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ProfessorPeart · « **Reply #1120 on:** July 01, 2019, 10:11:35 PM »

Don't know anything about these guys, but apparently Tony got stuck in a toilet stall for some reason. His post doesn't go into detail and it seems the informative one is in another language.

http://bravewords.com/news/sonata-arctica-frontman-tony-kakko-rescued-from-nuclear-blast-head-office-toilet-stall-by-volunteer-fire-department

Evermind · « **Reply #1121 on:** July 01, 2019, 10:30:13 PM »

At first I thought this was a metaphor about his songwriting of late, but apparently it's a real thing.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #1122 on:** July 02, 2019, 12:59:55 AM »

Quote from: Evermind on July 01, 2019, 10:30:13 PM

At first I thought this was a metaphor about his songwriting of late, but apparently it's a real thing.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1123 on:** July 02, 2019, 01:50:13 AM »

Tony Kakko Trapped While Taking a Kakka

TAC · « **Reply #1124 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:01:39 AM »

Sonata Fartica

? · « **Reply #1125 on:** July 08, 2019, 12:06:29 AM »

Quote from: ProfessorPeart on July 01, 2019, 10:11:35 PM

Don't know anything about these guys, but apparently Tony got stuck in a toilet stall for some reason. His post doesn't go into detail and it seems the informative one is in another language.

http://bravewords.com/news/sonata-arctica-frontman-tony-kakko-rescued-from-nuclear-blast-head-office-toilet-stall-by-volunteer-fire-department

"He should not lock the toilet door..." 🎶

wolfking · « **Reply #1126 on:** July 11, 2019, 06:13:21 AM »

Black Shit
Kingdom for a Shart
Shit in Silence
Constipated No More
Explosion Preventer
Last Dop Falls

Haha didn't even have to do abything with the last one

MirrorMask · « **Reply #1127 on:** July 19, 2019, 07:00:19 AM »

Tracklist for the new album, coming on the 6th of September:

01. Message From The Sun
02. Whirlwind
03. Cold
04. Storm The Armada
05. The Last Of The Lambs
06. Who Failed The Most
07. Ismo’s Got Good Reactors
08. Demon’s Cage
09. A Little Less Understanding
10. The Raven Still Flies
11. The Garden

The hell is track 7?

Evermind · « **Reply #1128 on:** July 19, 2019, 07:59:29 AM »

Probably something like Half a Marathon Man.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1129 on:** July 19, 2019, 08:34:51 AM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on July 19, 2019, 07:00:19 AM

Tracklist for the new album, coming on the 6th of September:

01. Message From The Sun
02. Whirlwind
03. Cold
04. Storm The Armada
05. The Last Of The Lambs
06. Who Failed The Most
07. Ismo’s Got Good Reactors
08. Demon’s Cage
09. A Little Less Understanding
10. The Raven Still Flies
11. The Garden

The hell is track 7?

I dig these titles a lot.

Lethean · « **Reply #1130 on:** July 19, 2019, 09:33:51 AM »

I wonder if The Garden will be as good as The Garden.

Maybe Stadler will tend it...

The Walrus · « **Reply #1131 on:** July 19, 2019, 09:50:45 AM »

Quote from: Lethean on July 19, 2019, 09:33:51 AM

I wonder if The Garden will be as good as The Garden.

Maybe Stadler will tend it...

? · « **Reply #1132 on:** July 21, 2019, 12:31:06 PM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on July 19, 2019, 07:00:19 AM

The hell is track 7?

An instrumental, according to Tony: https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/6008010.71005.talviyoe.html I only know Ismo is a Finnish male name

cramx3 · « **Reply #1133 on:** July 23, 2019, 09:03:54 AM »

Quote from: Kattelox on July 19, 2019, 09:50:45 AM

Quote from: Lethean on July 19, 2019, 09:33:51 AM
I wonder if The Garden will be as good as The Garden.

Maybe Stadler will tend it...

that was good

The Walrus · « **Reply #1134 on:** July 23, 2019, 11:05:50 AM »

For better or worse I just can't get Ismo's Got Good Reactors out of my head. That is just such a weird title for any style or genre of music, instrumental or not. I can't wait to hear it. Sonata's done that before, with Shitload of Money and Half A Marathon Man, interesting titles that make the anticipation for the new album a bit more exciting.

