SONATA ARCTICA — Silence (review)

SONATA ARCTICA — Silence album cover Album · 2001 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
LightningRider
Silence was my first Sonata Arctica album. I discovered it during an exploration into Finnish power metal, since I wanted to see what Finland had to offer other than Nightwish and Stratovarius. The big problem with a lot of power metal bands is that even their best albums will be monotonous. Sonata Arctica didn't have that problem, because Silence is always offering something new or throwing back to one of the many ideas the album features.

Ecliptica was a technical majesty that boasted classical guitar riffs and a keen sense of progression, but most of the songs were essentially doing the same thing. Such is not true with Silence, where the album mixes not only cheerful songs, sad songs, anthems and ballads, but also carefully places progressive metal and neoclassical metal in unexpected places. The band displays a keener sense of melody than even Blind Guardian is capable of! What's more, they bring so much lyrical crypticism, poetry and meaning to even the most obscure of topics to write about. Internet culture is a theme in the second track, "Weballergy."

Silence features heavy hitters, beautiful ballads, incredible melodies and a wide variety of different power metal tracks. This is my favorite Finnish power metal album, and I think it's a perfect album to introduce a newbie to power metal. Silence gives you all the sounds you want from power metal.
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