It has become a tradition during December that a varying group of Finnish metal musicians take part in the RASKASTA JOULUA (Heavy Christmas) tour. Raskasta Joulua released their self-titled album on November 1st, and in it's first week of release the album debuts at #11 on the Finnish album chart. Raskasta Joulua tracklisting: &a...

SONATA ARCTICA have announced special shows in Finland to celebrate the band's first 15 years:   "Next year, it's been 15 years since we released our debut album Ecliptica back in 1999. To honour this milestone we will play some special shows in Finland and Latin-America. These gigs will be extended shows with...

SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg has checked in with the following update: "Hola People! Just wanted to let you all know that we're alive and well and the new album is under work. We're really excited to enter the studio to start recording our new stuff. Enjoy the fall and keep the metal alive!" ...

Finnish Melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA have just released a video clip to their divine track ‘Alone In Heaven’, taken from their latest album, Stones Grow Her Name. Released on May 18, 2012 via Nuclear Blast, Stones Grow Her Name achieved gold status in the bands’ home country after just one week and additiona...

Finland's SONATA ARCTICA have uploaded behind-the-scenes footage from their recent first ever show in Colombia. Check it out below: Coming up next week, the band will release a Colombia Part II clip featuring Cali, followed by Bogota. The band recently posted the following message to the fans: "We are collecting interesting sto...