Sonata Arctica discography

{{Short description|Cataloging of published recordings by Sonata Arctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Sonata Arctica | Image = Sonata Arctica 2011 (crop).jpg | Caption = Curtain call to Sonata Arctica in 2011 | Studio = 11 | Live = 3 | Compilation = 5 | EP = 4 | Tribute = 1 | Singles = 29 | Video = 2 | Music videos = 18 | Option name = Demos | Option = 4 }}

The discography of Sonata Arctica includes eleven studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, four EPs, twenty nine singles, four demos, two video albums and eighteen music videos.

==Studio albums== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" width="220"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="8"| Chart peak positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" width="130"| Finnish sales and certifications<ref name="ifpi.fi">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/kultalevyt/haku?q=Sonata+Arctica|title=IFPI - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt|publisher=IFPI|language=Finnish|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| FIN <ref name="FIN">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&cat=a|title=Finnish charts portal - Search for: Sonata Arctica > Album|publisher=finnishcharts.com|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| AUT <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&x=0&y=0&country=at&kategorie=album |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205172323/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&x=0&y=0&country=at&kategorie=album |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |title=Suchergebnisse in den österreichischen Charts |trans-title=Search results for the Austrian charts |work=Charts.de |publisher=Media Control |language=German |accessdate=2012-07-15}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| FRA <ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&cat=a|title=Les charts français - Recherche pour: Sonata Arctica > Album|publisher=lescharts.com|language=French|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| GER <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Sonata+Arctica|title=Discographie von Sonata Arctica|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=11 September 2019}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| JPN <ref name="JPN">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/99187/rank/album/|title=ソナタ・アークティカのアルバム売上ランキング|accessdate=October 4, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| NLD <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&x=7&y=7&country=nl&kategorie=album |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205172034/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&x=7&y=7&country=nl&kategorie=album |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |title=Suchergebnisse in den niederlänischen Charts |trans-title=Search results for the Dutch charts |work=Charts.de |publisher=Media Control |language=German |accessdate=2012-07-15}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWE <ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&cat=a|title=Swedish charts portal - Search for: Sonata Arctica > Album|publisher=swedishcharts.com|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| SWI <ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=Sonata+Arctica&cat=a|title=Swiss charts portal - Search for: Sonata Arctica > Album|publisher=swisscharts.com|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> |- | 1999 | ''Ecliptica'' *Released: 22 November 1999 *Label: Spinefarm *Format: CD, CS, LP | align="center"| 18 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 57 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | Gold (31,000+) |- | 2001 | ''Silence'' *Released: 4 September 2001 *Label: Spinefarm *Format: CD, CS, LP | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 16 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | Gold (27,000+) |- | 2003 | ''Winterheart's Guild'' *Released: 3 June 2003 *Label: Spinefarm *Format: CD | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 63 | align="center"| 88 | align="center"| 18 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | Gold (24,000+) |- | 2005 | ''Reckoning Night'' *Released: 8 February 2005 (US) 11 October 2004 (DE) *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 132 | align="center"| 77 | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 57 | align="center"| 85 | Gold (19,000+) |- | 2007 | ''Unia'' *Released: 22 May 2007 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 62 | align="center"| 101 | align="center"| 35 | align="center"| 23 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| 40 | Gold (24,000+) |- | 2009 | ''The Days of Grays'' *Released: 22 September 2009 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 52 | align="center"| 41 | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| 40 | align="center"| 50 | align="center"| 31 | align="center"| 26 | Gold (17,000+) |- | 2012 | ''Stones Grow Her Name'' *Released: 22 May 2012 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 29 | align="center"| 54 | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| 44 | align="center"| 72 | align="center"| 37 | align="center"| 21 | Gold (12,000+) |- | 2014 | ''Pariah's Child'' *Released: 1 April 2014 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 30 | align="center"| 74 | align="center"| 31 | align="center"| 70 | align="center"| 52 | align="center"| 50 | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| |- | 2016 | ''The Ninth Hour'' *Released: 7 October 2016 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 43 | align="center"| 96 | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| 55 | align="center"| 163 | align="center"| 60 | align="center"| 18 | align="center"| |- | 2019 | ''Talviyö'' *Released: 6 September 2019 *Label: Nuclear Blast *Format: CD, LP | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 133 | align="center"| 26 | align="center"| 69 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| |- | 2024 | ''Clear Cold Beyond'' *Released: 8 March 2024 *Label: Atomic Fire *Format: CD, LP | align="center"| 7 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifpi.fi/lista/albumit/2024/11/|title=Albumit 11/2024|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|language=fi|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> | align="center"| 29 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 26 | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| {{mdash}} | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| |- | align="center" colspan="11" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |}

