However, at some point in the mid-2000s the band’s stylistic direction became extremely muddled with the release of Unia, alienating a substantial contingent of this outfit’s early fan base, and leading to the departure of guitarist and co-founder Jani Liimatainen, who was arguably as critical a factor in Sonata Arctica’s signature sound as Kakko himself. Admittedly, vocalist and chief songwriter Tony Kakko attributed the band’s pivot towards the power metal style to an epiphany he experienced while listening to the latter’s consequential 1997 opus Visions, eventually spawning 4 highly competent examples of Finnish speed and melodic splendor that stand as among the finest examples of said scene in action.
They were a major factor in the 2 nd wave that covered much of Europe in the late 90s, and marked one of the biggest selling examples of a generational successor from the original progenitors in Helloween and Stratovarius. It goes without saying that the name Sonata Arctica is an iconic brand within the power metal realm.
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