Sonata Arctica Pratteln Tickets, Z7 Konzertfabrik, 01 May 2027

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Z7 Konzertfabrik

KRAFTWERKSTRASSE 7, 4133, Pratteln, Switzerland

www.z-7.ch/

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Doors open: 18:45

Price: CHF65.55

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Sonata Arctica biography

Sonarta Arctica are a heavy metal band hailing from Kemi, Finland who formed in 1995. Still going strong in their third decade together, the band are one of the most commercially succesful power metal bands in the world.

The story of how Sonarta Arctica became the band that they are today is half absolutely normal, and half the complete opposite of what a band normally does just after it forms. To wit, the band began life with the name Tricky Beans. A patently ridiculous name I’m sure you’ll agree, but nothing out of the ordinary, and then as the band members got more serious about what they were doing they changed their name to the more agreeable (for a metal band) Sonarta Arctica.

So far so normal, right? Then you take into account what they were doing musically at the same time. The band started life as a raucous hard rock band, describing their sound as “a mixture of Megadeth and Spin Doctors”, and at the time they decided to get more serious with their ambitions as a band… they started playing power metal.

A serious band becoming ludicrous I can understand. Vice versa, I can understand. A band balancing the ludicrous and serious I can understand. But a band swapping the reasons why they’re ludicrous and serious over, and effectively becoming a photo negative of the band they formed as? It’s just as well that Sonarta Arctica own it and are a truly great band in their own right, cos otherwise they’d be insufferable.

The band came together in 1995, spent two years playing as Tricky Beans and built up something of a cult following with near constant touring and three demo E.P’s which were sold on the road. 1997 was the point that they started to rethink the band’s sound, which was obviously the right thing to do since the very first thing they recorded with the new line-up and updated sound got them signed to Spinefarm Records. By the time they’d released their first single on the label, they’d signed further deals all around the world, the stage, it’s fair to say, was set.

Their debut album “Ecliptica” was released in November 1999 and left enough of a legacy to justify a completely rerecorded 15th anniversary release in 2014. It was a top twenty hit in their home country, eventually going Gold as have seven of the eight albums they released after it, and with each successive album their profile across Europe as a whole has gotten bigger and bigger. They’re a band that any fan of heavy metal at its most silly and sublime should cherish like few other things in life, and they come highly recommended.

Live reviews

Speed metal, gnarly riffs, key boards, metal, and fantasy lyrics, every nerds dream. Sonata Artcica is an amazing speed metal band that focuses on fantasy lyrics and old time themes. They shred the guitars hard and fast to bring and gets the crowd amped. They bring fast hard riffs, along with the melody of a nice keyboard which is what makes a lot of their music unique and pop.
When they enter the stage there is a ambient keyboard tune to bring the band on, once each member is on stage, they blast off with a song. The crowd usually sings along since they vocals are not growling but more like serenading. They keep the crowed in tune with clapping and singing for the most part. They do a lot of explaining of the songs they do which is good for the first timer.

Anonymous

Rage formed in 1984, however, they were not called Rage. They were called Avenger. They didn’t change their name to Rage after that though. Oh no. First they were called FURIOUS RAGE. They were literally called ANGRY ANGER. So now that we’ve gotten the fact that they’re the greatest band of all time out of the way, now I can let you know that their live show more than matches up to the awesomeness of their name(s) and strictly in terms of awesomeness blows it completely out the water. Rage are a pretty fascinating mix of riffs pilfered from prog and speed metal but played with the scope and scale of power metal, they even have their own orchestra for crying out loud! It’s tailor made to sound incredible live, and there is truly something for every metal head in existence. There’s metallic heft for everyone down to mosh, enough technical wizardry from both the band and their orchestra (THEIR OWN ORCHESTRA) to appease any instrumentalists in the audience and more than enough operatic vocals to make anyone act out their Ronnie James Dio fantasies no matter who might be watching and/or judging. That said, it’s a metal show, no-one will be judging, everyone will be too busy worshipping at the feet of one of the true unsung metal giants of our time. If you’re any shape or form of metal head, I cannot recommend this high enough. One to see as soon as possible.

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