Sonata Arctica have premiered a new song titled “Dark Empath.” This track is from the band’s new album “Clear Cold Beyond,” which will be released on March 8. Frontman Tony Kakko said the following about the song, which serves as a sequel to “Don’t Say A Word”:
“This track is part of a saga that started on our second album ‘Silence’ in 2001 — some even think it started on our debut album with the song ‘The End Of This Chapter’ — and has many sequels and prequels already. Its stalker theme offers a frame to write songs in a certain style I like very much. People do not seem to mind this, fortunately, haha! It’s not a chronological story, but rather a theme with reoccurring, familiar characters that end up living through variations of the theme over and over again.”
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