In the new video message below, Timo Kotipelto and Jens Johansson of Finnish melodic metal brigade STRATOVARIUS talk about the band's new studio album, coming in 2013. The footage was filmed in Hamburg in front of the earMUSIC / Edel building in August: The news of drummer Jörg Michael's departure from Stratovarius in S...

Finnish heavy metal singer Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, CAIN’S OFFERING, KOTIPELTO) and guitarist Jani Liimatainen (CAIN’S OFFERING, ex-SONATA ARCTICA) are putting the finishing touches on an acoustic album, “Blacoustic”, to be released later in the year under the KOTIPELTO & LIIMATAINEN banner. ...

Finnish/Swedish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted a video presenting new drummer, Rolf Pilve. Watch below: Last year Jörg Michael announced his departure from Stratovarius after sixteen years of incredible drumming, countless tours and nine studio albums. Jörg played his final tour with the band in 2011. One of the la...

A performance clip of the song "Black Diamond", taken from the forthcoming STRATOVARIUS DVD and Blu-ray, "Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere", can be seen below. The news of drummer Jörg Michael's departure from the Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS in September 2011 was a shoc...

The news of Jörg Michael’s withdrawal in September 2011 was a shock for all STRATOVARIUS fans. To say goodbye to a friend, hero and member who characterized the band's sound for over a decade, the band headed to a five show spanning farewell tour in Finland in November last year. "The rest of us just has to a...