“The power of one” (track 14)-which was originally the album’s closing track, and lasts 11′ 36″-it closes with white noise, then silence, and then a few seconds before the track ends, a deep voice speaks something like “I didn’t fucking touch the mic, hold on!” Conclusionįor a tricky second album, Sonata Arctica seemed to have pulled this off pretty well.

There are some nice mid-paced songs such as “Sing in silence” (track 9) and “Tallulah” (track 11) which really help break up the album and introduce a new dimension and depth to Sonata Arctica’s sound. “Weballergy” (track 2) is the sequel to the opening track from their debut, “Blank file”, which continues the theme of web privacy. The album opens with “…of silence” (track 1): padding keyboards and a mildly cheesy spoken vocal. Melodic, poppy AOR-style, Helloween-flavoured power metal with power ballads aplenty and souring, widdly guitar solos. More of the same from Finland’s power metal quartet (now a quintet on this album). Mikko Karmila-Grand piano on tracks 4 and 11.Tony Kakko-Vocals and keyboards (additional).Recorded at Tico Tico Studio during autumn 2000 and spring 2001. Mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in April 2001.

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