Sonata Arctica announce new studio album “Talviyö”, out September 6th and release new single and lyric video “A Little Less Understanding” today.
On September 6th, Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA will release their tenth studio album, called »Talviyö« (which means »Winter Night«), including eleven new tracks.

“We were talking about having an album cover made from a photo and luckily managed to find this award winning photographer Onni Wiljami who actually hails from a village not too far from our hometown and his pictures were just perfect for this album”, explains keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg.“The idea was to create an album that is musically in line with at least the previous two albums”, says vocalist Tony Kakko and adds: “I am very happy with the songs and the general mood of the album. Some career highlights there, I feel.”“We recorded a bunch of kick ass songs and tried some new stuff as well. I’m really proud of how we managed to record the band sounding more live, playing together instead of just tracking everything one by one”, states Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg.

SONATA ARCTICA released their first single called ‘A Little Less Understanding’, along with a lyric video.
Watch it here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiM94N3FnQA

“The song is lyrically somewhat a follow up for ”I Have A Right” and talks about the difficulty of making the right choices with the upbringing of a new human being”, explains Tony Kakko.

Get the song digitally here: http://nblast.de/SonataArcticaALLU 
Listen in NB New Releases playlist:http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases / 
http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases

»Talviyö« was recorded between September 2018 and May 2019, produced by Mikko Tegelman and SONATA ARCTICA in ‘Studio57’. Additional recordings took place in various other places. “Mikko produced the album and he really managed to push us to do our best, even with the more experimental stuff. Working with an outside producer was the biggest new thing we tried this time”, says Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg.The mixing was done by Mikko Tegelman and Pasi Kauppinen and the mastering was handled by Svante Forsbäck for ‘Chartmakers’.

More info: 
www.sonataarctica.info
www.facebook.com/sonataarctica
www.nuclearblast.de/sonataarctica

Good news people! We are launching a new webshop very soon! And by ”we” we are talking about Sonata Arctica the band!We are actually going to be the ones overseeing all aspects of the new shop!This is a very exciting time for us and we are happy to tell you that things are going so well that we are designing exclusive merchandise for the upcoming albums’ pre-order campaign!So use this link to register at the new shop and we’ll let you know as soon as it’s open!

shop.sonataarctica.info

Sonata Arctica will perform at Rantajamit, Lohja in Finland on the 6th of July, 2019. See you there !

https://rantajamit.fi/

Sonata Arctica will perform some selected headlining shows during their North-American Tour supporting Kamelot. Dates below:

September 6 O’Malleys, Margate, FL
September 7 The Abbey, Orlando, FL
September 8 The Underground, Charlotte, NC

October 13 Motorco, Durham, NC
October 14 Tiger Room, Luisville, KY
October 16 Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
October 17 Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park, NY
October 18 Webster Theater Hartford, CT

Here is the whole North American tour itinerary:

The Raven Still Flies Over North-America 2019 tour in September-October with KAMELOT and Battle Beast

Check your nearest city and get tickets below!

Sonata Arctica headlining shows with Battle Beast:

🇺🇸 Sep 06 O’Malleys, Margate, FL, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2ZZF28b
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/259096854708980/

🇺🇸 Sep 07 The Abbey, Orlando, FL, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2OSbPLj
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/505255263310033/

🇺🇸 Sep 08 The Underground, Charlotte, NC, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2KMg2uI
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1122895391221302/

Sonata Arctica supporting Kamelot on their The Shadow Tour with Battle Beast:

🇺🇸 Sep 10 The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/2Z1EBcj
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/258992148294667/

🇺🇸 Sep 11 Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/2Za5hfe
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/322314948581504/

🇺🇸 Sep 13 The Palladium, Worchester, MA, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2OTFXGp
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/555506748230620/

🇺🇸 Sep 14 Terminal 5, New York, NY, United States
Tickets:  http://bit.ly/2MXaBf8
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/303957167002874/

🇨🇦 Sep 15 Club Soda, Montreal, QC, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2MfBknT
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/268011323919473/

🇨🇦 Sep 16 Imperial, Quebec, QC, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2yXGpIM
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/256655308528160/

🇨🇦 Sep 18 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2yUQ3vB
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/358339901376494/

🇺🇸 Sep 19 Harpos, Detroit, MI, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/303MyPu
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/324528894767453/

🇺🇸 Sep 20 Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2yVn0bx
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/541936946218917/

🇺🇸 Sep 21 Patio Theater, Chicago, IL, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2MhQhWg
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/189093762009267/

🇺🇸 Sep 23 Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St.Paul, MN, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2Z5ZmaE
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/651040791959589/

🇺🇸 Sep 24 The Truman, Kansas City, MO, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2H5nIHx
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2044785082480445/

🇺🇸 Sep 25 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2Tw6GHB
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1960922050877001/

🇺🇸 Sep 26 The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2N0SnJR
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/694166917650443/

🇨🇦 Sep 28 The Starlite Room, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/33pbHWS
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1917766728531113/

🇨🇦 Sep 29 Marquee, Calgary, AB, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2H6ubSF
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2125498221099112/

🇨🇦 Oct 01 Venue Nightclub, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2OU9krR
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/316163639199075/

🇺🇸 Oct 02 The Neptune, Seattle, WA, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/2ZZKRT5
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/287241081914579/

🇺🇸 Oct 04 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, CA, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2KvsUqm
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/455325864991231/

🇺🇸 Oct 05 City National Grove, Anaheim, CA, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2z88OvX
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1950477695262019/

🇺🇸 Oct 06 The Marquee, Tempe, AZ, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/2yYUtl6
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/303854476887370/

🇺🇸 Oct 08 Canton Hall, Dallas, TX, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/33wsVBP
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/251558048861437/

🇺🇸 Oct 09 The Ready Room, St.Luis, MO, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2TtVmvo
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1975653709194633/

🇺🇸 Oct 11 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, United States
Tickets: https://livemu.sc/2yUJ7yv
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2243102989293023/

🇺🇸 Oct 12 Jannus Live, St.Petersburg, FL, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2TvdiWG
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2259118317491937/

Sonata Arctica headlining shows with Battle Beast:

🇺🇸 Oct 13 Motorco, Durham, NC, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/300gPia
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/369145410296838/

🇺🇸 Oct 14 Music Farm, Charleston, SC, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2yTQVka
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2411737168871380/

🇺🇸 Oct 16 Soundstage, Baltimore,MD, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2TyXKBd
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/505361979961063/

🇺🇸 Oct 17 Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park, NY, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/31DnBLg
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/326058831509071/

🇺🇸 Oct 18 Webster Theater, Hartford, CT, United States
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2OTS4D2
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/320278605239838/

The shows in Stockholm, Sweden and Stuttgart, Germany are also SOLD OUT, thank you all very much!

The Acoustic Adventure show in Oslo is SOLD OUT, thank you all for the support!

The Acoustic Adventures show in Hyvinkää was SOLD OUT! Thank you all for a great evening! Cheers!

The Acoustic Adventures show in Sellosali, Espoo on February 21st is SOLD OUT!

Thank you very much for the support!

For the first time ever in Europe, Sonata Arctica meet & greet tickets available on the Acoustic Adventures Tour !

This is your chance to meet the band and have your picture taken before the show. The meet & greet tickets are stricktly limited so get yours now ! Get VIP meet and greet upgrade and more info:

https://bit.ly/2ML484V

PLEASE NOTE: This is a VIP UPGRADE and does NOT include a ticket to the event.

Sonata Arctica will perform at Smuggler rok in Lieto, Finland on August 10th, 2019 ! See you there !

https://www.lippu.fi/