March 2014

If you wanna take a listen; you can stream »Pariah’s Child« online here:

The international media speaks as one, praising the eighth output of the Finnish quintet:

“Pariah’s Child« is the album, SONATA ARCTICA-fans have been waiting for, for ten years.”
METAL HAMMER (D), Enrico Ahlig

“Old school SONATA is back! A great album, showing the band is kicking more ass than ever.”
KAAOSZINE (FIN), Arto Maenpää

“This album might be even the best SONATA album; at least very close to the best two first albums.”
INFERNO (FIN), Toni Keränen

“With »Pariah’s Child« the Finns from the past return – concerning both their past direction, as well as their past strength.”
ROCKS (D), Lothar Hausfeld

“A new evolution, combining all the elements of the bands history, plus some surprise”
ROCK HARD (F), Guillaume Fleury

“Old school meets new school – and SONATA ARCTICA is taking advantages from both worlds!”
INFERNO (FIN), Timo Isoaho

Sonata Arctica are going to be the headliner at Kivenlahti Rock on Saturday, June 7th 2014 in Espoo, Finland.

Check out the festival’s website for more information www.kivenlahtirock.com/14/

Finnish Melodic Metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA recently put out the first track-by-track video for their upcoming new album »Pariah’s Child«. Now the second part of this insight is available to watch on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel.

In this episode the entire band gives a look behind songs numbers six to ten of »Pariah’s Child«, that will be out on March 28, 2014 via Nuclear Blast.

Check out the video here: http://youtu.be/SmA-Nv050fQ

After previously releasing ‘Cloud Factory’, the second single of their upcoming new album »Pariah’s Child«, Finnish Melodic Metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA now launch the first track-by-track video.
In this episode the whole band gives an insight on creation of the first five tracks of »Pariah’s Child«, that will be out on March 28, 2014 via Nuclear Blast.

The video is available to watch at the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel:
http://youtu.be/1MNTu3AImwM

Trick or Treat will be the official opener band for the European gigs of the Pariah’s Child tour 2014 of SONATA ARCTICA.

Italian crazy bunch of musicians formed in 2002, Trick or Treat is composed by Alessandro Conti (also the singer of Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody), Luca Cabri (guitar), Guido Benedetti (guitar), Leone Villani Conti (bass),Luca Setti (drums). The band has released 3 albums, “Evil Needs Candy Too”, “Tin Soldiers” (with the collaboration of Michael Kiske in 2 tracks) and the new one “Rabbits’ Hill Pt.1” (in which we can see the participation of Andre Matos). The album is the first part of a concept inspired by Richard Adams novel “Wathership down”. After the European shows of “Seven Sinners Tour”in 2011 with Helloween and Stratovarius, Trick or Treat are coming back on stage as special guest of SONATA ARCTICA to the European gigs of the Pariah’s Child world tour!