Gravenimage / Don't Say A Word - Sonata Arctica

[evanescence9314]

excellent performance! Everyone here is at the top of their game! I always say that the best performances of each song are performed at the same era in which they are created. Thus Don't Say a Word was best performed during the Reckoning Night tour, Wolf & Raven best at Silence tour, and The Last Amazing Grays best at Days of Grays tour. :) Agree?

[SonjaPerenda]

@evanescence9314 Agree with you! But sometimes they improve the live performance with time, the more they get used to playing it live the more they can fall into it. Still, the emotions are most pure when the song is fresh - see "Juliet" live, Tony LIVES it! BTW: I dared myself over a cover of this one and uploaded it - my "female stalker version" ;) Please check it out! xxx

[HoundOfHell18]

IN WHAT TUNING IS HE PLAYING GRAVENIMAGE????

[urigeller575757]

@HoundOfHell18 e flat like every other song

[HoundOfHell18]

@urigeller575757 nop all songs from sonata are in D#(Half Step Down) :D

[urigeller575757]

@HoundOfHell18 don't you mean e#? because e# is called half step down and d is called whole step down

[89Cave89]

@urigeller575757 Nope. That symbol is used for the sharpened note, and e# doesn't exist, becaus eafter E comes F . The symbol that is used for a flattened note is like a little b. [Eb is more or less the same thing as D#]

[ile222]

@89Cave89 E# definitely exists. For example C-sharp major chord has c# e# and g#. Interval from c# to f is not a third so you must use e# when writing music.

[bmzbg]

@HoundOfHell18 Isn't it G#m ? I think that's the tune on the original at least :P

[tailidan95]

dios me encanta sonata me enamora cn todas sus canciones :D ♥

[SriDys]

This pissed me off so much when I saw them live, waiting for the almighty Gravenimage to kick in and they change song, I like don't say a word but I like also like Gravenimage, totally ruined it for me... Pretty terrible gig really it's better on DVD then you can skip all the new material, plus Jani wasn't on guitar when I saw them...

[LegendaryxEyes]

Where was this?

[EvolightExirio]

@LegendaryxEyes Tokio, Japan

[M3L0D1CM4N]

Check out my cover of this live version :P watch?v=m0_XoNJOfhA

[TheSzaliczek]

6:24

Tony plaing on... microphone? o.o''

[klebX6T]

@TheSzaliczek that's the reason why HE is AWESOME

[Dnine1]

what is that at 1:26?

[ediaz45]

@Dnine1 It's a piece from the keytar Herik smashed in the "San Sebastian / End of This Keyboard" video. Actually, Tony says it's a "hand painted key".

[Dnine1]

@ediaz45 i see now =D

[Jaqub7]

13 cannot recognize a beautiful melody.

[DanielHeretic]

Tony kakko *-* <3 <3

[SuperWillie900]

...I just tingled...

...that sounded wrong...

[DEMONOBABEN]

So much great music from finland! It shows that it must be a wonderfull country!

[marcosmetal2008]

both are excelent songs!

[jeskidoss]

nobody wears better an ibanez 7 string

[chuzmetal18]

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo  *-* =)

[1511Jeji]

This is soooo awesome!

[PhantomX141291]

*.*

[DGrant1010]

11 people probably shouldn't say a word.

[bomberemo]

@DGrant1010 haha

[serpenttao]

@DGrant1010 Those two cracked me up xD

[FireRagnarok]

11 people's mothers never told them "My son, do the noble thing."

[rockerahmet]

you can get erection at 6:20 :D

[metallica144]

i love the sustain in jani's guitar, followed by don't say a word, EPIC!

[Respectthewilderness]

perfect combination! don't say a word and gravenimage. the change is awesome! i wish i had been there!

[DamnNoNamesxD]

if i had been in that concert seriusly i have cryed .! man fuck this band is fkng awesome (yes i miss jani too"can someone tell me why he left of sonata") thanks well the perfect concert..! i just dream .. dream to go to a concert of sonata..! soo i can die in peace..!

[bassface17]

I've seen these guys twice once headlining and once supporting Dragonforce. Suprizingly they were mixed better when they were supporting. Both amazing shows tho. I really wish they would play more Ecliptica though. Only Ecliptica song they played was Full Moon. I would love to see Letter to Dana, Destruction Preventer, My Land and Blank File live.

