Cain's offering

[RedFox742]

--the lower case implying the biblical reference.

As I recall (and this might be a bit fuzzy), Cain and Abel were each to give offerings to God. Abel gave the best of his flock, but Cain gave inferior crops because they were just going to be burned anyways. God was pleased with Abel, but decidedly less so with Cain.

So, what's the meaning here?

 

[MetalGhost]

Jani explains it in this interview.
http://powerofmetal.dk/interviews09/cains_offering_interview.htm

As far as I understand, seems this name was choosen because of the kind of "offering" (musically speaking) Jani did to Sonata Arctica during many years, which was rejected at the end (Jani was fired from SA). Or something like that.
And with GTF Jani reunites his followers in this new project.

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

And here's me thinking it was chosen as just vaguely mythological sounding

 

[Cronopio]

Seems like Jani really gave this some thought.