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SONATA ARCTICA: New North American Tour Dates Announced - Aug. 30, 2007

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mostly Canada and will include some U.S. shows. Support on the trek will come from VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Feb. 08 - Winnipeg, MB @ The West End Cultural Centre
Feb. 09 - Regina, SK @ Exchange
Feb. 10 - Edmonton, AL @ Starlite Room
Feb. 11 - Calgary, AL @ The Warehouse
Feb. 13 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza Club
Feb. 14 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Feb. 15 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Feb. 16 - Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Feb. 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
Feb. 19 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

Tickets for the above-listed dates go on sale on Friday, August 31 at noon EST exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until October 1 when they go on sale through normal ticketing systems.

SONATA ARCTICA recently parted ways with guitarist Jani Liimatainen and replaced him with Elias Viljanen.

The band's new album, "Unia", was certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copies. This brings the band's total number of gold albums to seven, with their debut LP, "Ecliptica", and "best-of" compilation, "The Collection", reaching gold status in the past few weeks.

Recorded and mixed at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, "Unia" — which has been available in North America since May 22 — landed on the following international album charts: Finland - #1; Japan - #7; Sweden - #27; Germany - #35; Switzerland - #40; Austria - #62. The "Paid in Full" single also secured the #1 single position in the band's native land.

SONATA's tour dates can be found at this location.

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	COMMENT \| SONATA ARCTICA posted by : troym 8/30/2007 6:25:08 PM

	Anyone know if these guys are any good? I might go to the Seattle show, but I haven't heard any of their tunes...know the name, but not the music. Thanks, tm

	COMMENT \| posted by : piitti 8/30/2007 6:40:14 PM

	If you like power metal sonata are good. Personally I'd recommend their record "Winterheart's Guild"

	COMMENT \| I think they rock posted by : super_terrorizer 8/30/2007 8:06:51 PM

	I didn't find their show boring at all. It was pretty interesting last time I saw them. Wolf and Raven, Full Moon, Letter to Dana, Replica, GravenImage. anything off of Winterheart's Guild, that will get you started. If you like the first two, chances are, you'll dig this band.

	COMMENT \| Go see em posted by : Longshot9 8/30/2007 8:17:26 PM

	Don't not go just cause Jani is no longer in the band, the replacement they got for him is a MONSTER. Great player.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Pethical 8/30/2007 8:20:29 PM

	i'll be at slims

	COMMENT \| WHAT? posted by : bloodlust_deth 8/30/2007 9:30:36 PM

	no way! vancouver on my birthday!

	COMMENT \| posted by : phobos200 8/31/2007 12:18:00 AM

	When I saw AL i thought it meant Alabama. I got excited for a second

	COMMENT \| ^^^^ posted by : nex_sono 8/31/2007 1:46:53 AM

	LAWL Good thing I live in Seattle.

	COMMENT \| I was really stoned posted by : knifehitmaster 8/31/2007 3:58:50 AM

	and accidentally bought a Sonata Arctica album instead of the Solitude Aeternus album I wanted(they were right by each other). I was not happy. I listened to it anyways- not bad necessarily, but I did not like it either. It is happy metal.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Coluche 8/31/2007 9:41:01 AM

	Winterheart Guild is certainly and excellent album from SA. I can't get into Unia. I need to listen to it more but it does not hook me.

	COMMENT \| Edmonton, AL posted by : Nels 8/31/2007 4:05:16 PM

	AB is Alberta not AL as listed.

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