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│║  Release Date.Mar-23-2014    Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new  ║ │
│║  Genre........Metal          Graber.......EAC                  ║ │
│║  Year.........2014           Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br             ║ │
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│║  Ripper.......anthem         Songs........02                   ║ │
│║  Covers.......Yes            Url... www.sonataarctica.info     ║ │
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│║ Artist : Sonata Arctica                Rating : You Decide!    ║ │
│║ Album  : The Wolves Die Young          Label  : Nuclear blast  ║ │
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│║      Description :                                             ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        SONATA ARCTICA'S HISTORY                                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The beginning and Ecliptica (1999):                     ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica began in 1996 under the name             ║ │
│║        Tricky Beans in Kemi, Finland. They would               ║ │
│║        release three demos under that name - Friends           ║ │
│║        Till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. In          ║ │
│║        1997 they renamed themselves Tricky Means,              ║ │
│║        changing their rock ways into a more Power Metal        ║ │
│║        feel and gaining influences from bands such as          ║ │
│║        Stratovarius.                                           ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The first demo recorded by Tricky Means,                ║ │
│║        FullMoon, at Tico Tico Studios in Kemi caught           ║ │
│║        the eye of owner Ahti Kortelainen. The demo             ║ │
│║        codified their trademark sound of fast, melodic         ║ │
│║        metal with heavy keyboards and clean high               ║ │
│║        vocals. Ahti Kortelainen was so impressed that          ║ │
│║        he sent it over to the Finnish record label             ║ │
│║        Spinefarm Records, closing their first album            ║ │
│║        deal in 1999. It was then that they decided to          ║ │
│║        choose a more appropriate name for their music -        ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica.                                         ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica's first single "UnOpened" was            ║ │
│║        released in the summer of 1999. The single              ║ │
│║        contained the title track and the song 'Mary            ║ │
│║        Lou'. Unfortunately the original pressing of the        ║ │
│║        single had been accidentally slowed down - this         ║ │
│║        mistake was discovered after the single had been        ║ │
│║        shipped to record stores. The record label              ║ │
│║        recalled the single and a new version was               ║ │
│║        released. Their first album Ecliptica was               ║ │
│║        released shortly after the single in Finland,           ║ │
│║        and then with great success internationally. It         ║ │
│║        led the way for the band to participate on cover        ║ │
│║        albums for Metal luminaries such as the                 ║ │
│║        Scorpions and Helloween.                                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Singer Tony Kakko decided to concentrate more on        ║ │
│║        singing live instead of doing keyboards and             ║ │
│║        vocals at the same time. They hired keyboardist         ║ │
│║        Mikko HΣrkin in 2000 to allow Tony to roam              ║ │
│║        freely on stage. For a while it allowed both            ║ │
│║        Tony and Mikko to play simultaneously on the            ║ │
│║        same keyboard which added an interesting element        ║ │
│║        to their live experience.                               ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        In 2000 Sonata Arctica was chosen out of 32             ║ │
│║        bands, from 15 different record companies, as a         ║ │
│║        support band for Stratovarius' European tour            ║ │
│║        with Rhapsody. This tour would expose the band          ║ │
│║        to new audiences and win over even more fans.           ║ │
│║        After the tour they released a mini CD/EP called        ║ │
│║        "Successor" featuring unreleased tracks, covers,        ║ │
│║        and live tracks to whet the fans' appetite for          ║ │
│║        the new album.                                          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        In the summer of 2000 bassist Janne Kivilahti           ║ │
│║        left the band due to personal reasons. Former           ║ │
│║        band member, Marko Paasikoski, then rejoined the        ║ │
│║        band as his replacement playing bass instead of         ║ │
│║        guitar. The lineup at that point was Tony Kakko         ║ │
│║        (vocals), Jani Liimatainen (guitars), Marko             ║ │
│║        Paasikoski (bass), Mikko HΣrkin (keys) and Tommy        ║ │
│║        Portimo (drums).                                        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Ecliptica Tour                                          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        tour started: August 8, 1999                            ║ │
│║        tour ended: June 30, 2000                               ║ │
│║        shows: 60                                               ║ │
