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I heard from quite reliable sources that the guitar player who's going to play with TK, JJ, JM and LP is this 25-year old guy from Helsinki:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =216610819

Mape Ollila and Nalle Österman are also speaking about the same guy at metalsite imperiumi.net, so...

By the way, who might be playing keys at the song "Bad Time Boogie" ? There's something very familiar...

According to "Solo 66" and especially "54" he sounds quit a lot like John Petrucci. Not bad at all.

Raven wrote:By the way, who might be playing keys at the song "Bad Time Boogie" ? There's something very familiar...

Best guess would be his brother, Risto Kupiainen.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQfOj5qYHUo

I still hope for Tuomas

I would've been the best choise, but what can you do..? Their loss.

Mormegil wrote:According to "Solo 66" and especially "54" he sounds quit a lot like John Petrucci. Not bad at all.

The titles are also... so progressive =)

I hope the new guitarist is going to be more the type of power metal than another style

Not bad at all!!!

Fresh blood, fresh music, if this is the guy....cool future!

eggggghh... a PRS??? nope i hope this guy isnt playing for strato. you just cant trust people who play PRS (except santana)

black death wrote:I still hope for Tuomas

No Tuomas... That would be worst case scenario imo because then there is almost band of Kotipelto... except Jörg, he haven't been in Kotipelto's band so only he is new in that band...

He is... Can I proudly peresent: Elias Viljanen

Matias is a very technical and fresh guitarist, would be a great choice for duets with JJ and for a renewed and more inspiring Strato-sound (of course still neoclassical-power metal, but not repetitive as last 2-3 Strato albums and RR’s New Era...).
Let's wait and see...

well, I'll check the videos at home later, but whoever he is... i hope he can go well and replace TT nicely!

Well I've heard this guy playing, and I think he can at least match Jens' solos would be very interesting choice indeed. A very talented player.

StratoTimo wrote: He is... Can I proudly peresent: Elias Viljanen

I thought Elias would be happy enough in Sonata Arctica... unless Jani makes a return.

Maybe Jani Liimatainen could replace Tolkki...

jani what? He will come back to Sonata Arctica? Why I didn't know it!

Paola wrote:jani what? He will come back to Sonata Arctica? Why I didn't know it!

Did you saw that there was word: Maybe So I really think that Jani is not going back to Sonata

I think Matias Kupiainen is the one

Brilliant guitar player. He reminds me a lot of Elias Viljanen.
And yes, he's the one...

great choice I'm sure he'll fit in nicely

Well, I don't know him so I can't say anything. I will listen some of the songs in his myspace...It's very young. Let's hope something good about all this.

If all you say it's a very good player... You say similar to Petrucci? That is damn good, but remember, Stratovarius it is not DT... So, he can fit perfectly? I need to know more about that guitar player. Anyway, are you sure this is the chosen one?

RazielSR wrote:I need to know more about that guitar player. Anyway, are you sure this is the chosen one?

They say he's the one...I really don't know ...anyway this guy won the finnish "guitar heroes competition" in 2007. Here is the "Guitar Heroes" album with mp3 clips, in which (1st song) he played -between others- with Tolkki:
http://www.guitarheroes.fi/gh/index.php ... 2&blogid=1

cliff wrote:Brilliant guitar player. He reminds me a lot of Elias Viljanen.
And yes, he's the one...

I'll take your word on it, you always seem to know for real

He seems to be good. Petrucci style quite much, but it can be fit into Strato style and the new albums could have a new way.

I'm already imagening that solo duetos.....CAN'T WAIT!!!...And of course, Lauri never recorded with Strato so....

scorp wrote:I hope the new guitarist is going to be more the type of power metal than another style

Jani Liimatainen maybe??




Off topic: how r u man, long time without seeing you on MSN

Elias Viljanen and Antti Wirman would be great. Elias Viljanen is in Sonata Arctica, but Antti Wirman isn't in Wirman anymore so he could be a good choice.

HungryWolf wrote:Antti Wirman isn't in Wirman anymore so he could be a good choice.

Antti is still in Warmen but they have done only three gigs and as most of us already know, his brother Janne plays keyboards in Children of Bodom and COB is touring, so Warmen isn't very active. But he would still be a good choice because also Lauri plays in Warmen and in the interview they said that Lauri knew the new guitarist before and Antti is also young(born in '82)

Sorry, I posted this twice

If Jani would join strato it would be epic as hell, however I highly doubt it... And to be honest I wouldn't be that glad if that I-name-every-other-song-something-with-boogie-dude is the new guitarplayer, last time I checked there was no boogie in Power Metal!