The Ninth Hour is the ninth studio album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released on 7 October 2016 by Nuclear Blast.
The Ninth Hour (album)
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
Sonata Arctica performing live at South Park Festival in 2018
Sonata Arctica performing in Helmond, Netherlands, in April 2006
Sonata Arctica performing at the Galaxy Theatre in September 2007
Pasi Kauppinen and Tony Kakko performing in 2019