│║        countries: 14                                           ║ │
│║        other: The band played outside of Finland for           ║ │
│║        the first time supporting Stratovarius on their         ║ │
│║        7 week European tour.                                   ║ │
│║        Silence (2001) & Songs of Silence (2002):               ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Not wasting momentum, the band quickly went back        ║ │
│║        into the studio to record their second album            ║ │
│║        Silence, with Tony composing all of the songs.          ║ │
│║        The first single, "Wolf & Raven", gave them             ║ │
│║        their first music video, filmed in Finland. The         ║ │
│║        album was highly successful, not only in                ║ │
│║        Finland, but also in Japan, selling more than           ║ │
│║        30,000 copies within the first year. Thanks to          ║ │
│║        those high record sales, they played their first        ║ │
│║        four concerts in Japan to welcoming crowds in           ║ │
│║        September 2001.                                         ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The remainder of 2001 was filled with various           ║ │
│║        Finnish/European shows, with their first                ║ │
│║        appearance at the legendary German festival             ║ │
│║        Wacken Open Air. After successful Japan gigs in         ║ │
│║        September, they went on tour with Gamma Ray &           ║ │
│║        Vanishing Point for a five week tour of 12              ║ │
│║        countries and 28 shows. Amid the rampant                ║ │
│║        touring, they found time to release their second        ║ │
│║        single from Silence called "Last Drop Falls".           ║ │
│║        This received a lot of airplay at home and              ║ │
│║        around Europe. During the tour their first album        ║ │
│║        Ecliptica was nominated for an Emma Award               ║ │
│║        (Finnish Grammy) in the category of "Best hard          ║ │
│║        rock/heavy album".                                      ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The beginning of 2002 was greeted with a small          ║ │
│║        South American tour. Four shows in Brazil and           ║ │
│║        two more in Chile were met with wild crowds,            ║ │
│║        some so loud that even the band couldn't hear           ║ │
│║        themselves onstage because the audience was             ║ │
│║        louder than the instruments!                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Their first live album Songs of Silence,                ║ │
│║        recorded at their Tokyo show on September 4th,          ║ │
│║        2001, was released in November 2002. The                ║ │
│║        European and Asian editions have completely             ║ │
│║        different cover art, both made by Janne                 ║ │
│║        "ToxicAngel" PitkΣnen who became the exclusive          ║ │
│║        artist for all Sonata Arctica releases.                 ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        During the summer of 2002 keyboardist Mikko             ║ │
│║        HΣrkin decided to leave the band due to personal        ║ │
│║        reasons after the last show of the tour. The            ║ │
│║        band announced a search for a new keyboardist           ║ │
│║        and received many applications from all around          ║ │
│║        the world. Two of the candidates were asked to          ║ │
│║        travel to Kemi for an audition. Instead of              ║ │
│║        judging the two by just musical capabilities            ║ │
│║        alone, they decided to take them one by one to a        ║ │
│║        local bar and see how well they got along. Turns        ║ │
│║        out it was the right thing to do as they got            ║ │
│║        along famously with Kokkola native Henrik               ║ │
│║        Klingenberg who would be chosen to replace Mikko        ║ │
│║        on keyboards. Henrik had previously honed his           ║ │
│║        skills for almost a decade with local                   ║ │
│║        Progressive Metal bands such as Requiem and             ║ │
│║        Silent Voices.                                          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Silence Tour                                            ║ │
│║        tour started: January 26, 2001                          ║ │
│║        tour ended: July 27, 2002                               ║ │
│║        shows: 77                                               ║ │
│║        countries: 15                                           ║ │
│║        other: The band played Japan for the first time         ║ │
│║        and recorded their first live album there. They         ║ │
│║        also went to South-America for the very first           ║ │
│║        time.                                                   ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Winterheart's Guild (2003):                             ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        While looking for a new keyboardist the band had        ║ │
│║        already started working on their third album,           ║ │
│║        Winterheart's Guild, with the help of                   ║ │
│║        Stratovarius keyboardist Jens Johansson. Jens           ║ │
│║        played solos for four songs, while Tony handled         ║ │
│║        the rest of the keyboards himself.                      ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Henrik's first appearance with Sonata Arctica           ║ │
