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Ecliptica
Sign in to saveEcliptica is the first full-length album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 1999 through Spinefarm Records in Europe and through Century Media in the United States. It is the band's only album featuring bassist Janne Kivilahti. In 2016, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko described the album as "like the extension of our demo, we didn't know what we were doing so that reflects on the album and makes kind of cute if you will."
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Ecliptica is a studio album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was published in 1999 in Finland through Spinefarm Records. The work is presented in the English language and consists of 12 tracks.
The album is part of the Sonata Arctica discography and was followed by the release Silence. It is available for distribution via music streaming. The genre is also categorized as metal in some listings.
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Key facts
- Album.name
- Ecliptica
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Sonata Arctica
- Album.cover
- SonataArctica Ecliptica.jpg
- Album.released
- 22 November 199924 October 2014 (15th anniversary edition)
- Album.recorded
- 1999 at Tico Tico Studio2014 (15th anniversary edition)
- Album.genre
- Power metal
- Album.length
- 47:11
- Album.label
- SpinefarmNuclear Blast (15th anniversary edition)
- Album.producer
- Sonata Arctica
- Album.next_title
- Successor
- Album.next_year
- 2000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Part of
- Sonata Arctica discography
- Genre
- power metal
- Followed by
- Silence
- Duration
- 3101
- Performer
- Sonata Arctica
- Record label
- Spinefarm Records
- Distribution format
- music streaming
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1999-01-01
- language of work or name
- English language
- form of creative work
- studio album
- place of publication
- Finland
- title
- Ecliptica
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Songs and themes
- 15th anniversary re-recording
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Technical staff
- 15th anniversary edition line-up
- Charts
- Certifications
- References
- External links
Ecliptica is the first full-length album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 1999 through Spinefarm Records in Europe and through Century Media in the United States. It is the band's only album featuring bassist Janne Kivilahti. In 2016, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko described the album as "like the extension of our demo, we didn't know what we were doing so that reflects on the album and makes kind of cute if you will."
In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 16th best power metal album of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ecliptica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.