Sonata Arctica - They Follow [Japanese Bonus Track]

[pieman173]

"I'll disappear like a mountain with out a trace." My favorite line in the song!

[Ferrilsblood]

I am in love with this song <3

[Dungeons111]

I im the only one who thinks 'The village' movie while listening this?

[vachiercoliss]

CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, THEY FOLLOW

[UnpublishedWriter]

@ShwangShwing A main reason behind this: Japan was the first nation to fully embrace Sonata. Did a project on them for a music class in college and read up on their background. :)

[jacak47410]

Pop music has goosestepped us into misery and bloodshed,metal will put that bitch into her place.

[dartzu]

From what ive heard is that Tony has said that its ok to download the bonus track albums if you have bought the normal album

[ravenrapunzel]

What a joy it is to hear such a well composed and beautifully performed song with its smooth-as-silk vocals! Thank you for bringing it to us to enjoy!

[flongas2]

man i meet this band a week ago and it is the best band ever !

[MayonakaNoArashi]

why does japan always get the bonus tracks??? it's not fair :( especially when the bonus tracks are like this one.

[thegreatninjaman]

@MayonakaNoArashi yea, most of them cant even understand english!

[ShwangShwing]

@MayonakaNoArashi Yeah, I also always wandered why Japan gets the bonus tracks. I mean... What's the logic behind not including the "bonus" tracks everywhere? And what's special about Japan and Sonata Arctica anyway?

[StewieSwan]

@ShwangShwing I believe its because physical albums are more expensive in japan and a bonus track gives them more incentive to buy it.

[Jeejy1996]

@ShwangShwing Because there usually is a bonus track for Europe, Japan and North America and it's more expensive to ship to Japan so they add stuff

[Sriake]

@ShwangShwing Shipping costs more so retail price is higher therefore Japanese have to pay more which in return normally get bonus songs etc.

[Blad3xx1]

this song is so damn peaceful! I love Sonata Arctica... and this song!

[TheMestengo]

That song is the peace itself :)

[nWANTED]

pyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyzdiec :D :D :D

[CrazyBrick30]

I listen to this song damn near everyday. I never get tired of it.

[TakenXByXNightfall]

Ah, Sonata...you never disappoint me.

[IceMySoul]

So beautifull. I would like to hear this live some time...

[Phantasmic]

This song gives me chills.

[Thaitytto]

love this<3

[gilgel55]

i nearly fell asleep listening to this. not cos its bad its just so relaxing. really nice song

[Wolfeye204]

Is Sonata Arctica coming to Michigan? I've been told they are, but i really doubt it.

[Detonator300]

@Wolfeye204 No. They come from Kemi, Finland.

[Wolfeye204]

I know where they come from....

But i know they occasionally go to the USA sometimes, so i was just wondering.

[Detonator300]

@Wolfeye204 Oh, sorry. Looks like I didn't read your first comment properly...

[Wolfeye204]

no problem

[Detonator300]

@Wolfeye204 As for whether they are coming to Michigan, I didn't find a Michigan gig on their tour list so they probably aren't coming there anytime soon.

[RONeven]

@Wolfeye204 Sonata is supposed to play at Blondie's in Detroit Michigan on April 10th. See you there! =)

[reveriehill1614]

This song makes me think of dark carousel music for some reason... I think the way the melody flows and seems to move up and down is what does it... It's fantastic, absolutely fantastic!

[clwatts88]

i heard once that its because cd's cost more in japan so they load it down with a lot of extra stuff to give them their moneys worth. idk if its true but if it is then they should just make a special edition version with all the stuff on it that costs more imo.

[thelivingbrain123]

@clwatts88 CD's do cost more in Japan. I order music from Japan all the time and they usually cost $20-$30 sometimes even $40 each!

[funkyshino]

they might just have the bonus track in japan cause their CD's can hold more? idk just a thought

[nightslayer23]

wouw amazing beutiful song very touchy i like it it gives me the chils and a strange feeling in my stomach hehe sounds kinda if i may say i really like sonata and i am going to see them like 9 december in holland in tilburg with my friend \m/ sonata is the best

[Nathalena]

Yeah its a shame that the best song on the album only can be found in the japanese versions.

[Detonator300]

Does anybody know the message (or whatever it is) of this song? I have never been very good at understanding the lyrics of songs.

[Pinkutpantsut]

Yeah, I don't have the 2 bonus tracks on my album either, but I love 'em!

[EvilSaatanisti]

Its criminal that europeans wont have this!

Finnish people shuld have a bonus tracks! And everybody else too!

[BijouArctica]

I don't have this song on my album :O o.O

[JaniLiimatainenFan]

that's why it's a japanese bonus track ;) So unless you bought it on a japanese site or in a japanese store, it's very likely you won't find it on your album. Shame, really :(

[cahl1337]

most bonus's are just tracks that didn't make it to the final publish its nothing special at least you have youtube

[Aldenor]

In interviews the bands explains us about that. In japan the music cds have a high price, so they give them bonus tracks.

