Album: The Ninth Hour by Sonata Arctica (2016)
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Record Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: Album

Description: "The Ninth Hour" is the ninth studio album from Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, released October 7, 2016 on the Nuclear Blast label.
The artwork featured a future Utopian landscape with technology and nature in the balance.
SONATA ARCTICA are slowly haunted by fear and doubt when it comes to the future of this planet. And although their sound is still dominated by fast guitar solos, catchy keyboard melodies and Tony Kakko’s unmistakable vocals - a gloomy sense of world-weariness is creeping through their ninth studio album The Ninth Hour.

Artist Background: Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Originally created as a hard rock band, they often include symphonic metal elements, and their later releases contain several elements typical of progressive metal. The line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Marko Paasikoski, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo since August 2007. All the musicians of the band's hi... Part of the Kemi, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Symphonic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Stratovarius, Cain's Offering, Avantasia, Edguy

Music Scene: Part of the Kemi, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Symphonic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Symphonic Metal, 2010s, Album, Nuclear Blast


"The Ninth Hour" is the ninth studio album from Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, released October 7, 2016 on the Nuclear Blast label.
The artwork featured a future Utopian landscape with technology and nature in the balance.
SONATA ARCTICA are slowly haunted by fear and doubt when it comes to the future of this planet. And although their sound is still dominated by fast guitar solos, catchy keyboard melodies and Tony Kakko’s unmistakable vocals - a gloomy sense of world-weariness is creeping through their ninth studio album The Ninth Hour.

The Ninth Hour

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