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![Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation 4,080 metres (13,390 ft)) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The religious significance of this lake is next to that of the Lake Manasarovar in Tibet.[1][2][3] The lake is the venue of a highly revered pilgrimage trek undertaken during the month of August/September corre](http://web.archive.org./web/20110611034027im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/7f/85/b35fc8b991228eaee82aa857b657_grande.jpg "Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation 4,080 metres (13,390 ft)) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The religious significance of this lake is next to that of the Lake Manasarovar in Tibet.[1][2][3] The lake is the venue of a highly revered pilgrimage trek undertaken during the month of August/September corre")
| Name | Reckoning Night |
|---|---|
| Type | studio |
| Artist | Sonata Arctica |
| Cover | Reckoningnight.jpg |
| Released | September 22, 2004 |
| Recorded | March, April and June 2004 |
| Genre | Power metal |
| Length | 55:28 |
| Label | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer | Sonata Arctica and Markus Staiger |
| Last album | Don't Say a Word(2004) |
| This album | Reckoning Night(2004) |
| Next album | Unia(2007) |
# "Misplaced" – 4:42 # "Blinded No More" – 5:33 # "Ain't Your Fairytale" – 5:26 # "Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night" (instrumental) – 3:21 # "Don't Say A Word" – 5:49 # "The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Real Puppet" – 4:44 # "My Selene" – 5:28 # "Wildfire" – 4:36 # "White Pearl, Black Oceans..." – 8:47 # "Shamandalie" – 4:04 # "Wrecking the Sphere" (bonustrack on Japanese edition only) - 7:02 # "(Hidden Track) Jam - 2:51
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| Name | Sonata Arctica |
|---|---|
| Landscape | Yes |
| Alias | Tricky Beans, Tricky Means, |
| Background | group_or_band |
| Origin | Kemi, Finland |
| Genre | Power metalProgressive metal |
| Years active | 1996−present |
| Label | Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast |
| Url | www.sonataarctica.info |
| Current members | Tony KakkoElias ViljanenTommy PortimoMarko PaasikoskiHenrik Klingenberg |
| Past members | Jani LiimatainenMikko HärkinJanne KivilahtiPentti Peura |
Sonata Arctica are a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Their later works (most notably The Days of Grays, Unia and a few tracks on Reckoning Night) contain several elements typical of progressive metal.
In 1997 the band changed their name to Sonata Arctica, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar. Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices and second guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band. Kakko has stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius.
In 1999, the band recorded a demo entitled FullMoon in Kemi's Tico Tico Studios, which was their first real metal recording. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, bassist Janne Kivilahti and drummer Tommy Portimo. The demo was sent to Spinefarm Records by a friend of the band and a recording deal soon followed, during which the band changed its name to Sonata Arctica.
Tony Kakko then decided to focus on singing and began looking for a new keyboard player for Sonata Arctica; Mikko Härkin (ex-Kenziner) was eventually invited to fill the position.
In the beginning of 2000, Sonata Arctica was chosen to support the well known power metal band Stratovarius throughout their European tour. Marko Paasikoski returned to the band to play bass in the wake of Janne Kivilahti's departure after the tour.
From late 2000 to late 2001, the band worked on composing and recording their next album — Silence — which was released in June 2001. An extensive tour followed, which included concerts throughout Europe (together with Gamma Ray) and Japan. In 2002 Sonata Arctica made its first incursion to America, putting on shows in Brazil and Chile. According to some of the musicians from the band, it was one of their best tours to date — the other being the Japanese tour from 2003. A live album entitled Songs of Silence was also released that year, consisting of gigs from their tour in Japan. By the end of 2002, Mikko Härkin left the band due to personal reasons.
In the search for another keyboardist, the band received many applications and two of them were invited for auditions. Since they were well aware of the candidates' ability, the band decided to pick the new member based on personality. To this end they spent a night drinking with each of the potentials in order to find out which one would fit best into the band's personality and mentality. Henrik Klingenberg was eventually chosen and joined the band in time to take part in the tour that followed the release of Winterheart's Guild. Most of the concerts on the tour were sold out.
With the end of their contract with Spinefarm Records, the band received invitations from most European recording labels, and eventually opted for Nuclear Blast.
In early 2005, Nightwish invited the band to open the concerts of their North American tour. This tour eventually got cancelled, but the members of Sonata Arctica opted to still make a short tour, playing concerts in Canada and in the USA. And before, Sonata opened a big Nightwish's show at the Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, in October 21, 2005.
A computer video game is also planned based on Sonata Arctica characters and music. The name of the game will be Winterheart's Guild, like their album. The game will be developed by Zelian Games, and will be an Action-RPG in a style between Fallout and Diablo. Further details or a release date are not yet available, but a demo was shown at the Leipzig video game conference in 2006, featuring Henrik Klingenberg as the playable character. As of December 2006, the band began recording their fifth studio album.
On August 6, 2007, the band announced on their website that guitarist Jani Liimatainen had been asked to leave the band due to problems related to his conscription. He was replaced by Elias Viljanen who had already filled in for him in the band's Finnish and Japanese shows during the spring and summer.
In October 2007 Sonata Arctica headlined the ProgPower USA VIII. Later the band supported Nightwish across their 2008 tour of United States and Canada and headlined at the shows that Nightwish cancelled due to Anette Olzon's sudden severe sickness.
In 2008 Tony Kakko collaborated with English Singer/Songwriter and arranger Mark Deeks to perform choral arrangements of some of the band's works at a special one off concert at The Sage Centre in Gateshead.
It was announced on September 4, 2008 that the band's first two albums would be re-released by Spinefarm UK on October 6th.
The band also recently toured with DragonForce for the third U.S. leg of the Ultra Beatdown tour, and will be touring the US "two or three times," as well as doing a European tour and Asian tour covering Indonesia, Taiwan, China, and Japan. They are currently engaged on an Australian tour with Ensiferum and Melbourne band Vanishing Point.
The band attended Bloodstock Open Air 2010 on 14th August 2010.
In April 2010, Sonata Arctica embarked on their USA and Canada Headlining tour for The Days of Grays.
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![Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation 4,080 metres (13,390 ft)) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The religious significance of this lake is next to that of the Lake Manasarovar in Tibet.[1][2][3] The lake is the venue of a highly revered pilgrimage trek undertaken during the month of August/September corre](http://web.archive.org./web/20110611034027im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/7f/85/b35fc8b991228eaee82aa857b657_thumb.jpg "Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation 4,080 metres (13,390 ft)) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The religious significance of this lake is next to that of the Lake Manasarovar in Tibet.[1][2][3] The lake is the venue of a highly revered pilgrimage trek undertaken during the month of August/September corre")
