Sonata Arctica 🐺 Reaction + Review [Early Years]🐺 Full moon | Wolf and Raven | Victoria's Secret
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- #MetalAcademix react to and review Sonata Arctica's early years. We review three songs from their first three albums: Full Moon (Ecliptica, 1999), Wolf and Raven (Silence,, 2001) and Victoria's Secret (Winterheart's Guild, 2003).
00:00 Metal Academix review Sonata Arctica
02:37 Sonata Arctica Full Moon
12:40 Sonata Arctica Wolf and Raven
22:38 Sonata Arctica Victoria's Secret
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Pure fun powermetal, sonata arctica.
White pearl, black oceans is my favourite by them.
Best song ever
To anybody wondering, the video is from the anime movie "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust".
Full Moon is probably the song which pulled me into the world of heavy metal. I have great memories about that time :) btw Jani is now playing with Insomnium which is one of my favorite bands today...somehow the circle is closing almost two decades later ^^
Gotta second this! As a side note: I remember cursing the world when Jani left the band (for his Finnish army service iirc). Even though my taste has shifted towards the heavier stuff I still cherish all the Sonata stuff I always loved since discovering heavier music!
Insomnium is top1 for me for years, and Jani has been the perfect addition to the band!
@@nekali wasn't it because he needed to treat his drinking problem?
The guitar player of this band is absolutely talented , great technique and is really the reason this band sounds the way it is , you can tell the big difference when you hear them live. I would say top guitar player in this genre , fantastic technic and very tight playing
I think a really underrated song by them that I don't hear many people talk about, that to me personally, is one of their absolute best is "The Ruins of My Life". I think it hits that really nice speed metal sound, but also having a lot of moments of reflection and softer melody. I also just love the meaning behind it and the chorus.
The first time I heard Wolf and Raven I couldn’t process what he was saying and I thought he was singing in Finnish! 😂 Love this band in all eras. They’re super creative and Tony’s lyrics and melodies are always really nice. Less speedy these days but their music is still powerful.
The best era in my opinion. Jani Is one of my fauvorite musician ever!
I love this "run away run away run away" thing in Full Moon.
The line about the wolf eating the raven is derived from a natural occurrence of ravens hanging around wolves on hunts(or something like that, I read this in a book like 20 years ago), wherein the two seem accustomed to each other's company. So the "nightmare" is that harmony being dashed or perverted.
The second Victoria's Secret keyboards solo (26:05) was written and originally performed in studio by Jens Johansson of Stratovarius. That's why it differs in this version.
Wolf and raven is just the best
And one of Tony's biggest composing regrets, lol.
First time watching one of your videos and I gotta say the joy you have watching Sonata Arctica makes my heart so happy. This is hands down my favorite metal band and I love everything they do. Their sound is so distinct and beautiful. "The Cage" was my first introduction to them and it changed my whole view of music. Keep up the awesome videos!
We had them also in a battle of the bands, against Hammerfall: th-cam.com/video/dbHHp9954Yo/w-d-xo.html
@@MetalAcademix I will definitely check that out!
Really good picks for that video! Sonata Arctica used to be my favorite band of all times, but they slowly lost the hand after Jani left the band, in my opinion.. You can feel the difference in the sound after Unia. I mean, they still have some awesome songs after that, but its kinda harder and harder for me to keep listening to their songs, to the point i dont want to hear the new albums. I dont wanna destroy that good feeling that their old stuff brings to me. For me, Tony and Jani were the perfect mix, the first bringing the melody and the second the "metal". By the way, Jani has two great side projects, the first being Cain's Offering, where he collaborate with Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius (Morpheus in a masquerade is a nice song to start haha) and latter he did a project with Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish) called The Dark Element.
The video is from the anime movie "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust".
There has always occurred a reason why the members have changed in the band, whether it has been changes in personal life or losing motivation. When they went into more progressive style with "Unia" album, they stated in several interviews that they needed to go there or lose interest to the band while stuck in a pigeonhole.
