Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA's new album, Stones Grow Her Name, will be released on May 18th via Nuclear Blast Records. Tomorrow, Friday, April 20th. German TV station iM1 (formerly iMusic1) premiers the band's new video, for the single 'I Have A Right', first at 5 PM, CET on their homepage, and one our later at 6 PM, CET at their legendary Rocks show on TV.

The single for 'I Have A Right' will be released on May 18th. There is a limited version of the digipak single with band signatures on pre-sale at the official Sonata Arctica webshop. Order yours before they run out at this location.

The release date is initial, the singles will be shipped right after they have been signed.

Tracklist:

'I Have A Right' (radio edit)

'I Have a Right' (album version)

Band leader Tony Kakko comments on 'I Have A Right': "'I Have A Right' was the very last song I wrote for this album. At that point Tommy had already played his last track for Stones Grow Her Name, gotten ready to go to sauna AND opened his first beer for that night, when I sms'd him to check his e-mail and record yet one more "easy track". He was mildly pissed. And perhaps fueled by that he nailed the song on the first take. It was a very emotional moment for him, I was told. The song hits home, if you know the subject and can relate to the subject. To put it short it's a song about how we should not pass the burden we get from the past generation on the shoulders of our future offspring. Children's rights subject. Not the most metal subject ever, I suppose, but then again I think it fits our band well and is pretty universal. Funny to actually have fans from each age group this songs speaks about. Let's see what comes of it. Choosing the first single and video from this album was not very easy this time around as we had so many candidates. The best possible problem to have! 'I Have A Right' won the vote. The playing parts for this video were shot in our home town Kemi, here in Finland. The location was an old, abandoned school building. Somehow spooky and COLD. It was mid march. Could say we were lucky the weather was unseasonably warm, yet way below zero. Director Tuukka Temonen and his crew did a great job with editing and all the additional footage. All in all, from my point of view, this was the easiest ever Sonata Arctica video to make. No 12 hours standing in a room filled with bird shit, no freezing my ass off on the ice in the middle of the sea from 8am to 10pm, or running in the woods in the middle of the night and not sleeping for 48 hours... had all that with the past videos. I am more than pleased. I hope you like the song and video as much as we do."

The new album, Stones Grow Her Name, was recorded in several studios all over Finland, mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Mikko Karmila and mastered at Chartmakers by Svante Forsbäck.

Check out Parts 1 and 2 of the band's 'Making Of' documentary below:

Stones Grow Her Name will be released as limited edition digipak, standard jewel case, vinyl and download. Check out the album artwork below:

The tracklisting:

'Only The Broken Hearts (Make You Beautiful)'

'Shitload of Money'

'Losing My Insanity'

'Somewhere Close To You'

'I Have A Right'

'Alone In Heaven'

'The Day'

'Cinderblox'

'Don't Be Mean'

'Wildfire II'

'Wildfire III'

Tony Kakko comments: "Our newest adventure is only a final touch short of being ready. The recordings went extremely well and the mixing is in schedule. Have to say I am enjoying myself greatly. I've had a very hard and work filled two year period writing the songs while touring extensively with our previous album, The Days of Grays. But it has all been worth it! Yet again we are introducing new things to keep the music alive and interesting. New elements, styles and new moods, talented quest artists and ideas for the enjoyment of the loyal friends of our music. Can't wait for you to get your hands and ears on Stones Grow Her Name! Hope to see you all again on tour! Be well!"