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The Days of Grays
by: Sonata Arctica
List Price: $15.98Price: $13.99 current as of:
03/13/2010 13:13 EST
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0727361237929
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
MPN: 12379
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nuclear Blast Americ
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Studio: Nuclear Blast Americ
Editorial Review:Album Description:Stirring up youth in the hearts of many and acting like a sonic beacon for fans seeking the ultimate adrenaline high, Finland's ambassadors of light and hope have toiled through difficult times long enough to harvest an award-winning career. The Days of Grays is a testament to finding light in the darkness as after years of touring in relative obscurity here in the States, Sonata Arctica have found their place. Taking their cues from traditional and Power Metal bands, arena rockers and a seemingly long-gone time when melody in heavy music was the expectation, not the exception, the band have returned to the faster, chant-friendly, fist-pumping songs they're known for worldwide.
Disc 1:- Everything Fades to Gray [Instrumental]
- Deathaura
- Last Amazing Grays
- Flag in the Ground
- Breathing
- Zeroes
- Dead Skin
- Juliet
- No Dream Can Heal a Broken Heart
- As If the World Wasn't Ending
- Truth Is out There
- Everything Fades to Gray [Full Version]
- In My Eyes You're a Giant [*]
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I've made it no secret that I hated Unia. I think Unia is chock full of great musical ideas woven randomly into very poor and overly complex songs (see my review and the ensuing discussion if you want to discuss that further).
This album truly shows maturity. They have taken what was good from their earlier work, combined that genius songwriting with the complexity of Unia. The result? Their best album to date. It is the perfect balance of basic songwriting and wisely used complex ideas. ...
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I bought this album as soon as I could. I knew it was going to be an extension from Unia based on interviews I read with Henrik Klingenberg (Keyboards), but since Unia is an album that I will literally listen to exclusively for a month, I was okay with that. Let me say that I love early Sonata Arctica. I love those speedy riffs and the rapidfire drums. However, when Unia departed from that into a realm with more crunchy power chords and traded rhythmic speed for complexity, I still liked it.
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Let me introduce myself as a Sonata fan from the beginning. I have always loved their fast, double-bass laden power metal. As an objective listener who like GOOD MUSIC and not just double-bass crazy fast stuff, I can say that this is definitely one of their best albums. Sonata Arctica has made a truly epic album full of hard, melodic rock that fans should love despite a slight slow-down in speed. But please note that it is definitely an increase in tempo and power from Unia. I get bored with Unia, but have ...
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I've been a fan of Sonata Arctica since Ecliptica. I've bought every CD, including the live CD's. Reckoning Night was the first CD I didn't really like as much as the others. It was like Winterheart's Guild, but without the Awesome. Unia was (in my opinion) a better disc--different, but still a good album. Well, this new one is a misfire, plain and simple.
There's so much going on here. The disc is a cacophany of dissonance and noise. Where are the hooks? Melody is lacking, although not ...
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This album thoroughly impressed me upon its first listen. After being in some sense disappointed with Unia (mostly since it was an album you had to really take time to appreciate and get to like), I was expected an even more complex, softer, and less coherent album in The Days of Grays. Fortunately, I was very surprised! This album is fantastic and instantly grips you with melodies. I feel this should have been the album in between Reckoning Night and Unia. It touches on Sonata's ever-growing complexity, ...
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