Former Stratovarius leading light Timo Tolkki has slammed the current incarnation of the band as a "simple franchise" without soul, and says it will split within the next five years

THE WILDFIRE, featured by former CELESTY singer Antti Railio, is a new Finnish metal band that combines influences of heavy metal and rock music to create their own unique sound. Railio has spent the last three years touring Finland extensively under his own name. Railio was also a member of Timo Kotipelto's (STRATOVARIUS) winning team ...

Finland's AMBERIAN DAWN have released the following update: "Timo Kotipelto and Jens Johansson of STRATOVARIUS are guesting on next Amberian Dawn album, which is coming out early 2012. More details about release date, cover art, tracklisting etc. is coming up later, so keep on checking out our official Facebook site here.&q...

Drummer Jörg Michael has announced his plans to leave the Finnish melodic metal band STRATOVARUS for personal reasons. Jörg, who has been in the group for sixteen years, will play all the remaining tour dates until the end of January, and will celebrate with a special Finnish "Farewell Jörg" tour fro...

An e-card for "Elysium" can be accessed at this location. "Elysium" was released as a regular CD; a deluxe digipak edition with bonus track; a "collector's edition" (featuring two exclusive bonus tracks on a seven-inch single); and on vinyl. The cover artwork was created by Gyula Hav...