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Ear Music wrote:STRATOVARIUS - THE NEW ALBUM “ETERNAL” OUT AUGUST 14th
Stratovarius Eternal

Stratovarius have broken their year long silence to reveal they are in the studio completing a new record. Its release will be preceded by a performance at Wacken Open Air Festival and followed by a full tour soon after release.
"Eternal" is the fourth studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal originators for the earMUSIC label.
The trilogy of albums "Polaris", "Elysium" and "Nemesis” were released close to each other as the consequence of the renewed creative energy the band gained following the arrival of new members to support the historical members Kotipelto, Johansson and Michael. The previous three albums by Stratovarius showcased the many talents of guitarist Mattias Kupianen (prolific songwriter and producer of all the albums, including "Eternal”), virtuoso bass player Lauri Porra and, on the third of the three, the young talent Rolf Pilve, one of the best drummer of his generation who had to replace Jörg Michael after the latter decided to move into a new role in Stratovarius management.
The most recent album "Nemesis” included the single "Unbreakable", which became one of the most streamed songs ever released by Stratovarius.
Kotipelto and Johansson proudly carry the torch of the glorious Stratovarius tradition, but now many fans of the band consider the current line-up "classic Stratovarius”. The new album “Eternal” has been the longest album in the making from the band.

"Since ‘Polaris’ we have released a new studio album pretty much every two years” - reflects Jens Johansson – “but after ‘Nemesis’, we all decided to take a little bit of time off after we finished the world tour. Now we're all tanned and rested and it's about f***ing time to get back into the saddle. Everybody has been busy the last few months writing lots of new songs, and only the best has been recorded for ‘Eternal’”.

Song details and formats (including a limited deluxe edition as in the Stratovarius tradition) will be revealed in the next weeks as well as details for a tour in Finland.
In rest of the World, the first shows in support of "Eternal" are as follows:

ETERNAL WORLD TOUR
With Special Guests

10/05 Tallinn – Factory (EST)
10/06 Riga - Melna Piektdiena (LIT)
10/07 Vilnius - Galaxy Event Hall (LIT)
10/09 Cracov – Fabryka (PL)
10/10 Warsaw – Progresja (PL)
10/11 Berlin – C-Club (GER)
10/13 Vienna – Szene (AT)
10/14 Budapest – Club 202 or Barba Negra (HUN)
10/16 Geiselwind – Musichall (GER)
10/17 Lindau – Vaudeville (GER)
10/20 Munich – Backstage (GER)
10/21 Milano – Live Club (IT)
10/23 Bilbao – Santana (ESP)
10/24 Madrid – Sala BUT (ESP)
10/25 Sevilla – Custom (ESP)
10/27 Valencia – Koh-Tao (ESP)
10/28 Barcelona – Razzmatazz (ESP)
10/30 Pratteln – Z-7 (CH)
10/31 Besancon – La Rodia (F)
11/01 Paris – Trabendo (F)
11/03 London – O2 Islington Academy (UK)
11/04 Vosselaar – Biebob (BE)
11/05 Eindhoven – Effenaar (NL)
11/06 Cologne – Essigfabrik (GER)
11/07 Bochum – Matrix (GER)
11/09 Frankfurt – Batschkapp (GER)
11/10 Stuttgart – LKA (GER)
11/11 Hamburg – Gruenspan (GER)
11/12 Karlsruhe – Substage (GER)
11/13 Kufstein – Kulturfabrik (AT)

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Empathica1928 wrote:FUCK YES. Cain's Offering and Stratovarius in the same goddamn year, it's like 2009 all over again. Praise be to Finland.

SentineLEX wrote:Some predictions before the reveals, just for fun:

11 tracks
Longest track is ~8 mins and written by Jens
Single is in C# minor
Two ballads
3 songs by Lauri

Rebel wrote:

SentineLEX wrote:Some predictions before the reveals, just for fun:

11 tracks
Longest track is ~8 mins and written by Jens
Single is in C# minor
Two ballads
3 songs by Lauri

I'll wager $200 all of those don't happen.

adrian9 wrote:that is awesome news!

what I dont get is why stratovarius does this little game of just announcing the album without warming up the audience , is kind of a shock news strategy , the opposite being the nightwish strategy where we get like 15th trailers of a upcoming album
in any case, you know im buying it *

*when it gets here

Empathica1928 wrote:

adrian9 wrote:that is awesome news!

what I dont get is why stratovarius does this little game of just announcing the album without warming up the audience , is kind of a shock news strategy , the opposite being the nightwish strategy where we get like 15th trailers of a upcoming album
in any case, you know im buying it *

*when it gets here

I kinda like the mystery. Stratovarius hasn't put out a bad album in 20 years (the self-titled is still a good album, just disjointed and different by Stratovarius standards) so I'm content with waiting. I hope more info arrives very soon though. Would love to see a tracklist and artwork.

SentineLEX wrote:

Empathica1928 wrote:

adrian9 wrote:that is awesome news!

what I dont get is why stratovarius does this little game of just announcing the album without warming up the audience , is kind of a shock news strategy , the opposite being the nightwish strategy where we get like 15th trailers of a upcoming album
in any case, you know im buying it *

*when it gets here

I kinda like the mystery. Stratovarius hasn't put out a bad album in 20 years (the self-titled is still a good album, just disjointed and different by Stratovarius standards) so I'm content with waiting. I hope more info arrives very soon though. Would love to see a tracklist and artwork.

Agreed. I listen to the S/T from time to time, it's actually got some great songs! Last three are among my favorites of the whole discography. It's just not a strato-esque album.

That said, both Timos could shit in an CD case and I'll buy it at the price of a double album.

SatanicSmile wrote:

SentineLEX wrote:snip

I also like it very much. Didn't really care about it some years ago, but now I would say it's far from the "worst" Strato album.

rikkertje wrote:I do hope the album contains a signature Stratovarius power metal jam like Father Time/Will The Sun Rise/Black Diamond. An very straightforward power metal song.