Sonata Arctica

Style: Power Metal

Origin: Finland ( Kemi )

Years Active: 1996 - active

Previous Names: Tricky Beans ( 1996 - 1999 ) ; Tricky Means ( 1999 )

Current line-up:

Tony Kakko - vocal ( Northern Kings )

Elias Viljanen - guitar ( Elias Viljanen, Klingenberg Syndrome, Mess, ex-Astral )

Pasi Kauppinen - bass ( Isäntä Meidän, Klingenberg Syndrome, Mental Care Foundation, Silent Voices, Winterborn )

Henrik Klingenberg - keyboard / keytar ( Klingenberg Syndrome, Elias Viljanen, Mental Care Foundation, Silent Voices, ex-Graveyard Shift )

Tommy Portimo - drums

Past members:

Marko Paasikoski - bass

Janne Kivilahti - bass

Jani Liimatainen - guitar ( Cain's Offering, Kotipelto & Liimatainen, ex-Altaria, ex-Graveyard Shift )

Mikko Härkin - keyboard ( Cain's Offering, Mehida, Essence of Sorrow, ex-Symfonia, ex-Solution 45, ex-Kenziner, ex-Wingdom )

Main discography:

[ 2000 ] Ecliptica

[ 2001 ] Silence

[ 2003 ] Winterheart's Guild

[ 2004 ] Reckoning Night

[ 2007 ] Unia

[ 2009 ] The Days of Grays

[ 2012 ] Stones Grow Her Name

[ 2014 ] Pariah's Child

[ 2016 ] The Ninth Hour

Live discography:

[ 2002 ] Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo

[ 2006 ] For The Sake of Revenge

[ 2011 ] Live in Finland

EP discography:

[ 2000 ] Successor
[ 2001 ] Orientation

[ 2003 ] Takatalvi