Sonata Arctica continue the tradition of their Finnish contemporaries, like Stratovarius and so on.
Too bad that they just re-sample way too much of the others in their genre.
What Sonata Arctica have to offer is just a bunch of interesting solos and melodies, but as a whole Ecliptica fails completely.
The songs lack diversity, and it is almost impossible to listen to the album all the way through.
That's too bad, though; Sonata Arctica have proven earlier that they do have the skills and potential to make an exceptional heavy metal album, but here it seems that they have just chosen the easy path.
Sure, hit songs such as "Blank File" and "Unopened" will satisfy the "everyfan" of heavy metal, but the same ideas repeat too many times during the album.
Sonata Arctica's next phase should be to find a style of their own to contrast with their contemporaries.
But as a debuting band, they are not so bad.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blank File | Sonata Arctica | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | My Land | Sonata Arctica | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | 8th Commandment | Sonata Arctica | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Replica | Sonata Arctica | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | Kingdom for a Heart | Sonata Arctica | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Fullmoon | Sonata Arctica | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Letter to Dana | Sonata Arctica | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 42 MB |
| 8 | Unopened | Sonata Arctica | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Picturing the Past | Sonata Arctica | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 10 | Destruction Preventer | Sonata Arctica | Play | 07:39 | 17 MB | 51 MB |
| 47 mins | 108 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 349 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raisa Aine | Additional Personnel, Flute |
| 2 | Toni Härkönen | Photography |
| 3 | Jani | Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 4 | Janne | Guitar (Bass), Member of Attributed Artist |
| 5 | Janne | Bass, Group Member |
| 6 | Tero Junkkila | Engineer |
| 7 | Mika Jussila | Mastering |
| 8 | Mikko Karmila | Mixing |
| 9 | Ahti Kortelainen | Engineer |
| 10 | Sonata Arctica | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Tommy | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 12 | Tony | Keyboards, Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |