Internet culture is a theme in the second track, 'Weballergy.' The band displays a keener sense of melody than even Blind Guardian is capable of! What's more, they bring so much lyrical crypticism, poetry and meaning to even the most obscure of topics to write about. Such is not true with Silence, where the album mixes not only cheerful songs, sad songs, anthems and ballads, but also carefully places progressive metal and neoclassical metal in unexpected places. Sonata Arctica didn't have that problem, because Silence is always offering something new or throwing back to one of the many ideas the album features.Įcliptica was a technical majesty that boasted classical guitar riffs and a keen sense of progression, but most of the songs were essentially doing the same thing. The big problem with a lot of power metal bands is that even their best albums will be monotonous. I discovered it during an exploration into Finnish power metal, since I wanted to see what Finland had to offer other than Nightwish and Stratovarius. Silence was my first Sonata Arctica album.

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