---
title: "Sonata Arctica"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/sonata-arctica"
genre: "Power Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 1999
---

# Sonata Arctica

**Sonata Arctica** is a power metal band, from Finland, active 1999 to present.

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.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonata_Arctica

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Sonata Arctica |
| Genre | Power Metal |
| Parent genre | Power Metal |
| Origin | Kemi, Finland |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 20 |

## Genres

[Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Henrik Klingenberg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/henrik-klingenberg) | Keyboard | 2002 to present | Current |
| [Tony Kakko](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tony-kakko) | Lead vocals, Keyboard | 1999 to present | Current |
| [Tommy Portimo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tommy-portimo) | Drums (drum set) | 1999 to present | Current |
| [Elias Viljanen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/elias-viljanen) | Guitar | 2007 to present | Current |
| [Pasi Kauppinen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/pasi-kauppinen) | Bass guitar | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Jani Liimatainen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jani-liimatainen) | Guitar | 1999 to 2007 | Former |
| [Mikko Härkin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mikko-harkin) | Keyboard | 2000 to 2002 | Former |
| [Janne Kivilahti](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-kivilahti) | Bass guitar | 1999 to 2000 | Former |
| [Marko Paasikoski](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marko-paasikoski) | Bass guitar | 2000 to 2013 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | [Ecliptica](https://themetalnet.com/album/6797e784-9d16-370b-924d-9b77b54e6dee) | Album |
| 2000 | [Successor](https://themetalnet.com/album/955a3b48-fe1f-3a8d-a76a-27c721557dfb) | EP |
| 2001 | [Orientation](https://themetalnet.com/album/60d2cf63-6218-3252-999b-e5d73d695114) | EP |
| 2001 | [Silence](https://themetalnet.com/album/d36281d2-4602-378f-a934-696d5153dc34) | Album |
| 2003 | [Takatalvi](https://themetalnet.com/album/4ce565f1-3e96-3eaf-9dac-a2d7326ec5a8) | EP |
| 2003 | [Winterheart’s Guild](https://themetalnet.com/album/487f2023-cf14-337a-b089-161765cc96af) | Album |
| 2004 | [Don't Say a Word](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc049bfa-f457-4414-9b0e-79d139fe476c) | EP |
| 2004 | [Reckoning Night](https://themetalnet.com/album/2930e1c2-a6fa-3d57-84ba-e5015f4495b7) | Album |
| 2007 | [Unia](https://themetalnet.com/album/971c2e58-b11e-3e12-92f2-746fa37374dd) | Album |
| 2009 | [Lowlands Festival 2009](https://themetalnet.com/album/bcfb71d6-2c41-44e5-8d53-e1eff85b779d) | Album |
| 2009 | [The Days of Grays](https://themetalnet.com/album/b337937d-d6f6-4b18-941f-e73aec9bc3c8) | Album |
| 2012 | [Stones Grow Her Name](https://themetalnet.com/album/462be5d6-2d32-4133-8df0-a33022f6bfd9) | Album |
| 2014 | [Ecliptica – Revisited](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba884053-6d59-4512-bfdb-a4f1dd95d071) | Album |
| 2014 | [Pariah’s Child](https://themetalnet.com/album/9d8a7858-68b4-41dd-9aec-74d255996958) | Album |
| 2016 | [The Ninth Hour](https://themetalnet.com/album/364827ca-505b-4116-b50b-de305039e900) | Album |
| 2019 | [Talviyö](https://themetalnet.com/album/07c39668-adff-4f5c-b332-359fe4500bc9) | Album |
| 2022 | [Acoustic Adventures, Vol. 1](https://themetalnet.com/album/032e97d2-1554-4afc-a04b-8d004217b880) | Album |
| 2022 | [Acoustic Adventures, Vol. 2](https://themetalnet.com/album/6f0f4049-160c-4bd7-8f78-15a68e28dc47) | Album |
| 2024 | [Clear Cold Beyond](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec0d24b5-13b2-4fb1-9d2b-27e141297844) | Album |
|  | [Out of Time and Place](https://themetalnet.com/album/5f2bda2e-a5a5-4cb1-9025-917e72956d5c) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- website: https://www.sonataarctica.info/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sonata_Arctica/192
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56F8c8khYkaA42xQhoS_gw
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sonataarctica
- x: https://twitter.com/SonataKemi
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YeoQ1L71cXDMpSpqxOjfH
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonataarcticaofficial/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/532
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/fi/artist/29048370

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/sonata-arctica](https://themetalnet.com/band/sonata-arctica). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt