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Ecliptica
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First of the fourteen Sonata Arctica records held here. It arrived in the year Sonata Arctica formed. 1999 is three years into Symphonic power metal, which this tree dates from 1996. It is one of the four records Symphonic power metal is listed as starting from.
From Wikipedia
Ecliptica is the first full-length album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 1999 through Spinefarm Records in Europe and through Century Media in the United States. It is the band's only album featuring bassist Janne Kivilahti. In 2016, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko described the album as "like the extension of our demo, we didn't know what we were doing so that reflects on the album and makes kind of cute if you will."
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