Stratovarius - Polaris

Ness · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:54 pm

I've been playing it nonstop. I'm so excited about this!

Austin0819 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:08 pm

Deep Unknow reminds me of some early Vision feeling and they did also created catchy chorus!
Bombastic solo! Fantastic song! :dio:

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:29 pm

That song is great. I haven't listened to anything Strato in quite some time.

Found another sample of "Higher We Go":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JcAjHC ... re=related

Trooper Of Steel · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 5:18 pm

Both tracks are pretty good....looks like Stratovarius are BACK!

Radagast · **Posted:** Thu May 07, 2009 8:02 pm

I'm really looking forward to this. I think everything may finally have worked out for Stratovarius in the end - I actually quite like the new Revolution Renaissance and the fact that Tolkki is trying to write something different, since his days as a grade-A speedy power metal writer are clearly in the past. So if the new Strato is good and sounds like proper Strato then two good bands could have come out of the whole mess.

Three, if this "Dreamspace II" isn't a total disaster.

NP: - Twilight Time :dio:

PyroMan · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 6:59 pm

Album leaked. Listening to it now. :dio:

flying_guitars · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 8:08 pm

01. Deep Unknown
02. Falling Star
03. King of Nothing
04. Blind
05. Winter Skies
06. Forever Is Today
07. Higher We Go
08. Somehow Precious
09. Emancipation Suite I: Dusk
10. Emancipation Suite II: Dawn
11. When Mountains Fall
12. Deep Unknown (Mikko Raita Vinyl Mix) (Bonus Track)

I am currently blasting ( Forever Is Today).... I think the guy's down the street can hear it...

Ness · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 12:11 pm

Oh Tolkki, when will you just LET IT GO!!??

http://www.revolution-renaissance.com/f ... f=11&t=339

Lucifer's Son · **Joined:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:52 pm **Posts:** 2016

metalNESS wrote:

Oh Tolkki, when will you just LET IT GO!!??

http://www.revolution-renaissance.com/f ... f=11&t=339

What an ass!
Polaris is 10x better than RR's debut.

PyroMan · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 1:37 pm

Quote:

To me it sounded like there was really no soul in the songs, although technically it is very good I think what I really was hearing was the lack of soul in the songs.

That's how I could describe both of his albums with RR. The new Strato is not perfect, but it's way more enjoyable than Age of Aquarius.

Mike · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 7:10 pm

I like Polaris. Great stuff. :dio:

PyroMan · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 8:19 pm

Quote:

Ex-Stratovarius member Timo Tolkki's has blogged on his Myspace page about a new project, titled 'Project Strato: Return To Dreamspace' with a link to a music page for the group of the same name.

This Myspace page shed's more light on the project:

"After Tolkki's departure from Stratovarius in the late 2007 an idea was born to get the classic Dreamspace line up together for an album. As a result the summer 2009 will be spent writing and demoing songs for a late 2009 release tentatively titled as: "PROJECT STRATO:RETURN TO DREAMSPACE". This album will see Timo Tolkki handling the vocals again and the fans of the Twilight Time/Dreamspace era will surely not be disappointed."

The reunited group is confirmed on Project Strato's Myspace as:

Timo Tolkki - Vocals&Guitar
Tuomo Lassila - Drums
Antti Ikonen - Keyboards
Jari Kainulainen - Bass

Mike · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 8:40 pm

metalNESS wrote:

Oh Tolkki, when will you just LET IT GO!!??

http://www.revolution-renaissance.com/f ... f=11&t=339

+1

Sour, sour, sour........ :rolleyes:

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 11:00 pm

Let me tell you something about Polaris. What this album has is the energy and passion that Stratovarius was missing for the last few years. What it doesn't have is Tolkki's manic depression getting in the way of good songs much like their self titled bore fest.

Polaris > Anything from RR

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:55 pm

Man this albums f'n ROCKS MAN!!!!!

This is simply the best Strato album since Infinite and it combines elements from Visions, Destiny and Infinite.

:dio:

Clint-metalcdratings · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:35 pm

I'm really liking this.

It sounds like their mid-to-late-90s stuff...

Full review is coming to MCDR soon, as well as a review for the new Rev Ren. :wink:

Radagast · **Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:10 pm

Raven wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

Oh Tolkki, when will you just LET IT GO!!??

http://www.revolution-renaissance.com/f ... f=11&t=339

+1

Sour, sour, sour........ :rolleyes:

Big

Great album, positive review on MCDR at the end of this month.

MetalMaster · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:04 pm **Posts:** 197

I had high expectations on the new Stratovarius after hearing the clips they had released, but oh man, was I disappointed. Yes, they lack soul or would I say good songwriting! Both hey, so does Timo's new RR, even though I think the first one was quite good. From the new RR and ST I would only say Age of Aquaris would be a real killer track.Productionwise they are both perfect and I think, unlike tolkki, Kotipelto is perhaps even better than before, but what does it help when songwriting is bad and I agree Emanicipation Part1&2 were real borefests and some of the most boring fillermaterial I heard. The new guitarist has written some awesome material and solos before, so I wonder why he writes this kind of music now... :/

Clint-metalcdratings · **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:34 am

In case ya'll haven't noticed yet - Stratovarius, Revolution Rennaisance, Winterborn, Primal Fear, DGM, Anubis Gate, Saint Deamon and may others are now on MCDR...

Btw, I think the new Strato is fantastic, and I agree with the 4/5 rating and review by Craig B.
:cool:

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:00 pm

This album completely passed under my radar.
The samples posted here piqued my curiosity, so I went ahead and purchased the album. I'm glad to announce what many already have mentioned here lol: it's a solid album. In fact, it's the surprise of the year for me! I never thought I'd here another solid Stratovarius album since Infinite.

Great comeback!

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