The Days of Grays
| The Days of Grays | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 8 September 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 at Tico Tico Studio (drums and bass) Fantom Studios and Magic-7 Studio (guitars) Lanceland 2 and Kakkos-studio (keyboards) Studio 57 (hammond organ) Kakkos-studio (vocals) Rock Valley-Studios (cello) Great Sounds Studio (female vocals) | |||
| Genre | Power metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 59:20 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Tony Kakko, Sonata Arctica | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Lords of Metal | 62/100 |
| The Metal Circus | |
| Metal Storm | |
| Metal Symphony | |
The Days of Grays is the sixth full-length studio album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. The album was released in South America on 8 September 2009, on 16 September in Finland, 18 September in Europe and 22 September in North America through Nuclear Blast. The special edition of the album includes the album along with an orchestral CD as a digipak.
It is the first album with guitarist Elias Viljanen and also the first since 1999's Ecliptica in which vocalist Tony Kakko also plays the keyboards.