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Greece's Rock Overdose recently conducted an interview with Finnish quitarist Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS, REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, SYMFONIA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock Overdose: You announced a retirement after the fact that SYMFONIA would not go on as a band, and a lot of fans were surprised by this. What was the story behind that? Timo: I simply said that in the present market situation, it is not possible to earn an income by being a professional musician. My ...
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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 ...
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Stratovarius: AMBERIAN DAWN - New Album To Feature Guest Appearances From STRATOVARIUS Members
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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...
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Stratovarius: Drummer Quits
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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...
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Stratovarius: 'Under Flaming Skies' Video Released
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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...
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Stratovarius: To Tour Russia With HELLOWEEN
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Stratovarius have issued the following update: "We are very pleased to announce the Russia Tour with Helloween. 13.09.2011: Premiera, Krasnodar, Russia 14.09.2011: Dom Oficerov, Rostov-On-Don, Russia 16.09.2011: Milk, Moscow,&n...
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