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Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Rebel » Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:54 am

Wikipedia says Tony Kakko is on Polaris as a Backing Vocalist. Truth?

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by VictorTDD » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:54 am

Yes, Tony Kakko appeared in the recording credits on the booklet.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Rebel » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:05 am

VictorTDD wrote:Yes, Tony Kakko appeared in the recording credits on the booklet.
What songs?

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by R.F. » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:12 am

Winter Skies definetely.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by eagledreamr » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:30 pm

He appears for the backing vocals, in Winter Skies.
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Ragehead91 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:32 pm

The most tedious song on the Album IMO.

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Post by HinatAArcticA » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:10 pm

Ragehead91 wrote:The most tedious song on the Album IMO.
No way!
Along with Deep Unknown, the 2 best songs in the album.
Btw... I hope Sonata's new album is good... blogs say is slow and not as complicated as UNIA... so, where's the fun?
We'll have to wait...
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by HinatAArcticA » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:22 pm

Also, now that makes Strato and Sonata even xD
Do you remember Kotipelto at the end of False News Travel Fast from that amazing "Silence" album? xD
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Ragehead91 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:43 pm

HinatAArcticA wrote:
Ragehead91 wrote:The most tedious song on the Album IMO.
No way!
In My Opinion it is together with those 2 horrid ballads that are "When Mountains Fall" and "Somehow Precious" and that completley unnecessary Emancipation Suite Part II-

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Hubble86 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:37 pm

Rage. :lol: :lol: :lol: Sometimes you are so incredible hilarious. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :err:

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Ragehead91 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:16 pm

Hubble86 wrote:Rage. :lol: :lol: :lol: Sometimes you are so incredible hilarious. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :err:
Why? This is my opinion! Winter Skies is just a tedious and slow song which I automaticly skip when I listen to the album. "When Mountains Fall" tries desperately to be the 2nd "Forever" but fails horribly, "Somehow Precious" is just a lame, standard Power Ballad and Emancipation suite Part II is completley unnecessary, adds nothing to the good first part and only seems to be there because the band wanted to have yet ANOTHER slow, baladic songs. Like we really need another balladic song after we already have like 3. Sorry, but apart from "Forever", "The Land of Ice and Snow" and "Will My Sould Ever Rest in Piece" I don't really like any of the ballads Stratovarius has released.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by mayhem-for-all » Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:17 pm

HinatAArcticA wrote:
Btw... I hope Sonata's new album is good... blogs say is slow and not as complicated as UNIA... so, where's the fun?
We'll have to wait...
Not slow. No fats PM doesn't mean it will be slow. It just won't have double bass on every other song like they used to.
Yet it will be like one step backwards from Unia towards the older stuff and at the same time something totally new too.

Tommy (the Drummer) said that the album reminds him of Silence so I have high hopes.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Rebel » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:01 pm

Ragehead91 wrote:
Hubble86 wrote:Rage. :lol: :lol: :lol: Sometimes you are so incredible hilarious. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :err:
Why? This is my opinion! Winter Skies is just a tedious and slow song which I automaticly skip when I listen to the album. "When Mountains Fall" tries desperately to be the 2nd "Forever" but fails horribly, "Somehow Precious" is just a lame, standard Power Ballad and Emancipation suite Part II is completley unnecessary, adds nothing to the good first part and only seems to be there because the band wanted to have yet ANOTHER slow, baladic songs. Like we really need another balladic song after we already have like 3. Sorry, but apart from "Forever", "The Land of Ice and Snow" and "Will My Sould Ever Rest in Piece" I don't really like any of the ballads Stratovarius has released.
Emancipation Pt. II is the best performance Matias makes on the album

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Ragehead91 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:05 pm

Rebel wrote:
Ragehead91 wrote:
Hubble86 wrote:Rage. :lol: :lol: :lol: Sometimes you are so incredible hilarious. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :err:
Why? This is my opinion! Winter Skies is just a tedious and slow song which I automaticly skip when I listen to the album. "When Mountains Fall" tries desperately to be the 2nd "Forever" but fails horribly, "Somehow Precious" is just a lame, standard Power Ballad and Emancipation suite Part II is completley unnecessary, adds nothing to the good first part and only seems to be there because the band wanted to have yet ANOTHER slow, baladic songs. Like we really need another balladic song after we already have like 3. Sorry, but apart from "Forever", "The Land of Ice and Snow" and "Will My Sould Ever Rest in Piece" I don't really like any of the ballads Stratovarius has released.
Emancipation Pt. II is the best performance Matias makes on the album
In your opinion maybe. Not in mine. I just think it is unnecessary.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Irinia » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:23 pm