MoraWintersoul · « **Reply #1135 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:02:51 PM »

Quote from: Kattelox on July 23, 2019, 11:05:50 AM

For better or worse I just can't get Ismo's Got Good Reactors out of my head. That is just such a weird title for any style or genre of music, instrumental or not. I can't wait to hear it. Sonata's done that before, with Shitload of Money and Half A Marathon Man, interesting titles that make the anticipation for the new album a bit more exciting.

This takes me back to anticipating The Days of Grays, reading the tracklist on Myspace (hey, my country didn't mass migrate to Facebook until 2009 anyway

), reading the title "Deathaura" and just... losing my fucking shit, thinking it's gonna be about the Warcraft games or something

MirrorMask · « **Reply #1136 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:07:47 PM »

Incidentally Deathaura is one of their best songs, possibly *the* best song at all after Unia.

MoraWintersoul · « **Reply #1137 on:** July 24, 2019, 03:18:44 PM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on July 24, 2019, 03:07:47 PM

Incidentally Deathaura is one of their best songs, possibly *the* best song at all after Unia.

If you love symphonic metal, probably! I just have it connected to too many amusing memories to take it seriously, the lyrics were very easy to mishear and modify

I loved The Ninth Hour with the exception of a few songs, so I'm interested to see Tony explore this sonic space between Reckoning Night-style power metal and Unia a little more before he goes off on a comparable symphonic metal tangent again.

ErHaO · « **Reply #1138 on:** July 24, 2019, 05:08:58 PM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on July 19, 2019, 07:00:19 AM

Tracklist for the new album, coming on the 6th of September:

01. Message From The Sun
02. Whirlwind
03. Cold
04. Storm The Armada
05. The Last Of The Lambs
06. Who Failed The Most
07. Ismo’s Got Good Reactors
08. Demon’s Cage
09. A Little Less Understanding
10. The Raven Still Flies
11. The Garden

The hell is track 7?

I like the titles!

And the placing of A Little Less Understanding seems appropriate. Didn't mind the song, but it was totally unremarkable. One of the top rated comments was to put the songs speed on 1.25 in the youtube player, and that actually made it a lot better. Shame they made it so plodding. Hopefully live they will speed it up.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1139 on:** July 24, 2019, 08:09:27 PM »

A user from the Stratovarius forum translated a Q&A for the SA subreddit. Here's some info on Ismo's Got Good Reactors. It actually has meaning:

– Continuing with “Ismo’s Got Good Reactors”, the song is an instrumental track for a change...

Elias.- It's of course a song composed by Tony and I just play it (laughs), but many things happen in this song. I think Tony had the main melody for this track since he was thirteen or fourteen years old. It's a song you can easily play with the black keys in a piano. Musically I think it takes you around the world, from central-East Europe, going through Asia and Japan or something like that. When you're listening to the album, it's like stopping down for a moment to catch a breath, relax and let the music take you. I think the album itself is very deep, and not just with its lyrics but also with its musicality. But speaking about the name of the song, I think Tony wanted to explain something…

Tony.- Yeah, thanks! (laughs). Ismo is a very common name in Finland like Tony or Elias, but Ismo here really is my friend Mikko. He died about nine years ago at age forty two and he was a very close friend to me. His name was Mikko and not Ismo, but in a way they're the same person, and there's a story behind it. When he was twenty years old he was studying to become a school teacher, and of course he had to do practices with students, in this case with disabilities. He was with some students in area near a boat in a lake and a rock. When they tried to get the boar running, the engine started sinking and it was Mikko who by grabbing it managed to pull it out, and one of his students just said "¡Oh, Ismo’s Got Good Reactors”!, like referring to his ability as a hero to react in such situations, but of course, he got both the name and expression wrong at the time (laughs). It's a wonderful story that makes me remember my friend very dearly, and that's why this song has a very special meaning for me. It's not a sad song, but a fun one like he was. The story has been with me since I was ten or thirteen years old, so I wanted to represent it now. Ever since, every time that something falls or is about to fall, I say "Ismo, where are your reactors!?" (laughs).

