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Last update: 06-08-2007
06-08-2007
- Official statement concerning Jani
As many already know, our guitarist Jani Liimatainen has been absent from the line-up this spring and summer.
The reason was his messing around with his compulsory military/civil/prison duty, or rather,
complete failure to take care of it.
This matter, and everything that goes with it, caused a split between Jani and the other band members.
This split was impossible to mend without Jani's help and co-operation.
Therefore we would like to make known the following:
During fall of '06 and spring of '07, Jani's personal matters and actions drove us to a situation
where we had no option but to ask Jani to leave the band.
Jani was notified of this in May, and the separation was amicable. We wanted to give Jani the
chance to get his life together before making this public, which is why we didn't make this
announcement earlier. We wish Jani well on his chosen path.
"Show must go on", so, facing the facts, we hereby humbly announce that Elias Viljanen
is from this day forward a full and official member of Sonata Arctica.
Throughout this summer, on many occasions, Elias has shown himself to be able to fill
the big boots Jani left behind.
We hope our friends and our fans understand that this was the only choice left for us to make so
that our band could continue. Sonata Arctica has always been, and always will be, more than the
sum of its parts. The band has become for us a way of life, a lifeline that simply can not be cut off.
A long "Unia" -tour lies in front of us.
We extend Elias a warm welcome to the Sonata family, and we hope the fans will, too.
Sonata Arctica is whole again.
See you on the road!
Best regards,
~Tony, Tommy, Marko, and Henrik
The reason was his messing around with his compulsory military/civil/prison duty, or rather,
complete failure to take care of it.
This matter, and everything that goes with it, caused a split between Jani and the other band members.
This split was impossible to mend without Jani's help and co-operation.
Therefore we would like to make known the following:
During fall of '06 and spring of '07, Jani's personal matters and actions drove us to a situation
where we had no option but to ask Jani to leave the band.
Jani was notified of this in May, and the separation was amicable. We wanted to give Jani the
chance to get his life together before making this public, which is why we didn't make this
announcement earlier. We wish Jani well on his chosen path.
"Show must go on", so, facing the facts, we hereby humbly announce that Elias Viljanen
is from this day forward a full and official member of Sonata Arctica.
Throughout this summer, on many occasions, Elias has shown himself to be able to fill
the big boots Jani left behind.
We hope our friends and our fans understand that this was the only choice left for us to make so
that our band could continue. Sonata Arctica has always been, and always will be, more than the
sum of its parts. The band has become for us a way of life, a lifeline that simply can not be cut off.
A long "Unia" -tour lies in front of us.
We extend Elias a warm welcome to the Sonata family, and we hope the fans will, too.
Sonata Arctica is whole again.
See you on the road!
Best regards,
~Tony, Tommy, Marko, and Henrik
09-05-2007
- Unia samples
Samples of the all the tracks featured on the new frull-lenght, Unia, can be listened at this address.
01-05-2007
- Updates
Some sections have been updated:
Videos
The "Paid In Full" video has been added as well as re-encoded versions of the other videos.
The "Paid in Full" clip suffer of a low video quality, btt unfrtuantely is the same as the one published on the official site.
Inteviews
Two new interviews made during the month of April have been added.
Photos
Added the photos shooted for promoting Unia. I've also decided to delete some of the others galleries cause I find useless to keep them up to date with the ones of the official site. I'll keep a couple of galleries for every year the band have been touring.
Videos
The "Paid In Full" video has been added as well as re-encoded versions of the other videos.
The "Paid in Full" clip suffer of a low video quality, btt unfrtuantely is the same as the one published on the official site.
Inteviews
Two new interviews made during the month of April have been added.
Photos
Added the photos shooted for promoting Unia. I've also decided to delete some of the others galleries cause I find useless to keep them up to date with the ones of the official site. I'll keep a couple of galleries for every year the band have been touring.
