Artist: Zonata
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Metal: Power
Discography:
Buried Alive
Year: 2002
Tracks: 10
Reality
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Tunes Of Steel
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Hailing from the town of Boras in Sweden, the force metallic element band Zonata was formed in 1998 by vocalist/keyboardist Johannes Nyberg, guitarists John Nyberg and Henke Carlsson, bassist Mattias Asplund, and drummer Mikael Hörnquistwith. Immediately snapped up by the Century Media label on the promise of their smartly named The Copenhagen Tapes demo (an obvious reference/tribute to Iron Maiden's Soundhouse Tapes), Zonata debuted with 2000's critically acclaimed Tunes of Steel -- as clear a descriptive as unmatchable could ideate for their classical metal-inspired melodic power alloy formula. Subsequent efforts like 2001's Reality (recorded as a quartet undermentioned Carlsson's divergence) and 2002's Buried Alive (introducing his replenishment, modern second guitarist Niclas Karlsson) generally followed the same successful design, with additional emphasis being placed on catchy choruses and periodic symphonic-leaning keyboards, only scorn besides receiving widely positive reception from fans and press, Zonata unexplainably stone-broke up in 2003.
