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Sonata Arctica
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Tricky Beans (1995–1997), Tricky Means (1997–1999)
- Origin
- Kemi , Finland
- Genres
- Power metal symphonic metal progressive metal
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Labels
- Spinefarm , Nuclear Blast , Atomic Fire
- Members
- Tommy Portimo Tony Kakko Henrik Klingenberg Elias Viljanen Pasi Kauppinen
- Past members
- Jani Liimatainen Marko Paasikoski Pentti Peura Janne Kivilahti Mikko Härkin
- Website
- www .sonataarctica .info
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Sonata Arctica – Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Marko Paasikoski
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- power metal
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Record label
- Nuclear Blast
- Discography
- Sonata Arctica discography
- Official website
- www.sonataarctica.info
- Image
- SonataArctica 25112007Tilburg.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sonata Arctica
- topic's main category
- Category:Sonata Arctica
- Commons gallery
- Sonata Arctica
- inception
- 1996-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Sonata Arctica
- location of formation
- Kemi
- member category
- Category:Sonata Arctica members
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- social media followers
- 145000
- name
- Sonata Arctica
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Encyclopedic overview
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
As of 2024, the band has released eleven full-length albums (three via Spinefarm Records, eight via Nuclear Blast, and one via Atomic Fire).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sonata Arctica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.