Revolution Renaissance was a multinational

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band founded by guitarist

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after he left

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in 2008. The band released three studio albums before disbanding in 2010.

History

''New Era''

The studio lineup for the '' New Era'' album was

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and

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on vocals, Pasi Heikkilä on bass, Joonas Puolakka on keyboards, and

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on drums. Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup, which was announced later.

''Age of Aquarius''

In March 2009, the band released their second album ''

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'' with a permanent lineup when

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joined the band as the new lead singer. The band said that it was "by far the darkest, heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in.". In October 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences. On 1 November 2009

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reported that

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(former bass player for

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) joined Revolution Renaissance.

''Trinity'' and breakup

In an interview with the Finnish news website kp24 published on 10 May, Timo Tolkki announced that Greek

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and Outloud keyboarder Bob Katsionis was the new keyboard player of the band and that they were currently mixing their third and final album, ''

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'', which was released in fall. On 28 July Tolkki announced the break-up of Revolution Renaissance. He commented by saying: "Due to my private problems, the lack of interest in Revolution Renaissance, shown by the promoters, and the current situation in the music industry that affects to everything including the production budgets, it has become impossible to continue the band. We have tried to book shows in these last three years, but we haven't been able to do so. A rock band cannot exist without direct contact to its fans. Therefore I have no other choice but to make the decision to stop the band and its activities due to the above-mentioned reasons. The third and final album of the band will be released at the end of September. From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank all the fans of my music throughout the years. It's been a great journey." The third Revolution Renaissance album, titled ''Trinity'', was released later in the year through

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Band members

Last line-up

- guitar (2008–2010) *

- vocals (2008–2010) *

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- drums (2008–2010) *

- bass (2009–2010) *

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- keyboards (2010)

Former members

*Mike Khalilov - keyboards (2008–2009) *Justin Biggs - bass (2008–2009)

Session members

- vocals *

- vocals * Pasi Heikkilä - bass *Joonas Puolakka - keyboards *

- drums * Magdalena Lee - vocals

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- vocals

Discography

Studio albums

* '' New Era'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010)

Demos

* '' Untitled Demo'' (2008)

Notes and references

External links

* {{Authority control Finnish power metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2008 Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Napalm Records artists Scarlet Records artists