Sonata Artica sin guitarrista

[Khromo]

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As many already know, our guitarist Jani Liimatainen has been absent from the line-up this spring and summer.
The reason was his messing around with his compulsory military/civil/prison duty, or rather,
complete failure to take care of it.

This matter, and everything that goes with it, caused a split between Jani and the other band members.
This split was impossible to mend without Jani's help and co-operation.

Therefore we would like to make known the following:
During fall of '06 and spring of '07, Jani's personal matters and actions drove us to a situation
where we had no option but to ask Jani to leave the band.

Jani was notified of this in May, and the separation was amicable. We wanted to give Jani the
chance to get his life together before making this public, which is why we didn't make this
announcement earlier. We wish Jani well on his chosen path.

"Show must go on", so, facing the facts, we hereby humbly announce that Elias Viljanen
is from this day forward a full and official member of Sonata Arctica.

Throughout this summer, on many occasions, Elias has shown himself to be able to fill
the big boots Jani left behind.

We hope our friends and our fans understand that this was the only choice left for us to make so
that our band could continue. Sonata Arctica has always been, and always will be, more than the
sum of its parts. The band has become for us a way of life, a lifeline that simply can not be cut off.

A long "Unia" -tour lies in front of us.
We extend Elias a warm welcome to the Sonata family, and we hope the fans will, too.
Sonata Arctica is whole again.

See you on the road!

Best regards,
~Tony, Tommy, Marko, and Henrik

Sonata Arctica | Official website

En Mayo de 2007 , Sonata Arctica decide alejar del grupo al guitarrista y miembro fundador Jani Liimatainen, despido que no fue confirmado por el resto de la banda hasta el 6 de Agosto del mismo año, y que fue debido a las obligaciones civiles de éste, así como su falta de voluntad y colaboración para seguir con el grupo, según el comunicado oficial que se encuentra en la web de Sonata. El guitarrista Elias Vijanen, que en un principio ocupa su puesto temporalmente, es confirmado como miembro permanente.

Sonata Arctica - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Tiene guitarrista al final, pero rajaron al original xD

[Topo Lande]

chau sonata un gusto

=(

pero bueno antes de Unia tiene una gama de discos muy buenos

[Kriev]

Una lastima pero bue ..

chau sonata un gusto

=(

pero bueno antes de Unia tiene una gama de discos muy buenos

Unia sonaba demaciado igual a los otros discos ..

[Topo Lande]

Unia no suena a nada xD

buscando info, se ve q Tony esta haciendo de malo malo tirano tirano

muchos fans desde la salida de Unia, tienen un sabor amargo en los oidos, y dps de a partida de Jani, lei q hasta muchos ya no les interesa mas la banda, Tony esta haciendo lo q el kiere etc etc...

en fin me alegra en cierta forma xD, q la historia de Sonata termine ahora y no peor