Sonata Arctica's Reviews
Ecliptica (Average Rating: 9.99 out of 10)
Ecliptica (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Reijo Piippula
from Turku, Finland
Sonata's first album is full of good metal classics.
The track "Blank File" is a good, fast opener. It tells about the Internet. There's so fast lyrics that I could imagine many vocalist would have difficulties to sing them. Sonata's vocalist is very good and he makes great job!! 4.75/5"My Land" is a popular track in the live permormances. It is a peaceful but there's also moments where the guitars are faster. 4.75/5 "8th Commandment" is a fast song. It tells about liars. There's very tough lyrics. 4.5/5 "Replica" is a peaceful track. It's a very touching song both lyrically and musically. It's also very popular track! A classic! 5/5 "Kingdom for a Heart" has great keyboards and great lyrics. It's a very touching song. 5/5 "FullMoon" has great lyrics! There's very good melody, and the chorus is very good "runaway, runaway, runaway". That's what the audience like to sing in the live concerts. 5/5 "Letter to Dana" is a ballad which tells about a girl. 4.5/5 "UnOpened" is almost like "Kingdom for a Heart": there's great keyboards. It's a love song. There's also a great keyboard solo in the middle of the song. 5/5 "Picturing the Past" is a fast, heavy song with good lyrics, almost like "8th Commandment". 4.25/5 "Destruction Preventer" tells about the end of the world. There's not only fast moments, there's also peaceful moments. A great song lyrically! 4.5/5 Ecliptica is lyrically very good and as a first album it's surprisingly good. There's not too many ballad like in "Silence". This is one of the most underrated albums ever!
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