I love sonata arctica !🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
my favorite songs from Sonata Arctica are White Pearl, Black Oceans, Black Sheep and San Sebastian
Seriously impressive pronouncing of the names, great work! Also great songs and really good break down of early Sonata. I was 14 or 15 and still remember it like yesterday when Ecliptica came out, it just absolutely exploded the power metal scene here in Finland. Everyone were just going nuts over them 🤘
The Power of One is their most powerful song!
Grande sonata arctica, como bien lo dijo Tony en una entrevista, la razón de bajar el ritmo de las canciones actuales es que no se ven a los 60 años tocando power metal, y quieren hacer algo más como el metal progresivo y el melódico, pero aún están en la fase de experimentar, y se nota mucho en the nine hour y Talvyö, más que nada el Talvyö a mi parecer se apresuraron mucho y se nota bastante la caída de la calidad musical, la idea es buena, pero parece que Nuclear Blast la disquera los apresuró, y la producción del disco está muy mal.
Best song of the old era is Don’t Say A Word.
I used to have a half Finnish half German penpal of sorts and she sent me a MP3 of Kingdom for a Heart and I was hooked. I immediately bought their CDs and Jani, lol Jani inspired me to learn the guitar and I always had the goal of bringing myself to a point where I could play their songs. It took a while lol but finally I came full circle and managed to comfortably play Fullmoon as well as nail the Wolf and Raven riff. I'm so glad I grew up with such awesome music 🤗🤗
Amazing choices
My personal choices:
My selene
Last drop falls
Shy
#BRASIL
As Wolf and Raven is insane!!! The guitar solo is unique and historic! Priceless the power of this song! Just thinking about the beginning, the smack that starts this song.. Madness! Made history! Invaluable 🔥🔥🔥❤️
I love Sonata Arctica's first 5 albums. The later albums not so much, though there are at least a few decent tracks on all of them.
I agree on this point. Which later songs do you like? Just thinking in case we'll make a Sonata Arctica episode 2... -Anamaria
Pariah's Child is somewhat new and a good album, IMO.
Yes, that is a better one of the newer generation. I remember the cover 🐺 of the album, and the first song, also about the wolves (though probably not the best song on the album). - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix Would love to see an episode 2!
Any suggestions for fav songs?
You say that Jani left and became the founder of Insomnium. Insomnium was founded in 1997, first album was released in 2002. Jani Liimatainen became a member in 2019.
You are totally right, jani has joined Insomnium much later. I was thinking about Cain's Offering, which is also something many other commentators named here. Jani is a great guitarist so the more we hear him play, no matter in which bands. -Anamaria
My best songs:
My Land
Replica
Kingdom for a Heart
FullMoon
Weballergy
This End of This Chapter
Sing in Silence
The Cage
The Misery
Victoria's Secret
Broken
My Selene
Losing My Insanity
Good to see that we got at least two right, from your list ☺ - Anamaria
My favorite band until the album Unia. Jani is one my favorite guitar player, after he left I just couldn't enjoy the band as much as before, although I still enjoyed some songs from newer albums, but not the whole package as I did before. Jani headed two projects that released great albums in my opinion, Cain's Offering with Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius vocal) and The Dark Element with Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish vocal).
I'm a sucker for sad stories, so I would definitely recommend White Pearl, Black Oceans and the whole Caleb & Juliet saga ( Caleb / Till Death's Done Us Apart / The End of this Chapter / Don't say a Word / Juliet).
you chose the best era of this band, thanks for this chanel
I like their instrumental stuff, but cannot say that I have been impressed by vocal. P.S. You looks great as always Anamaria and Michael 🤘
Thank you 🙌 🤘
Tony got nasally performing the older stuff around 2006, and you can really hear it in this show. He sounds like a different singer from the Full Moon demos.
Vampire Hunter D
Love this Band they do a great cover of "I want out" by Helloween
Indeed! We have had a battle of the bands on I Want Out,: th-cam.com/video/dbHHp9954Yo/w-d-xo.html Perhaps it falls to your liking. - Anamaria
Well Silence album i think are their best. And there are a lot of good songs in the album. My favorit from it are the last chapter.
Great song choices. I am glad you didn't pick any of the ballads, though they are great, they are not the selling point Sonata Arctica imo. I would also have loved to see The Cage, as you pointed out, but they have so many great songs that you couldn't do any wrong with these ones.