Ragehead91 wrote: In your opinion maybe. Not in mine. I just think it is unnecessary.
And I again, simply just love both Emancipation Suite I and II :lol:
(Especially part II, there's just something about it) ;)

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by hiro23 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:22 pm

Ragehead:it's cool with me if you don't like it, however I thought Winter Skies was actually one of their better ballads, as good as Mother Gaia in my opinion. However as I said your opinion is cool with me as well, I will not contest it.
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Post by Metalcentral » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:22 am

Ragehead91 wrote:
Hubble86 wrote:Rage. :lol: :lol: :lol: Sometimes you are so incredible hilarious. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :err:
Why? This is my opinion! Winter Skies is just a tedious and slow song which I automaticly skip when I listen to the album. "When Mountains Fall" tries desperately to be the 2nd "Forever" but fails horribly, "Somehow Precious" is just a lame, standard Power Ballad and Emancipation suite Part II is completley unnecessary, adds nothing to the good first part and only seems to be there because the band wanted to have yet ANOTHER slow, baladic songs. Like we really need another balladic song after we already have like 3. Sorry, but apart from "Forever", "The Land of Ice and Snow" and "Will My Sould Ever Rest in Piece" I don't really like any of the ballads Stratovarius has released.
I guess you are talking about "peace" and not "piece" ? :)

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Ragehead91 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:02 am

Yeah. Damn Typo.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by HinatAArcticA » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:56 am

mayhem-for-all wrote:
HinatAArcticA wrote:
Btw... I hope Sonata's new album is good... blogs say is slow and not as complicated as UNIA... so, where's the fun?
We'll have to wait...
Not slow. No fats PM doesn't mean it will be slow. It just won't have double bass on every other song like they used to.
Yet it will be like one step backwards from Unia towards the older stuff and at the same time something totally new too.

Tommy (the Drummer) said that the album reminds him of Silence so I have high hopes.
Well.. that's my favorite album xD
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by NeonVomit » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:42 pm

I think Tony Kakko is in the backing vocals 'choir'.

And Winter Skies is an amazing song.
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by nefertari » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:29 pm

NeonVomit wrote:I think Tony Kakko is in the backing vocals 'choir'.

And Winter Skies is an amazing song.
yes he is :) and Winter Skies is very good song :headbang:

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Post by hiro23 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:19 pm

It's one of my favorite songs on that album
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Florian » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:26 pm

Ragehead91 wrote:Winter Skies is just a tedious and slow song which I automaticly skip when I listen to the album.
I disagree, but this is your opinion. Winter Skies is one of my favorite songs from this album, but we can't all like the same things :wink:
Ragehead91 wrote:"When Mountains Fall" tries desperately to be the 2nd "Forever" but fails horribly, "Somehow Precious" is just a lame, standard Power Ballad and Emancipation suite Part II is completley unnecessary, adds nothing to the good first part
Yes, I agree here, I think When Mountains Fall is boring, same with Somehow Precious and only one Emancipation Suite could have been enough.

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Post by Irinia » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:28 pm

Florian wrote:and only one Emancipation Suite could have been enough.
My opinion is that Emancipation suite should have been in one piece.
(Although I kind of understand why it's divided. I just think it would have sounded better and more "whole" as one piece).

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Florian » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:32 pm

Yes that's my opinion too.

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Post by hiro23 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:33 pm

Well in a way it's already like one track, cause it moves right from one track into the other and you can't even tell that it's switched to the next song so it ends up feeling like one big song.
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Post by Florian » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:35 pm

Yes but they could have remove some boring parts.

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Post by Ragehead91 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:39 pm

Florian wrote:Yes but they could have remove some boring parts.
The boring part is mainly ES Pt. 2.

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Post by Florian » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:44 pm

Yes you're right.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Rebel » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:36 am

Without Pt. II, it isn't a complete work, it every Dusk needs a Dawn

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