Sonata Arctica - First In Line

Like many older fans, I haven't been into the past couple releases. This single feels very promising, though. I hope they don't go so far "back to power metal" that they piss off all of their new fans, though, if that makes sense.

Having talked to younger fans who think Talviyo and The Ninth Hour are basically God's gifts to music, I'd hate to see them hate a new album because it "sounds too much like their old stuff when they weren't as good".

Either way, I love seeing these guys still around and Tony sounds pretty good here which is nice to see - I haven't been particularly impressed by him for a while and it had me worried that he did serious damage to his voice.