Sonata Arctica's Reviews
Silence (Average Rating: 9.34 out of 10)
It Truly Makes the Most Beautiful Music... (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Reijo Piippula
from Turku, Finland
Silence has very different kinds of songs. Beautiful ballads "Tallulah", "Last Drop Falls", "Sign in Silence" etc. "Tallulah" is a love song. It is the most silent track in this album. "Last Drop Falls" is a little bit heavier for its lyrics at least: "I have found the whore in you, why can't I tell you know...". "Sign in Silence" tells about a girlwho isn't very popular. This song is probably a suicide song (Death wants to you and you want to kiss him). Poor girl... "The End of This Chapter", another love song but with anger. Very many riffs. Allkinds of peaceful, tough. I haven't count them but I guess there is at least about ten different kinds of parts. (If you listen carefully.) "The Power of one", very long but has many parts, even more riffs than "The End of This Chapter" has. This is a religious song, very sad one.
Very fast tracks "Wolf & Raven", "Black Sheep", "Weballergy" etc. The vocals are very good and the lyrics offer something new for the listeners. There is lyrics about the Internet (Weballergy, must have the best keyboards and one of the fastest vocals) and the information (False News Travel Fast, a love song but tells about suffering a woman can bring). "Black Sheep" wants to say that maybe the vocalist isn't the best guy on Earth. Don't let the name give you a wrong idea, this is another love song again. "Land of the Free" is an evil song too. Tells about madness. "Wolf And Raven", the first single, is a very angry song. Full wrath and speed. A song about a woman who rules her man. "San Sebastian", a new version (the first one in Successor was better). A love song again and a sad one again but still I enjoy them."Revontulet" is an excellent but short instrumental with full speed. The opening track "...of Silence" is a good opening intro and with it is good to start this album again... I guess this is an album for everyone who likes good music and lyrics. Especially the keyboards are very very good.
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