The single contained the title track and the song ‘Mary Lou’. Sonata Arctica’s first single “UnOpened” was released in the summer of 1999.

It was then that they decided to choose a more appropriate name for their music – Sonata Arctica. Ahti Kortelainen was so impressed that he sent it over to the Finnish record label Spinefarm Records, closing their first album deal in 1999. The demo codified their trademark sound of fast, melodic metal with heavy keyboards and clean high vocals. The first demo recorded by Tricky Means, FullMoon, at Tico Tico Studios in Kemi caught the eye of owner Ahti Kortelainen. In 1997 they renamed themselves Tricky Means, changing their rock ways into a more Power Metal feel and gaining influences from bands such as Stratovarius. They would release three demos under that name – Friends Till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker. Sonata Arctica began in 1996 under the name Tricky Beans in Kemi, Finland.

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