SONATA ARCTICA: New Video Interview Posted Online

Metal Injection's power/prog correspondant Mike recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tony Kakko and keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg of Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA. Watch the chat below.

"The Days Of Grays", the new album from SONATA ARCTICA, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"The Days Of Grays" registered the following European first-week chart positions:

Finland: #2
Germany: #24
Sweden: #31
Norway: #46
Netherlands: #50

The CD was certified gold in Finland on the day of its release for sales in excess of 15,000 copies.

SONATA's previous album, "Unia", was certified gold in Finland back in May 2007 and is approaching platinum status (30,000 records sold).

"The Days Of Grays" was released on September 22 in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.

Klingenberg previously described the band's new material as "a bit darker and maybe not so complex as 'Unia'. Nevertheless, it's definitely not a back-to-the-roots album with fast power metal. All the trademark SONATA stuff is on there, solos, lots of singing some slower songs."