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From Excalion blog:

Tribute to Stratovarius
Hi all!

Time for some a small update. We're progressing with the demos for next album. Just laid some drum tracks for one really awesome and fast Excalion song. I think will be quite a blast when you hear it! Feels really awesome. Maybe a bit more rhytmic and technical compared to Excalion songs in general.

Something else for this year: We're playing Stratovarius tribute concerts with the Excalion line-up. We wanted to make something fun and special and this was one crazy idea that we had and wanted to try out. We're playing one concert now, this Friday in Äänekoski, Finland. Some more gigs coming later this year. More on those later. Let us know if you have some cool places in your hometown that wouldn't be too scared of uptempo Melodic Metal!

Seeya soon!

So if any of the Finns here would like to have some Stratovarius music just ask your local places for some Excalion.

Really surprised me but these guys have performed some amazing Strato-covers before and it seems like the next album will be a lot faster too.

As for those who have never heard of Excalion:

Speed of Light cover:
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This sounds good, need to keep following the info if they come anywhere near my hometown.

Get that drummer.................................................................

Wow, this sounds really really Great! Must hear the other songs too!

The U.S. could *always* use more power metal, so come on down!

It makes sense, Excalion are huge Strato fans, I would definitely like to see that show.