I hope to be able to do this as long as it feels good. And that kind of says what's the future of the band. At least I'm not jumping on stage, that's for sure. Where do you see yourself, or the band, in 20 years? But I agree you with this "Silence" thing. We have learned new things, new ways of doing some shit, naturally, so I'm pretty sure we have all something on it. Personally, I would love another album like "Silence"! What can we expect on the new one? Are you planning to progress your sound with time, or stick to the trusty old formula. That is going to be a theme thing in vain of 'The End Of This Chapter', really dark thing. It's worrying to me that I'm more into making the ep/lp we release after the 3rd album. I don't have any songs ready yet, some ideas though.
We will enter the mighty Tico-Tico Studio in our town Kemi in September. One album left with Spinefarm what are the plans for a new Sonata Arctica release? Do you have anything ready, or is it all coming from scratch? We have of course met a LOT of bands, but these 2 I consider being real friend bands. It's nice to have someone to share this pain of creation. Couple of years ago they were idols! I love this business (with all its little faults)! And Nightwish, well I've been working with them on couple of occasions and they are the closest thing we really have to a brothers/sister on this business. It's nice you can SMS or e-mail to these fellas as friend.
We toured with Stratos and got to know them. Nightwish (HUGE addition to your list!) & Stratovarius are the closest ones. Are you guys friends with any of these musicians? SO other than that I'm "natures child", if you will.įinland’s metal scene today is probably my favorite, with amazing bands like Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Amorphis, Sentenced., and now, of course, Sonata Arctica. Frustrating to see little kids aged 5 learn and master things faster and better than "moi". Thanks! Nice to hear you think so! Cool! I studied keyboards for 2 years when I was 18-19, but that really was not my thing. "Silence" is a metal masterpiece! It has not left my player since I bought it, I must congratulate you as a composer, I am curious-what kind of musical education/experience do you have for such a young genius? We have sold around 40k in Japan, but there are zillion people in Japan. More than "Ecliptica", which was expected. Crazy people! "Silence" has sold nicely in Finland. We had guests from Japan(imagine, this girl came to our hometown Kemi on Dec 23rd, spent a week there, then took a taxi to Mietaa (400+km!!) where we had a show on 29th and ended the trip in Helsinki.), Germany, France & Sweden at least.
Not that many bands are able to really tour in Finland the way one can do in Europe for example. And we have those until the end of February. The shows in Finland, well, it's not touring in strictest sense of the word. OK, I understand you just came home after a short tour in Finland, playing New Year’s Eve in Helsinki! How did that go? Are people still excited about "Silence"? What was the turnout like, regarding the relatively small population of Finland? The genius composer and singer Tony Kakko has a way of creating melodies that will stick in your head for days! I had the privilege of having him take a break from mixing an upcoming live album to answer a few of my questions for all the hungry fans out there! Enjoy! Their latest release "Silence" is seen as no less than a true masterpiece by the staff here at MetalBite, and it has gotten half of us into power metal in general. How talented does a band have to be to tour with power metal giants Stratovarius and Rhapsody after only one full-length album? Sonata Arctica, hailing from the frigid zones of northern Finland, have proven more than worthy.
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