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wow .. wind of change for the whole scene !!!!

johnny wrote:wow .. wind of change for the whole scene !!!!

yeahh this album will be great... it will be like a total reborn
hey that's a good name why isn't called "new reborn"...

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ciruelo wrote:hey that's a good name why isn't called "new reborn"...

Because it is called "Stratovarius"...

BlackPhoenix wrote:As posted on Strato.com:


MEGASTAR DIRECTOR ANTTI JOKINEN SHOOTS NEW STRATOVARIUS VIDEO
26.04.2005 / Author: WebmasterStratovarius
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Megastar video director Antti Jokinen has directed a new Stratovarius video. Antti is famous for his work with artists like Beyoncé, Wyclef Jean, Korn, Missy Elliot, Nightwish, Shania Twain, and Celine Dion.

"Maniac Dance" is the title of the video and first single.

The video was shot in VR:n Konepaja in Helsinki on April 15, and will be edited in Los Angeles next week.


Timo Tolkki and Antti J. Jokinen





NEW ALBUM READY

Stratovarius eleventh studio album is now ready. It will be titled "Stratovarius" and will be unleashed upon the world on September 5, 2005.

The dates for Stratovarius world tour 2005-2006 will be announced in May.

There is a new band picture from the shoot at http://www.stratovarius.com/pictures/st ... normal.jpg

If you are with the media and need an image for print, there is a high-resolution version here: http://www.stratovarius.com/pictures/st ... hr-​hi.jpg

And another one: http://www.stratovarius.com/pictures/st ... normal.jpg


So patience will be paid. 132 days left.

so the world tour will start in 132 days

i hope the album will release earlier.......

The album will be released as the world tour kicks off. I'm kinda dispointing the album will have no double bass, im expecting the worse, but at the same time im excited to hear what Timo has done this time. Just wait and we'll see (hear)

@Dave > the album will be released in early September. The 5th if I remember well.

@Mafiaboy: You remember well. It was said in a Finnish music magazine that the new album will be released then. Well at least I have some reason to wait for the fall.

vene777 wrote:The album will be released as the world tour kicks off. I'm kinda dispointing the album will have no double bass, im expecting the worse, but at the same time im excited to hear what Timo has done this time. Just wait and we'll see (hear)

What we have done this time is a rocking album that kicks some major ass.

No ballad?



I love songs like Season of Faith's Perfection.

Fireblade wrote:No ballad?

The song The Land Of Ice And Snow seems to sound a bit like Forever.

MaFiaBoY wrote:

Fireblade wrote:No ballad?

The song The Land Of Ice And Snow seems to sound a bit like Forever.

I heard that is a sort of continue of forever,and is a ode to Finland,the land of ice and snow

TimoTolkki wrote:What we have done this time is a rocking album that kicks some major ass.

As long as this holds true, I personally don't give a damn about the specifics.

hear hear!!!

shaz wrote:

TimoTolkki wrote:What we have done this time is a rocking album that kicks some major ass.

As long as this holds true, I personally don't give a damn about the specifics.

Not too much "true" would be better. I don't want to have some cheese stuck in my CD player

MaFiaBoY wrote:

shaz wrote:

TimoTolkki wrote:What we have done this time is a rocking album that kicks some major ass.

As long as this holds true, I personally don't give a damn about the specifics.

Not too much "true" would be better. I don't want to have some cheese stuck in my CD player

Oh, good one.

Well, cheese seldom kicks some major ass... Unless maybe some roquefort but that's really another ball game.
By the way, nice to hear from you, Timo!

im really looking forward to the new album! i think it will be a "chill-out" album! And as we all know, TT makes good songs for relaxing.. this is my opinion. But i hope the next album after the next ( ) will be more powerfull and faster, like "Old-Stratovarius"!! But we will see....

we´ll see!!! I can´t wait anymore!!!!

regards!!

Well, like the dark/prog era (4 first albums) ended, maybe it's time the speed/power/melodic era ends too and the band starts something else. Just my two cents...

MaFiaBoY wrote:...and the band starts something else. Just my two cents...

yep!!!! but wich one?!??? Hard Rock - Alternative?!!? something like that?!?! or something else!!???

regards!!!

Dennis

Why not some Black Metal ? Seriously, I don't really know, only the band knows what they want to play. But if they want to play someting else, they shouldn't worry about the fact that it sounds or not like "old" Stratovarius. As a matter of fact, I personally wish they'd return to a more progressive sound like in Dreamspace especially.

It is a question of tastes... I like a lot the Episode - Destiny "era"....

regards!!

Dennis

i really like the fourth dimension- visions era, where the band consolidates itself as a power metal group

Fourth Dimension still has a lot of progressive elements in it. 030366, Stratovarius, We Hold The Key, TS, maybe Winter and some others.

MaFiaBoY wrote:Fourth Dimension still has a lot of progressive elements in it. 030366, Stratovarius, We Hold The Key, TS, maybe Winter and some others.

Agree, in my opinion Fourth Dimension is one or the "weirdest" albums, with u know....'the actual line up'.

But, for me, they con wherever style, I'll be there.

Equinox wrote:

MaFiaBoY wrote:Fourth Dimension still has a lot of progressive elements in it. 030366, Stratovarius, We Hold The Key, TS, maybe Winter and some others.

Agree, in my opinion Fourth Dimension is one or the "weirdest" albums, with u know....'the actual line up'.

But, for me, they con wherever style, I'll be there.

'The actual line-up' ? It still has Ikonen and Lassila.

I guess there was nowhere to go after Elements... what, even MORE epic and huge-sounding? Methinks not. The situation of the past couple of years probably wouldn't have allowed it to happen anyway.

I'm sure this will be different and good.

Maybe soon we will have some soundclips to listen to.
TT said it would be alittle different, but he did not elaborate.
I bet the sequel to Forever will be as touching as its predesessor. I am looking forward to that.
Not many songs on this upcoming album---are they long, I wonder?

MaFiaBoY wrote:

Equinox wrote:

MaFiaBoY wrote:Fourth Dimension still has a lot of progressive elements in it. 030366, Stratovarius, We Hold The Key, TS, maybe Winter and some others.

Agree, in my opinion Fourth Dimension is one or the "weirdest" albums, with u know....'the actual line up'.

But, for me, they con wherever style, I'll be there.

'The actual line-up' ? It still has Ikonen and Lassila.

I don't know why in the world I said that.
I guess I'm just nuts.

If you wish, below you can find probably the new design of strato lilly:
http://img227.echo.cx/img227/5127/pict01783sx.jpg
I've found it in Sanctuary Express brochure, no. 1, may 2005. There is also short article about Stratovarius and upcoming album, but there's nothing new for you. There is also this lilly, I've never seen before, so maybe it will be a part of new design, but no sure for that. If you want, check it.