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Stratovarius Members
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1985. Since their formation, they have released sixteen studio albums, five DVDs and six live albums. In its history, the band has gone through many chaotic lineup changes, and after founding guitarist Timo Tolkki's departure in 2008, there are no founding members of the band that remain. Currently, the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994. The first incarnation of the band had the name Black Water, founded in August 1984 by singer and drummer Tuomo Lassila, guitarist Staffan Stråhlman, and bassist John Vihervä. After reforming as Stratovarius, line-up changes started to occur, including Timo Tolkki replacing Black Water member Stråhlman and taking over singing duties as well, and the band expanding to a quartet with the arrival of keyboardist Antti Ikonen the following year. Under this line-up, the band released its first album ''Fright Night'' in 1989, with Tolkki as the only songwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, commonly shortened to Tuska ( fi, pain, agony), is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal rock festival, festival taking place annually in Helsinki. The first Tuska took place in 1998 and the festival has since grown larger every year. The location of the festival has been in Kaisaniemi park in the middle of the city from 2001. However, since 2011, Tuska has taken place at the Suvilahti event field in the Kalasatama neighbourhood of the Sörnäinen Subdivisions of Helsinki, district. The festival dates have always been in either June or July. In recent years the attendance has grown and the festival has drawn up to 43,000 people in 2019. In 2006, the festival was almost sold out and over a combined three-day total of 33,000 attendees arrived to watch 32 artists, including for example Anathema (band), Anathema, Celtic Frost, Opeth, Sodom (band), Sodom, Venom (band), Venom, and Finland's own Amorphis and Sonata Arctica. There were three stages in Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomo Lassila
Tuomo Lassila (born 1965) is a Finnish musician best known as the former drummer, founder member and co-songwriter of the power metal band Stratovarius and currently the drummer and percussionist for the Finnish metal band Conquest. Music career Lassila was one of the original founding members of "Black Water" (early Stratovarius name), the others being bassist John Vihervä and guitarist Staffan Stråhlman. He is credited with coming up with the band's current name after combining the words "Stratocaster" and "Stradivarius". In 1985, Stråhlman quit the band and Lassila approached guitarist Timo Tolkki to fill in the position. During his time with the band, he was (besides Tolkki) the band's co-leader and secondary songwriter (primarily during the first two albums) and also the only original member remaining in the band before leaving in late 1995 after the Fourth Dimension tour, along with original keyboardist Antti Ikonen due to creative disagreements with Tolkki over the dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal (Stratovarius Album)
''Eternal'' is the fifteenth album by Finnish power metal band Stratovarius, released on 11 September 2015 (Europe) and 18 September (United States)."Stratovarius Announce Final Release Dates And Cover For Eternal" . stratovarius.com. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015. ''Eternal'' reached No. 5 on the . Singer composed three tracks and wrote most lyrics together with his |
Nemesis (Stratovarius Album)
''Nemesis'' is the fourteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 22 February 2013 through Edel AG. It is the first Stratovarius album to feature new drummer Rolf Pilve, who replaced Jörg Michael in 2012. The album was first announced on the band's official website on 24 November 2012, with the track listing being revealed on 5 December 2012. ''Nemesis'' reached No. 3 on the Finnish albums chart. A preview of "Unbreakable", the album's first single, was made available on YouTube and was released on 25 January 2013."Stratovarius Reveal Album Cover & First Song "Unbreakable"" stratovarius.com. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-06. Background and recording Former |
Rolf Pilve
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1985. Since their formation, they have released sixteen studio albums, five DVDs and six live albums. In its history, the band has gone through many chaotic lineup changes, and after founding guitarist Timo Tolkki's departure in 2008, there are no founding members of the band that remain. Currently, the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994. The first incarnation of the band had the name Black Water, founded in August 1984 by singer and drummer Tuomo Lassila, guitarist Staffan Stråhlman, and bassist John Vihervä. After reforming as Stratovarius, line-up changes started to occur, including Timo Tolkki replacing Black Water member Stråhlman and taking over singing duties as well, and the band expanding to a quartet with the arrival of keyboardist Antti Ikonen the following year. Under this line-up, the band released its first album ''Fright Night'' in 1989, with Tolkki as the only songwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elysium (Stratovarius Album)
''Elysium'' is the thirteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 12 January 2011 through Victor Entertainment (Japan) and on 14 January through Edel AG (worldwide). It is the last Stratovarius album to feature longtime drummer Jörg Michael, who left the band in 2012. ''Elysium'' reached No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 80 in five other countries."Stratovarius - Elysium (album)" ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-01-10. " Darkest Hours" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the |
Polaris (Stratovarius Album)
''Polaris'' is the twelfth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 15 May 2009. It is the first Stratovarius album to feature bassist Lauri Porra and guitarist Matias Kupiainen, following former bassist Jari Kainulainen's departure from the band in 2005 and former guitarist Timo Tolkki's departure in 2008. Timo Kotipelto, who at the time of ''Polaris release had been a member of Stratovarius the longest (since 1994) among the current members, considered ''Polaris'' to be "the album that saved the band" and said that "without it there would not be any Stratovarius."Timo Kotipelto photocard released with Digipak edition CD of Stratovarius' ''Elysium''. More time passed between the release of Stratovarius' eponymous album ''Stratovarius'' in 2005 and the release of ''Polaris'' than between any other two consecutive albums released by the band. Stratovarius in 2006 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratovarius (album)
''Stratovarius'' is the eleventh studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 5 September 2005 through Sanctuary Records."Stratovarius - Stratovarius (album)" ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2021. The album reached No. 4 on the as well as the top 100 in six other countries. "" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the |
Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius Album)
''Fourth Dimension'' is the fourth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 11 April 1995 through Noise Records."Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension (album)" ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2021. The album is the band's first to feature vocalist Timo Kotipelto as well as the last with keyboardist Antti Ikonen and drummer Tuomo Lassila, thus being the last Stratovarius album to date featuring an all-Finnish line-up. Founding member and guitarist Timo Tolkki, who had served as the band's vocalist for their first three albums, still provided background vocals on ''Fourth Dimension'' before handing over lead singing duties to Kotipelto for all subsequent albums. The track "030366" is likely a reference to Tolkki's birthday of 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamspace
''Dreamspace'' is the third studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 9 February 1994 through Noise Records."Stratovarius - Dreamspace (album)" . ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-18. It is the last Stratovarius album to feature guitarist on vocals (after which became the lead singer on 1995's '' Fourth Dimension''), as well as the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Time (album)
''Twilight Time'' is the second studio album by the power metal band Stratovarius. The album was originally recorded and released in the band's native Finland as ''Stratovarius II'' in early 1992 by Bluelight Records,"History" stratovarius.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014. followed by a reissue in Europe with different cover art in October of that year by Shark Records. A third edition was issued in Japan in July 1993 by , renaming the album ''Twilight Time'' with yet another cover design; this is the most common version in circulation today. On the back cover, bassist Jari Behm appears in a band photo and is credited with playing, but all bass parts on the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