== Live albums == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| Album details ! width="90"| Finnish chart peak<ref name="FIN" /> |- | 2002 | ''Songs of Silence – Live in Tokyo'' * Released: 20 November 2002 * Label: Spinefarm (SPI 147 CD) * Format: CD | align="center"| 22 |- | 2006 | ''For the Sake of Revenge'' * Released: 31 March 2006 * Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1619–2) * Format: CD (+DVD), LP, digital download | align="center"| 25 |- | 2011 | ''Live in Finland'' * Released: 11 November 2011 * Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 2486–0) * Format: CD (+DVD), LP, digital download | align="center"| 1 |}

== Compilation albums == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| Album details ! width="90"| Finnish chart peak<ref name="FIN" /> ! width="130"| Finnish sales and certifications<ref name="ifpi.fi" /> |- | 2005 | ''The End of This Chapter'' * Released: 24 August 2005 * Label: Marquee (MIZP-60002) * Format: CD (+DVD) | align="center"| — | |- | 2006 | ''The Collection'' * Released: 15 November 2006 * Label: Spinefarm (SPI 278 CD) * Format: CD | align="center"| 16 | Gold (+22,200) |- | 2018 | ''The Harvests (2007–2017)'' * Released: 25 July 2018 * Label: AVALON (MICP-90110) * Format: 2 CD | align="center"| — | |- | 2022 | ''Acoustic Adventures – Volume One'' * Released: 21 January 2022 * Label: Atomic Fire * Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"|5 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/albumit/2022/4/ |title=Albumit 4/2022 |publisher=Musiikkituottajat |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> | |- | 2022 | ''Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two'' * Released: 30 September 2022 * Label: Atomic Fire * Format: CD, LP, digital download | align="center"|25 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/albumit/2022/40/ |title=Albumit 40/2022 |publisher=Musiikkituottajat |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> | |- | align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

== Extended plays == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| EP details |- | 2000 | ''Successor'' * Released: 7 August 2000 * Label: Spinefarm (SPI 106 CD) * Format: CD, CS, LP |- | 2001 | ''Orientation'' * Released: 22 August 2001 * Label: Marquee (MICP-10256) * Format: CD |- | 2003 | ''Takatalvi'' * Released: 21 November 2003 * Label: Marquee (MICP-10403) * Format: CD |- | 2004 | ''Don't Say a Word'' * Released: 30 August 2004 * Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1348–2) * Format: CD |}

==Singles== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="200"| Song ! width="90"| Finnish chart peak<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Sonata+Arctica|title=Finnish charts portal - Search for: Sonata Arctica > Song|publisher=finnishcharts.com|accessdate=2008-11-11}}</ref> ! Album |- | 1999 | "UnOpened" | align="center"| 16 | ''Ecliptica'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2001 | "Wolf & Raven" | align="center"| 3 | rowspan="2"| ''Silence'' |- | "Last Drop Falls" | align="center"| 3 |- | rowspan="2"| 2003 | "Victoria's Secret" | align="center"| 1 | rowspan="2"| ''Winterheart's Guild'' |- | "Broken" | align="center"| 3 |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | "Don't Say a Word" | align="center"| 1 | rowspan="2"| ''Reckoning Night'' |- | "Shamandalie" | align="center"| 3 |- | 2006 | "Replica 2006" | align="center"| 1 | ''The Collection'' |- | 2007 | "Paid in Full" | align="center"| 1 | ''Unia'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 | "Flag in the Ground" | align="center"| — | rowspan="2"| ''The Days of Grays'' |- | "The Last Amazing Grays" | align="center"| 3 |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 | "I Have a Right" | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"| ''Stones Grow Her Name'' |- | "Shitload of Money" | align="center"| — |- | 2013 | "Alone in Heaven" | align="center"| — |- | rowspan="3"| 2014 | "The Wolves Die Young" | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"| ''Pariah's Child'' |- | "Cloud Factory" | align="center"| — |- | "Love" | align="center"| — |- | 2015 | "Christmas Spirits" | align="center"| — |{{non-album single}} |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 | "Closer to an Animal" | align="center"| — | rowspan="2"| ''The Ninth Hour'' |- | "Life" | align="center"| — |- | rowspan="3"|2019 | "A Little Less Understanding" | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"| ''Talviyö'' |- | "Cold" | align="center"| — |- | "Who Failed the Most" | align="center"| — |- |2021 | "The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me" | align="center"| — | ''Acoustic Adventures – Volume One'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2023 | "First in Line" | align="center"| — | rowspan="4"| ''Clear Cold Beyond'' |- | "A Monster Only You Can't See" | align="center"| — |- | rowspan="2"| 2024 | "Dark Empath" | align="center"| — |- | "California" | align="center"| — |- | 2026 | "Freedom Concept" | align="center"| — | {{TBA}} |}

