't leave you there,
'Cos I must sometimes see you.
And I don't understand:
How you can keep me in chains?
And every waking hour,
I feel you taking power
From me and I can't live,
Repeating the scenery over again.
Sometimes I'm wondering:
Why you look me and you blink your eye.
You can't be acting like my Dana.
I see your beautiful smile
And I would like to run away from
Reflections of me in your eyes,
Oh please...
Talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But, I'm shy can't you see
Oh baby, talk to me, show some pity.
You touch me in many, many ways,
But, I'm shy can't you..
I'm shy can't you..
I'm shy can't you... see.
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Broken
Sonata Arctica
I was raised from a broken seed
I grew up to be an unwanted weed
Ever faster the time exceeds me
Little harder again to remember you
Held a torch for you, when lightning struck me
Once again, hope I died for the last time
Only one I have a thing greater than you
Little light on the sky every night
Morning dew on the field, where I met you
I was frozen a year, couldn't get through
Got a sign, not a scar, on my shoulder
I am not quite the man you take me for
Fell in love with the weakness within me
Tried to force me the Ring and own me
Guess you found what you'd think would oblige me
Little version of me to consume you
I'd give my everything to you
Follow you through the garden of oblivion
If only I could tell you everything
The little things you'll never dare to ask me
Do you really know me? I might be a God
Show me that you care and have a cry
How do you see me?... as the one?
Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding
How can you love this exile and how could I desire you
When my pain is my pain and yours is too
On this darkwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
Seven lives of a man, passed before me
Seven graves, one for every love I've had
Only once I have broken my so called heart
Only one made me see why they cry
Will I learn how to be one of you someday?
Will I still feel the eyes that behold me?
Will I hear what you think, when you see me?
Will it tear me apart if you feel for me?
I'd give my everything to you
Follow you through the garden of oblivion
If only I could tell you everything
The little things you'll never dare to ask me...
Do you really know me? I might be a God
Show me that you care and have a cry
How do you see me?... as the one?
Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding
How can you love this exile and how could I desire you
When my pain is my pain and your is too
On this darkwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear...
Little broken always been a part of you belongs to me
You were never mine to love but this all has made it Easy for me
Burning feathers, not an angel, Heaven's closed, Hell's Sold out
So I walk on the earth behind the curtains hidden from Everyone,
Until I find a new life to ruin again
On this deadwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
On this deadwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
I grew up to be an unwanted weed
Ever faster the time exceeds me
Little harder again to remember you
Held a torch for you, when lightning struck me
Once again, hope I died for the last time
Only one I have a thing greater than you
Little light on the sky every night
Morning dew on the field, where I met you
I was frozen a year, couldn't get through
Got a sign, not a scar, on my shoulder
I am not quite the man you take me for
Fell in love with the weakness within me
Tried to force me the Ring and own me
Guess you found what you'd think would oblige me
Little version of me to consume you
I'd give my everything to you
Follow you through the garden of oblivion
If only I could tell you everything
The little things you'll never dare to ask me
Do you really know me? I might be a God
Show me that you care and have a cry
How do you see me?... as the one?
Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding
How can you love this exile and how could I desire you
When my pain is my pain and yours is too
On this darkwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
Seven lives of a man, passed before me
Seven graves, one for every love I've had
Only once I have broken my so called heart
Only one made me see why they cry
Will I learn how to be one of you someday?
Will I still feel the eyes that behold me?
Will I hear what you think, when you see me?
Will it tear me apart if you feel for me?
I'd give my everything to you
Follow you through the garden of oblivion
If only I could tell you everything
The little things you'll never dare to ask me...
Do you really know me? I might be a God
Show me that you care and have a cry
How do you see me?... as the one?
Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding
How can you love this exile and how could I desire you
When my pain is my pain and your is too
On this darkwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear...
Little broken always been a part of you belongs to me
You were never mine to love but this all has made it Easy for me
Burning feathers, not an angel, Heaven's closed, Hell's Sold out
So I walk on the earth behind the curtains hidden from Everyone,
Until I find a new life to ruin again
On this deadwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
On this deadwinter's night
Darkness becomes this child
Bless this night with a tear
For I have none I fear
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