Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. At the end of 1995, lead vocalist Tony Kakko was added and bassist Pentti Peura joined in early 1996.

The band was founded by drummer Tommy Portimo and guitarists Jani Liimatainen and Marko Paasikoski in Kemi. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.Īs of 2022, the band has released ten full-length albums (three via Spinefarm Records and seven via Nuclear Blast), their most recent being Talviyö on September 6, 2019.īiography Formation and early years (1996–1999) The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. 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.

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland.

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