Later that year, Sonata Arctica's first single, entitled UnOpened was released in Finland. The demo was sent to Spinefarm Records by a friend of the band and a recording deal soon followed, during which the band changed its name to Sonata Arctica. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, bassist Janne Kivilahti and drummer Tommy Portimo. In 1999, the band recorded a demo entitled FullMoon in Kemi's Tico Tico Studios, which was their first real metal recording. Kakko has stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices and second guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band. In 1997 the band changed their name to Sonata Arctica, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar. During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label - Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. Originally named Tricky Means, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. The band was founded by Marko Paasikoski, Jani Liimatainen and Tommy Portimo in Kemi at the end of 1995 (Tony Kakko and Pentti Peura joined in early 1996).
Their later works (most notably The Days of Grays, Unia and a few tracks on Reckoning Night) contain several elements typical of progressive metal. Sonata Arctica are a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Sonata Arctica Wiki Discography Biography band.
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