January 6th, 2010

SONATA ARCTICA’S ‘SONGS OF SILENCE’ and ‘WINTERHEART’S GUILD’ albums to be released in the UK for the first time...

FINNISH POWER METALLERS Sonata Arctica will have their ‘Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo’ & ‘Winterheart’s Guild’ albums made available in the UK on February 8th 2010 via the Spinefarm UK label.

This will be the first time that these two titles – dating from 2002 & 2003 respectively – have had an official UK release.

 ‘Songs of Silence – Live In Tokyo’ features 13 live tracks drawn from the band’s first two albums (‘Ecliptica’ & ‘Silence’); including such classic material as ‘FullMoon’, ‘Black Sheep’, ‘Wolf & Raven’, ‘My Land’ & ‘Replica’, the album was recorded at Shibuya On Air East in Tokyo on September 4th 2001.

‘Winterheart’s Guild’, meanwhile, saw the group adopting a generally heavier approach, as well as making good use of keyboard maestro Jens Johansson (Stratovarius); amongst the 13 featured tracks are such melodic metal anthems as ‘Victoria’s Secret’ , ‘The Cage’ & ‘Ruins Of My Life’.

 ‘Winterheart’s Guild’ is also the name of a long-awaited RPG game by Zelian inspired by and designed in collaboration with Sonata Arctica themselves.