The first set of bands have been revealed for next year’s Wacken Open Air festival. The event will take place in Wacken, Germany on July 31 to August 3 and it will feature the following: Scorpions, Amon Amarth, In Extremo, Blind Guardian, Mayhem (40th anniversary set), Pain, Beast In Black, Watain (“Lawless Darkness” set), Bury…
Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica have announced a co-headlining European tour. Induction will open. Tour Dates: 10/14 Umeå, SWE – Northern Rockfest @ Energi Arena 10/15 Borlänge, SWE – Cozmoz Arena 10/16 Oslo, NOR – Vulkan Arena 10/17 Gothenburg, SWE – Trädgår’n 10/19 Stockholm, SWE – Slaktkyrkan 10/20 Roskilde, GER – Gimle 10/21 Hamburg, GER –…
Sonata Arctica have shared a lyric video for “I Have A Right” from their new acoustic album “Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two.” That effort will be released on September 30. Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg commented: “We first released ‘I Have A Right’ as a single ten years ago, lifted from the ‘Stones Grow Her Name’…
Jani Liimatainen (Insomnium, The Dark Element) has premiered a new song titled “All Dreams Are Born To Die.” This track features Sonata Arctica’s Tony Kakko and it will appear on Liimatainen’s new solo album “My Father’s Son,” which is set to be released on May 6. “My Father’s Son” Track Listing: 01. “Breathing Divinity” (feat.…
Sonata Arctica have premiered a new video for an acoustic version of their song “For The Sake Of Revenge.” This track is from the band’s new acoustic album, “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One,” which was released today (January 21). Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg commented: “”Originally recorded for Unia back in 2007, ‘For The Sake Of Revenge’…
Sonata Arctica have shared a lyric video for “The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me” from their upcoming acoustic album “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One.” That effort will be released on January 21. Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg commented: “‘The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me’ was a song that first appeared as a…
Nightwish have announced the revised dates for their 2021 European tour. You can find the updated schedule for that run below. Tour Dates: 11/14 Oslo, NOR -Spektrum (with Sonata Arctica and Turmion Kätilöt) 11/22 Amsterdam, NET – Ziggo Dome (with Amorphis and Turmion Kätilöt) 11/23 Amsterdam, NET – Ziggo Dome (with Amorphis and Turmion Kätilöt)…
Sonata Arctica’s new acoustic album “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” has been delayed until January 21, 2022. Furthermore, the band have also postponed their “Acoustic Adventures MMXXI” tour with Eleine until fall 2022. Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg commented: “Despite of the circumstances slowly getting better, we will unfortunately have to postpone our Acoustic Adventures European…
Sonata Arctica have announced that they will be releasing a new acoustic album titled “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” in October 2021. Volume Two will follow in 2022. With this news, the band have also announced the dates for their “Acoustic Adventures MMXXI” tour with Eleine. Vocalist Tony Kakko said the following about the upcoming…
John Finberg, the owner of First Row Talent who worked as a booking agent for Nightwish, Epica, Amorphis, Delain, Amaranthe, Suffocation, Sonata Arctica, Overkill, etc., has been accused of sexual harassment, bullying, racism, sexism, and more. The allegations were shared in a new expose from Metalsucks, which details a number of disturbing incidents involving Finberg.…
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