| Don't Say a Word | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Sonata Arctica |
| Cover: | Sonata Arctica - Don't Say A Word.jpg |
| Released: | 30 August 2004 |
| Recorded: | Tico Tico Studios |
| Genre: | Power metal |
| Length: | 8:17 (single); 17:31 (EP) |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Sonata Arctica Markus Staiger |
| Prev Title: | Reckoning Night |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Unia |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Don't Say a Word is a song by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released simultaneously as both a single[1] and as the band's fourth EP released on 30 August 2004 through the label Nuclear Blast.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Don't Say a Word is the second song (third chronologically) of the "Caleb Saga" — a series of connected songs that share a story about an abusive relationship.
The band has spoken favorably of the song. In 2014, guitarist Jani Liimatainen said that he "still thinks it is the best song Sonata has ever written."[6] Elias Viljanen, who replaced Liimatainen as the band's guitarist in 2007, has said about the solo:
Don't Say a Word was covered by German symphonic metal band Xandria in their 2015 EP Fire & Ashes.[7]