This is the only true flower metal song I’ll ever recognize as such and it’s a shame that it would be Sonata Arctica that would end up stereotyping themselves by performing it, one of the worst covers ever conceived. Doesn’t matter how melodic the solos on here are, this song is fucking lame. And worst of all, it’s terribly faithful to the original with only a mild SA spin on things. So if all of the other tracks can be found on other releases, what purpose does this album serve any longer? Well there is exactly one exclusive track, a cover of Bette Midler’s “The Wind Beneath My Wings.” Do a double take if you have to, but that’s seriously what song they do on here. Kakko sings it better than Dickinson did, but the keyboards detract a bit from the original’s badassness, as do the weird vocal effects at the end. That song is a cover of Iron Maiden’s “Die With Your Boots On,” performed relatively faithfully to the original. But just as with “Black Sheep” being available on a full-length album, this song, as well as one more on this EP, can be found on the Last Drop Falls single, released a few months after this. The acoustic solo is an interesting departure from Jani Liimatainen’s usual fare, but the bulk of the song is still uninteresting. The second song is the acoustic version of the Unopened B-side “Mary Lou.” Normally I love this band’s ballads, but this song was originally really fucking up-tempo and awesome, leaving the unplugged rewrite as unenergetic and bland. But since it can also be easily obtained by buying Silence, it’s the first notion of this EP’s obsolescence. Rocking solid in 3/4 with cool layered vocals and the killer guitar/keyboard combination that makes this band rule, it’s the best song on here. The first song is “Black Sheep,” one of the better mid-paced numbers to be included on the band’s sophomore effort, Silence. Don’t even buy this for a laugh, even if you’re a hardcore fan. Add in the fact that it has become entirely useless because of the Last Drop Falls single and you have a release with no redeeming value whatsoever. Originally designated to showcase some of the band’s new material, it also has the unfortunate side effect of showcasing some of the band’s worst material. Art Direction and background photos by T.If there was one mini-release among Sonata Arctica’s vast sea of mini-releases that was truly, undeniably the worst, it would be 2001’s Orientation EP.Original logo concept by Janne "ToxicAngel" Pitkänen.Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios in April 2001.Produced by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios.
Renay Gonzalez – female voice (on track 4).Nik Van-Eckmann – male voices (on tracks: 1, 4, 7 and 13).Timo Kotipelto – backing vocals and last line (on track 3).Tony Kakko – vocals, additional keyboards.
"Wolf & Raven (Remake 2008)" (2008 remastered edition bonus track) "PeaceMaker" (2008 remastered edition bonus track) "Respect the Wilderness" (Japanese edition and 2008 remastered edition bonus track) "The Power of One" is the longest Sonata Arctica song to date, at a length of 10:43, not including an extra minute of silence followed by an outtake from the narrator.
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"The End of This Chapter" starts the so-called Caleb saga, a series of songs that is continued in Reckoning Night's " Don't Say a Word", Unia's "Caleb", The Days of Grays's "Juliet", The Ninth Hour's "Till Death's Done Us Apart", and Talviyö's "The Last of the Lambs". The second track "Weballergy" is considered by Kakko to be a sequel to Ecliptica's "Blank File", as both of them cover the theme of Internet privacy. is a creating force because when you're on the road for half a year or something like that I can't make new music at all so I need something like a month or two to get my head working again. The title of the album was at first supposed to be longer, but Kakko's then-girlfriend suggested "silence" and he reflected on how important silence was for him: The album is one of those things that's a bit different, a more difficult album.
Either way can be the good way, not the bad way necessarily. That thing is like representing a snippet of your life that really makes you go one way or the other. However, Tony explained that the cover was not supposed to feature too much symbolism, except for the footprints leading away from the campfire.
The cover art, featuring a landscape divided into night, summer and winter, was meant to depict nature.