Friday, 22 August 2014

SONATA ARCTICA to release re-recorded 'Ecliptica' 15th Anniversary edition


While currently on yet another successful world tour, this time to support their latest studio-album 'Pariah's Child', Finnish melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA swung by the studio to re-record their debut album 'Ecliptica', which was released 15 years ago. This new version will be released on October 27th under the banner 'Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th AnniversaryWhile currently on yet another successful world tour, this time to support their latest studio-album 'Pariah's Child', Finnish melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA swung by the studio to re-record their debut album 'Ecliptica', which was released 15 years ago. This new version will be released on October 27th under the banner 'Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition' on Nuclear Blast. The original 'Ecliptica'was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more). The album was promoted live on tour with STRATOVARIUS and RHAPSODY. Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg comments: "When it first was suggested to us by our Japanese label that we'd re-record our debut album 'Ecliptica', it felt a bit weird, but somehow the idea grew on us. Being that only Tony and Tommy played on the original one, we thought that it would be a fun thing to do, to give these great songs another run. We're definitely not trying to re-write history, the original 'Ecliptica' is the starting point of this band and a very special album with a certain feel of innocence and enthusiasm which cannot be recreated as such since we're not teenagers anymore. Having said that, this new [...]

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