Sonata Arctica "Stones Grow Her Name (Limited Edition Digibook, Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 27361 28610)"

Stones Grow Her Name is the 7th full-length studio album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in Finland on May 16, 2012, in Europe on May 18, 2012, in North America on May 22, 2012 and in Japan on May 23, 2012. It was the last album to feature longtime bassist Marko Paasikoski.

In a 2014 interview about the album's successor Pariah's Child, vocalist and songwriter Tony Kakko referred to it as "a rock album [more] than anything else", comparing it to the more back-to-the roots sound of the 2014 band's release. Yet in a 2019 interview promoting the band's then new album Talviyö, Kakko said Stones Grow Her Name marked "some kind of maturity point for us", citing him becoming a father for the first time as an influence.

Regarding the song "Cinderblox", Kakko stated:

"As you might figure, it started out as a... joke. Me fooling around with this banjo sound I came across. Wrote a riff which turned into a song. And when we then decided it's gonna be recorded for this album all we had to do was to find someone to play the banjo. We did! [...] This is the one song that still makes me smile every time I hear it."

"Somewhere Close to You" was originally written for a possible solo release by Kakko, but ended up on the album. "Losing My Insanity" was originally written by Tony Kakko for Ari Koivunen's Fuel for the Fire. The final two tracks, "Wildfire, Part: II - One With the Mountain" and "Wildfire, Part: III - Wildfire Town, Population: 0" continue the story introduced in "Wildfire" from Reckoning Night.

Track list

All tracks are written by Tony Kakko

1. "Only the Broken Hearts (Make You Beautiful)" 3:23
2. "Shitload of Money" 4:52
3. "Losing My Insanity" 4:03
4. "Somewhere Close to You" 4:13
5. "I Have a Right" 4:47
6. "Alone in Heaven" 4:31
7. "The Day" 4:14
8. "Cinderblox" 4:03
9. "Don't Be Mean" 3:17
10. "Wildfire, Part: II - One With the Mountain" 7:53
11. "Wildfire, Part: III - Wildfire Town, Population: 0" 8:00
12. "Tonight I Dance Alone" 3:27

Total length: 56:43

Recording information:

All songs written by Tony Kakko.

All songs arranged by Tony Kakko & Sonata Arctica

Produced by Tony Kakko & Sonata Arctica 2012

Drum, bass and hammond recorded at Studio57

Guitars recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland and Magic-7

Trumpets and saxophones recorded at Sonic Pump Studios

Double bass recorded at Tico Tico Studio, Kemi, Finland.

Keyboards recorded at Lanceland 2 & AA-Club Studio and Kakkoslatu Studio

Tony's vocal recorded at Kakkoslatu Studio

Additional backing vocals recorded at Sonic Pump Studio, Helsinki, Finland.

Mixed at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland.

Mastered at Chaartmakers