SONATA ARCTICASonata Arctica es una banda de Power Metal finés proveniente de la ciudad de Kemi formada en 1996 bajo el nombre Tricky Beans, que después cambió a Tricky Means, y finalmente a Sonata Arctica, en 1999.
Sonata Arctica ha recibido la influencia de bandas como Stratovarius, Helloween, entre otras citadas por el grupo en diversas entrevistas. En sus últimas producciones (Reckoning Night, Unia y The Days Of Grays), se evidencian elementos de Metal sinfónico añadidos a su sonido característico.
MIEMBROSActualesTony Kakko (1996 - presente) (voces y teclado)
Tommy Portimo (1996 - presente) (batería)
Marko Paasikoski (2000 - presente) (bajo y segundas voces)
Henrik Klingenberg (2003 - presente) (teclados)
Elias Viljanen (2007 - presente) (guitarra)
AnterioresPentti Peura (1996−1999) (bajo)
Janne Kivilahti (1999−2000) (bajo)
Mikko Harkin (2000−2002) (teclados)
Jani Liimatainen (1996-2007) (guitarra y segundas voces)
DISCOGRAFIAÁlbumes y Álbumes en VivoEcliptica 1999
1. Blank File (4:05)
2. My Land (4:36)
3. 8th Commandment (3:41)
4. Replica (4:55)
5. Kingdom For A Heart (3:51)
6. FullMoon (5:06)
7. Letter To Dana (6:00)
8. UnOpened (3:42)
9. Picturing The Past (3:36)
10. Destruction Preventer (7:40)
11. Mary-Lou (4:30) (Bonustrack)
Silence 2001
1. ...Of Silence (1:17)
2. Weballergy (3:51)
3. False News Travel Fast (5:18)
4. The End Of This Chapter (7:01)
5. Black Sheep (3:42)
6. Land Of The Free (4:24)
7. Last Drop Falls (5:13)
8. San Sebastian (Revisited) (4:37)
9. Sing In Silence (3:51)
10. Revontulet (1:32)
11. Tallulah (5:20)
12. Wolf & Raven (4:15)
13. Respect The Wilderness "Bonus Track Japonés" (3:51)
14. The Power Of One (10:01)
Songs Of Silence 2002
Disco 1 1. Intro (1:12)
2. Weballergy (4:25)
3. Kingdom For A Heart (4:10)
4. Sing In Silence (3:50)
5. False News Travel Fast (5:20)
6. Last Drops Falls (5:16)
7. Respect The Wilderness (4:03)
8. FullMoon (5:26)
9. The End Of This Chapter (6:01)
10. The Power Of One (9:35) Bonus Track Japonés
11. Replica (5:12)
12. My Land (5:02)
13. Black Sheep (4:08)
14. Wolf And Raven (6:09)
Disco 2 (Editado solo en Japón)
Blank File (4:34)
Land Of The Free (4:54)
PeaceMaker (Grabado en estudio) (3:28)
Winterheart's Guild 2003
1. Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited (5:37)
2. Gravenimage (6:58)
3. The Cage (4:37)
4. Silver Tongue (3:58)
5. The Misery (5:08)
6. Victoria's Secret (4:43)
7. Champagne Bath (3:57)
8. Broken (5:18)
9. The Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me (4:22) (Bonustrack)
10. The Ruins Of My Life" (5:14)
11. Draw Me (4:06)
Reckoning Night 2004
1. Misplaced (4:42)
2. Blinded No More (5:33)
3. Ain't Your Fairytale (5:26)
4. Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night (3:21)
5. Don't Say A Word (5:49)
6. The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet (4:44)
7. My Selene (5:28)
8. Wildfire (4:36)
9. White Pearl, Black Oceans (8:47)
10. Shamandalie (4:04)
11. Wrecking The Sphere "Bonus Track Japonés" (7:02)
12. Jam (Canción Oculta)
For The Sake Of Revenge 2006
Lista de temas del DVD 1. "Prelude For Reckoning" (Intro)
2. "Misplaced"
3. "Blinded No More"
4. "FullMoon" (incluye un extracto de "White Pearl, Black Oceans")
5. "Victoria's Secret"
6. "Broken"
7. "8th Commandment"
8. "Shamandalie"
9. "Kingdom for a Heart"
10. "Replica"
11. "My Land"
12. "Black Sheep"
13. "Sing in Silence"
14. "The End Of This Chapter"
15. "San Sebastian"
16. "The End Of This Keyboard" / -sing-a-long
17. "Gravenimage"
18. "Don't Say A Word"
19. "The Cage"
20. "Vodka" / "Hava Nagila"
21. "Draw Me (Instrumental)" (Outro)
Lista de temas del CD 1. "Prelude For Reckoning" (2:16)
2. "Misplaced" (4:43)
3. "Blinded No More" (5:16)
4. "FullMoon" (5:49)
5. "Victoria's Secret" (5:03)
6. "Broken" (5:26)
7. "8th Commandment" (3:56)
8. "Shamandalie (3:54)
9. "Kingdom For A Heart" (4:17)
10. "Replica" (4:08)
11. "My Land" (4:16)
12. "Black Sheep" (4:00)
13. "Gravenimage" (2:23)
14. "Don't Say A Word" (6:35)
15. "The Cage-Vodka-Hava Nagila" (7:26)
Unia 2007
1. In Black And White (5:03)
2. Paid In Full (4:24)
3. For The Sake Of Revenge (3:23)
4. It Won´t Fade (5:58)
5. Under Your Tree (5:14)
6. Caleb (6:16)
7. The Vice (4:08)
8. My Dream's But A Drop Of Fuel For A Nightmare (6:13)
9. The Harvest (4:21)
10. To Create A Warlike Feel* (5:03)
11. The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden (2:57)
12. Fly With The Black Swan (5:25)
13. Good Enough Is Good Enough (5:16)
14. They Follow** (4:50)
15. Out In The Fields** (Gary Moore) (4:06)
16. My Dream's But A Drop Of Fuel For A Nightmare (Instrumental)** (7:11)
*Bonus Track Europeo
**Bonus Track Japones
The Days Of Grays 2009
1. "Everything Fades To Gray (Instrumental)" - 3:06
2. "Deathaura" - 7:58
3. "The Last Amazing Grays" - 5:40
4. "Flag In The Ground" - 4:08
5. "Breathing" - 3:55
6. "Zeroes" - 4:23
7. "The Dead Skin" - 6:14
8. "Juliet" - 5:59
9. "No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart" - 4:33
10. "As If The World Wasn't Ending" - 3:49
11. "The Truth Is Out There" - 5:03
12. "Everything Fades To Gray (Full Version)" - 4:32
Bonus track (Edición europea)
13. "In The Dark" - 5:21
Bonus track (Edición estadounidense)
13. "In My Eyes You're A Giant" - 4:42
Bonus tracks (Edición japonesa)
13. "Nothing More" - 3:56
14. "In My Eyes You're A Giant" - 4:42
EP y RecopilacionesSuccessor 2000
Orientation 2001
Takatalvi 2003
Don't Say A Word 2004
The End Of This Chapter 2005
The Collection 2006
Ecliptica 2008
Silence 2008
Takatalvi 2010
SinglesUnOpened 1999
Wolf & 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
Flag In The Ground 2009
The Last Amazing Grays 2009
VIDEOSWEBhttp://www.sonataarctica.info/site07/