"Letter to Dana", "The Misery", "Last Drop Fall" are pure gems.
Also the Victoria's secret version from "for the sake of revenge"
First of all great song choices Anamaria. Obviously the band has much more to offer but all of those are pretty perfect. Fingers crossed we get an Episode 2 of Sonata Arctica (Maybe with White Pearl, Black Ocean :).
My first experience with Sonata Arctica was at Wacken Open Air in 2003 when they played an amazing setlist during night time und clear sky. Pretty epic moment, so that's a very fond memory of my early adulthood.
I personally would've liked if Michael elaborated a bit more what he liked and disliked in this Video. He was a bit silent in this one. For me a big part of the appeal of reaction videos is the elaboration of what connected and what doesn't work for each reactor.
On a suggestive note, I'd recommend Michael to checkout: Twilightning - Delirium Veil. Another finnish album from 2003, but quite different power metal. I think you'll like that.
And for Anamaria, I think you'd enjoy Timeless Miracle - Curse of the Werewolf (from Sweden). I think they fit right in with the wolf theme. :)
Best regards,
Florian
Sonata Arctica IS THE BEST: Please do The Power of One by Sonata Arctica PLEASE
a band that can sound beautiful but also kick ass at the same time ;)
SONATA IS GOOD ALWAYS
San Sebastián by sonata arctica is nice too
The "for the sake of revenge" version of fullmoon sounds better imo
... thank you for the memories... I only had the CD 💿 "Silence" , don't remember if the song "full moon" was included, but sounds very familiar and is amazing! ... also the video is nice and familiar from another band from neighboring Russia 🇷🇺 called: "Ария" (Aria) , the song: "Следуй за мной" (follow me) has a version of this video... I would love to see your reaction to this video 🍻😊🤟
Just searched Следуй за мной - it is a great song! And I could see that it comes from "Krov za krov" album, which turns to be one of my ARIA favorites. I love (as I have said many times) Kipelov's voice, but the bass is soooo good, and the guitars too. I feel we should do a review for ARIA. at this point :) But where to start? - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix haha... great! So many good songs... two early ones that come to mind are "we rock this world" (Разкатчает ето мир ? ) and "Улица Роз" - there are live video clips from these songs out there- visually entertaining and melodic... from the later years I like "Torero" 🦬 ... thank you so much for your reactions and reply hasta la vista👍❤ 🤟😊🍻
@@MetalAcademix oh my friend... check out, if you haven't, the live version of следуй за мной from Kipelov solo act ( band- 'Kipelov' ) a bit heavier, but so good, especially the guitar solo 🤟
Really good album’s all three. 😀
Best song is from a single: Peacemaker.
It's a good one, definitely. And Silence is probably one of my top three albums from SA. -Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix th-cam.com/video/_dARlWVRY-Y/w-d-xo.html
Their first albums are the best!!! that good memories bring to those songs💕👌🤟Definitely since the launch of Unia and since Jani left the band, his style changed radically and personally stopped being to my liking.
What? Their first ....
@@sausagefinger12 Thank you very much grammar police
San Sebastian!!!
First, this was a good choice, 2 out of 3 for me. I would've chosen the song Replica instead of Wolf and Raven. Victoria's Secret is my favourite song from Sonata Arctica - so, well done. As you mentioned Insomnium, they are worth a reaction, also ... I'm just saying :o). Another great Power Metal band is Blind Guardian (from Germany):
- Time stands still (Blind Guardian) th-cam.com/video/Rry4Pqpo3Og/w-d-xo.html
- The Bard's Song/Valhalla (Blind Guardian - 2 for 1) th-cam.com/video/i-IcX_bccFc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the recommendation, we should definitely do a BG review. In the meantime, perhaps you would find this Battle of the Bands to your liking: th-cam.com/video/ZwQlqio_0CU/w-d-xo.html - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix Thanks.
i needed to get insurance for my eyes after seeing your beard
Sonata Arctica always good memories, one my favorites band.
On my case I will choice a little bit different , for sure Full Moon they play always.
