"Darkest Hours" single teaser!

[Rebel]

Maybe they're just rotating who gets to write more music? 4 people writing music, with as many ideas as these guys seem to have, will result in lots of awesome music

My thoughts as well. Only I don't think TK will write music for an album, Jens gets the next album and I think they maybe go back to Lauri after that

[stratodan1990]

Seems to be a slightly Kupiainen biased track list... I hope this album will be a Strato classic. 18 minutes is the longest track thats ever been made (By Stratovarius)! I'm hoping that song doesn't turn out to be too much like the 12 minute song off Elements Part 1, and that it breaks new ground in the Strato sound I think either way I will grow to love the album though!

[crostrato]

[ggonza43]

To assume that Matias is trying to step into Tolkki's shoes just because he's contributing more songs to this album than the other guys is an absurd accusation. Matias is an extraordinarily talented musician and just based on how he acts and my experience when I met him, he's an extremely laid back guy. Let him do whatever he wants.

Plus, he isn't THAT fat !

[HinatAArcticA]

With Deep Unknown being in my top 3 Strato song (yeah, really) and 5 songs from Matias in the new album, I couldn't be more exited right now

[ggonza43]

"Deep Unknown" #3?! I'm now wondering which other 2 have you chosen ...

[mayhem-for-all]

Sorry to be so rude, but that's bullshit!

I wasn't serious

To assume that Matias is trying to step into Tolkki's shoes just because he's contributing more songs to this album than the other guys is an absurd accusation. Matias is an extraordinarily talented musician and just based on how he acts and my experience when I met him, he's an extremely laid back guy. Let him do whatever he wants.

Come on guys I wasn't serious

My thoughts as well. Only I don't think TK will write music for an album, Jens gets the next album and I think they maybe go back to Lauri after that

Thats something I came up with too

[RazielSR]

Reading forums and comments in youtube, seems that people likes this teaser. It likes how the new songs sounds.

[Kosmo]

Vault 13

Dude get the hell away from there! That place gave me the heebiejeebies...

[NeonVomit]

Title track at 18 mins playing length = happy NeonVomit. I love long songs

[RazielSR]

Vault 13

Dude get the hell away from there! That place gave me the heebiejeebies...

Well... Vault 34 from NV is worst

[RazielSR]

Title track at 18 mins playing length = happy NeonVomit. I love long songs

YES! Me too. Can't wait to listen this one. I hope it is all just one track, not splitted.

[Mormegil]

It's a great time for a power metal fan; two other 'great old ones' Helloween and Blind Guardian just released truly top notch albums and based on Darkest Hours, Stratovarius will continue on the same level. Really an outstanding song.

[ggonza43]

Title track at 18 mins playing length = happy NeonVomit. I love long songs

YES! Me too. Can't wait to listen this one. I hope it is all just one track, not splitted.

I hope it's splitted - but not "suddenly" splitted like they did with "Emancipation Suite Pt.1/2"

[Polaris]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

We'll have more songs from Matias & Koti in these album!

[Tao Lee]

I feel an atmosphere is extremely mighty and pure

[Beast_Pete]

THE GAME NEVER ENDS

Does it have any relevance to The Game?

[NeverendingAbyss]

Did I just lose?
FFFFFUUUUUU--

[Arnold Layne]

Did I just lose?
FFFFFUUUUUU--

Who just lost?

Arnold Layne

[Star_Ocean]

Glad to see Timo only having one song. All the more material of his to use in his next kick-ass solo album.

Also, any news on a music video (preferably one that won't blind us this time )?

[NeverendingAbyss]

Jørg, man! Get composing!

[El Palta!]

The singles sound amazing, i can't wait for the EP

[Arkash]

It's a great time for a power metal fan; two other 'great old ones' Helloween and Blind Guardian just released truly top notch albums and based on Darkest Hours, Stratovarius will continue on the same level. Really an outstanding song.

True!!!
To complete the big four, we could add Gamma Ray, whose last album (To the Metal) was really good.

And for the rest of the Power Metal world:

- Kamelot's PftP is amazing!!!!
- Rhapsody's TftoA is really great!!!
- Hammerfall's No sacrifice, no Victory rocks fucking hard!!!
- Mago de Oz's Gaia III is their best album to date!
- Freedom Call's The Legend of the Shadowking is one of their best albums!
- Cant wait for the new Dark Moor.
- Elvenking's Red Silent Tides pretty decent.
- Last Avantasia's are great!!!

And so on!!!

[lalodrums2]

Sounds very good!! Mmmh just the lyrics sound a little strange i think (the rhymes or so), but i will get used to it for sure!

Don't forget coming to Monterrey Mexico guys!!

[fernandotcl]

Oh man! Koti sounds amazing in the chorus (or bridge, dunno). This is gonna be a kick-ass album!

[RazielSR]

The solo is amazing! Damn, can't wait to have this EP and Elysium!

[thefreeone]

THE GAME NEVER ENDS

Does it have any relevance to The Game?

no i think we better leave the game to strauss! or to mistery

[RazielSR]

In this samples, (thanks VictorTDD), we can hear the chorus of infernal maze and I think this song is gonna be really spectacular http://es.7digital.com/artists/stratova ... est-hours/

[Rebel]

In this samples, (thanks VictorTDD), we can hear the chorus of infernal maze and I think this song is gonna be really spectacular http://es.7digital.com/artists/stratova ... est-hours/

That sounds disgustingly good. Especially happy at how well Matias has been able to integrate Jens' keyboards into his song.

[Empathica1928]

Yea, Jens's keyboards on that song really stood out to me, I love the sound. Really sounds like they're doing some progressive/experimental/just plain new things on this album, that's exciting.