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Winterheart's Guild is Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica are a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Their later works contain several elements typical of progressive metal.....

's third album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records is a Finland-based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent...

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Track listing

All songs written by Tony Kakko
  1. "Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited" – 5:37
  2. "Gravenimage" – 6:58
  3. "The Cage" – 4:37
  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" (bonustrack on Japanese edition only) - 4:22
  10. "The Ruins of My Life" – 5:14
  11. "Draw Me" – 4:05

Credits

  • Tony Kakko
    Tony Kakko
    Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is mainly known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative force in the band Sonata Arctica since 1996.-Biography:...

     – vocals, keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Jani Liimatainen
    Jani Liimatainen
    Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen is the former guitar player and one of the founding members of the power metal band Sonata Arctica....

     – guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Marko Paasikoski – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Tommy Portimo – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Jens Johansson
    Jens Johansson
    Jens Ola Johansson is a Swedish power metal keyboardist and pianist. He is notable for his high-speed neoclassical and fusion style.-Biography:...

     – keyboards solos on "The Cage", "Silver Tongue", "Victoria's Secret" and "Champagne Bath"

Info

  • Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios
    Finnvox studios
    Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1965, it was the first studio in Finland dedicated for music recording. Many metal bands have had albums mastered here , including Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, Finntroll, HIM, Moonsorrow, Holy Knights, Ram-Zet, Throes of...

    and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in November-December 2002.

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