Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Return To Eden (Japan Edition) (2019)

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Return To Eden (Japan Edition) (2019)

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Return To Eden (Japan Edition) (2019)

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Year : 2019 (Japan Edition)
Style : Symphonic Metal , Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 163 mb


Bio:

Timo Tolkki was born 3. 3. 66 in Helsinki Finland. He was 5 years old when he first touched a guitar and started playing when he was 7 years old. Tolkki took guitar lessons up until he was 14 and got his first electric guitar when he was 12 years old.His first musical influences were The Beatles, ABBA and The Shadows. When he heard “Smoke on the Water” playing on the radio, it changed the course of his playing and he started buying copies of Rainbow and Deep Purple’s albums. His ever first album bought was “Rainbow: On Stage”. Tolkki also found the myriad of guitar heroes existing in the beginning of the early 80’s including Randy Rhoads, Gary Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen. They all had a profound impact in Tolkki’s own playing style combined with his love for the classical music.After series of local bands he got a phonecall from Tuomo Lassila if he would like to join a band called Stratovarius. To correct a common false information, Stratovarius was actually formed during winter of 1984 and Tolkki joined the band just 2 months after it was formed.A series of shows and demos were made and Tolkki took relatively quickly a complete control of the band’s artistic direction and also the management duties. This lasted up until 1995 and resulted in 4 albums: “Fright Night”, “Twilight Time”, “Dreamspace” and “4th Dimension”. During this time, the band achieved a considerable success in Japan and 4th Dimension is still the most successful Stratovarius album in Japan with the sales figure of 75 000 copies.While the band was already in studio recording the 4th Dimension album, Tolkki decided to quit singing and an unknown singer called Timo Kotipelto was chosen as the new vocalist. In a dramatic move after the tour of 4th Dimension, Tolkki fired Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen citing “lack of interest towards the music and the band” as the main reason and recruited Jens Johansson and Joerg Michael as their replacement.What was to follow was the history in Melodic Power Metal. The band recorded 4 albums between 1996-2000: “Episode”, ”Visions”, “Destiny and “Infinite” and made 4 world tours. Earned 3 consequetive gold discs from the sales of Finland and won a Finnish Grammy. The influence of Stratovarius as the leading force of Melodic Power Metal was justified. During this time Tolkki was still in complete control of the band’s artistic and musical direction and was responsible in writing the biggest hits of Stratovarius ever such as “Black Diamond”, “Hunting High and Low”, “The Kiss of Judas” and “Forever”. He has written over 200 songs for the band and produced all the albums while he was in the band.Elements pt 1 & 2 were an effort to take the sound of the band even further using real Symphonic Orchestra. The band made its biggest world tour with these albums.The readers of the renowned American Guitar World Magazine chose Timo Tolkki to the cathegory of 50 fastest guitar players of all time and position 88 in the cathegory of most influential metal guitar player of all time.The years 2004-2007 were very difficult time for the band due to Tolkki’s illness, but they managed to record a self titled album in 2005 and made a world tour in 2006. After a series of personal, financial and politicial reasons, Tolkki left Stratovarius in October 2007 explaining his views to the band and the management clearly in an email asking for further discussion. His explanations were not understood and the both parties remain in disagreement about what happened until today.After his departure from Stratovarius, he has had 2 bands: Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia and he has made solo albums.Today he is taking things more lightly running a mixing studio called “Studiotolkki” and releasing music when he feels like. May 2013 will see a worldwide release from Frontiers Records of Tolkki’s new Metal Opera called: “The Land of New Hope” which includes musical talents of Michael Kiske, Sharon Den Adel, Elize Ryd, Rob Rock, Russell Allen, Tony Kakko, Jens Johansson, Derek Sherinian and Alex Holzwarth.

Album:

TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON will release its new album, “Return To Eden”, on June 14 via Frontiers Music and in Japan with an extra track. Guests on the disc include Todd Michael Hall (Riot V), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania), Zachary Stevens (Savatage), Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering) and Eduard Hovinga (Elegy).Although AVALON has been described by the media as a metal opera, it really is a vehicle for former Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki to express his music in various formats using high-quality musicians. It doesn’t have a permanent line-up except for Tolkki.Five years in the making, “Return to Eden” is the third AVALON album, where talented Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere) helped Tolkki with the production.While musically the songs are obviously impregnated by sympho metal, also to be found is hard rock, melodic metal, and a bit of progressive.The disc opens with the furious melodic metal hymn “Promises”, a killer tune in a very Malmsteen-esque style regarding the guitars and with a fantastic melody on it. Todd Michael Hall takes command on lead vocals here and he rocks.The epic title track and the beautiful “Hear My Call” (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen) are two numbers that will be loved by each and every fan of the classic symphonic sound out there. “Miles Away” features a more progressive sound and it’s one of the most interesting tracks.On “Limits” Tolkki go for and edgy, metallic sound, then in “Wasted Dreams” we have yet another highlight out of the new opus, more hard rocking with a chorus line to die for and these amazing guitar lines in front row.“Return to Eden” features excellent performances by renowned vocalists, great arrangements, an impressive & varied guitar work and tons of melodies. Production is clear, and especially, the mix, essential for this type of music.Another really strong AVALON album.

Line Up:

Timo Tolkki - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius)
Todd Michael Hall – Vocals (Promises, Now And Forever, Return To Eden)
Anneke Van Giersbergen – Vocals (Hear My Call, We Are The Ones)
Mariangela Demurtas – Vocals (Godsend, Guiding Star, Return To Eden)
Zachary Stevens – Vocals (Miles Away, Wasted Dreams, Return To Eden)
Eduard Hovinga – Vocals (Give Me Hope, Limits)
Andrea Buratto – Bass
Antonio Agate – Piano and Keyboards
Giulio Capone – Drums, Piano and Keyboards
Aldo Lonobile – Guitars

Tracklist:

01. Enlighten
02. Promises (feat. Todd Michael Hall)
03. Return To Eden (feat. Demurtas, Stevens, & Hall)
04. Hear My Call (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
05. Now and Forever (feat. Todd Michael Hall)
06. Miles Away (feat. Zachary Stevens)
07. Limits (feat. Eduard Hovinga)
08. We Are The Ones (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
09. Godsend (feat. Mariangela Demurtas)
10. Give Me Hope (feat. Eduard Hovinga)
11. Wasted Dreams (feat. Zachary Stevens)
12. Guiding Star (feat. Mariangela Demurtas)
13. Godsend (Orchestral Version) (Japan Bonus Track)

+ Video "Promises (feat. Todd Michael Hall)" (Official Video)

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