{"id":542,"date":"2026-03-07T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/theoutcast\/reviews\/sonata-arctica-for-the-sake-of-revenge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:05:06","slug":"sonata-arctica-for-the-sake-of-revenge","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/sonata-arctica-for-the-sake-of-revenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonata Arctica &#8211; &#8220;For The Sake of Revenge&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This live cd\/dvd sounds like an honest recording of a traditional heavy\/power metal formation from Finland that has been gaining a larger audience with each release. The dvd is longer than the cd, which only has a portion of the entire set of the dvd recorded in Japan. The dvd&#8217;s &#8220;extras&#8221; has nothing interesting, just the usual, discography, a boring &#8220;documentary,&#8221; etc. The live performance is a professional one, while still acting a bit silly on stage, during the keyboard\/guitar solos\/tradeoffs, etc. The mid-tempo, slower songs sound like hard rock with sweet melodies. The speedy songs are more metal, but still with a pop sensibility. The group does well their mix of rockers and mid-paced songs. No point in listing the tracks they play in this early 2005 show. They&#8217;re all good. The dvd has some 17 songs, the cd 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This live cd\/dvd sounds like an honest recording of a traditional heavy\/power metal formation from Finland that has been gaining a larger audience with each release. 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