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| Friday, October 24, 2008 - Stratovarius returns in 2009 - New album and live shows | Press release from Stratovarius:
Finnish melodic power metal legends Stratovarius are breaking the silence since guitar player Timo Tolkki left the band. They will return with a new studio album in 2009. It is a positive and powerful record that the band's fans all over the world are certain to take to their hearts.
"After Tolkki gave his blessing for us to go on without him, and after writing music together again this summer and a lot of thought, we have decided to carry the legacy of Stratovarius into the future", says Jens Johansson.
"We are all very excited about the record and about playing Stratovarius music live to our fans. We can't wait.", adds Timo Kotipelto.
The new guitar player is 25-year old Finnish guitar phantom Matias Kupiainen. Jörg Michael says, in Matias we found new character who fits perfectly with his way of melodic guitar shredding, he is a killer player, a 'Wunderkind' from Finland!"
The first two festival dates for 2009 have been confirmed already:
Wacken Rocks, Kreuth / Aurich, Germany, May 22, 2009
Wacken Rocks, Kreuth / Aurich, Germany, May 23, 2009
More 2009 festivals are planned and will be announced soon. These dates will be followed by a concert tour.
Stratovarius is:
Timo Kotipelto vocals
Matias Kupiainen guitars
Lauri Porra bass
Jörg Michael drums
Jens Johansson keyboards |
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| Comment by Alanna (Staff) - Friday, October 24, 2008 | 
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Comments: 245 | | Good grief. I don't even know WHAT to say about this. I thought Strato was done with and now they have a new guitarist and are going to do another album?
Well bravo! It seems weird, since it was Tolkki's band as far as I knew.. but I know others have gone on without their creator so perhaps Strato can do the same. Koti and Jens made up a huge chunk of their sound IMO and Koti knows how to write Strato sounding songs so this could be a good thing.
Posted by Alanna (Staff)
Friday, October 24, 2008 |
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| Comment by Steen (Staff) - Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 
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Comments: 518 | | One thing is for sure, it will be hard to come up with any more surprises from the Stratovarius camp... Weird to have a Stratovarius without Tolkki but I'll wait and see what they come up with.
Posted by Steen (Staff)
Saturday, October 25, 2008 |
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| Comment by gizmo (Member) - Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 
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Comments: 140 | | Unless they announce that Tollki would be back again in the band next year after recovering from megalomania hehe. Somehow nothing about this "joke" band surprises me anymore. They could announce they were all gay and I would not be surprised.
On a more serious note, mabye it will turn out good after all. I Mean the RR album from Tolkki were actually quite good and him removed from the band and some of the tentions gone they might could cunjure up something good. I mean the last Strato album really sucked big time and Element pt 1 and 2 were only had a few good tracks on them.
I hope the album will be good back to the days of Visions and Episode, then I am satisfied.
Posted by gizmo
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
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