SONATA ARCTICA: 'The Days Of Grays' First-Week Sales Revealed

October 1, 2009

"The Days Of Grays", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"The Days Of Grays" has registered the following European first-week chart positions:

Finland: #2
Germany: #24
Sweden: #31
Norway: #46
Netherlands: #50

The CD was certified gold in Finland on the day of its release for sales in excess of 15,000 copies.

SONATA's previous album, "Unia", was certified gold in Finland back in May 2007 and is approaching platinum status (30,000 records sold).

"The Days Of Grays" was released on September 22 in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.

"The Days Of Grays" track listing:

Limited 2CD Digipack:

01. Everything Fades To Gray (instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

Bonus Track:

13. In The Dark

Bonus CD: track listing to be announced

CD Jewelcase:

A track-by-track review/description of "The Days Of Grays" can be found on Terrorizer.com.

SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg previously described the band's new material as "a bit darker and maybe not so complex as 'Unia'. Nevertheless, it's definitely not a back-to-the-roots album with fast power metal. All the trademark SONATA stuff is on there, solos, lots of singing some slower songs."

The new SONATA ARCTICA video, "Flag In The Ground", can be viewed below.

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