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Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band.
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"Elements pt. 1" was follwed by "Elements pt. 2" also released on Nuclear Blast records in the same year with the hit single "i walk to my own song".
In late 2003, the band broke up, with Timo Kotipelto and Jörg Michael leaving after a very vaguely explained conflict. Tolkki hired a new singer, Katriina "Miss K" Wiiala, and Anders Johansson of Hammerfall (Jens's brother) temporarily on drums. Tolkki's behaviour rapidly began to become extremely strange. He published a long news article on the band's website, detailing how he had converted to Kabbalah after reading Madonna's autobiography and being contacted by Jesus. He wrote extensively on the principles of Kabbalah, but according to some Jewish forum members, this has nothing to do with any actually practiced form of it. The webmaster removed the news article from the site. Tolkki also phoned Anders Johansson, speaking nonsense about Hitler - Anders freaked out and left the band. Nobody really understood the situation and fans were worried about Timo's mental condition. In April 2004 he was hospitalised with chronic depression and a nervous breakdown, and after he was released from the mental hospital, negotiations and attempts at reconciliation with the rest of the band began. The rest of 2004 was virtually complete silence from the band.
In January 2005 an announcement was released that Stratovarius has reunited with the old lineup. Tolkki seems to have recovered from his illness.
In June 2005 Timo Tolkki announced, that the Bands Bassist, Jari Kainulainen had left the Band due to personal reasons.
Band members
- Timo Kotipelto - Vocals
- Jens Johansson - Keyboards, piano
- Timo Tolkki - Guitar
- Jörg Michael - Drums
Discography
Albums
- Fright Night (1989)
- II (1991)
- Twilight Time (1992)
- Dreamspace (1994)
- Fourth Dimension (1995)
- Episode (1996)
- Visions (1997)
- The Past And Now (Compilation, 1997)
- Visions Of Europe (Live, 1998)
- Destiny (1998)
- The Chosen Ones (Compilation, 1999)
- Infinite (2000)
- 14 Diamonds (Compilation, 2000)
- Intermission (2001)
- Elements Pt. 1 (2003)
- Elements Pt. 2 (2003)
Singles
- Future Shock (1988)
- Black Night (1989)
- Break The Ice (1992)
- Wings Of Tomorrow (1995)
- Father Time (1996)
- Will The Sun Rise? (1996)
- Black Diamond (1997)
- The Kiss Of Judas (1997)
- SOS (1998)
- Hunting High And Low (2000)
- It's A Mystery (2000)
- A Million Light Years Away (2000)
- Eagleheart (2002)
- I Walk To My Own Song (2003)
Videos
- Infinite Visions (2000)
Similar bands
External links
- Official Stratovarius website (http://www.stratovarius.com)
- The Stratovarius Network (http://truemetal.org/stratovarius)
- Complete Stratovarius Lyrics and album reviews (http://www.goldlyrics.com/band/stratovarius/)
- Stratovarius news, lyrics, reviews and info (http://www.metalyou.com/band/stratovarius/)de:Stratovarius
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