Winterheart's Guild

Winterheart's Guild
Studio album by Sonata Arctica
Released	February 21, 2003
Recorded	September - November 2002 at Tico Tico Studio
Genre	Symphonic power metal
Length	55:00
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica chronology
Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo (2002) Winterheart's Guild (2003) Takatalvi (EP) (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Lords of Metal	[1]
SputnikMusic	[2]

Winterheart's Guild is Sonata Arctica's third album, released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tony Kakko. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited"	5:37
2.	"Gravenimage"	6:58
3.	"The Cage"	4:37
4.	"Silver Tongue"	3:58
5.	"The Misery"	5:08
6.	"Victoria's Secret"	4:43
7.	"Champagne Bath"	3:57
8.	"Broken"	5:18
9.	"The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me (Japanese bonus track)"	4:22
10.	"The Ruins of My Life"	5:14
11.	"Draw Me"	5:05/9:27
Total length:		55:00

Note: The actual length for "Draw Me" is 5:05, followed by four minutes and 22 seconds of silence to bring the album's length up to 55 minutes, but in the Japanese edition, the silence was removed to make space for the bonus track. This is just like the album, Karma by symphonic power metal band Kamelot, which including the silence, has a length of 55:55.

Personnel

• Tony Kakko – vocals, keyboards
• Jani Liimatainen – guitar
• Marko Paasikoski – bass guitar
• Tommy Portimo – drums
• Jens Johansson – keyboard solos on "The Cage", "Silver Tongue", "Victoria's Secret" and "Champagne Bath"

Info

• Recorded by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios in September-November 2002
• Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in November-December 2002.
• Produced by Sonata Arctica

References

1. Lords of Metal review
2. SputnikMusic Review

External links

• Album info
• Lyrics at Rawrix.net