Sonata Arctica

**Sonata Arctica** is a Finnish power metal band founded in 1996 in Kemi.

The band's original name was **Tricky Beans**. After releasing three demo recordings it was changed into **Tricky Means**. Afterwards the band adopted its current name.

Before they became as famous and popular as they are, they got attention from metal fans for touring and playing with the band Nightwish.

Sonata Arctica's first music album was _Ecliptica_. It was released on November 1999 in Finland and elsewhere in 2000. 30,000 copies were sold in Japan. The newest studio recording is
_Stone grow her name_ (2012).

### Original members

- Tony Kakko - vocals, keyboards
- Janne Kivilahti - bass
- Jani Liimatainen - guitar
- Tommy Portimo - percussion

### Current members

- Tony Kakko - vocals
- Henrik Klingenberg - keyboards
- Jani Liimatainen - guitar
- Marko Paasikoski - bass
- Tommy Portimo - percussion

### Studio albums

- _Ecliptica_ (1999)
- _Silence_ (2001)
- _Winterheart's Guild_ (2003)
- _Reckoning Night_ (2004)
- _Unia_ (2007)
- _The Days of Grays_ (2009)
- _Stone grow her name_ (2012)
- _Pariah's child_ (2014)
- _The Ninth Hour_ (2016)
- _Talviyö_ (2019)
- _Acoustic Adventures – Volume 1_  (2022)
- _Acoustic Adventures – Volume 2_  (2022)
- _Clear Cold Beyond_ (2024)

### Compilations

- _The End of This Chapter_ (2005 in Japan, 2006 in Europe)
- _The Collection_  (2006)

### Live albums

- _Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo_ (2002)
- _For the Sake of Revenge_ (2006)
- _Live in Finland_ (2011)

### Mini Albums

- _Successor_ (2000)
- _Orientation_ (2001)
- _Takatalvi_ (2003)
- _Don't Say a Word_ (2004)

### Singles

- _Unopened_ (1999)
- _Wolf and Raven_ (2001)
- _Last Drop Falls_ (2001)
- _Victoria's Secret_ (2003)
- _Broken_ (2003)
- _Don't Say a Word_ (2004)
- _Shamandalie_ (2004)
- _Replica 2006_ (2006)
- _Paid in Full_ (2007)
- _The Last Amazing Grays_ (2009)
- _Flag in the Ground_ (2009, promo)
- _I Have a Right_ (2012)
- _Shitload of Money_ (2012)
- _Alone in Heaven_ (2013)
- _The Wolves Die Young_ (2014)
- _Cloud Factory_ (2014)
- _Love_ (2014)
- _Kingdom for a Heart_ (2014)
- _Christmas Spirit_ (2015)
- _Closer to an Animal_ (2016)
- _Life_ (2016)
- _A Little Less Understanding_ (2019)
- _Cold_ (2019)
- _The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me_ (2021)

### Demo recordings

- _Agree Pamppers_ (1996)
- _Friend till the End_ (1996)
- _PeaceMaker_ (1997)
- _Fullmoon_ (1999)

### Other releases

- _Wolf & Raven_ (Music Video, 2001)
- _Broken Live_ (Music Video, 2003)
- _Don't Say a Word_ (Music Video, 2004)
- _For the Sake of Revenge_ (DVD, 2006)
- _Paid in Full_ (Music Video, 2007)

## Other websites

- The official Sonata Arctica page

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Sonata Arctica
- **img**: SASeptember07.jpg
- **img capt**: Sonata Arctica performing live at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California 2007
- **img size**: 250
- **landscape**: Yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **alias**: Tricky Beans, Tricky Means,
- **origin**: Kemi, Finland
- **genre**: Power metal, progressive metal
- **years active**: 1996−present
- **label**: Spinefarm Records, Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
- **current members**: Tony Kakko
Tommy Portimo
Marko Paasikoski
Henrik Klingenberg
Elias Viljanen
- **past members**: Jani Liimatainen
Pentti Peura
Janne Kivilahti
Mikko Härkin