{"product_id":"the-ninth-hour-cd","title":"The Ninth Hour: CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Sonata Arctica’s sound is still dominated by fast guitar\nsolos, catchy keyboard melodies and Tony Kakko’s unmistakable\nvocals, a gloomy sense of world-weariness is creeping through their\nnew studio album ‘The Ninth Hour’. “I am not a very religious person\nat all,” admits frontman and lyricist Tony Kakko. “So I actually had to\nstudy the background and different meanings, once I came up with\nthe title ‘The Ninth Hour’, which was meant to underline the fact this\nis our 9th studio album.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was produced by Sonata Arctica and mixed by Pasi\nKauppinen, creating a typical yet refreshing sound that defines the\nspirit of the band in the year 2016. After 17 years as a team, the\nband have moved from classic power metal to more progressive\nshores but went back to their initial roots on the last release ‘Pariah’s\nChild’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The album itself is not particularly gloomy, I think. Our music has\nmostly been happy sing-a-long stuff, but the lyrics never really fit\nthat mould. If you are familiar with my lyrics in the past, I’d say we\nswim in similar oceans. I deal with my worries about the state of this\nplanet, human greed, love, relationships, tragedy, death, but also\nwar and politics in semi-tongue in cheek fashion (I feel the US\nelections are an endless chest of unbelievable wonders…). Our\n‘murder-ballad-saga’ continues AND an old, epic lighthouse related\ntragedy now has a second part…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCloser To An Animal\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairytale\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe Are What We Are\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTill Death’s Done Us Apart\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmong The Shooting Stars\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStars\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRise A Night\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFly, Navigate, Communicate\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandle Lawns\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Pearl, Black Oceans Part II – “By The Grace Of The Ocean”\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn The Faultline (Closure To An Animal)\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRun To You (Bonus Track)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978734739698,"sku":"727361370800","price":1.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/SharedImage-66014.jpg?v=1787664166","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/the-ninth-hour-cd","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}