December 2023

SONATA ARCTICA is returning with a brand new album in March 2024 which leads them back to their roots and will be filled with a massive range of brand new power metal hymns. 

To celebrate the release of »Clear Cold Beyond«, the quintet will be also returning for an extensive tour in their home country Finland. The »Clear Cold Beyond Finland Tour 2024« will pay a visit to Tampere, Helsinki, Turku, Seinäjoki, Kuopio, Joensuu, Lahti and Laukaa. Support will be the young hard rock group TEMPLE BALLS from Oulu.

“After a break of several years, we have returned from our adventures back to Power Metal. It is a great pleasure and honor to start the “Clear Cold Beyond World Tour” with a series of club gigs around our home country. In addition to the new songs, you can surely expect a bunch of familiar hits throughout the set. See you at the shows!,” Sonata Arctica states.

Grey Beard presents:

SONATA ARCTICA
»Clear Cold Beyond Finland Tour 2024«
+ Support: Temple Balls

15.03.2024 Tampere, Pakkahuone
16.03.2024 Laukaa, Peurunka Areena
22.03.2024 Lahti, Finlandia-Klubi
23.03.2024 Helsinki, Kulttuuritalo
29.03.2024 Kuopio, Sawohouse Underground
30.03.2024 Joensuu, Kerubi
04.04.2024 Turku, Teatro
05.04.2024 Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjaamo

Tickets and all tour dates

Sonata Arctica unveil lyric video for festive new digital single ‘A Monster Only You Can’t See’ and »Clear Cold Beyond« album pre-orders launched

Watch the lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0Qh_lVivc
Stream/purchase the song: https://sonataarctica.afr.link/amonsterPR

Time to dress warmly as winter is reigning in many parts of Europe, including Finland from where melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA deliver the perfect soundtrack for the cold season with the stormy opus »Clear Cold Beyond« – stormy in the most positive way, of course. A fact that got cemented by select music journalists who could sneak an exclusive peek at the full record last month. Today, the quintet have unveiled yet another taste of their long-awaited new studio album which is due out on March 8, 2024 through Atomic Fire. Touching, emotional and with a tad of melancholy leading to an epic chorus, ‘A Monster Only You Can’t See’ is a song about friendship and never leaving anyone behind and thereby the band’s ideal single choice for the current Christmas time.

Front-man Tony Kakko explains: “How we all may have in our group of friends that one person who seems to be a magnet for all kinds of problems, many of which he/she may not even see himself/herself. Maybe you’re that one? You might be an asshole, but you’re OUR asshole and we can see through all that, see the real you, and help. And when children arrive to the scene, they all fit under that same umbrella. Don’t worry. We’ll kick your butt up that hill.”

»Clear Cold Beyond« will be available in the following formats:

– CD-digipak
– jewelcase CD (US)
– 2LP vinyl [winter night marbled (white/black) | icy-blue marbled (transparent/blue)]
– digital

Pre-order the album in the physical format of your choice, pre-save it on your favourite DSP or pre-order it digitally to receive ‘A Monster Only You Can’t See’ and ‘First In Line’instantly now:
http://shop.sonataarctica.info
https://sonataarctica.afr.link/clearcoldbeyondPR

»Clear Cold Beyond« – Track Listing:

01. First In Line
02. California
03. Shah Mat
04. Dark Empath
05. Cure For Everything
06. A Monster Only You Can’t See
07. Teardrops
08. Angel Defiled
09. The Best Things
10. Clear Cold Beyond
Bonus Tracks (digipak + vinyl only!):
11. A Ballad For The Broken
12. Toy Soldiers [MARTIKA Cover]

»Clear Cold Beyond« contains 10 tracks reviving the band’s penchant for power metal-esque tunes following their trip to acoustic landscapes during the pandemic. It’s is packed with strong songs and fuses the best of all periods of SONATA ARCTICA‘s multifaceted work: From high-speed anthems such as ‘First In Line’ and ‘California’ to emotion-laden tracks such as ‘The Best Things’ and the closing title track, this record offers something for each and every SONATA ARCTICA fan.

“This could have been SONATA ARCTICA’s self-titled album
in the way it reflects both the timish band’s power metal urgency
and some kind of Broadway musical storytelling magic.”
ROCK HARD (IT), Emanuele Biani

“This is the album fans have been asking for for 20 years. Frozen Finnish fury.
This band hasn’t been this vital in two decades. Sensational stuff.”
FISTFUL OF METAL (UK), Bruce Turnbull

“Beautiful, old-school and versatile:
A very cold album that fills you with a lot of familiar warmth at the same time.”
ROCK HARD (DE), Simon Bauer