SONATA ARCTICA - Ecliptica 15th Anniversary South American Tour Dates Confirmed
November 23, 2014, 9 years ago
Finland's Sonata Arctica will bring their successful Pariah’s Child World Tour to Latin America in 2015. Confirmed dates are as follows, with more to be added soon.
February
27 - CE Pedro Bortolosso - Osasco, Brazil
28 - Aquarius Rock Bar - São Paulo, Brazil
March
3 - Circo Voador - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5 - Music Hall - Curitiba, Brazil
6 - Bar Opinao - Porto Alegre, Brazil
8 - El Teatro - Buenos Aires, Argentina
11 - Teatro Cauopolican - Santiago, Chile
13 - Estadio Rock and Soccer - Antofagasta, Chile
15 - TBA - La Paz, Bolivia
For details and ticket links go to this location.
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Finnish melodic metal heroes, Sonata Arctica, re-recorded their debut album, Ecliptica, which was released in October under the banner Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition via Nuclear Blast. Check out the band's very own clip for the Genesis cover of “I Can't Dance” below:
Back then, Ecliptica was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (Nightwish, Children Of Bodom). The album was promoted live on tour with Stratovarius and Rhapsody. Henrik "Henkka“ Klingenberg comments: “When it first was suggested to us by our Japanese label that we'd re-record our debut album Ecliptica, it felt a bit weird, but somehow the idea grew on us. Being that only Tony and Tommy played on the original one, we thought that it would be a fun thing to do, to give these great songs another run. We're definitely not trying to re-write history, the original Ecliptica is the starting point of this band and a very special album with a certain feel of innocence and enthusiasm which cannot be recreated as such since we're not teenagers anymore. Having said that, this new version is more of a tribute and an update on how these songs sound when played by our current line-up. We wanted to stay true to the original album as much as possible and not turn this into some weird re-arranged project where you couldn't tell which song was being played. So here it is, the 15th anniversary version of Ecliptica. Hope you enjoy it, we certainly had a good time digging into these songs and laying down the tracks.
Ecliptica - Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition tracklisting:
“Blank File”“My Land”
“8th Commandment”
“Replica”
“Kingdom For A Heart”
“Fullmoon”
“Letter To Dana”
“UnOpened”
“Picturing The Past”
“Destruction Preventer”
Bonus:
“I Can't Dance” (Genesis cover)
Official album trailer with excerpts from "My Land", "Replica" as well as "Kingdom For A Heart":