│║        was in Tornio on February 21st, 2003. Unlike            ║ │
│║        Mikko, who preferred to stay in one place,              ║ │
│║        Henrik roamed the stage freely with his keyboard        ║ │
│║        controller and interacted with the other band           ║ │
│║        members. The energy and stage presence of Sonata        ║ │
│║        Arctica began to ramp up around this time.              ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        After a small Finnish tour for Henrik to get his        ║ │
│║        feet wet, the band took off for Japan to show           ║ │
│║        off their new keyboarder. At about this time the        ║ │
│║        first single from Winterheart's Guild called            ║ │
│║        "Victoria's Secret" was released to immediate           ║ │
│║        success. The fast-paced song raced up the               ║ │
│║        Finnish charts to #2 and two weeks later to #1,         ║ │
│║        becoming the highest ranked Sonata Arctica              ║ │
│║        single to date.                                         ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The single wasn't the only thing racing up the          ║ │
│║        Finnish charts as Winterheart's Guild peaked at         ║ │
│║        #3 and stayed five weeks in the Top 10. Another         ║ │
│║        Finnish tour was planned, covering all the              ║ │
│║        country, followed by the ever popular festival          ║ │
│║        season. The band opened it with the Sweden Rock         ║ │
│║        Festival and continued on to such festivals as          ║ │
│║        Nummirock, Hungary's Sziget Festival, and ending        ║ │
│║        with their second appearance at Wacken Open Air.        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Another single from Winterheart's Guild and an          ║ │
│║        EP were released in late 2003. The first being          ║ │
│║        "Broken", which included two previously                 ║ │
│║        unreleased bonus tracks recorded when Mikko was         ║ │
│║        still in the band. Japan got the latter EP,             ║ │
│║        "Takatalvi", which contained songs from the then        ║ │
│║        sold out "Successor" EP and additional material,        ║ │
│║        minus the live tracks.                                  ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Winterheart's Guild became their last album with        ║ │
│║        Spinefarm Records. The band shopped around and          ║ │
│║        ended up signing a multi-record deal with German        ║ │
│║        label Nuclear Blast. Thanks to that deal Sonata         ║ │
│║        Arctica were chosen to open Japanese shows for          ║ │
│║        Iron Maiden in 2004. After returning back to            ║ │
│║        Finland, they were notified that their album            ║ │
│║        Winterheart's Guild was nominated for an Emma           ║ │
│║        Award in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album"               ║ │
│║        category.                                               ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Winterheart's Guild Tour                                ║ │
│║        tour started: February 21, 2003                         ║ │
│║        tour ended: August 31, 2003                             ║ │
│║        shows: 46                                               ║ │
│║        countries: 6                                            ║ │
│║        other: This was the band's shortest tour so far.        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Reckoning Night (2004) & For the Sake of Revenge        ║ │
│║        (2006):                                                 ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The band entered Tico Tico Studios to record            ║ │
│║        their fourth album in March 2004. This would            ║ │
│║        mark Henrik's first album with the band with him        ║ │
│║        donating his skills on the hammond and                  ║ │
│║        keyboards. Reckoning Night, as it would be              ║ │
│║        called, was the first time both Tony's and              ║ │
│║        Henrik's keyboard tracks were used, making the          ║ │
│║        sound of the album that much more dense.                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        "Don't Say A Word" debuted at #1 on the Finnish         ║ │
│║        charts, making it the fastest Sonata Arctica            ║ │
│║        single to accomplish that. The EP with the same         ║ │
│║        name rocketed up to #4 which gave the band two          ║ │
│║        releases in the Top 10 at the same time. Instead        ║ │
│║        of doing a headlining tour to support Reckoning         ║ │
│║        Night, they accepted an invitation to open for          ║ │
│║        Nightwish in Europe. Some of the shows were in          ║ │
│║        excess of 12,000 people per night. This gave            ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica even more exposure than a simple         ║ │
│║        tour by themselves would have done.                     ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        In October 2004 their second album Silence was          ║ │
│║        certified Gold in Finland with 15,000 copies            ║ │
│║        sold. It became the first of many Sonata Arctica        ║ │
│║        albums to reach that mark. The Helsinki club            ║ │
│║        Tavastia got to bear witness to the fateful             ║ │
│║        event with a large audience cheering the band on        ║ │