[janiloureiro]

Love what

Jani did in Don't say a Word, great solo, great perfomance

just awesome old Sonata Arctica

[alejack1987]

I LOVE THIS SONG,AND I DAMN LOVE THIS WAY TO PLAY IT

*_________*

i'm almost crying right now, listening to it xDDD

[leadbz]

the finland's metal is the best...argentina loves SA....Maradona Rules

[FROZZZZT]

Just check this out!! youtube.com/watch?v=5zWQEFWs1_­g

[MrJoshex]

Just prue epicness :D

[Radmanovi4]

Long live Sonata Arctica : ]

[PTblackout]

"I suppose life sometimes it doesn't go the way it was meant"

EPIC

[Neverender412]

Watching these older videos makes me wish I got to see them with Jani at least once. I got to see them recently and I feel that Elias is just as good :] Thanks for posting this!

[rph1990]

@Neverender412 i know what you mean. I saw them recently, and Elias is amazing, but to see Jani wwould have been something else altogether

[killo9000]

greetings from hell i mean america we have shit for music but japan has really good heavy music any way SONATA ARCTICA KICKS ASS

[timosha21]

@killo9000 we have metallica (i dont prefer them personally). we have dreamtheater, disturbed, and kamelot... dude there are some good american bands of metal out there.

[alejack1987]

@timosha21 i LOVE Kamelot, they're my favourite band...and i'm italian, actually xD

but this song....is just perfect...

I love North =P

(in fact Roy Khan comes from Norway, really xD)

[classicadelmantro]

@killo9000 yeah i was going to say the same thing

we have Symphony X,Nevermore,Megadeth,Jag Panzer, the list goes on

America has a lot of great music

[MrAnimatr0nic]

The most enchanting songs in the world. This is one of my favourite videos of all time. Amazing \m/

[WeLoveUs1001]

Omg, he has a awesome voice! <3

[WeLoveUs1001]

Omg he has an awesome voice <3

[renvon]

Greetings from brazil! Sonata Arctica owns.

[OraclesOath]

This is a great track. love it. Don't know the band but will be checking them out.

[Windaros]

Doesn't that keyboard got weighed keys? And Henkka plays solos that fast on it? That's impressive!

[juzzlin]

@Windaros It's not that hard on a weighted keyboard, because many classical piano compositions also have really fast killer sections :) E.g. many of Chopin's compositions.

[Windaros]

@juzzlin Ya, I know, but they are played in a different way, aren't they? Not like a lead solo.

[darkwatson87]

best song without a doubt

[Kaito133]

i love this band so much

[MUR76MELI]

PURE LOVE!!!!

[MUR76MELI]

PURE LOVE!

[kicojas]

so fuckin beautiful...

greetings from macedonia \m/

[BloodLion25]

These guys are simply perfect... : )

[moumou193]

ヤニとヘンリクの声いいな！

[Nela507justin]

te deje pintuación, esta genial tu video del concierto :D

[ErdelyMindorokke]

Here is the reason, why Finland is one of the best countryes of the world :) \m/

Greetings from Transilvania :)

[Murindal]

yeah thats right... greetings from germany = )

[restsama]

@ErdelyMindorokke szavazat elsősorban a névért, másodsorban a hozzászólásért

[ildiodelmetallo]

@ErdelyMindorokke Yeah, you're right man. Greetings from Italy :P

[holdondota]

Greetings from Argentina :P

[bielfm]

@ErdelyMindorokke is that place as beautiful as they say?

[ErdelyMindorokke]

@bielfm

sure

[Kriaturametal]

I love the arrangement Jani makes at the beginning of Don't Say a Word, following the keyboards...

Anyway, when I saw them live with Elias, it was amazing too. Elias is a great guitarist, we all miss Jani, but E.Vil is fucking amazing too :D

[KalevWolfin]

@Kriaturametal agree :-) I love both of them.. I just think Cain's Offering is better option for Jani... and Sonata still kick-ass :D

[garlictoothpaste]

@Kriaturametal

actually, when jani plays along with the keyboard melody, that's not new. if you listen closely to the original, you can barely hear a guitar playing along w/ the piano.

[Murindal]

@Kriaturametal you are right, but I think Elias isn't really able to replace Jani. I have the feeling that Jani is just much more fitting with Sonata Arctica than Elias, but I don't know why = )

[Kriaturametal]

@Murindal I think it's only we miss him, we've been always watching Sonata with that "lovely giant redhead" XD. And all Sonata fans feel nostalgic and wish to watch a live perfomance from the times they released Winterheart's Guild and Reckogning Night, when they had two first AMAZING albums, and were trying to experiment with their music. Unia was a big change. Not for bad, not for better, but was a change, and we all feel... nostalgic. I think :3

[sonata92]

@Kriaturametal

u couldnt be more right dude...

Unia was a change, but it cant be compared with the "oldies" of sonata, and well... i just dont like the last album... =/ ...

but i feel u man, we all miss the redhead

[ninaclan77]

@Kriaturametal Totally agree! can't wait to see them for next DVD shooting!! :)

[Mondiola123]

yes

[timosha21]

forgive me. Jani is the guitarist with the red hair???

