Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)

Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited" 5:36

2. "Gravenimage" 7:00

3. "The Cage" 4:36

4. "Silver Tongue" 3:58

5. "The Misery" 5:08

6. "Victoria's Secret" 4:43

7. "Champagne Bath" 3:57

8. "Broken" 5:18

9. "The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me" (Japanese edition bonus track) 4:22

10. "The Ruins of My Life" 5:14

11. "Draw Me" (In the Japanese edition, the silence after 5:05 is removed) 9:27

Total length: 54:57

Winterheart's Guild is the third studio album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 2003 through Spinefarm Records. In a 2014 interview, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko said inspiration for writing "The Ruins of My Life" came from the film Braveheart. In 2019, he would refer to the album's recording process as a "nightmare" because he only had "two or three" songs ready when the band went in the studio.