== Demos == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| Album details |- | 1996 | ''Agre Pamppers'' * Released as: Tricky Beans * Tracks: 4 |- | 1996 | ''Friend Till the End'' * Released as: Tricky Beans * Tracks: 4 |- | 1997 | ''PeaceMaker'' * Released as: Tricky Beans * Tracks: 4 |- | 1999 | ''FullMoon'' * Released as: Tricky Means * Tracks: 4 |}

== Video albums == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| Video details ! width="90"| Finnish chart peak ! width="130"| Finnish sales and certifications<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/kultalevyt/haku/?q=Sonata%20Arctica&national=1&type=dvd|title=IFPI - Search of certification awards (DVD)|publisher=IFPI Finland|language=Finnish|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref> |- | 2006 | ''For the Sake of Revenge'' * Released: 31 March 2006 * Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1618–2) * Format: DVD (+CD) | align="center"| 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53143|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910053456/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53143|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-10|title=Sonata Arctica: ''For the Sake of Revenge'' DVD Tops Finnish Chart|date=2006-06-02|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=2008-11-11}}</ref> | Gold (+6,500) |- | 2011 | ''Live in Finland'' * Released: 11 November 2011<ref>[http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=14277 Sonata Arctica - New Live DVD Detailed]</ref> * Label: Nuclear Blast (NB2486SP) * Format: 2DVD+2CD, Blu-ray | align="center"| {{mdash}} | |}

== Tribute album == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! width="220"| Video details ! width="90"| Finnish chart peak ! width="130"| Finnish sales and certifications<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/kultalevyt/haku/?q=Sonata%20Arctica&national=1&type=dvd|title=IFPI - Search of certification awards (DVD)|publisher=IFPI Finland|language=Finnish|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref> |- | 2015 | ''A Tribute to Sonata Arctica'' * Released: 12 September 2015<ref name="Tribute1">{{cite web |title=A Tribute To Sonata Arctica by Ouergh Records |url=http://ouerghrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-tribute-to-sonata-arctica |website=Bandcamp |access-date=22 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914215003/http://ouerghrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-tribute-to-sonata-arctica |archive-date=14 September 2015 |date= |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Imperiumi-Tribute">{{cite web |last1=Ollila |first1=Mape |title=LEVYARVOSTELU: KOKOELMA A Tribute To Sonata Arctica |url=https://impe.fi/reviews/1/17753 |website={{ill|Imperiumi|fi|Imperiumi (verkkosivusto)}} |access-date=22 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111132054/https://impe.fi/reviews/1/17753 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |language=Finnish |date=26 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Label: Ouergh Records<ref name="Tribute1"/> * Format: CD, digital download<ref name="Tribute1"/> | align="center"| {{mdash}} | |}

==Music videos== * "Wolf & Raven" (2001) * "Broken" (Live) (2003) * "Don't Say a Word" (2004) * "Paid in Full" (2007) * "Flag in the Ground" (2009) * "The Last Amazing Grays (Live)" (2011) * "I Have a Right" (2012) * "Shitload of Money" (2012) * "Alone in Heaven" (2013) * "The Wolves Die Young" (2014) * "Cloud Factory" lyric video (2014) * "Love" (2014) * "Closer to an Animal" lyric video (2016) * "Life" (2016) * "Cold" (2019) * "Who Failed the Most" (2019) * "For the Sake of Revenge" (2022) * "A Monster Only You Can't See" lyric video (2023) * "Dark Empath" (2024) * "California" (2024) * "Angel Defiled" (2024)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.sonataarctica.info/|Sonata Arctica's official website}}

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