Je n'avais même pas vu que Tolkki s'était coupé les cheveux. Il veut faire Neo Metalleux peut être...

Pis il a carrément fondu aussi.

Enfin sinon, encore un qui se fait prendre à cet attrappe nigaud de Kabbalah center ...
Le mec qui a inventé ça, je vous raconte pas les couilles en or qu'il se fait ...

C'est Kotipelto là !

ha oui, tiens ...

Putain, lui aussi il est tombé la dedans ... Ou alors il se fout de Tolkki ?

C'est quoi Kabbalah Center ? Une secte ?

ouaip

c'est un pseudo rabbin (enfin il s'est auto proclamé rabbin) qui affirme détenir les secrets de la Kabbale et donc il vend à un prix astronomique pleins de bouquins et autres gadgets
Bien sur, ttes les institutions juives se désolidarisent totalement de son bizness
Son truc a vraiment décollé quand Madonna a adhéré. Depuis, pleins de stars s'y sont mis. C'est facile à voir, c'est tous ceux qui portent un bracelet rouge au poignet

Mon chien porte un collier rouge, ça compte ?

C'est l'explication la plus plausible.

C est vrai qu en voyant la photo, on dirait que Strato s est mis au gothic!
Enfin je pense que c est quasiment sur que l album sera à l image de la photo c à d très sombre vu les galères qu a subit le groupe.

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have completed work on their new album, tentatively due later in the year via Sanctuary Records. The band will shoot a video for the song "Maniac Dance" in mid-April with director Antti Jokinen (BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN, MISSY ELLIOT, NIGHTWISH, SHANIA TWAIN, CELINE DION).

"We just got the video treatment from Antti, this will turn out to be amazing!" commented keyboardist Jens Johansson.

"The video song and first single is called 'Maniac Dance', it should allow Antti's creative madness to bloom. And I hope you trust me when I say this will be nothing like MISSY ELLIOT or CELINE DION."

With regards to the recording/mixing process, STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki said, "As you all may know, this album has not been born the usual way. In fact, almost everything has been different this time. Some of the songs have been very hard to mix (and the annoying parking garage construction under the studio with huge explosions every day adding the 'flavor') and some have been easy.

"The material sounds fresh and new. Some people will be quite surprised, I must say."

il va tuer cet album! je le sens bien!

Ca peut pas etre pire que les deux derniers... Meme si je préfere une avancée ratée à un retour en arriere sans interet.

voilà bonne lecture à tous :

Stratovarius will release their new studioalbum in late August or early September. The Album is called simply Stratovarius (in other words you can forget about Popkiller) and it has the following tracks:

- Maniac Dance
- Fight
- Just Carry On
- Back To Madness
- Gypsy In Me
- Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power)
- The Land Of Ice And Snow
- Leave The Tribe
- United

The album will surely be a surprise for Stratovarius fans. For example, you won't hear any double bass songs, for the Album is mainly in 4/4 and hte song are thoroughly produced mid-paced heavy rock songs. Especially the first part of the album is very "un-Stratovarius" (in proportion to previous albums) and some fans' faces may be worth seeing, when they hear the Atari-intro to the album single Maniac Dance.

A video has already been filmed of the forthcoming single, which was directed by Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki's old schoolmate and the director of Celine Dion's, Eminem's and Nightwish's music videos, Antti Jokinen. Maniac Dance's lyrics leave little to be guessed, they tell about the twister gone around Timo Tolkki during the last few years

In the second part of the Stratovarius-disc the band moves to more familiar sounds and for example the song The Land Of Ice And Snow is a clear sequel to Forever. As the title suggests, The Land Of Ice And Snow is a salute to Finland and Finns. And a known alcohol drink is also mentioned in the song!

-The way the album is constructed is that the first part is more unexpected material and the second part is more familiar Stratovarius, Tolkki tells.

At the end of the record you will hear some epic atmosphere and feelings similar to previous albums. At times they resemble Iron Maiden at its bombastic times, at times they resemble a sinfonic movie score. The album has also many surprising occasional elements, for example the babbling of Jörg's children, swedish opera singer and the speech of the wrestler Starbuck.

The progressive elements from the last two Strato-albums, are more or less history, for band's new songs are relatively simple flavoured with catchy choruses. Tolkki has also managed to write some extremely good and tight riffs. His guitar solos are stylized. He lets his fast fingers caress the guitar neck a few times, but you won't find any filling shredding on this album.

-The songs are a few years old. And I didn't plan the album to be like this. The songs wrote themselves. I just compose and later see what I have come up with...
All music on the album is done by me. but Jens (Johansson, Keys) and Timo (Kotipelto, singer) have written lyrics, Tolkki says and continues.

-Every artist complement their new album, but I just really like this album. And of course I'm very happy that we managed to make this in the first place!

Stratovarius members will tour Europe and other continents in July doing interviews. A long World tour will start in September....And yes, the
stir created Hitler-song is now called Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power). And you can hear Mr. Adolf speaking after all, if you listen very closely....

Sympa l'expression...

Trêve de plaisanteries, je suis bien curieux d'entendre cet album .

Si tout ça est serieux, c'est plutot apétissant.
Domage qu'ils aient abandonés le titre Popkiller, ça sonnait bien.

A priori différent des deux derniers albums ... ça peut être pas mal

ben c'est bizarre, mais je le sens bien cet album, on verra bien mais mon a prioir est positif, oui je sais je n'ai rien entendu et les deux précédents étaient médiocres mais c'est comme ça

Si j'ai bien compris, les morceaux vont être beaucoup plus simples, plus directs. Ah... C'est pas forcément un gage que cela soit bon. Des albums avec des morceaux de Heavy plus standard que du STRATO 'habituel' il y en a plein, et des tas de tout à fait anecdotiques. Enfin, qui écoutera jugera, on verra bien !

d un autre côté, l album va etre à priori plus diversifié. De plus, strato a écrit des titres qui figurent parmi les standards du speed métal. Rien ne sert de vouloir recréer les albums d avant. Episode, Visions, Destiny ne seront plus égalés par le groupe lui même. Autant entendre autre chose de la part du groupe.
Et puis si les riffs sont efficaces, simple ou pas simple, c est du tout bon !!
Et puis avoir E.T. pendant l'enregistrement, moi je dis c'est un gage de qualité !!