[yorchreloaded]

why the venezuelans dont get bonus tracks?!!! T_T i want a bonus track too!! T_T.. fuckers! T_T xD.. stupid japaneses with closed eyes.. suck my venezuelan black dick

[Blackbeast123]

It sucks that the japanese ppl only get bonus tracks :(

[XLyanaX1982]

I totally agree. Why would they deserve it and we wouldn't?

[Blackbeast123]

I dont know.. they already have so much awsome shit that we dont have.. Scandinavia should get Bonus tracks!

[BlueBajs]

They are probably the best source of money.

[hurryingfred]

Europe, the Americas, and Japan get different bonus tracks. So that means you get something that the Japanese don't get, and they get something you don't get.

[pcurz]

yes actually i don't have to create a warlike feel in my unia cd but i have this wonderful song

[KenevyUnholyJesus]

As far as I know... SA is considered Synph Metal... Or am I wrong?

[Replica1888]

wrong ;) power and progressiv metal

[theCamelCase]

It's power metal with progressive elements on a symphonic context. And that only holds true for _some_ of their songs.

[BoundWithDuctTape]

how is this fake? is that not tony kakko singing?

[KenevyUnholyJesus]

I don't know if this is fake... Tough... It stills a really good one XD

[Nashtak5000]

What?

[ArcticaSpring]

So it is a fake?...To bad...:(

[chkolatte]

what is fake ??? faggot

[ArcticaSpring]

Is it possible to buy "Deliverance" somewhere?

all i find for it is downloads. :(

[Rabbyck1527]

yes, it's possible, i have it original but, i don't know how :s it's not in the official discography, my appears with spinefarm :s

[neonknight5150]

no, its a bootleg. it even says so on the official sonata forum. its fake. still, i have seen the artwork and everything for it and someone did a damn good job

[yamadojo81]

The vocal melodies is crazy!

Great Tony, you are a genius!!

[synastikki]

Japanese get own bonus tracks because CD's cost so much in Japan that it is cheaper to order them from some other country... That's why bands put japan bonus songs on their record... it is pure bussiness to make the japanese to buy the record in their own country.

Tony Kakko told this on For The Sake of Revenges comment track.. although it is in finnish so everybody here of course didn't understand it :)

[tutu1987]

no they put bonus tracks so Japanese might buy the album instead of downloading the global version, plus because SA is very popular in Japan

[Judielg]

I hear you power metal is a lot famous in Japan and Europe but in my country you asked someone "do you like power metal?" and the guy wil answer you" power what?" I hate the fact the I'm from Puerto Rico when it comes to power metal.

[Nashtak5000]

Personnaly, i wouldn't call SA power metal. Similar for sure, but over half of their songs isn't nearly POWER metal.

Only Ecliptica really would be close to being power metal, imo.

[BelialDotExe]

SA WAS considered Power Metal, but Tony didn't like being considered that genre- thus UNIA and the comparative slow that it contains.

These days ( that is, regarding UNIA ) they are more Progressive Metal.

[yamiimax]

Silence too

[Sperium3000]

They should put one of their song in an anime or something.

[Replica1888]

in germany are 80% techno and rap/hiphop/r&nb

[TareoO]

don't think it's that extreme but i'm afraid that it's nearly like it :/

and... what has this to do with the comment before yours? :D

[yamiimax]

They already putting some songs in animes

[yamiimax]

from Sonata for sure

[SoNaTaArCtIcA7]

Aww so lovely =D where can I Download?

[MetalOliver]

the internet...

[JeffBinsted]

No really? cause the last place i though people downloaded shit was outta a shoebox. someone asks you a question and you dont have an answer dont post a smartass one just to fill it at least tell him where to find it.

[ScapeMystical]

beautiful

[Phantasmic]

I want this song!

[TToud]

@Phantasmic buy the japanesse album ^^

[mcarpenter428]

@Phantasmic youtube-mp3(DOT)org

[StewieSwan]

I'm trying to figure out how to play this song on my acoustic, but damn, it's hard!

[r0gueshadovv]

Yeah its sounds like it should be pretty simple on an electric.

[Kintoother]

I love this song.

[leezer2]

well this songs worth buying the cd twice for

[LForiginality]

The fact that there are japanese bonustracks is annoying but not unfair. I would not bother so much people if most of these tracks weren't as kick as as they are...

Oh well I still have the hope that they'll release a special CD with all bonus tracks (I think we could leave out some of the cover songs). THAT would be fair, cuz people who are willing to buy these songs could do so (without buying all albums two times) and the japanese would not have to do so because they already own the songs.

