![News Added Aug 23, 2014 NOTE – this is 'Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition', a re-recording of Ecliptica. I have named it Ecliptica 2014 because the site automatically thinks it's just an anniversary re-release and doesn't allow it. While currently on yet another successful World Tour, this time to support their latest studio-album Pariah’s […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1000x1000-320x320.jpg "Sonata Arctica : Ecliptica 2014")
NOTE – this is 'Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition', a re-recording of Ecliptica. I have named it Ecliptica 2014 because the site automatically thinks it's just an anniversary re-release and doesn't allow it.
While currently on yet another successful World Tour, this time to support their latest studio-album Pariah’s Child, Finnish Melodic Metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA swung by the studio to re-record their debut album Ecliptica, which was released 15 years ago.
This new version will be released on October 24th under the banner Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition on Nuclear Blast.
Back then, Ecliptica was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more). The album was promoted live on tour with STRATOVARIUS and RHAPSODY.
Henrik 'Henkka' Klingenberg comments: “When it first was suggested to us by our Japanese label that we’d re-record our debut album Ecliptica, it felt a bit weird, but somehow the idea grew on us. Being that only Tony and Tommy played on the original one, we thought that it would be a fun thing to do, to give these great songs another run. We’re definitely not trying to re-write history, the original Ecliptica is the starting point of this band and a very special album with a certain feel of innocence and enthusiasm which cannot be recreated as such since we’re not teenagers anymore. Having said that, this new version is more of a tribute and an update on how these songs sound when played by our current line-up. We wanted to stay true to the original album as much as possible and not turn this into some weird re-arranged project where you couldn’t tell which song was being played. So here it is, the 15th anniversary version of Ecliptica. Hope you enjoy it, we certainly had a good time digging into these songs and laying down the tracks.
I tried to add this a while ago, site wouldn’t let me.
If a mod is reading this, guys, you have to fix your system.
Japan Bonus Track will be a Tricky Beans (old Sonata’s name) demo called “I’m Hunted”
I’m really disappointed by the excerpts in the videos.I know what they’re trying to do with this… and it’s interesting to hear each song the way they would perform them live nowadays. Still… that also means that the songs sound like toned-down versions of the more layered and versatile originals. I have a great respect for Sonata wanting to sound authentic and just updating the songs. But it would have been a lot more interesting had they done more than just producing this “live album without live audience”…