Winterheart's Guild

Winterheart's Guild
Studio album by Sonata Arctica
Released June 22, 2003
Recorded September - November 2002 at Tico Tico Studio
Genre Symphonic power metal
Length 54:57
Label Spinefarm
Producer Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica chronology
Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo
(2002)Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo2002		 Winterheart's Guild
(2003)		 Takatalvi (EP)
(2003)String Module Error: Match not found2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Lords of Metal[1]
SputnikMusic[2]

Winterheart's Guild is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records. In a 2014 interview, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko said inspiration for writing "The Ruins of My Life" came from the film Braveheart.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited"5:36
2."Gravenimage"7:00
3."The Cage"4:36
4."Silver Tongue"3:58
5."The Misery"5:08
6."Victoria's Secret"4:43
7."Champagne Bath"3:57
8."Broken"5:18
9."The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me" (Japanese edition bonus track)4:22
10."The Ruins of My Life"5:14
11."Draw Me" (In the Japanese edition, the silence after 5:05 is removed.)9:27
Total length:54:57

Personnel

Technical personnel

  • Recorded by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios in September–November 2002
  • Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in November–December 2002.
  • Produced by Sonata Arctica

References

  1. ↑ Lords of Metal review
  2. ↑ SputnikMusic Review
  3. ↑ Sabrina, Elise (25 February 2014). ""In the early days, Sonata Arctica was called Happy Metal. I wondered what the fuck it was all about, because all the lyrics was really dark."". Metal Chest of Wonders. Retrieved 31 May 2017.


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