[GeneralArrow]

Dude you do know that theirs some awesome awesome Japanese power metal bands out there right? Like Versailles(Yeah there guys dressed as girls but there music rocks so who cares), Galneryus, and X-Japan, the list goes on my friend.

[GeneralArrow]

Though you make a good point.

[hurryingfred]

I think that every region gets their own bonus track. That means that we get tracks that the Japanese don't.

[u53rn4m3t4k3n]

in fact we do, To Create A War Like Feel is a european bonus track

[BEEFlNbandit]

Sonata actually does have a CD with all the bonus tracks. the album is called "Deliverance"

just search on google: sonata arctica deliverance

[Zarohunter]

That is a fake.

[wrathofsllim]

fake? that is why i have one then...

[nerizor]

Deliverance is actually real. :/

[flamingstick]

Deliverance is only real to the internet, but it's bootleg, Sonata Arctica didn't produce it.

It says on their website, it's no official album, and not by them, probably a fat no lifer.

[hurryingfred]

They have a lot of fans in Japan, the Japanese have good taste

[yamiimax]

this song is great those japanese people have luck to get this song but we arent

why not in germany cus nuclear blast is in germany so we must get it^^

[sjnscale]

They have a lot of fans in japan and they usually plan a lot of lives in there!

[valolicht]

AMO ESE TEMAAAA

lastima q no lo tocaron cuando vinieron a Argentina, pero sigo esperando a la proximaaaa

[Replica1888]

i think ..

they think this song is bad ( i love it )

so they make it for the japenes people cuase they like everything :D

[scillik]

<3 this song!

[luux86]

but why japanese get this but finnish dont? band is from finland :/

[Pandapoika]

Yeah, that's kinda weard.. :S

[Windswrath]

Yeah I agree,Lucky "Nipones" Finally I get it and it Rocks so Hard

[Replica1888]

japanese are lucker -.- this song is SOO FUCKING GREAT

[RevolutionDsquad]

I wish there would be more with the intro theme, I like it a lot.

[Megafernir]

same here most people dont like this type of music or atlest to the ones i have talked to.

[ChronosTheDemon]

Im from cali and i love their music, everytime i ask someone if they have heard of SA they just shake their heads. which is a little dissapointing because the music they make is beautiful and awesome

[misspapercrane]

Me too.

I only have one friend who has heard of them.

[4OdySSeus4]

I love Sonata Arctica! I am also from cali and I'm one of the few too, but we're out there!

[rainmaker113]

ive met actually a few people who have heard of them here, but only one is really my friend, and i wanna find more, i need a power metal band, the one im in isnt right for me

[4OdySSeus4]

hmmm....My friends and I live down here in Escondido maybe I've met you... anyways... I can name many many power metal bands if you need help finding one...hammerfall, helloween, derdian (know ones really heard of them and there really good, stratovarious, rhapsody, and many more. As for Sonata Arctica, they're a great band. They're so unique I don't really consider them as any catagory of music.(in a good way!)

[rainmaker113]

no, i know plenty, i mean i want to form one, and i doubt that ive met you

[4OdySSeus4]

ohh. If you live in Canada like your profile says i doubt I've met also. Good luck finding a new band. Especially if it's power metal.

[johanlr]

you're from cali colombia?

[4OdySSeus4]

No, California

[johanlr]

lol, ok i got it, i thought you meant cali-colombia the country. ok now it makes sense.

[averytrooper]

I live in ohio and I have opened a couple of peoples eyes with this band. As soon as they heard Sonata, they fell in love with them. Very rare to find SA fans in America. Cant wait to see them in Cleveland!!!!!!

[Soadevafan933212]

I here you man i cant find anyone but im from Maryland USA and i Pure Sonata Arctica fan.

[vilmoney]

i just fell in love with them! im from New York

[WhoStoleTheLulz]

D.C. over here! I have about 10 other friends who love them.

[reinkaos82]

I can't believe how bad Unia was. Like this one though, and the Gary Moore cover was pretty good, but the rest of the album was garbage. I pre-ordered it too. :/

[shino7643]

Well it wasn't their best, but it had its moments. For me it was about half and half. But compared to the other albums this one's down. I mean with most of their albums I love all the songs on it.

[Corrosive1]

hey you who dunno yet, they have also another bonus track called ''To Create A Warlike Feel'' which is only included in finnish UNIA-issue , if I'm not wrong =) Try it.

[mathijsijn]

i bought mine in the netherlands, but it has 'to create a warlike feel';)

love this song

[misspapercrane]

Omg. That sent shivers up my spine.

I didn't know they had a bonus track!

This is like, the highlight of my day. :D

[NerevarHero]

DAMn..this song is awesome..i never realized that Unia had this Bonus Track..first time i've heard it...fall in love with it..lol...anyway..Sonata Rules all the way!!!

[lethallover]

Brilliant!...

