Sonata Arctica

rainbow kirby

Anyone else a fan here?
And if you are, are you going to Thirteenth Day next month?

Karl Hungus

Yes, amazing band altogether, was just listening to them.

What's Thirteenth Day?

byte

http://www.thirteenthday.co.uk/13d/lineup.php

Yes, Sonata Arctica are brilliant.

Thirteenth Day would be a good enough gig, though I won't be attending

Wacken Festival would be a great gig to attend, sadly I won't be there either.

Zapp Brannigan

Finntroll and Sonata Arctica, wow!!!

Damn my being 17 and my lack of money cos id be there.

mp3guy

I like sonata arctica, good band. They're releasing a DVD soon apparently.

byte

Oooh, a Sonata DVD would rawk! Hopefully Play.com will stock.

Ronan|Raven

18stg for the tickets very good price and with cheap flights to birmingham its a good possibility to head to.

byte

Mmmm, and Finntroll too \m/

robbie1876

Just started into Sonata Arctica there a few days ago, good stuff so far. Recommend the best albums?

mp3guy

Silence is the best... then reckoning night, then winter hearts guild, then ecliptica... all good stuff IMO

rainbow kirby

robbie1876 wrote:

Just started into Sonata Arctica there a few days ago, good stuff so far. Recommend the best albums?

Ecliptica and Winterheart's Guild.

mayordenis

Winterhearts gold is one absolutely unreal.
cant go very far wrong with any of there stuff but you might wanna start with the very best.

Karl Hungus

Listening to Winterhearts at the moment, stunning album, but I'd actually recommend Silence over it.

Oral Slang

Hmmm, seriously contemplating going to 13th Day. Flights are €60 flying that morning, returning the following morning. Does anyone know how far Birmingham (going with Ryanair) Airport is from the venue? There's loads of info on the site for getting there, but no mention of By Air..

Ronan|Raven

When we headed back from bloodstock last year we went from birmingham on the return flight. The venue is near the main bus atation which in turn is about 20 minutes from the airport.

Oral Slang

Goodstuff, I'll see what money is like after Graspop. Although I might just leave it & go to Bloodstock - way more bands..

Ronan|Raven

Indeed but doesnt have finntroll or norther!

Vikings

Thanks for introducing me to their music - it's absolutely brilliant. I can't stop listening to Ain't your fairytale. Very different.

pbsuxok1znja4r

I've downloaded most of the songs from Silence, Ecliptica, and Winterheart's...I absolutely love all of that stuff.....Then I bought Reckoning Night and I thought it was awful, one of the worst albums I've ever heard!
Was anyone else disappointed with Reckoning Night?

mp3guy

scouser.tommy wrote:

I've downloaded most of the songs from Silence, Ecliptica, and Winterheart's...I absolutely love all of that stuff.....Then I bought Reckoning Night and I thought it was awful, one of the worst albums I've ever heard!
Was anyone else disappointed with Reckoning Night?

no, i'd say its thier second best

Nightwish

i got into them after they supported nightwish a few years ago, and they are fantastic

Dark Artist

I heard the new album last night and I think it's their best in a while.

I know most fans hate the new direction they've been taking with the last few albums. Although I was a huge fan of Unia they did kind of lose me with the last two - this one still experiments but it has actually good melodies and less **** acting around.

Not straightforward speedy power metal but personally I'm very okay with that at this point and Tony sounds amazing as ever. Anyone else heard it?

GLaDOS

Haven't listened to these guys in ages! I quite liked Unia funnily enough, but the Days of Greys was pretty uneventful. Never got round to listening to the last album, should give it a spin at some point.

Passenger

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Haven't listened to these guys in ages! I quite liked Unia funnily enough, but the Days of Greys was pretty uneventful. Never got round to listening to the last album, should give it a spin at some point.

Aye, same. Gave the last album a miss too but will check out the latest for sure and see where the band are at.