TAC · « **Reply #1140 on:** July 24, 2019, 08:21:43 PM »

Wow, that's a fantastic explanation. While I would not bother with an SA album, that song deserves a listen.

Thanks for posting that K.

Evermind · « **Reply #1141 on:** July 24, 2019, 10:44:05 PM »

Yeah, I thought it would be about danger to the environment, the usual stuff Tony writes these days. You know, reactors and all. This sounds nice, I'll check out the song.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #1142 on:** July 25, 2019, 01:05:27 AM »

Quote from: Kattelox on July 24, 2019, 08:09:27 PM

A user from the Stratovarius forum translated a Q&A for the SA subreddit. Here's some info on Ismo's Got Good Reactors. It actually has meaning:

Well, I always figured there had to be a meaning, but that there could be no way to understand it unless explained it.

It's like we forumers would write a song called "This one is written in green", of course it has meaning, but how could someone outside this forum know that the green font means sarcasm?

Anyway, cool story and nice tribute from Tony to his friend!

? · « **Reply #1143 on:** August 18, 2019, 10:45:32 AM »

Our editor-in-chief interviewed Tony and Henrik about Talviyö

ErHaO · « **Reply #1144 on:** August 23, 2019, 07:49:28 PM »

New song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8imDPFtw2P4

I was fine with Little Less Understanding, a bit plodding but it had some hooks. This one is suuuuper boring, unfortunately.

The Walrus · « **Reply #1145 on:** August 23, 2019, 08:00:08 PM »

Even the band looks like they're sick of it all and would rather be anywhere but there

Evermind · « **Reply #1146 on:** August 24, 2019, 02:53:26 AM »

The first two minutes were alright and then I quickly lost interest, the second half was just a big pile of meh.

Lethean · « **Reply #1147 on:** August 25, 2019, 11:25:10 AM »

Hmm. I actually kind of liked it.

Pettor · « **Reply #1148 on:** August 25, 2019, 12:31:23 PM »

Wow, the two songs so far are some of the most uninspired in their career imo. Still some hope for the other songs I guess.

wolfking · « **Reply #1149 on:** August 25, 2019, 02:52:50 PM »

Quote from: Lethean on August 25, 2019, 11:25:10 AM

Hmm. I actually kind of liked it.

Yeah I thought it was pretty good and had a nice atmosphere.

Pettor · « **Reply #1150 on:** August 28, 2019, 04:39:32 AM »

I am starting to realize that maybe the problem is the mixing / production. It just doesn't sound very good to my ear. Listening to Winterheart's Guild (that also has a colder winter feeling) the sound is just on another level. Cold has a very hard, muddy mix and well, cold, mixing. This has been a problem for a couple of releases now for me and maybe it's a bigger issue than I expect. Still the song doesn't do much but the mixing doesn't help.

Pettor · « **Reply #1151 on:** September 06, 2019, 02:23:46 AM »

New album out now on streaming services etc. I don't think this album will be a favorite (hope I am wrong) but at least hoping for some good moments here and there

Anyway, time to spin the album a couple of times.

gazinwales · « **Reply #1152 on:** September 06, 2019, 02:55:30 AM »

I gave it a listen this morning on Spotify and yes the sound is poor (production/mix/master) but the songs themselves are even worse.
It sounds just so lifeless, lacking any kind of spark, or energy or anything remotely interesting to make me want to hear it again.

Really is unrecognisable as Sonata to me, and Tony Kakko should seriously look at this kind of stuff for a solo album.

Evermind · « **Reply #1153 on:** September 06, 2019, 03:13:30 AM »

I'll check it out on my way home I guess, my expectations are extremely low.

ariich · « **Reply #1154 on:** September 06, 2019, 04:18:47 AM »

After one listen, this is sounding not very good. The production really is quite poor. Some of the songs sounded decent (I quite liked Whirlwind and there was one later on that was quite good too) but a lot of them are just really bland. I'll give it a second listen but if it's not getting any better I'll probably just ignore it.

News: Paralyzed official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7m7l8iqGAk

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