│║        in celebration. The Reckoning Night album was           ║ │
│║        also nominated for an Emma Award in the "Best           ║ │
│║        Hard Rock/Metal Album" category.                        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Japan would be the stage for Sonata Arctica's           ║ │
│║        first DVD. Recorded at the Shibuya-AX in Tokyo,         ║ │
│║        the band played two shows back to back with the         ║ │
│║        same setlists for the event.                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica was next slated, yet again to            ║ │
│║        open for Nightwish during their tour of the US.         ║ │
│║        However, this tour was canceled. The band then          ║ │
│║        decided to do a short tour of the USA & Canada,         ║ │
│║        focusing on the east coast. At the completion of        ║ │
│║        the tour the band promised to return again for a        ║ │
│║        longer tour.                                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        A Finnish tour started in October at the                ║ │
│║        Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. They opened for             ║ │
│║        Nightwish, who recorded their "End of An Era"           ║ │
│║        DVD that night. This was followed by more shows         ║ │
│║        in Finland, and Sonata Arctica's second Finnish         ║ │
│║        gold disc for Winterheart's Guild in late               ║ │
│║        December 2005.                                          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Finally, Sonata Arctica fulfilled their promise         ║ │
│║        of returning to North America with an extensive         ║ │
│║        tour in early 2006. The tour covered 29 shows in        ║ │
│║        28 different venues, winning over new fans at           ║ │
│║        each show. Reckoning Night was certified Gold in        ║ │
│║        Finland while the band was still touring in             ║ │
│║        North America in February 2006. This album went         ║ │
│║        on to sell 100,000 copies worldwide, and became         ║ │
│║        the most successful Sonata Arctica album ever.          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        After returning from North America, they went on        ║ │
│║        to play additional shows in Europe to promote           ║ │
│║        the newly released DVD For the Sake of Revenge.         ║ │
│║        The tour ended in August 2006 with the first            ║ │
│║        ever Sonata Arctica Open Air festival in their          ║ │
│║        hometown of Kemi.                                       ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Reckoning Night World Tour                              ║ │
│║        tour started: July 16, 2004                             ║ │
│║        tour ended: August 26, 2006                             ║ │
│║        shows: 167                                              ║ │
│║        countries: 17                                           ║ │
│║        other: The band went to the USA & Canada for the        ║ │
│║        first time, and released their first live DVD.          ║ │
│║        They supported Iron Maiden in Japan before the          ║ │
│║        tour and ended the world tour with their own            ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica Open Air festival in their               ║ │
│║        hometown Kemi.                                          ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Unia (2007):                                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The band retreated into the studio to start             ║ │
│║        working on their fifth album. Along the way the         ║ │
│║        process was filmed for a Finnish documentary            ║ │
│║        about the band called "Songs From The North Or          ║ │
│║        Something". This documentary would end up only          ║ │
│║        being shown at the annual music video festival          ║ │
│║        in Oulu and Helsinki in September 2007. At this         ║ │
│║        time the band was asked to participate in a PC          ║ │
│║        role playing game 'Winterheart's Guild' based on        ║ │
│║        their album. However, this never proceeded              ║ │
│║        further than the concept stage.                         ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Their fifth album Unia, Finnish for 'dreams',           ║ │
│║        was released in May 2007 and a Finnish tour was         ║ │
│║        started. Unfortunately, due to other                    ║ │
│║        responsibilities guitarist Jani Liimatainen was         ║ │
│║        unable to accompany the band for this tour.             ║ │
│║        Consequently, solo artist Elias Viljanen was            ║ │
│║        hired to fill in for those gigs and the Japan           ║ │
│║        tour. Elias filled that role so seamlessly that         ║ │
│║        he was asked to join permanently in July 2007           ║ │
│║        after Jani left the band.                               ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        After performing a few summer festivals, the            ║ │
│║        band took off for Mexico to play their first            ║ │
│║        shows there. A twenty day US tour followed it,          ║ │
│║        including a debut performance at the Atlanta            ║ │
│║        based ProgPower Festival in September.                  ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        No rest for the wicked as a European tour with          ║ │
│║        opening acts Epica and Ride the Sky commenced,          ║ │
