The songs sound energetic, heavy and loud and while some of the cheers from the crowd might have been mixed a little bit louder to add some oomph, this release includes missed notes by the vocalist, slightly sloppy guitar sounds or the occasional missed beat by the rhythm section. First and foremost, this live album has an authentic, gritty and powerful production. Here are the elements that make this record stand out.
Cultivated music aficionado, please read on! Some naysayers might point at this album and complain about the artificial look, failing to understand that the computer-generated style actually honours Japanese video game, manga and anime culture in a fitting way. As a matter of fact, Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo shows Sonata Arctica in absolutely outstanding form and is highly entertaining from start to finish, no matter if you've picked up the international version with thirteen tunes or the Japanese double-disc featuring sixteen live songs and one studio recording. Some of those intolerable conservatives will claim that releasing a live album after only a few records is completely pointless while they probably have five expensive vinyl releases of Maiden Japan at home which already makes their point moot right from the start. The truth is that Sonata Arctica has released incredibly creative, emotional and energetic power metal albums, extended plays and singles in the beginning of its career that have stood the test of time for twenty years and counting.
Insufferable boomers with closed minds who hate any recent subgenre such as kawaii metal, nu metal, industrial metal and groove metal tend to describe creative power metal bands such as Sonata Arctica as flower metal or sometimes even use despicably homophobic slang to disgrace these bands that I certainly don't want to quote. My best advice to newcomers to the metal scene would be to ignore those who claim to be veteran fans and praise the eighties as the greatest decade of all time.
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