[sofus101]

Sonata Arctica, world best band, Finland stolthet,

Sonata Arctica is legends, they wil be remembered forever, long live the legends!

i'm from norway, And everbody loves them!

[Christianholt911]

im from Norway too...Too bad that they've only playd in oslo :S Hadde vært kjekt om de hadde kommet til Stavanger =)

Still cd-shops barely sell Sonata.cds :( Ive only gotten my hand on The collection and Unia. Anyway Sonata is one of my favourite bands =)

[Mayzinha100]

I loved...is my favoriteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *-*

[palmtreeicicle]

I love the intro!

[malaneyg]

I'll be a pain in the bum and point out it's 6/8 time. but it is a beautiful song :D

[Aeaces]

3/4 tempo, amazing piece of art!! 5/5

[falkonpk]

Pienso lo mismo que tu, spartanm8

[CHaskell1]

who does the original of this song?

[MatteJz]

Gary moore & phil lynott does the original i think

[Routainen]

What the heck? I thought this is Sonata's own piece.

[Viscandorra]

MatteJz you're stupid that's all

[Diseaseangel]

It's the song 'Out in the Fields' that is a cover of Gary Moore. Not They follow.

[Lihgtsabre]

Miksi tämä on vain Japanin-versiolla?! Kun ei mitään suurta intoa ole lähteä Japaniin ostamaan yhtä CD:tä.

[JWXendra]

Tai sitte ehkäpä tilaat sen importtina... =D

[SpartanM8]

Kyllä noita japsiversiotakin joskus löytyy kaupoista.

[Lihgtsabre]

Ei ole kyllä sattunut yhtäkään japsiversiota silmään... Mutta uskon sinua jos kerran niin sanot.

[SpartanM8]

Tai siis tän levyn japsiversiota en oo kyl nähny, toisaalta en oo kyl kierrelly levykaupoissa noin 2-3 kuukauteen. Saattaa löytyä joistain vähän erikoisemmista levykaupoista, mutta joskus löytyy noita japsiversioita ihan normi-kaupoistakin.

[josemaluis]

great......

[diedheros]

IT's so Japness in 2:18

[p23as84i]

very beauty song :)

[TsUkiaKu]

Guitar on 2:18 is beautifull!!!!

[Crunchic]

PURE WIN.

this need I can still recognize,

to swim in the oceans of vanity

some of us enjoy the rain

And thunder

[shogenx]

this song grow on you. i grown to like this just as much as kamelot maybe a little more

[shogenx]

its ok but kamelot sounds better

[Minilamppost]

Sonata is 20 times better

[shogenx]

hey im not saying there bad. there way better to nightwish but i prefer kamelot compared to sonata arctica. but there still good

[Minilamppost]

Oh well thank you so much for letting me know that. Im only saying that it doesnt matter what you prefer, because Sonata IS 20 x better. Its no opinion. It's just a fact

[NeoMvsEu]

How do you compare SA to Nightwish? You're pushing two different subgenres against each other.

[Christianholt911]

Both are from Finnland^^ And legends there...But still theyre not the same metalgenre, ur right about that :)

[Rofllmaolol9]

I wouldn't really say that Sonata is a legend here in finland. Barely no one know that what it is and if they do then the only song that they know of is FullMoon.

[Christianholt911]

I'm from Norway ;D so i could't know.

I just always thought that they were at least a little big, since they have gotten platinum awards etc.

[darknemesiseinar]

alot of norwegians tend to listen to SA, or the kewl guys.. >.> :P :D yeah wish they would play here more. :/

[luzyak]

its ur opinion dude for somebodies 20 times kamelot better :) respect , they r both awesome bands

[Kazasan24]

Incredibly beautiful! thats al i can say. Why wont they make finnish bonuses..

[n3sc10]

seems as if most of their fans ar from japan ...

just look how many concerts they played there

[Vemoth92]

This reminds about Full moon :)

Still i love ALL songs of Unia, Best album of 2007

[sarianneli]

i like

[danakraken]

I can de with this song, so...beautiful

[Diseaseangel]

An other beautiful song of Sonata Arctica with the perfect voice of Tony Kakko.

Japanese are so LUCKY!!! Sonata's Japanese Bonus Track are so nice!! I want that song

-_-

[SirLotharIII]

This is so emotional <3 I can see my tears *relaxex*

[1373942]

sonata are gods!

[gradiuz]

no way to buy this album?. Then, i'll download it :P.

[galning7]

i just love EVERY song from Sonata Arctica !

[Blizzard95]

very beautiful....but why only jap ?! xD

[renanxapuri]

\o/

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[renanxapuri]

\o/

niiiiceeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Slvrwlf]

Apparently I have to move to Japan if I want to enjoy Sonata Arctica to the fullest... Why can't we who live in Finland get the same bonus songs! Right, EXCELLENT song again!

[Lenyberry]

Tony sings better.