Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Enigma Birth (2021)

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Enigma Birth (2021)

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Enigma Birth (2021)

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Year : 2021
Style : Symphonic Metal , Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
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:

Frontiers Music Srl is proud to announce the upcoming release of the fourth album from Timo Tolkki's Avalon, "The Enigma Birth". Over the past year, Timo started working on songs and once again connected with Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Archon Angel, Sweet Oblivion) to craft music for a new album. The new record, "The Enigma Birth", as with previous Avalon albums, features an absolutely awesome cast of vocalists including James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Jake E. (ex-Amaranthe, Cyrha), Marina La Torraca (Phantom Elite, Exit Eden), Brittney Hayes (Unleash The Archers), Raphael Mendes (Icon Of Sin), Fabio Lione (Rhapsody, Angra, Eternal Idol), Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic) and YouTube vocal star Pellek.With Lonobile overseeing the production, the main work on "The Enigma Birth" was completed in the winter of 2020. The resulting album is once again everything that you could expect from one of the true masters of the art. You have Tolkki's trademark fast songs with super catchy hooks, outstanding mid-tempo songs and a couple of great power ballads thrown in the mix for a wonderfully balanced album. This is Timo Tolkki at his 100% best. He's back and ready to reclaim his seat on the power metal throne! The concept of the Avalon metal opera series was born in the second half of 2012, when the Finnish composer, producer and guitarist Timo Tolkki, one of the true figureheads of the modern power metal genre, decided to move forward with his career post-Stratovarius. He wanted to work on a project which would allow him to express his musical creativity within the classic metal genre, while also pushing boundaries.The debut album, "The Land Of New Hope", was released in May 2013 and entered the national album charts in seven European countries, including a top-10 entry in Tolkki's home country, Finland. The album featured performances by numerous internationally acclaimed singers and musicians such as Michael Kiske (Helloween), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Rainbow) and Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo, ex-Dream Theater). Tolkki soon started the work on a sophomore release, "Angels Of The Apocalypse", which was released approximately one year after the debut. In the second chapter, he reunited the legendary Stratovarius "Dreamspace" line-up, with an amazing vocal cast appearing including Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Simone Simons (Epica), Fabio Lione (Eternal Idol, Rhapsody, Angra), David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), Zak Stevens (Archon Angel, Savatage), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic). Timo spent some time away after the release of the second album, so for the third album, after consultation with Frontiers, it was mutually decided to call in producer Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Sweet Oblivion, Archon Angel) to oversee the recording and help Timo develop his songwriting. The newly refreshed Timo Tolkki's Avalon release that followed, "Return To Eden", was a resounding success. It once again featured the trademark sound and melodies from Tolkki in that perfect power metal style. The amazing vocal cast appearing this time includes renowned Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering), Zak Stevens (ex-Savatage), Todd Michael Hall (Riot V), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania, Ardours) and Eduard Hovinga (ex-Elegy).Get ready for another slice of glorious metal from one of the true European guitar maestros, Timo Tolkii!

Line Up:

Timo Tolkki - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius)
Antonio Agate (k, orc)
Andrea Arcangeli (b)
Marco Lazzarini (d)

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Federico Maraucci (g)
Aldo Lonobile (g)
Pellek (v on tr. 1)
Caterina Nix (v on tr. 2-3)
Brittney Slayes (v on tr. 3, 10)
Raphael Mendes (v on tr. 4, 8)
James LaBrie (v on tr. 5)
Jake E (v on tr. 6, 10)
Marina La Torraca (v on tr. 7, 11)
Fabio Lione (v on tr. 9, 12)

Tracklist:

01. The Enigma Birth
02. I Just Collapse
03. Memories
04. Master Of Hell
05. Beautiful Lie
06. Truth
07. Another Day
08. Beauty And War
09. Dreaming
10. The Fire And The Sinner
11. Time
12. Without Fear

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