SONATA ARCTICA

Release Year: 2004
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: expressive melodic power heavy metal

the fourth full-length album by epic melodic power/heavy metal jurymen marks another exceptional achievement of ambitious musicians - they have signed to one of the most important labels around at the moment when traditional metal was gaining momentum again, taking over the charts and hot spots of summer festivals; impressive ten track set sounds like a magnificent enchanting fairytale with a magical feel to music: a plethora of glorious melodies are shared between guitar and keyboards, while vocalist Tony Kakko adds his trademark epic pitch and grand choruses to complete the cinematic picture; on the other hand they try harder to infiltrate a certain symphonic touch and more complex structures into the music, but it still rocks nonetheless!; recent German repress comes with authentic design