Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays

If the clouds weren't shaped like skulls, I'd consider moving to this place.



When it comes to flower metal, Sonata Arctica is one of the few bands that I can tolerate. Maybe that's because I'm a chaotic good half-elf ranger* who loves fantasy lyrics, maybe it's because they're coming out with a video game. But Sonata Arctica is the shit. Yes, they do have all of the markings of a shitty band but through some blessings of a chaotic neutral trickster god, they don't suck at all.

Yes, it is cheesier than a DiGiorno Pizza, but there is a sense of questing through dungeons and drinking with dwarfs in taverns that makes Sonata Arctica stand out. That's why even somebody who's into progressive and technical metal can find an appreciation for what Sonata Arctica does.

While The Days of Grays is certainly better than Unia, it's more of a return to form than anything else. But when you kick as much ass as Sonata Arctica, how can you complain?

8/10


*IRL. What is the D&D you speak of?