The line-up was completed in early 1996 with the addition of Kakko on vocals and keyboards and Pentti Peura on bass. Sonata Arctica originally created as a hard rock band, known as Tricky Beans in late 1995 by Portimo and guitarists Jani Liimatainen and Marko Paasikoski. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo (and possibly new bassist Kauppinen) also acted as backing vocalists. The line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo since August 2022. They often include symphonic metal elements, and their later releases contain several elements typical of progressive metal. Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. You like Melodic Power Metal? You will love Silence by Sonata Arctica.1996 (as Tricky Beans), 1996-1999 (as Tricky Means), 1999-present They didn't get so much advertise in comparison with other bands. Power Metal needed a band like Sonata Arctica and I have to say that they became famous with their own powers. They are really talented and you can see that on every single track. They also have a couple of great 'sad' ballads who add some a bit of grey among all the other bright colors. I can say that their music is like a picture with many bright colors. Great melodic guitars lead the way along with some awesome keyboards who create a great picture. On this CD you can find 13 very good Melodic Power metal songs that will appeal to any fan of Power Metal. Silence is not way different than their first CD but of course the guys are more mature now and you can see that through their music arrangements. Here we have their second full length album. They have influences but they work a lot on their ideas. They don't plain copy the bands I mentioned above. They have something magical in their music. I can't deny that they sound a lot like Stratovarius (with the Keyboards), I also can't deny that they have a lot of Helloween and Gamma Ray arrangements but hell there's something about Sonata Arctica that makes me like them a lot even if I hate the bands who sound a lot with my childhood heroes, Helloween. Sonata Arctica have as their starting point the bands I mentioned above but they have add something that made them to stand out of the crowd. What is the biggest drawback of the new Melodic Power Metal bands? Most of them sound like Helloween, Gamma Ray and Stratovarius. Sonata Arctica is without any doubt one of the strongest newcomers in the European Melodic Power Metal scene.
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