Sonata Arctica are streaming a new song titled “Dark Empath.” That track will appear on their new album “Clear Cold Beyond,” which is set to be released on March 8. Frontman Tony Kakko commented:

“This track is part of a saga that started on our second album ‘Silence’ in 2001 — some even think it started on our debut album with the song ‘The End Of This Chapter’ — and has many sequels and prequels already. Its stalker theme offers a frame to write songs in a certain style I like very much. People do not seem to mind this, fortunately, haha! It’s not a chronological story, but rather a theme with reoccurring, familiar characters that end up living through variations of the theme over and over again.”