Sonata Arctica have announced that their new album “Talviyö” will be released on September 6. You can check out a lyric video for the first single, “A Little Less Understanding,” below:
Vocalist Tony Kakko said the following about the song:
“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.”
He also commented on the album:
“The idea was to create an album that is musically in line with at least the previous two albums. I am very happy with the songs and the general mood of the album. Some career highlights there, I feel.”
Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg added:
“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.”
“Mikko [Tegelman] 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.”
Klingenberg also commented on the artwork:
“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.”
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