Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have announced that a pre-sale for their new album, The Days Of Grays, is now available at this location.

As previously reported, Sonata Arctica will premier their new video, for the track 'Flag In The Ground', tomorrow (Friday, August 28th) at their MySpace page.

The band previously posted "making of" footage for new video. Check it out below.

'Flag In The Ground' will be featured on the band's forthcoming album, The Days Of Grays, which will see a worldwide release (excluding Asia) through Nuclear Blast Records on September 18th, September 22nd in North America.

Formats/tracklistings:

Limited two-CD digipak:

'Everything Fades To Gray' (Instrumental)

'Deathaura'

'The Last Amazing Grays'

'Flag In The Ground'

'Breathing'

'Zeroes'

'The Dead Skin'

'Juliet'

'No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart'

'As If The World Wasn’t Ending'

'The Truth Is Out There'

'Everything Fades To Gray' (full version)

Bonus Track:

'In The Dark'

Bonus CD: track listing to be announced

CD Jewelcase:

'Everything Fades To Gray' (Instrumental)

'Deathaura'

'The Last Amazing Grays'

'Flag In The Ground'

'Breathing'

'Zeroes'

'The Dead Skin'

'Juliet'

'No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart'

'As If The World Wasn’t Ending'

'The Truth Is Out There'

'Everything Fades To Gray' (full version)

Sonata Arctica have updated their tour itinerary with North American headlining dates, which include:

September

17 - San Marcos, CA - Jumping Turtle

October

12 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
15 - London, ON - Music Hall
16 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Down Under
17 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasants
18 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave

As previously reported, the band have the following dates supporting DRAGONFORCE, and also featuring TAKING DAWN:

September

18 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
19 - Regency Center @ The Grand - San Francisco, CA
20 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
21 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
23 - Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, AB
24 - MacEwan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB
25 - Odeon Events Centre - Saskatoon, SK
26 - Burton Cummings - Winnipeg, MA
28 - Beaumont - Kansas City, MO
29 - The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
30 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL

October

2 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
3 - Le Medley - Montreal, QC
4 - Theatre Imperial - Quebec City, QC
6 - The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza - New York City, NY
7 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
9 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
10 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
11 - Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA