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Glad to know that they want this alive, the mightiest and historically controverted forum of in history of metal!

There was an interview to Jorg Michael from the Infinite era (I think) where he was asked wheat would they do if Timo Tolkki for some reason left the band. He answered that it would be easy to find another great guitar player but it would be impossible to replace the composer. It would be hard to fi...

So basically Sonata Arctica is now just the name of Tony Kakko's solo project, cause otherwise labels and stuff wouldn't even have a look.

No thanks, it would be sad to see the same sloppy and imprecise style of playing of the last two tours... go watch some YouTube videos and check yourself. Perhaps if he takes it seriously and rehearses couple hours a day he could reach the required level to do a reunion and a decent live performance...

I knocked up against this one today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxbe5MynRI0 and it made me reaffirm all of this we're talking about... how they have turned THAT MUCH from powerful, rich and vibrant in into bland and lifeless sounding of their current https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQT292b8E88 ...

I knocked up against this one today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxbe5MynRI0 and it made me reaffirm all of this we're talking about... how they have turned THAT MUCH from powerful, rich and vibrant in into bland and lifeless sounding of their current https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQT292b8E88

I guess labels they spend 1/20 of what they did on good studios in the 90's-2000's... hence sound quality consistency, ear-pleasing production good aging are lost in the majority of cases.

I miss Tolkki’s Stratovarius. Al these songs are ok but they dont hold the Stratovarius essence al all. Maybe I am being nostalgic but anyway.

I'm also disappointed that those albums were taken away from Spotify... please bring them back! It hurts the band not to be there even though the conditions are not so good.

VictorTDD wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_v7lENsccM

My Eternal Dream
Shine In The Dark
Rise Above It
Feeding The Fire
In My Line Of Work

Thank you!!!

This song sounds two hundred percent Jani Liimatainen

Looks great. Would you sell one?

Yes please, not only for the live duties but for composing too.

icecab21 wrote:i think stratovarius with 2 touring quitarists only makes the live performance stronger, 2 guitarists can't make anything weaker

That's right. But not only for the live thing, but in composing Jani adds a different color and melodies that are totally refreshing.

I synthesize this album in one thing: Jani Liimatainen SHOULD join Stratovarius

oh... I hope the music is better than the artwork it seems some cheap cover art bought from an average digital designer portfolio

Probably made of plastic or just 0's and 1's, and more progressive.

Floor Jansen confirmed as permanent singer in Nightwish at their official website

I got the DVD today. Had to order it because I couldn't get the blu-ray in time due to lack of stock in Amazon. I really liked the setlist, though I would have changed those covers which have zero interest to me to some good song from Destiny or Infinite... Band played great, sound and mixing are am...

:) Well said! There is one thing I can not understand! Why is this Tolkki-lover still here at this hated bands homepage. Why is he not at some page where he can sing Tolkki-praise all day long. So I will advice him to leave here as soon as possible. Or even better if he had done so looong ago! Hate...

I'm not claiming it to be a crime against humanity, where did I say that? Well, you wrote that they should split and that the current lineup is of "questionable morality". So crime against humanity was, you know, an embellishment to make a point. I don't think that being honest to yourself and tryi...

Alex Landenburg i'm quite confident he's going to be the on. i mean, Peter could really do the job, since he already played power metal in the past with Time Requiem (Richard Andersson's band/project)but i don't see him right now in these horizons, Peter's more oriented to Darkane/Labrie's stuff no...

Well, I might have been misunderstood by the words I used for my first post in this topic. I never wanted to start a fight, really! The best I can do is apologize if someone feels attacked personally by my comments, which by the way is pretty sad, if you ask me. And by the way, I have the same right...

I'm not claiming it to be a crime against humanity, where did I say that? Well, you wrote that they should split and that the current lineup is of "questionable morality". So crime against humanity was, you know, an embellishment to make a point. I don't think that being honest to yourself and tryi...

I wrote in these forums because I joined pretty long before you and I loved the old days of Stratovarius. Aren't you ready to accept an opinion that doesn't agree with yours?... sigh...

If you think the current Stratovarius is not interesting or original, I unfortunately must respect your opinion... Later releases under the name Stratovarius are just using it for the sake of the trademark. Easier to get gigs, easier to get to put an album out, many things easier. Who would have be...

GAGAGO wrote: And my opinion is that Idiots are IDIOTS and that there is nothing to do about that. The Earth is full of them.

Glad that you graduated Saviour at the Internet Communities University of your bedroom.

valo_666 is just saying that Stratovarius is no more the legendary band that had been during those golds days and that they don't deserve such an excellent drummer Peter Wildoer. A respectable opinion, but it's just another opinion :). So far, so good. Nevertheless I prefer this Stratovarius that t...

Too much drummer for an already cadaveric band Dear Realistic Human Being, explain this to me like I'm a Complete Idiot because I don't get it :? ThesaurusLegend: Adj. 1. cadaveric - of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end". There you are :) EDIT: Don't ba...

GAGAGO wrote:

valo_666 wrote:Too much drummer for an already cadaveric band

And what an idiot are you? Gypsy? Tartar?

No, I'm just a realistic human being, thanks