{"id":79188,"date":"2019-09-06T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=79188"},"modified":"2021-12-04T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:25:57","slug":"news-sonata-arctica-release-tenth-studio-album-talviyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-sonata-arctica-release-tenth-studio-album-talviyo\/","title":{"rendered":"SONATA ARCTICA Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Talviy\u00f6\u2019 (September 6th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SONATA ARCTICA Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Talviy\u00f6\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 6th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kemi, Finland-based melodic metal band Sonata Arctica issued tenth full-length studio album Talviy\u00f6<\/em> (English translation: \u2018Winter Night\u2019) on September 6th, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

Keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg commented: \u201cThe wait is finally over, now all of you will hear what we\u2019ve been working on for the past year or so as we present our latest album Talviy\u00f6<\/em>. It was quite an experience getting this album ready for you guys and for the first time ever, we had some outside help from our very own Mikko Tegelman who produced the album. We focused on playing live this time and I think the album really captures how Sonata Arctica sounds like today. It will be a blast to go out and perform this new music alongside selected cuts from our catalogue. See you soon and meanwhile we hope you enjoy the album as much as we did making it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea was to create an album that is musically in line with at least the previous two albums,\u201d said vocalist Tony Kakko. \u201cI am very happy with the songs and the general mood of the album. Some career highlights there, I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded a bunch of kick-ass songs and tried some new stuff as well. I\u2019m really proud of how we managed to record the band sounding more live, playing together instead of just tracking everything one by one,\u201d further stated keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg.<\/p>\n

A series of trailers issued to promote Talviy\u00f6<\/em> can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Talviy\u00f6<\/em> was recorded between September 2018 and May 2019, and produced by Mikko Tegelman and Sonata Arctica in Studio57. Additional recordings took place in various other places. Mixing was handled by Mikko Tegelman and Pasi Kauppinen, with mixing being handled by Svante Forsb\u00e4ck for Chartmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMikko produced the album and he really managed to push us to do our best, even with the more experimental stuff,\u201d said Klingenberg. \u201cWorking with an outside producer was the biggest new thing we tried this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Message From The Sun\u2019
\n02. \u2018Whirlwind\u2019
\n03. \u2018Cold\u2019
\n04. \u2018Storm The Armada\u2019
\n05. \u2018The Last Of The Lambs\u2019
\n06. \u2018Who Failed The Most\u2019
\n07. \u2018Ismo\u2019s Got Good Reactors\u2019
\n08. \u2018Demon\u2019s Cage\u2019
\n09. \u2018A Little Less Understanding\u2019
\n10. \u2018The Raven Still Flies\u2019
\n11. \u2018The Garden\u2019<\/p>\n

Sonata Arctica\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Tony Kakko (vocals and keyboards)
\nElias Viljanen (guitar)
\nPasi Kauppinen (bass)
\nTommy Portimo (drums)
\nHenrik Klingenberg (keyboards)<\/p>\n

Produced by Patric Ullaeus of rEVOLVER Film Company, music videos were filmed for the tracks \u2018Cold\u2019 and \u2018Who Failed The Most\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018A Little Less Understanding\u2019. Both clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Ninth studio record The Ninth Hour<\/em> was released<\/a> in October 2016 via Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Kristian Reuter.<\/em><\/p>\n