Timo Tolkki revisite Stratovarius

[guardianofsteel]

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Exact...et je pense que malgré le son désagréable, on peut aisément dire que c'était à chier. Des gens pour confirmer?

[Thrashos]

A chier des grosses bouses je dirais même.

[Everflow]

Je crois que lui aussi aurait préféré mais il a dû vite déchanter

-> je serais curieux de connaître les vente du Symfonia.

Je crois que dans le topic dédié il y a une interview où Tolkki parle justement du flop de l'album et de la tournée.

En tout cas ces réenregistrements semblaient lui tenir à cœur, ça fait un moment qu'il en parle.

[Seventh]

ha ok, merci. C'est dommage qu'ils n'aient pas tenté un deuxième album histoire de voir comment ça évoluait car le premier était quand même une très bonne surprise (même si c'était le degré zéro de l'originalité)

[Everflow]

Tolkki relance la même idée, 10 ans plus tard, sous le nom plus explicite de Timo Tolkki's Strato.

They started it all 34 years ago...

The Dreamspace lineup of Stratovarius has reformed, returning under the moniker Timo Tolkki's Strato. Featuring Timo Tolkki (vocals, guitar), Tuomo Lassila (drums), and Antti Ikonen (keyboards), these members recorded the classic Fright Night, Twilight Time, Dreamspace and Fourth Dimension albums. Released in 1994, Dreamspace was the last Stratovarius album to have Timo Tolkki on lead vocals and includes such fan favorites as "Chasing Shadows", "Hold On To Your Dream", "We Are The Future" and "Wings Of Tomorrow". Tolkki recorded his vocals for the Fourth Dimension album demos before deciding to focus on guitar only and recruited Timo Kotipelto as vocalist. Fourth Dimension included a number of standout tracks including "Against The Wind", "Distant Skies", "Galaxies" and "Twilight Symphony".

In the summer 2022, Timo Tolkki, Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen met to discuss ideas to reform the original line up, deciding to call themselves Timo Tolkki’s Strato. In all secrecy, they have rehearsed in Tuomo’s garage (real back to the roots!) since January 2023.This reconstituted lineup has signed a deal with Warner Music Japan, and is currently recording their debut album titled Return To Dreamspace to be released on October 27th, 2023 preceded by the single “(Is This The) Brave New World?".

A Japanese Tour is planned for spring 2024, and Timo Tolkki will visit Japan in November 2023 to promote the album -- his first time there since 2007. Tours of Latin America and Europe are also in the works. In concert the band will be performing songs from Return To Dreamspace, as well as from the Stratovarius albums, Fright Night,Twilight Time, and Dreamspace.

Eric Cerda, the manager of Timo Tolkki, describes the music as "sounding like the classic Dreamspace era, but updated for the 2020's. Fans of melodic power metal - a genre that these guys pretty much defined - will love the new songs of Timo Tolkki's Strato, with fans of early Stratovarius being especially pleased.”