[GameStormNL]

@Timosha21 Yes =)

[Kriaturametal]

YEP!

[XXXWiziManXXX]

marko is the more strange member in the band, he is the one who is not crazy but he is a very good bass player.

[DrumsMPXF]

@XXXWiziManXXX yes, but look at him now in the lowlands concert, which is the last profesionally recorded concert, he is more like in connection with the band, and has large hair now :D

[XXXWiziManXXX]

yes thats true, now he looks like a realy member of sonata

[Femmsie1]

Sonara Arctica rules!!!!!!!! one question: how is the cute bass guitarist??

[Nuotit]

Short-haired Marko makes me laugh everytime :p

[Femmsie1]

ahh is he Marko... he is the cutest of all the members... maybe i like him because he's different then the others... he is... wel... he is cutexD i saw the live dvd For the Sake of Revenge... at the number Replica, Tony walks back but Marko was walking to.. they almost bumbed into each other... Marko = official cute

[TheRozki]

wake up man

[DoormanofmyDeathrow]

Goos song^^

[Weballergia]

Tony Kakko is sooo coooooll!

[kvzzzzzz]

"Thank you very much, you kick ass!" hahahaha

[FadeToBlack789]

amazing musicians man. i love this band. My favorite Power metal band. Next to Hammerfall and Rhapsody of fire.

[ElektraStefan]

Tony Kakko is great...I beleive that Reckoning Night is better album than Unia,but a like it very much too...

[FurbyParade226]

Ever notice how theres never 1 negative comment on youtube when it comes to Sonata Arctica? lol

[ikill4klondikebars]

@FurbyParade226

that's because Sonata is epic. Matched only by Nightwish and Kamelot.

[FurbyParade226]

i agree ^-^

[LimeZMusic]

Personally, I think Nightwish and Kamelot are JUST under Sonata Arctica. I adore all three bands, but Sonata Arctica prevails. :P

[timosha21]

rhapsody is also good!!

[psychostew911]

@FurbyParade226 I saw one about their sense of humor being bad but who gives a flying fuck haha their amazing musicians and that's why there here

[sk8nguitar4evr]

@FurbyParade226

hehe i had to do it =P

[KeyTib]

.....yeees. of course. -.-

[lakerat789]

Genius, pure and simple and sincere joy to listen to.

[mariapaolarocchi]

I want listen live ALL Gravenimage **

[Ecliptica220989]

concordo...I agree...

[Angela275]

you can, but not on For the Sake of the Revenge

[BenMc1981]

BOW DOWN... im 2 hours away from seeing them in melbourne! there is a god i knew it...

[guitarshreder2]

whats he say at the beginning? "thank you very much, your cute cat" ?

lol

[Trancemagic]

thank you very much, you kick ass he sais

[ktuluag]

you kick ass

[the1and0abd]

@guitarshreder2 "you kick ass"

[diehard17]

best intro to Dont say a word ever...

[metalmasster]

yes, is easy, i'm sure that jani did an harmonic in the 6 string, space 2, F# note, always when jani play with the 7 string guitar do that harmonic un the same space, doing the B chord and ending in that pinch harmonic... This it is my contribution xD i think

sharingan41 has all the info that he needed =P

[sharingan41]

I Have a question some kind of obviolsy for some ppl

at minute 5:35 jani makes a noice with the guitar its like a scream in a terror movie, or a car breaking at full speed.

Its that just play a note with vibrato between chords, or it effect have a name.

o its the whammy? or floyd? someone know plz, i really wanna know

[metalmasster]

it's only an harmonic note in a very low part of the guitar, maybe in the 6 string or 7... i don't know cause the cam didn't show that part =/

[sebrenauld]

I think that's just a pinched harmonic + vibrato. And yes, metalmasster is right, it's on one of the low strings. Seeing as he is playing on a 6-string in that concert, I'm pretty sure it's on the lowest string.

[supapuffy2007]

just search "pinch harmonic" here on youtube

there are a ton of lessons on how to do it

[XXXWiziManXXX]

Marko is the best :)

[jackfonzo]

\m/

[Zitrone000]

I Love this Viedeo.. I Love SOnata Arctica ...

Best band Ever

[Xaeron87]

Gives me the gosebumps. Too bad they aren't playing it on their tour

[daantjeme]

@Xaeron87 they're playing don't say a word

[Xaeron87]

Hehe sorry for not beeing clear enough. I was refering to the tour they played.

[andrew19891019]

jesus what a great fuckin' song..!!

[klauny666]

kick ass!!! amazing!