│║        taking them all over Europe and eventually              ║ │
│║        ending up back home again. They made an                 ║ │
│║        appearance at Rock Radio Finland and finished           ║ │
│║        off the year with a small tour of Finland.              ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        2008 would turn out to be the busiest touring           ║ │
│║        year for Sonata Arctica, filled to the brim with        ║ │
│║        concerts all over the world. It started out with        ║ │
│║        another tour of the US, from where they jetted          ║ │
│║        off to their first full tour of South America,          ║ │
│║        and later to the United Kingdom.                        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        After a successful festival season, appearing at        ║ │
│║        Wacken Open Air to play for over 80,000 people,         ║ │
│║        they went on another US tour with Nightwish.            ║ │
│║        This tour was fraught with problems as several          ║ │
│║        shows were canceled by Nightwish due to illness,        ║ │
│║        leaving Sonata Arctica to do free shows for             ║ │
│║        those who showed up. The frantic year ended with        ║ │
│║        yet another European tour taking openers Pagan's        ║ │
│║        Mind and Vanishing Point. Sonta Arctica also had        ║ │
│║        their first appearance in Russia.                       ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Unia World Tour                                         ║ │
│║        tour started: April 27, 2007                            ║ │
│║        tour ended: November 29, 2008                           ║ │
│║        shows: 157                                              ║ │
│║        countries: 26                                           ║ │
│║        other: This was the first tour with guitarist           ║ │
│║        Elias Viljanen. The band also went to Russia,           ║ │
│║        Mexico, Argentina & Peru for the first time.            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The Days of Grays (2009) & Live in Finland              ║ │
│║        (2011):                                                 ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        In early 2009 the band went into the studio and         ║ │
│║        started working on their sixth album, which             ║ │
│║        would be their first with Elias on guitar. A            ║ │
│║        small festival tour during that summer let fans         ║ │
│║        hear some of the songs that would end up on The         ║ │
│║        Days of Grays. The somber tone of the album             ║ │
│║        reflected getting old and dying - different from        ║ │
│║        the progressive leanings of Unia. The Days of           ║ │
│║        Grays was certified Gold on the day of release,         ║ │
│║        making it the first Sonata Arctica album to             ║ │
│║        manage this feat.                                       ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Before going to Europe, Sonata Arctica hitched a        ║ │
│║        ride with Dragonforce, who opened for the second        ║ │
│║        leg of their US/Canada tour. It is one of the           ║ │
│║        few times the band toured North America before          ║ │
│║        Europe in order to promote a new album. Delain          ║ │
│║        and Winterborn opened for them in Europe.               ║ │
│║        Unfortunately, a few shows of this tour had to          ║ │
│║        be canceled due to illness.                             ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The New Year began with the band playing their          ║ │
│║        first ever gigs in Australia. They continued            ║ │
│║        onto Asia, playing their first gigs in China and        ║ │
│║        Taiwan before hitting Japan again. A few makeup         ║ │
│║        gigs from the previous European tour were played        ║ │
│║        along with a tour of Russia and Finland.                ║ │
│║        Eventually in April, they did a full tour of the        ║ │
│║        USA with openers Powerglove and Mutiny Within           ║ │
│║        before the festival season started.                     ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        A DVD show in Milan, Italy was planned for              ║ │
│║        September 30th, but was postponed when Elias            ║ │
│║        broke his hand working out in early September.          ║ │
│║        It would be pushed foward to 2011 and eventually        ║ │
│║        changed to Oulu, Finland. The year ended on             ║ │
│║        happier note with a full South American tour,           ║ │
│║        complete with a tour documentary filmed and             ║ │
│║        edited by Tony.                                         ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        January 2011 had the band setting sail with the         ║ │
│║        inaugural 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise which             ║ │
│║        traveled from Miami to Mexico with three                ║ │
│║        straight days of shows running around the clock.        ║ │
│║        Sonata Arctica would end up playing two shows           ║ │
│║        with alternating setlists.                              ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Another European tour commenced, highlighted            ║ │
│║        with a special two hour show in Milan that              ║ │
│║        debuted the setlist for the upcoming DVD show in        ║ │
