History Music / SonataArctica

An Action-RPG named ''Winterheart's Guild'' based on the band is being developed by Zelian Games. It's currently in DevelopmentHell due to Zelian Games concentrating more on ''[=xOrbic=]'', which will form the foundation of the ''Winterheart's Guild'' game. No release date has been announced as of yet, but a playable demo was shown at E3 2007. The band members themselves will be the player characters and the game's soundtrack will be provided by the band. It is confirmed that the game will contain at least one new, unreleased SonataArctica song.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet. [[Spoiler:He tries to steal the puppet he wants so much, and is turned into one himself. [[AndIMustScream And He Must Scream]].]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet]]

* {{Xenofiction}}: "In My Eyes, You're A Giant" is likely a song about a dog, and how it perceives its owner.

* EpicRocking: Each album typically has one very long, complicated song. Examples include "Destruction Preventer", "The Power of One", "White Pearl, Black Oceans...", "Gravenimage", "Deathaura", "Wildfire", (Parts II and III) and "My Dream's But a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare". It's only 6:13, but it's certainly among the most progressive songs they've ever done.

* ColdWar: "Destruction Preventer" is a song about the guy in charge of launching retaliation nukes in case the other side fires them first. This may be an allusion to Stanislav Petrov, a russian colonel in charge of their nukes that got false readings on his radar caused by a sun glare. [[spoiler:The lyrics imply he launches them after seeing a 'light in the sky'.]]

* OneOfUs: Tony Kakko plays WorldOfWarcraft and loves the X-Files.
** Tony also recently provided vocals on Powerglove's power metal cover of the ''Pokémon'' theme tune on their latest album, ''Saturday Morning Apocalypse''.

* ThrowItIn: The endings of "The Power of One" and "Draw Me" contain studio chatter.
** ''Reckoning Night'' has a hidden acoustic track called "Jam" at the very end, after Shamandalie.
** One of their demos recorded when they were still ''Tricky Beans'' has a random accordion song at the end, after ''Apartment 54.''

* BreakupSong: "Tallulah", "Last Drop Falls", "The Dead Skin"...there's a lot of them.

In 2006, the band found they had a problem: Jani still hadn't finished his civil service, which is mandatory in Finland, and couldn't leave the country, so Elias Viljanen replaced him for the tour. As if this didn't annoy the fans enough, Sonata Arctica decided they were completely and utterly bored of power metal. ''Unia'' came out in 2007, and was a rather sudden switch to progressive metal. Some fans loved it, some hated it. Elias permanently replaced Jani as the guitarist shortly after. In 2009, ''The Days of Grays'' came out, and got reactions as mixed as ''Unia'' did. Another live DVD was recorded in April of 2011 in Oulu, Finland, and released later that year. In May 2012, the band released ''Stones Grow Her Name,'' and has once again drawn sharply polarized reactions from fans and critics. Their eight album, ''Pariah's Child,'' is set to be released in March 2014. Tony Kakko has stated the new record will return to the band's power metal style and feature the return of the wolf songs after their absence from ''Stones Grow Her Name.''

* ActionGirl: If "Juliet" is to be beleived, then she is most certainly one.

* ShellShockedSenior: "Replica".

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: In Shamandalie.
* StalkerWithACrush: "The End of This Chapter", "Shy" (although "Shy" is significantly more sympathetic to the stalker's emotions than most examples of this trope, following someone home still just isn't normal)

A progressive PowerMetal band from Finland formed in 1996. They were originally called Tricky Beans and played hard rock. In 1997, they changed their name to Tricky Means, [[SarcasmMode clearly a drastic change]]. Then they moved on to traditional fast power metal in the style of bands like Stratovarius, and recorded ''Ecliptica''. "Tricky Means" did not seem like an appropriate name for a power metal band, so they changed their name to Sonata Arctica.

** BadassNormal: Caleb may or may not be supernatural, (The song "Juliet" implies this) but Juliet is just a normal woman- [[spoiler: and she KILLS him.]]

* BigBadassWolf: A defining theme for the band.

* MindScrew: The bizarre whispered robot voice at the end of "Wildfire: Part III."
** It's a quote from David Attenborough giving a GreenAesop. ItMakesSenseInContext.

In 2006, the band found they had a problem: Jani still hadn't finished his civil service, which is mandatory in Finland, and couldn't leave the country, so Elias Viljanen replaced him for the tour. As if this didn't annoy the fans enough, Sonata Arctica decided they were completely and utterly bored of power metal. ''Unia'' came out in 2007, and was a rather sudden switch to progressive metal. Some fans loved it, some hated it. Elias permanently replaced Jani as the guitarist shortly after. In 2009, ''The Days of Grays'' came out, and got reactions as mixed as ''Unia'' did. Another live DVD was recorded in April of 2011 in Oulu, Finland, and released later that year. In May 2012, the band released ''Stones Grow Her Name,'' and has once again drawn sharply polarized reactions from fans and critics.

* Stones Grow Her Name (May 2012)

* Bass: Marko Paasikoski (2000-present, but played guitar from 1996 to 1997)

* EpicRocking: Each album typically has one very long, complicated song. Examples include "Destruction Preventer", "The Power of One", "White Pearl, Black Oceans...", "Deathaura", "Wildfire", (Parts II and III) and "My Dream's But a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare". It's only 6:13, but it's certainly among the most progressive songs they've ever done.

* EverythingIsOnline: "Blank File"