[saturnosring]

mencanta cuando cambian el ritmo para cambiar a "dont say a word"...

mencanta la voz de Tony Kakko...^^ cuando vienen a españa?

[panxo1602]

Don't Say A Word lml!!

[Broshmosh]

Even with the title of the video, I still didn't expect that transition. I almost audibly moaned.

Bring on tomorrow, JBs in Dudley, December 5th.

Lets do this shit.

[SiK0Fuzz1es]

Haha, I know, right? Gravenimage is one of my favorite songs by Sonata Arctica.

But they are both great songs. :)

[Reoreyh]

I shat bricks. ;D

[Alteratioon]

dragonforce is for posers xd

[Sandely92]

i aggree with you

[hardcoreblowsbigones]

very true!

[OhSoInsane]

Mother always said my son, do the noble thing, you have to finish what you have started, no matter what, now sit watch and learn. It is now how long you live but what your morals say, cannot keep your part of the deal so don't say a word, don't say a word.

[Windaros]

Best band ever!

[shugokz]

Sonata rulz! The best actual power metal band, better as Dragon Force o Stratovarious

[SaNaQnightwolf]

I love you Sonata

[BenMc1981]

why do people put dragonforce video responses on this page???? gayest band ever... WTF

[WishmasterTheDark]

DragonForce is not gayest band ever, I love them as much as I love Sonata Arctica.

Sonata is a little bit better than DragonForce, and I don't understand why the fuck everyone mention DF on every Metal video on YouTube.

[BenMc1981]

lol ok im sorry....DF ARE SO GREAT!!

[tkdliron]

dragenforce ?? shitforce real powermetal

sonata arctica

hammerfall

blind guardian

gamma ray

helloween

rage

iron saviour

primal fear

[shugokz]

I think Rage and Primal Fear are not of the bests; but, you really know about Power Metal

[WishmasterTheDark]

From your list I like HammerFall, Sonata Arctica and Gamma Ray.

And why do you think DragonForce is shit?

Are you jealous of them?

[tkdliron]

why should it be??

their guitarwork is far from fantastic.. there are so many better guitarplayers out there...

they cant even play their music live (have heard them myself at wacken and the suck)

[shugokz]

Sooooooo gealous, they are only a little crap boy

[mfbabin]

I sort of aggree with you, DragonForce isn't "real" Power Metal, they are Epic Power Metal.

[tkdliron]

wtf that was really random said. its the same as saying that dimmu borgir is true norwegian black metal...

EPIC FAIL

[hardcoreblowsbigones]

it's not even that, it's poser power metal... because every power metal band focuses on how the composition is... and how POWERful the music is.. not how nintendo it is, and not writing every song the same...

[mfbabin]

every song is not writen the same, if you actualy listen to the solos, you will know that they are different. The only part that is the same is the overuse of 16th notes, but alot of power metal songs have that.

[hardcoreblowsbigones]

that is very untrue. They use the same chord progression in almost every song... Generally, they're just a band that uses only 3 different chord progressions... and the SAME scales for solos. Melodic and Natural Minor, and that's it. I haven't heard anything else, any modes, barely any harmonic usage. But let's not argue on a sonata video.

[Sandely92]

yeah!

[timosha21]

@tkdliron dark moor, kamelot, dreamtale there are many more

[BenMc1981]

jani owns.

[APOCALIPXIS011]

INTRO ! AWESOME5 55

[LechugazoJuanReturns]

One word:

AWESOME

[1234deathkiller]

tony is god

[rph1990]

God can only dream of being as Awesome as Tony

[lordavernal]

they kick ass live even better than studio version

[FishDK]

Damn that was good! He really can sing live.

[LechugazoJuanReturns]

I missed the custom keytar of henrik. The fucking best keytar ever in the universe

[srutsam]

Love 'em love 'em love 'em !!

[sexy6vamp]

great band....

[Marieve93]

Damn , they do know how to trash ! =P

[FireRagnarok]

Is it just me or does Marko Paasikoski look a whole lot like Jon Bon Jovi in this song?

[BoundWithDuctTape]

I'll bet there's some japanese dude who sold sonata arctica keytar pieces on ebay after this xD

[FireRagnarok]

You know what's creepy? I would probably buy one. xD

[jala752403]

henrik usted dejo plasmado el alma y el corazo en las notas interpretadas en ese piano con gravenimagen juntamente con jani en la guitarra exelente cancion y a tony lo admiro exelentisima voz mis respetos y los admiro, desde bogota colombia .atte. jala .

[brittnieeisasweetie1]

seein them in toronto, october 2nd

gunna be pretty epic

[Pellefaren]

Darned.. My girlfriend lives in Toronto and I'm planning on moving there sometime.. Probs won't be able to make it before these guys play though.. Sucks.. But enjoy the show!