With the release of their new record »Pariah’s Child« coming up, Finnish Melodic Metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA have now put out the official music video on the track ‘The Wolves Die Young’.
The video is available to watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGp0kms-GEk

Commented frontman Tony Kakko: 

“‘The Wolves Die Young’ was pretty much born to be a single. And it is. It also paved the road for the rest of the album. Set a mood in a way. It just felt real good to start with. 2014 is a year of a wolf.”

The video shoot for ‘The Wolves Die Young’ took place in January 2014 at Sibelius House in Lahti, Finland. The clip was produced by Patrick Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company.

Finnish Melodic Metal Heroes SONATA ARCTICA just released the single The wolves die young from their highly anticipated eighth full-length album »Pariah’s Child« today. The single will be available digitally and on CD.

Order the single here: 

Or via iTunes here: http://georiot.co/SonataArcticaWolves

Finnish Melodic Metal Heroes SONATA ARCTICA will release the track `The wolves die young´ from their highly anticipated eighth full-length album »Pariah’s Child« on February 07, 2014.

The single will be available digitally and on CD.

Pre-Order the single here: 
Or via iTunes here: http://georiot.co/SonataArcticaWolves

Today SONATA ARCTICA release their 3rd studio trailer, featuring new member Elias Viljanen.

Watch it here:

If you missed part 1 featuring drummer Tommy Portimo, click here: http://youtu.be/Q0WTxiNlVHU
The second one with Pasi Kauppinen can be seen here: http://youtu.be/W5Czn5qyG94

Check the links below to get VIP Tickets from Enterthevault.com for Sonata Arctica‘s North American tour in September/October 2014. Use the drop-down menu on the website to choose between general admission and VIP ticket.

03.09.2014 – USA – Mexicali Live, Teaneck, NJ   
04.09.2014 – USA – Stage 48, NYC, NY        
05.09.2014 – USA – Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA    
06.09.2014 – USA – Palladium, Worcester, MA    
08.09.2014 – CAN – Club Soda, Montréal, QC    
09.09.2014 – CAN – Impérial de Québec, Québec City, QC
10.09.2014 – CAN – Mavericks, Ottawa, ON        
11.09.2014 – CAN – Mod Club, Toronto, ON      
13.09.2014 – USA – Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
14.09.2014 – USA – Altar Bar, Pittsburgh, PA    
16.09.2014 – USA – Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH    
17.09.2014 – USA – Mojoes, Joliet, IL    
19.09.2014 – CAN – Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB    
20.09.2014 – CAN – The Exchange, Regina, SK    
21.09.2014 – CAN – Starlite Room, Edmonton, AB    
22.09.2014 – CAN – Republik, Calgary, AB        
24.09.2014 – CAN – The Venue, Vancouver, BC    
25.09.2014 – USA – El Corazón, Seattle, WA    
26.09.2014 – USA – Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR    
28.09.2014 – USA – Regency Center, San Francisco, CA    
29.09.2014 – USA – House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA    
30.09.2014 – USA – The Grove, Anaheim, CA        
01.10.2014 – USA – Club Red, Tempe, AZ    
04.10.2014 – USA – Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO    
05.10.2014 – USA – Granada Theater, Lawrence, KS    
07.10.2014 – USA – Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX    
08.10.2014 – USA – Backstage Live, San Antonio, TX    
09.10.2014 – USA – Trees, Dallas, TX        
10.10.2014 – USA – Scout Bar, Houston, TX        
12.10.2014 – USA – Diamonds, Louisville, KY    
13.10.2014 – USA – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA    
14.10.2014 – USA – House of Blues, Orlando, FL    
15.10.2014 – USA – Orpheum, Tampa, FL    

Sonata Arctica is coming back to Russia this November during their Pariah’s Child World Tour. In addition to that they will also visit the Ukraine and Belarus for the first time. Check out the tour dates below!

02.11.2014 – Volta, Moscow, Russia
03.11.2014 – Premio Centre, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
05.11.2014 – Bingo, Kiev, Ukraine
06.11.2014 – Re:public, Minsk, Belarus
08.11.2014 – Avrora, St. Petersburg, Russia

Tickets: http://www.go2show.biz

Sonata Arctica’s upcoming album “PARIAH’S CHILD” is available for pre-order from their official webshop! Shipping worldwide!

Check out the different pre-order bundles (CD (digipak) + Shirt, CD (digipak) + Ziphood or CD (digipak) + Patch) here: http://shop.sonataarctica.info!

On March, 28th the new SONATA ARCTICA album »Pariah’s Child« will be released. It is the band’s eighth studio album and the follow up to their successful »Stones Grow Her Name«.

Today SONATA ARCTICA release the tracklist of »Pariah’s Child«:

1. The Wolves Die Young
2. Running Lights
3. Take One Breath
4. Cloud Factory
5. Blood
6. What Did You Do In The War, Dad?
7. Half A Marathon man
8. X Marks The Spot
9. Love
10. Larger Than Life

The recordings were just completed, and the band is till overwhelmed by themselves about the final result. Vocalist Tony Kakko recently commented:

“There are some instant Sonata-Greatest-Hits songs there, which feels good. I think we reached the result we had in mind, each of us in our own field. We went on to create the next SONATA ARCTICA power metalesque album and I think we achieved it adequately. I have to say that I had drifted pretty far away from those “days of thunder”, that speedy happy go lucky attitude. I was happy to notice this style can still make me smile. It’s good. Music has to do that to me. It also shows the other older songs in a totally new light for me. I can now understand and appreciate why the fans enjoy what we did in the early days.”

