SONATA ARCTICA Release Music Video For “Life”

Finnish melodic metal titans, SONATA ARCTICA, will unleash their new studio album called The Ninth Hour on October 7th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have released the music video for the brand-new song “Life”. Watch the clip directed by Ville Juurikkala here:

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“I tried desperately to have at least one positive, uplifting song on this album and maybe this is it. I always struggle writing positive lyrics, that’s the thing. We’ve been called “happy metal” many times because of the melodies and so on, but lyrics are usually something that do not walk the sunny side of the road. They contrast the music. ‘Life’ anyway, is telling people to find good things in life, find the things hurting and causing harm and replacing them with positive things with help of friends. Go out and be together with people, share experiences, live. I know it’s a dumb thing to say, but life is better alive”, commented Tony Kakko.

More on The Ninth Hour:
‘Closer To An Animal’ OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO
Album Trailer Part I
Album Trailer Part II
Album Trailer Part III 

Once again, the upcoming album was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen, to create a recognisable yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in the year 2016.

Here is the full tracklist of The Ninth Hour:
01. Closer To An Animal
02. Life
03. Fairytale
04. We Are What We Are
05. Till Death’s Done Us Apart
06. Among The Shooting Stars
07. Rise A Night
08. Fly, Navigate, Communicate
09. Candle Lawns
10. White Pearl, Black Oceans Part II – “By The Grace Of The Ocean”
11. On The Faultline (Closure To An Animal)

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Once again, the upcoming album was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen, to create a recognizable yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in the year 2016.

Right after the release of their anticipated record and their European tour with label mates TWILIGHT FORCE, SONATA ARCTICA will return to the states for a headlining tour with LEAVES’ EYES and OMNIUM GATHERUM

Confirmed dates for SONATA ARCTICA‘s 2016 North American Tour with LEAVES EYES & OMNI GATHERUM are:
11/06/2016  The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
11/07/2016  The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD
11/08/2016  Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY
11/09/2016  The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
11/11/2016  Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
11/12/2016  Webster Theater – Hartford, CT
11/13/2016  Club Soda – Montreal, QC CANADA
11/14/2016  Mavericks – Ottawa, ON CANADA
11/16/2016  Dallas – Kitchener, ON CANADA
11/17/2016  Park Street Saloon – Columbus, OH
11/18/2016  Token Lounge – Westland, MI
11/19/2016  Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
11/21/2016  Rave – Milwaukee, WI
11/22/2016  Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
11/24/2016  The Exchange – Regina, SK CANADA
11/25/2016  Dickens – Calgary, AB CANADA
11/26/2016  Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB CANADA
11/28/2016  The Venue – Vancouver, BC CANADA
11/29/2016  El Corazon – Seattle, WA
11/30/2016  Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
12/02/2016  Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
12/03/2016  Brick by Brick – San Diego, CA
12/04/2016  The Grove – Anaheim, CA
12/05/2016  Club Red – Tempe, AZ
12/06/2016  Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
12/08/2016  Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
12/09/2016  Granada – Lawrence, KS
12/10/2016  Trees- Dallas, TX
12/11/2016  Cine El Rey- McAllen, TX
12/13/2016  Alamo Music Hall- San Antonio, TX
12/14/2016  Scout Bar- Houston, TX
12/16/2016  House of Blues- Lake Buena Vista, FL
12/17/2016  The Masquerade-  Atlanta, GA

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