Stratovarius - Survive (2022)

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Stratovarius - Survive (2022)

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Stratovarius - Survive (2022)

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Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 138 mb


Bio:

Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation, they have released 15 studio albums, 4 DVD and 3 live albums. Along with German bands Helloween, Blind Guardian, and Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is considered one of the leading and most influential groups of the power metal genre.In its history, the band has known many chaotic lineup changes; there is no founding members in the band since 1995, and currently, the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994.Stratovarius was founded as Black Water in August 1984 by singer and drummer Tuomo Lassila,guitarist Staffan Stråhlman, and bassist John Vihervä. Line-up changes soon started to occur,including Timo Tolkki replacing Stråhlman two months later and taking over singing duties as well, and the band expanding to a quintet with the arrival of keyboarist Antti Ikonen the following year. Under this line-up, the band released its first album Fright Night in 1989, with Tolkki acting as sole composer. While various changes of bassist occurred, the band released the albums Twilight Time (1992) and Dreamspace (1994). In 1994, Tolkki decided to stop acting as lead vocalist, with Timo Kotipelto joining the band. After the release of Fourth Dimension in 1995, last remaining founding member Lassila, as well as Ikonen, left the band and were respectively replaced by Jörg Michael and Jens Johansson respectively.This line-up consiting of Kotipelto, Tolkki, bassist Jari Kainulainen, Johansson and Michael, now recognized as the "classic line-up" of Stratovarius, became the longest line-up in its history (1995-2005). With this line-up, the band released eight albums including most of their popular works (releasing an album with the same line-up than its predecessor for the first time) until the release of a self-titled album in 2005, after which Kanulainen departed and was replaced by Lauri Porra. In 2008 guitarist, sole composer and main lyricist Timo Tolkki, being highly critical of their last album and tired of the tensions between the members, decided to disband Stratovarius. However, at the demand of the rest of the band, he agreed to let them continue as Stratovarius while leaving the band. He subsequently regreted his decision, stating that the current band had nothing to do with Stratovarius which he considered as mainly his own work.Despite the controversy of Tolkki's departure, the band's following albums Polaris (2009) and Elysium (2011), the first albums with Porra and new guitarist Matias Kupiainen in which all members except Michael were part of the songwriting process, received positive reception, with various critics and fans considering it their best albums in the last decade. After a small "Farewell Jörg" tour in Finland, Jörg Michael departed for personal reasons in 2012. With new drummer Rolf Pilve, the band released its latest album Nemesis in 2013.

Album:

World-renowned Symphonic / pomp-power melodic metal legends STRATOVARIUS will release “Survive” next Friday, their first album in almost a decade. The band’s first full-length release since 2015’s Eternal, ”Survive” marks a continuation of two major themes that have been consistent with their music since the beginning: humanity’s future and the environment. With the current global situation surrounding climate change and the growing popularity of new forms of energy, this record and Stradivarius’s music is as relevant as ever.A blistering comeback from one of metal’s most seminal bands, ”Survive” is full of dynamics and drama, feeding on a wide range of emotions along the way. Best exemplified by its profoundly rousing title track, ”Survive” is the Stratovarius spirit in exquisite musical form, with all the darkness and light that goes with it.After the long gap between records, there’s no rust as Stratovarius aims to reclaim their position as one of metal’s elite acts. One thing that’s been the case for their entire career and remains evident on ”Survive” is that the band knows how to write catchy songs. The album is packed to the gills with giant hooks and singalong choruses.Opening with the anthemic title track and the uplifting ‘Demand’, it’s clear the band are playing to their strengths on their sixteenth studio full-length, and this continues with the pneumatic drumming and classic Strato-chorus of ‘Broken’.‘Firefly’ simply soars and ‘We Are Not Alone’ is driven by Euro-pop keyboards, chunky riffs and possesses another skilful solo from guitarist Matias Kupiainen.Things slow down for the dramatic ‘Frozen in Time’, a powerful cut that brings out the very best in Kotipelto, the fifty-three year old singer still clearly at the top of his game. ‘World on Fire’ continues in that vein while the rousing ‘Glory Days’ could have been written during the band’s pomp in the mid-Nineties, a song with a welcome familiarity likely to bring a smile to many time-hardened faces.Every Stratovarius album needs a quality power ballad and with its lilting orchestrations, ‘Breakaway’ fulfils that requirement perfectly while ‘Before the Fall’ employs choral vocals to make its point.Another long standing power metal tradition is the epic final track, and at over eleven minutes in length, ‘Voice of Thunder’ is just that. Ranging from delicate notes to more strident and aggressive tones, Kotipelto, Kupiainen and Johansson are on point yet again, the heavier and proggier sections allowing bassist Lauri Porra and drummer Rolf Pilve time to shine as the song builds towards a suitably grand finale.With its impressive songwriting and performances, ”Survive” feels like Stratovarius has never been away. The energy and enthusiasm are still there and the songs have hooks to match.A triumphant comeback for one of the true leaders of the genre.

Line-Up:

Timo Kotipelto Vocals (1994-2004, 2005-present) - See also: Cain's Offering, Kotipelto, ex-Filthy Asses, Kotipelto & Liimatainen
Jens Johansson Keyboards (1995-present) - See also: Cain's Offering, Mastermind, Russell Allen's Atomic Soul (live), ex-Johansson, ex-Jens Johansson, ex-The Johansson Brothers, ex-Silver Mountain, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Kotipelto (live), ex-Dio, ex-Dave Nerge's Bulldog, ex-Deadline, ex-Ginger Baker, ex-Jonas Hellborg Group, ex-Jonas Hellborg's Art Metal, ex-RAF, ex-Shining Path, ex-Snake Charmer, ex-Stephen Ross
Lauri Porra Bass (2005-present) - See also: Kotipelto, TunnelVision, Gashouse Garden, ex-Sinergy, Lauri Porra, ex-Almah, ex-Raskasta Joulua, ex-Warmen
Matias Kupiainen Guitars (2008-present) - See also: Fist in Fetus, ex-The Sinkage
Rolf Pilve Drums (2012-present) - See also: Megiddon, Random Eyes, Reversion, Solution .45, Status Minor, Samuli Federley (live), Division of the Spoils, ex-Full Scale Conflict, ex-Essence of Sorrow, Harri Kauppinen, The Magnificent, ex-Amoth, ex-Code for Silence, ex-Dreamtale, ex-Miseration, ex-Sightless, ex-Beyond the Dream

Tracklist:

01. Survive (04:39)
02. Demand (04:03)
03. Broken (04:57)
04. Firefly (03:38)
05. We Are Not Alone (04:34)
06. Frozen in Time (06:43)
07. World on Fire (04:26)
08. Glory Days (05:06)
09. Breakaway (04:28)
10. Before the Fall (04:15)
11. Voice of Thunder (11:10)


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