Genre: Power/Progressive Metal
Label(s): Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
Sonata Arctica, originally called Tricky Means and starting out as a hard rock group rather then the power metal they are known for nowadays, is one of my personal favorites of the genre. I like a lot of power metal, ask any of my fellow metalheads and they'll tell you. I recently picked this album up while I was looking for their debut, Ecliptica. I saw other albums by the group, ones such as Unia, Silence, and Reckoning Night. I didn't have an interest in the other albums, although Unia is one of my favorites by the band, so I picked up The Days of Greys after using the sampler at the store (I love FYE). And I have to say, listening to it for the first time without any knowledge of the album, I was pleasantly surprised by what I was hearing.
As I said before, I like power metal. And I've listen to these guys for a while, the first song I heard from them was Paid In Full while I was on youtube one day and stumbled onto the music video, and thus began my interest and personal investigation into the group. It wasn't until recently that I found out that this album is their current most recent album to be released. I haven't heard anything so far about a new album. According to the website, www.sonataarctica.info, they are still on a U.S. and Canada tour for The Days of Greys.
I look forward to a new album by these guys, and hopefully to see them live someday. I still want to get my hands on Ecliptica, though....
Overall, I give these album an 8. I like the album, but the second track on the album, Deathaura, to me is too long and drawn out. Not really sticking to a select path. But then again, that's just me being pessimistic.
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