On March, 28th the new SONATA ARCTICA album 'Pariah’s Child' will be released. It is the band’s eight studio album and the follow up to their successful 'Stones Grow Her Name'. Today the beautiful cover artwork for 'Pariah’s Child' is released. Vocalist Tony Kakko explains he thoughts behind the album title and the artwork like this: “As always it's pretty hard coming up with a name for the new baby. I tried to approach it from many angles; how this is our 8th album and how easy it would be to abuse that fact. All the symbolism of figure eight, eternity and so on. But that just did not feel right as it's been done so many times. Then I started to think how we'd in ways abandoned our "totem animal", the wolf and all what comes with the territory. As the music on the album is bowing more towards the "old" Sonata, meaning more power metal style elements and wolves in many of the songs in one form or another, it was clear we need a wolf on the cover. An abandoned wolf. A pariah. Or Pariah's child, actually. The new generation to bring the old logo back.”
Right after the release, SONATA ARCTICA will start touring again. Keyboard player Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg left the following message: “It’s been a while since we last toured Europe, so I’m very happy that we can announce our first tour with our new album. Since the album will be out in March 2014, we don’t want to waste any time but will head out for a full European Tour. Our tour will start in Eindhoven, NL on April 10th, 2014. The whole band is really looking forward to play some new songs for you and introduce our new bass player, Pasi, for all our fans. He’s a monster live, you’ll see. Check below for the tourdates and we’ll see you in a few months!”
Apr 10 NL Eindhoven - Effenaar
Apr 13 NL Amsterdam - Melkweg
Apr 14 DE Hamburg - Markthalle
Apr 16 DE Braunschweig - Meier Music Hall
Apr 17 DE Berlin - C-Club
Apr 18 DE Leipzig - Hellraiser
Apr 19 DE Bochum - Matrix
Apr 21 DE Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal
Apr 22 DE Saarbrücken - Garage
Apr 23 FR Paris - Bataclan
Apr 24 DE Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik
Apr 26 DE Nürnberg - Hirsch
Apr 27 CH Pratteln - Z7
Apr 28 IT Trezzo - Live Club
Apr 30 HU Budapest - Club 202
May 01 CZ Prague - Retro Music Hall
May 02 AT Wien - Szene
May 04 FR Lyon - Transbordeur
May 05 ES Barcelona - Bikini
May 06 ES Madrid - Arena
Source: Press Release