But I will change Wolf and Raven for Black Sheep live version on Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo the keys there is Mikko Härkin together with Jani make one of the perfect duo and Victoria's Secret the album version the Jens Johansson solo is mandatory, also the video of live is with the current formation with Elias Viljanen on the guitar.
I saw live Sonata Arctica already 4 time, back on the day with Jani y also with current formation, last time I saw Sonata was 2019 on a festival, they play some of the old ones but in general was not good show, except Black sheep or Full moon they lost a lot of brightness after Jani left.
In my case I love song like Paid in full for Unia, Power of One, the End of this chapter, The cage, Don't say a word, they have so much memorable song is impossible put all.
After Jani Left he found also the Super Group Cain's Offering with Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius, on his first album key was the ex Sonata Arctica Mikko Härkin, second Album was with jens on the keys.
Some link of Cain's Offering
Oceans of regret th-cam.com/video/z7YRXSoDhcs/w-d-xo.html
The best of times: th-cam.com/video/0-3PM2FF_eU/w-d-xo.html
Constellations of Tears: th-cam.com/video/4_islLzQIQI/w-d-xo.html
Stolen Waters: th-cam.com/video/Yubsrpe5SjM/w-d-xo.html
For my opinion all the creativity musically left with Jani.
Jani doesn't agree with your opinion, Not Your Monster The Dark Element. That's what Jani thinks of people like YOU. He wrote 1 Sonata Arctica song you absolute dolt.
Creativity???? Wtf? Old songs are more simple than new ones, clean your ears
I love early Sonata but was a bit disappointed seeing them live, only played a few of the older songs. I get that bands want to evolve but still, those early albums are pretty much flawless. If they'd done a set list like "for the sake of revenge" live album that would have been one of my favourite shows.
When did you see them live? - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix once in Milan Italy and once in Glasgow Scotland. The Milan show was better as it had more songs that I am a fan of and a good atmosphere. The Glasgow show still wasn't bad but they were playing a lot from the 9th Hour album which I am not a big fan of.
nothing beats flag in the ground please review
It is noted, for when we make episode two for SA. - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix Thanks so much!
when its a karaoke, you have to put up the words, 2 seonds before the actual line.. what do I know im drunk as shit
But letter toDana
sugestion for a batlle don't say a word sonata arctica vs xandria
I haven't listened to any Xandria, maybe this would be a good opportunity to do so. - Anamaria
You sound very Latin when you say Sonata Arctica. Curious about from where you are 🤔🤔🤔
Good, I was actively trying to sound a bit 'Latin', ha ha. I am not Spanish though... Swedish with Romanian /Bucovinian roots, as I say in our review of Bucovina 🤘✌️th-cam.com/video/IOLLHVeT9ks/w-d-xo.html - Anamaria
@@MetalAcademix it honestly got me confused, because you sounded very latina, but you don't speak English with a latin accent 😂😂😂. Thanks for clarifying it. I'll now check that video.
I hope you will like the episode. If you speak Spanish, you might understand some of the Romanian words, who knows? - Anamaria
@Metal Academix no please don't review anything else by Sonata Arctica. If you cannot understand nor comprehend that bands are people and people get older and evolve. As you get older your priorities change. Why would grown men in their 40's sing about 20 yr old concerns?? Tony is 46 do you really expect him to do the same thing he did 25 yrs ago??
Are you actually that dense??
If you don't like them, don't listen to their music or react to them.
That simple my guy.
I dare you and these other TH-cam Commentary keyboard warriors to go and tell Tony on his IG that YOU don't like his current songwriting.
I don't have Instagram. -Michael
@ Neece LoneWolf : So the rules are apparently that if you like something you're allowed to talk about it; but if you don't, you're suddenly not allowed to talk about it? Seems a little one-sided. Sorry if Sonata Arctica is your sacred cow or something, but there's nothing wrong with what these two discussed. They also didn't say anything regarding the band's priorities or what they "expect" SA to do, so that's a strawman to begin with. If differing opinions or critiques are something you're unable to deal with, then that's unfortunately more of a _you_ problem, and is something you should sort out before venturing into reaction videos.