Sonata Arctica discography

Sonata Arctica discography
Curtain call to Sonata Arctica in 2011
Studio albums11
EPs4
Live albums3
Compilation albums2
Singles20
Video albums2
Music videos10
Demos4

The discography of Sonata Arctica includes eleven studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, twenty singles, four demos, two video albums and ten music videos.

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart peak positions Finnish sales
and certifications[1]
FIN
[2] 		AUT
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		JPN
[6] 		NLD
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		SWI
[9]
1999 Ecliptica 18 — — — 57 — — — Gold (31,000+)
2001 Silence
  • Released: 4 September 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 3 — — — 16 — — — Gold (27,000+)
2003 Winterheart's Guild
  • Released: 3 June 2003
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD
 3 — 63 88 18 — — — Gold (24,000+)
2004 Reckoning Night 2 — 132 77 14 — 57 85 Gold (19,000+)
2007 Unia
  • Released: 22 May 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 1 62 101 35 23 — 27 40 Gold (24,000+)
2009 The Days of Grays
  • Released: 22 September 2009
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 2 52 41 24 40 50 31 26 Gold (17,000+)
2012 Stones Grow Her Name
  • Released: 22 May 2012
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 1 29 54 24 44 72 37 21 Gold (12,000+)
2014 Pariah's Child
  • Released: 1 April 2014
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 1 30 74 31 70 52 50 13
2016 The Ninth Hour
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 2 43 96 22 55 163 60 18
2019 Talviyö
  • Released: 6 September 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
 2 — 133 26 69 — — 22
2024 Clear Cold Beyond
  • Released: 8 March 2024
  • Label: Atomic Fire
  • Format: CD, LP
 7
[10] 		29 — 26 — — — 12
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year Album details Finnish
chart peak[2]
2002 Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo
  • Released: 20 November 2002
  • Label: Spinefarm (SPI 147 CD)
  • Format: CD
 22
2006 For the Sake of Revenge
  • Released: 31 March 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1619–2)
  • Format: CD (+DVD), LP, digital download
 25
2011 Live in Finland
  • Released: 11 November 2011
  • Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 2486–0)
  • Format: CD (+DVD), LP, digital download
 1

Compilation albums

Year Album details Finnish
chart peak[2] 		Finnish sales
and certifications[1]
2005 The End of This Chapter
  • Released: 24 August 2005
  • Label: Marquee (MIZP-60002)
  • Format: CD (+DVD)
 —
2006 The Collection
  • Released: 15 November 2006
  • Label: Spinefarm (SPI 278 CD)
  • Format: CD
 16 Gold (+22,200)
2018 The Harvests (2007–2017)
  • Released: 25 July 2018
  • Label: AVALON (MICP-90110)
  • Format: 2 CD
 —
2022 Acoustic Adventures – Volume One
  • Released: 21 January 2022
  • Label: Atomic Fire
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 5
[11]
2022 Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two
  • Released: 30 September 2022
  • Label: Atomic Fire
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 25
[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year EP details
2000 Successor
  • Released: 7 August 2000
  • Label: Spinefarm (SPI 106 CD)
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
2001 Orientation
  • Released: 22 August 2001
  • Label: Marquee (MICP-10256)
  • Format: CD
2003 Takatalvi
  • Released: 21 November 2003
  • Label: Marquee (MICP-10403)
  • Format: CD
2004 Don't Say a Word
  • Released: 30 August 2004
  • Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1348–2)
  • Format: CD

Singles

Year Song Finnish
chart peak[13] 		Album
1999 "UnOpened" 16 Ecliptica
2001 "Wolf & Raven" 3 Silence
"Last Drop Falls" 3
2003 "Victoria's Secret" 1 Winterheart's Guild
"Broken" 3
2004 "Don't Say a Word" 1 Reckoning Night
"Shamandalie" 3
2006 "Replica 2006" 1 The Collection
2007 "Paid in Full" 1 Unia
2009 "Flag in the Ground" 3 The Days of Grays
"The Last Amazing Grays" 3
2012 "I Have a Right" — Stones Grow Her Name
"Shitload of Money" —
2013 "Alone in Heaven" —
2014 "The Wolves Die Young" — Pariah's Child
"Cloud Factory" —
"Love" —
2015 "Christmas Spirits" — Non-album single
2016 "Closer to an Animal" — The Ninth Hour
"Life" —
2019 "A Little Less Understanding" — Talviyö
"Cold" —
"Who Failed the Most" —
2021 "The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me" — Acoustic Adventures – Volume One
2023 "First in Line" — Clear Cold Beyond
"A Monster Only You Can't See" —
2024 "Dark Empath" —
"California" —

Demos

Year Album details
1996 Agre Pamppers
  • Released as: Tricky Beans
  • Tracks: 4
1996 Friend Till the End
  • Released as: Tricky Beans
  • Tracks: 4
1997 PeaceMaker
  • Released as: Tricky Beans
  • Tracks: 4
1999 FullMoon
  • Released as: Tricky Means
  • Tracks: 4

Video albums

Year Video details Finnish
chart peak 		Finnish sales
and certifications[14]
2006 For the Sake of Revenge
  • Released: 31 March 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1618–2)
  • Format: DVD (+CD)
 1[15] Gold (+6,500)
2011 Live in Finland
  • Released: 11 November 2011[16]
  • Label: Nuclear Blast (NB2486SP)
  • Format: 2DVD+2CD, Blu-ray
 —

Music videos

  • "Wolf & Raven" (2001)
  • "Broken" (Live) (2003)
  • "Don't Say a Word" (2004)
  • "Paid in Full" (2007)
  • "Flag in the Ground" (2009)
  • "The Last Amazing Grays (Live)" (2011)
  • "I Have a Right" (2012)
  • "Shitload of Money" (2012)
  • "Alone in Heaven" (2013)
  • "The Wolves Die Young" (2014)
  • "Cloud Factory" lyric video (2014)
  • "Love" (2014)
  • "Closer to an Animal" lyric video (2016)
  • "Life" (2016)
  • "Cold" (2019)
  • "Who Failed the Most" (2019)
  • "For the Sake of Revenge" (2022)
  • "Dark Empath" (2024)

References

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  10. ^ "Albumit 11/2024" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Albumit 4/2022". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Albumit 40/2022". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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  16. ^ Sonata Arctica - New Live DVD Detailed