Stones Grow Her Name
| Stones Grow Her Name | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 16, 2012 (Finland) May 18, 2012 (Europe) May 22, 2012 (North America) May 23, 2012 (Japan) | |||
| Recorded | November 2011 at Studio 57, Nedervetil, Finland (bass, drums, hammond) January and February 2012 at Kakkoslaatu Studios (lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards) January and February 2012 at Sonic Pump Studios (trumpets, saxophones, acoustic guitars, viola caipira, banjos, violin, double bass, additional backing vocals, violin) January 2012 at Tico Tico Studio, Kemi, Finland (double bass) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 53:16 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Sonata Arctica | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Angry Metal Guy | 2.0/5 |
| Metal.de | 8/10 |
| MetalCrypt | 3.5/5 |
| MetalReview | 71/100 |
| Metal Storm | |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10 |
Stones Grow Her Name is the seventh studio album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in Finland on May 16, 2012, in Europe on May 18, 2012, in North America on May 22, 2012 and in Japan on May 23, 2012. It was the last album to feature longtime bassist Marko Paasikoski.
In a 2014 interview about the album's successor Pariah's Child, vocalist and songwriter Tony Kakko referred to it as "a rock album [more] than anything else", comparing it to the more back-to-the roots sound of the 2014 band's release. Yet in a 2019 interview promoting the band's then new album Talviyö, Kakko said Stones Grow Her Name marked "some kind of maturity point for us", citing him becoming a father for the first time as an influence.