SONATA ARCTICA's Tony Kakko To Guest On Metal Meltdown Radio Show Tonight

September 19, 2014, 10 years ago

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SONATA ARCTICA's Tony Kakko To Guest On Metal Meltdown Radio Show Tonight

An interview with Sonata Arctica vocalist, Tony Kakko, will be featured on today's Metal Meltdown (Friday, September 19th) from 5 - 7 PM, EST on WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland.

Tony will discuss the upcoming Ecliptica - Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition. Tune in at this location.

Sonata Arctica recently swung by the studio to re-record their debut album Ecliptica, which was released 15 years ago. This new version will be released on October 24th under the banner, Ecliptica - Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition, on Nuclear Blast.

 

 

Check out the first single from the album, “Kingdom For A Heart”, 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)


The first (digital) single from the CD, “Kingdom For A Heart”, is out now.

 


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