Sure, there are some things on here that are awkward, but they’re awkwardly successful. So this is a list about embracing the awkward and loving it. Early on the lyrics were quite ESL (that’s English as a Second Language, for all you ESL people out there), but later on they demonstrated a heavy dose of “Maybe that was a funny idea when you were drunk, but…” (see, for example, the song called “Victoria’s Secret”).īut like Jim Steinman-though, inking fewer songs for Air Supply-Kakko and crew always make it work. Usually the awkward is carried in the lyrics (though once a banjo ran rampant on a recording session and I’ve never quite recovered). This means that the band’s sound is epic, quirky, but ultimately it can get a little… awkward.

See, Sonata Arctica started out as a better version of Stratovarius that was founded with a songwriter at the helm-Tony Kakko-who’s like a weird, Finnish version of Jim Steinman.

Now I know you’re probably thinking to yourself: “self, why would AMG write an article about a band’s ‘Awkward and Unintentional Successes’ if he likes that band?” Indulge me a second. I am stoked for Sonata Arctica‘s forthcoming Ninth Hour which will be here on the 14th of October from Nuclear Blast.

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