│║        Oulu. It was their gift to the Milan fans who           ║ │
│║        bought tickets to the DVD show the year before.         ║ │
│║        The Oulu DVD show, titled Live in Finland, would        ║ │
│║        be released on November 11th, thus making the           ║ │
│║        release date 11/11/2011.                                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        The Days of Grays World Tour                            ║ │
│║        tour started: July 9, 2009                              ║ │
│║        tour ended: August 15, 2011                             ║ │
│║        shows: 182                                              ║ │
│║        countries: 38                                           ║ │
│║        other: The band released their 2nd live DVD from        ║ │
│║        this tour as well as paid first visits to a             ║ │
│║        number of countries like Australia, China,              ║ │
│║        Taiwan, Guatemala, Ecuador, Venezuela, El               ║ │
│║        Salvador and Uruguay.                                   ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Stones Grow Her Name (2012):                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        In September 2011 Sonata Arctica locked                 ║ │
│║        themselves in the studio once again to make             ║ │
│║        their seventh album. This time the focus was on         ║ │
│║        making their songs easier to translate on stage         ║ │
│║        and the end result was Stones Grow Her Name.            ║ │
│║        Released in May 2012, it became the first Sonata        ║ │
│║        Arctica album to be certified Gold with pre-            ║ │
│║        sales alone and managed to crack the US charts          ║ │
│║        for the first time on Billboard's Heatseeker's          ║ │
│║        Chart at #9.                                            ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Other than random summer festival shows, Finland        ║ │
│║        became the first country to hear many of the new        ║ │
│║        songs live with an extensive tour in September.         ║ │
│║        After taking few weeks off, they were back on           ║ │
│║        the road for a European tour in November, with          ║ │
│║        Battle Beast opening and a small North American         ║ │
│║        headlining tour in December. Both tours were            ║ │
│║        filmed by Tony and videos posted along the way          ║ │
│║        on the band's YouTube channel, giving the fans a        ║ │
│║        change to see life on the road. 2013 was spent          ║ │
│║        on the road with the band doing tours in                ║ │
│║        Scandinavia, UK, Russia, Japan and Latin America        ║ │
│║        before finishing the tour with the summer               ║ │
│║        festivals in Europe. At the end of the tour             ║ │
│║        Marko Paasikoski left the band, citing lack of          ║ │
│║        motivation as his principle reason.                     ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Stones Grow Her Name World Tour                         ║ │
│║        tour started: April 7, 2012                             ║ │
│║        tour ended: August 15, 2013                             ║ │
│║        shows: 95                                               ║ │
│║        countries: 31                                           ║ │
│║        other: Some first time countries on this tour           ║ │
│║        were: Costa Rica, Columbia, Paraguay and Turkey.        ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        TBA (2014):                                             ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║        Straight from the festival season, the band             ║ │
│║        started working on their next studio album (no.         ║ │
│║        8) in September 2013. The new album will be             ║ │
│║        released in the spring of 2014 with an extensive        ║ │
│║        world tour to follow. 2014 also marks the 15th          ║ │
│║        anniversary of the release of their first album         ║ │
│║        Ecliptica. We can be sure to see some surprises         ║ │
│║        along the way in the coming year....                    ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
│║                                                                ║ │
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│╔═════════════════════╗                                            │
│║  Release Tracklist  ║                                            │
│╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════  │
│                                                                   │
│     01 - The Wolves Die Young                       [04:13]       │
│     02 - The Wolves Die Young (Radio Edit)          [03:51]       │
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│                                      Total Length : [08:04 minn   │
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│                   ╔═════════════════════╗                         │
│                   ║    Greetings To:    ║                         │
│                   ╚═════════════════════╝                         │
│                                                                   │
│          Too all people who contributes to make this              │
│          archive of good music in a exceptional conditions        │
│                                                                   │
│                                                                   │
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