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SONATA ARCTICA release new music video for ‘Life’

SONATA ARCTICA have released a brand new music video!

The Finnish quintet are weeks away from the release of their latest album, The Ninth Hour, in preparation they have released the music video for Life, the second song on the album. Watch the music video, which has been directed by Ville Juurikkala here:

Speaking about the album, Tony Kakko (vocals) says, “I tried desperately to have at least one positive, uplifting song on this album and maybe this is it. I always struggle writing positive lyrics, that’s the thing. We’ve been called “happy metal” many times because of the melodies and so on, but lyrics are usually something that do not walk the sunny side of the road. They contrast the music. Life anyway, is telling people to find good things in life, find the things hurting and causing harm and replacing them with positive things with help of friends. Go out and be together with people, share experiences, live. I know it’s a dumb thing to say, but life is better alive”.

As with their previous works, it has been produced by SONATA ARTICA, and mixed by Paso Kauppinen.

The Ninth Hour tracklist:
01. Closer To An Animal
02. Life
03. Fairytale
04. We Are What We Are
05. Till Death’s Done Us Apart
06. Among The Shooting Stars
07. Rise A Night
08. Fly, Navigate, Communicate
09. Candle Lawns
10. White Pearl, Black Oceans Part II – “By The Grace Of The Ocean”
11. On The Faultline (Closure To An Animal)

The Ninth Hour - Sonata Arctica

SONATA ARCTICA upcoming tour dates:

w/ TWILIGHT FORCE
07.10.16 NOR – Trondheim, Trondheim Metal Fest *SOLD OUT*
08.10.16 SE – Borlänge, Liljan
09.10.16 SE – Huskvarna, Folkets Park
11.10.16 DK – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
12.10.16 DE – Hamburg, Markthalle
13.10.16 NL – Haarlem, Patronaat
14.10.16 NL – Tilburg, 013
15.10.16 UK – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
16.10.16 FR – Paris, La Machine du Moulin Rouge
18.10.16 FR – Strasbourg, La Laiterie
19.10.16 CH – Pratteln, Konzertfabrik Z7
20.10.16 IT – Milan, Alcatraz
21.10.16 DE – Mannheim, Alte Seilerei
22.10.16 DE – Bochum, Zeche

The Ninth Hour is set for release on October 7th via Nuclear Blast Records.

For more information on SONATA ARCTICA like their official page on Facebook.