Sonata Arctica / Discography

Sonata Arctica  - discography
Sonata Arctica 2017 in Munich
Publications
Studio albums	10
Live albums	3
EPs	4th
Tribute albums	1
Singles	22nd
Music videos	10
Cover songs	13
Demos	4th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of Sonata Arctica , a power metal band from the Finnish city of Kemi . According to sources and record awards, it has sold more than 180,000 records to date. The most successful release of Sonata Arctica is the album Ecliptica with over 31,000 units sold.

Sonata Arctica currently consists of the singer Tony Kakko , the guitarist Elias Viljanen , the bassist Pasi Kauppinen, the keyboardist Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg , the drummer Tommy Portimo .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	FI
1999	Ecliptica Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI31 gold (4 weeks)FI
2001	Silence Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI3 gold (7 weeks)FI
2003	Winterheart's Guild Spinefarm Records	DE88 (1 week) DE	-	-	FI3 gold (12 weeks)FI
2004	Reckoning Night Nuclear Blast	DE77 (1 week) DE	-	CH85 (2 weeks) CH	FI2 gold (8 weeks)FI
2007	Unia Nuclear Blast	DE35 (2 weeks) DE	AT62 (1 week) AT	CH40 (2 weeks) CH	FI1 gold (22 weeks)FI
2009	The Days of Grays Nuclear Blast	DE24 (2 weeks) DE	AT52 (1 week) AT	CH26 (2 weeks) CH	FI2 gold (9 weeks)FI
2012	Stones Grow Her Name Nuclear Blast	DE24 (2 weeks) DE	AT29 (2 weeks) AT	CH21 (2 weeks) CH	FI1 gold (21 weeks)FI
2014	Pariah's Child Nuclear Blast	DE31 (1 week) DE	AT30 (1 week) AT	CH13 (3 weeks) CH	FI1 (14 weeks) FI
	Ecliptica Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI20 (1 week) FI	Re-recording of the album Ecliptica from 1999
2016	The Ninth Hour Nuclear Blast	DE22 (1 week) DE	AT43 (1 week) AT	CH18 (2 weeks) CH	FI2 (7 weeks) FI
2019	Talviyö Nuclear Blast	DE26 (1 week) DE	AT54 (1 week) AT	CH22 (1 week) CH	FI2 (2 weeks) FI

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2002	Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo Spinefarm Records	FI22 (6 weeks) FI
2006	For the Sake of Revenge - Live Nuclear Blast	FI25th gold (11 weeks)FI
2011	Live in Finland Nuclear Blast	-

Best of albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
2005	The End of This Chapter Nuclear Blast	-
2006	The Collection Nuclear Blast	FI16 gold (8 weeks)FI

Tribute albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	FI
2015	A Tribute to Sonata Arctica Ouergh Records	-	-	-	-

EPs

• 2000: Successor
• 2001: Orientation
• 2003: Takatalvi
• 2004: Don't Say a Word

Demos (as Tricky Means)

• 1996: Agre Pamppers
• 1996: Friend Till the End
• 1997: Peacemaker
• 1999: Fullmoon

Singles

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	FI
1999	UnOpened Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI16 (1 week) FI
2001	Wolf & Raven Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI3 (8 weeks) FI
	Last Drop Falls Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI3 (15 weeks) FI
2003	Victoria's Secret Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI1 (8 weeks) FI
	Broken Spinefarm Records	-	-	-	FI3 (10 weeks) FI
2004	Don't Say a Word Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI1 (12 weeks) FI
	Shamandalie Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI3 (9 weeks) FI
2006	Replica 2006 Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI1 (3 weeks) FI
2007	Paid in Full Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI1 (7 weeks) FI
2009	The Last Amazing Grays Nuclear Blast	-	-	-	FI3 (3 weeks) FI

Cover songs

• 2001: Die with Your Boots On , Original by Iron Maiden , released on Orientation (EP)
• 2001: The Wind Beneath My Wings , original by Bette Midler , released on Orientation (EP)
• 2003: Hava Nagila , as "The Cage / Vodka"
• 2003: Still Loving You , original by Scorpions , released on Takatalvi (EP)
• 2003: Fade to Black , original by Metallica , published on Takatalvi
• 2003: I Want Out , original from Halloween , released on Takatalvi (EP)
• 2004: World in My Eyes , Original by Depeche Mode
• 2004: Two Minds, One Soul , Original by Vanishing Point , released on Don't Say a Word (EP)
• 2007: Out in the Fields , original by Gary Moore , released on Unia (album)
• 2010: I Want Out , Original from Halloween , released on Takatalvi Re-release (EP)
• 2010: The Wind Beneath My Wings , original by Iron Maiden , released on Takatalvi Re-release (EP)
• 2014: I Can't Dance , Original by Genesis , Released on Ecliptica Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition (Album)
• 2016: Run to You , original by Bryan Adams , released on The Ninth Hour (album)

More singles

• 2012: I Have a Right
• 2012: Shitload of Money
• 2013: Alone in Heaven
• 2014: The Wolves Die Young
• 2014: Cloud Factory
• 2014: Love
• 2015: Christmas Spirit
• 2016: Closer to an Animal
• 2017: Ei Oo Muutako (with the PS Kemi)
• 2019: A Little Less Understanding
• 2019: Cold
• 2019: Who Failed the Most

Music videos

year	title	Director
2007	Paid in full
	Flag in Ground
2012	Shitload of Money
	In have a right
	Alone in Heaven
2014	The Wolves die young
	Love
2016	Life	Ville Juurikkala
2019	Cold	Patric Ullaeus
	Who Failed the Most	Patric Ullaeus

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Finland (IFPI)	9 × gold9	-	187.749	ifpi.fi
All in all	9 × gold9	-

Web links

• Official website of the band
• Chart sources: DE AT CH FI

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nuclear Blast: Announcement of the music video
2. ↑ Sonataarctica.info: Sonata Arctica release 'Who Failed The Most' music video + new album "Talviyö" out now + kick off North American tour!
3. ↑ Description in the YouTube video