The album was recorded and produced by the band at “Studio 57” in Alaveteli, Finland. The mix was done by the band’s new bass player Kauppinen.

SONATA ARCTICA also recorded five studio episodes with each member, which will be released every week. Check out the first part, featuring drummer Tommy Portimo, here: http://youtu.be/Q0WTxiNlVHU
Pre-order »Pariah’s Child« here: http://smarturl.it/SONATA-Pariah

Sonata Arctica will return to North America supporting their upcoming album “Pariah’s Child” in September/October 2014.

See the tour dates below:

03.09.2014 – USA – Mexicali Live, Teaneck, NJ    
04.09.2014 – USA – Stage 48, NYC, NY        
05.09.2014 – USA – Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA    
06.09.2014 – USA – Palladium, Worcester, MA    
08.09.2014 – CAN – Club Soda, Montréal, QC    
09.09.2014 – CAN – Impérial de Québec, Québec City, QC    
10.09.2014 – CAN – Mavericks, Ottawa, ON        
11.09.2014 – CAN – Mod Club, Toronto, ON        
13.09.2014 – USA – Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
14.09.2014 – USA – Altar Bar, Pittsburgh, PA    
16.09.2014 – USA – Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH    
17.09.2014 – USA – Mojoes, Joliet, IL    
19.09.2014 – CAN – Park Theater, Winnipeg, MB    
20.09.2014 – CAN – The Exchange, Regina, SK    
21.09.2014 – CAN – Starlite Room, Edmonton, AB    
22.09.2014 – CAN – Republik, Calgary, AB        
24.09.2014 – CAN – The Venue, Vancouver, BC    
25.09.2014 – USA – El Corazón, Seattle, WA    
26.09.2014 – USA – Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR    
28.09.2014 – USA – Regency Center, San Francisco, CA    
29.09.2014 – USA – House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA    
30.09.2014 – USA – The Grove, Anaheim, CA        
01.10.2014 – USA – Club Red, Tempe, AZ    
04.10.2014 – USA – Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO    
05.10.2014 – USA – Granada Theater, Lawrence, KS    
07.10.2014 – USA – Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX    
08.10.2014 – USA – Backstage Live, San Antonio, TX    
09.10.2014 – USA – Trees, Dallas, TX        
10.10.2014 – USA – Scout Bar, Houston, TX        
12.10.2014 – USA – Diamonds, Louisville, KY    
13.10.2014 – USA – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA    
14.10.2014 – USA – House of Blues, Orlando, FL    
15.10.2014 – USA – Orpheum, Tampa, FL      

The first summer festival show of 2014 has been confirmed for Sonata Arctica. It will be at Dolni Vitkóvice-Open Air in Ostrava (CZ) on August 2nd, 2014.

On March, 28th the new SONATA ARCTICA album “Pariah’s Child” will be released. It is the band’s eighth studio album and the follow up to their successful “Stones Grow Her Name”.

Today the beautiful cover artwork for “Pariah’s Child” will be released. Vocalist Tony Kakko explains he thoughts behind the album title and the artwork like this:

“As always it’s pretty hard coming up with a name for the new baby. I tried to approach it from many angles; how this is our 8th album and how easy it would be to abuse that fact. All the symbolism of figure eight, eternity and so on. But that just did not feel right as it’s been done so many times. Then I started to think how we’d in ways abandoned our “totem animal”, the wolf and all what comes with the territory. As the music on the album is bowing more towards the “old” Sonata, meaning more power metal style elements and wolves in many of the songs in one form or another, it was clear we need a wolf on the cover. An abandoned wolf. A pariah. Or Pariah’s child, actually. The new generation to bring the old logo back._“
Right after the release, SONATA ARCTICA will start touring again. Keyboard player Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg left the following message: “_It’s been a while since we last toured Europe, so I’m very happy that we can announce our first tour with our new album. Since the album will be out in March 2014, we don’t want to waste any time but will head out for a full European Tour. Our tour will start in Eindhoven, NL on April 10th, 2014. The whole band is really looking forward to playing some new songs for you and introduce our new bass player, Pasi, to all our fans. He’s a monster live, you’ll see. Check below for the tourdates and we’ll see you in a few months!”

10.04.2014 – NL – Effenaar, Eindhoven
13.04.2014 – NL – Melkweg, Amsterdam
14.04.2014 – DE – Markthalle, Hamburg
16.04.2014 – DE – Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig
17.04.2014 – DE – C-Club, Berlin
18.04.2014 – DE – Hellraiser, Leipzig
19.04.2014 – DE – Matrix, Bochum
21.04.2014 – DE – Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg
22.04.2014 – DE – Garage, Saarbrücken
23.04.2014 – FR – Bataclan, Paris
24.04.2014 – DE – Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg
26.04.2014 – DE – Hirsch, Nürnberg
27.04.2014 – CH – Z7, Pratteln
28.04.2014 – IT – Live Club, Trezzo
30.04.2014 – HU – Club 202, Budapest
01.05.2014 – CZ – Retro Music Hall, Prague
02.05.2014 – AT – Szene, Vienna
04.05.2014 – FR – Transbordeur, Lyon
05.05.2014 – ES – Bikini, Barcelona
06.05.2014 – ES – Arena, Madrid