Guitarist/songwriter Timo Tolkki will present a very special solo acoustic show on Saturday July 4, 2020 that will be streamed via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/TimoTolkki777. The time of the show will be 20:00 Central European Time, 13:00 Mexico, 11:00 Los Angeles, 14:00 New York, 13:00 Brazil, 19:00 London, 21:00 Moscow.…
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Timo Tolkki’s INFINITE VISIONS announce Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz as their drummer
Ex-Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki proudly announces that Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz joins the band on drums, completing the INFINITE VISIONS lineup. Pawel is best known for his playing with extreme metal bands, including Hate, Vader, Decapitated, and Antigama (and most recently, performing with Belphegor on their 2019/20 USA & European tours)…
Raskasta Iskelmaa – Raskasta Iskelmaa
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Spinefarm Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I stumbled across this album on-line and my interest was immediately captured. I do have a tendency to seek the weird, wacky and wonderful side of Heavy Metal as a break from the intensity and seriousness of so many…
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon – Return to Eden
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Frontiers Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It bothers me when things I enjoy don’t get finished. Timo Tolkki’s Avalon was one such worrisome point. The first album in the Metal Opera concept trilogy came out in 2013 and the follow-up effort arrived almost exactly a…
THE DARK ELEMENT featuring Jani Liimatainen and Anette Olzon announce second album “Songs the Night Sings” release date November 8
THE DARK ELEMENT is a musical project featuring vocalist Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish) and Finnish guitarist and songwriter Jani Liimatainen (Sonata Arctica, Insomnium, Cain’s Offering). November 8 will see the release of their second album entitled “Songs the Night Sings”. Today, the band presents a video for the album’s title track.…
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM
“RETURN TO EDEN” OUT JUNE 14, 2019 FEATURES A STUNNING LIST OF GUEST VOCAL APPEARANCES FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO, “PROMISES” OUT TODAY Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the return of TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON with the release of the long awaited third chapter in his metal opera, “Return…
STRATOVARIUS RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “Unbreakable” – FIRST TIME AS ORCHESTRA VERSION!
“ENIGMA: INTER MISSION 2” APPEARS ON September 28, 2018 AT earMUSIC “Unbreakable (Orchestral Version),” the second song from Stratovarius’ new album “ENIGMA: Intermission 2”, celebrates its premiere. Accompanied by a lyric video, fans for the first time have the pleasure to hear a Stratovarius classic in brand new orchestral arrangement.…
STRATOVARIUS PUBLISH “ENIGMA: INTERMISSION 2” WITH 3 BRAND NEW SONGS + 4 ORCHESTRAL VERSIONS
STRATOVARIUS, one of the leading bands of the Melodic Power Metal scene are back – with an album full of red-hot and ultra-rare songs. “Enigma: Intermission 2” includes three new songs as well as – for the first time in the band’s history – orchestral arrangements of four carefully selected…
TARJA TURUNEN AND STRATOVARIUS ANNOUNCE A NORDIC SYMPHONY ‘18 CO-HEADLINE TOUR
A Nordic Symphony ‘18: October 1 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp 2 – Kiel, Germany – Max 3 – Hannover, Germany – Capitol 5 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Substage 7 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg 9 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix 10 – Cologne, Germany – Essigfabrik 11 – Saarbrücken,…
TIMO TOLKKI (ex Stratovarius) – 2017 TOUR: Songs from my Career / First Dates Announced
Timo Tolkki is a well known and highly revered musician with hundreds of thousand of fans across the world. Best known as the creative force, behind some 17 Stratovarius releases and a member of super groups such as Revolution Renaissance (members of Helloween, Edguy/Avantasia and Thunderstone) and Symfonia (members of…
Stratovarius + Gloryhammer + Divine Ascension @ O2 Academy Islington, London
Stratovarius + Gloryhammer + Divine Ascension @ O2 Academy Islington, London 3rd November 2015 Review & videos by Oliver M. Photography by David McKnight & Oliver M. Please follow and like us:
Tuska 2015 – Suvilahti Helsinki Finland
x BY ARTO LEHTINEN AND MARKO SYRJALA The Tuska Open Air Festival is definitely a real metal institution amongst all other metal festivals in Europe. This Suvilahti area located in the heart of Helsinki, is only a few kilometres away from the downtown of Helsinki, is a perfect place for the metallic…
STRATOVARIUS – NEW ALBUM “ETERNAL” OUT AUGUST 14TH 2015
Stratovarius have broken their year long silence to reveal they are in the studio completing a new record. Its release will be preceded by a performance at Wacken Open Air Festival and followed by a full tour soon after release. “Eternal” is the fourth studio album by the Finnish symphonic…
CAIN’S OFFERING – New Studio Album in May!
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of the second CAIN’S OFFERING studio album entitled “Stormcrow” on May 15th in Europe and May 19th in North America. Cain’s Offering is the brainchild of Finnish guitarist/songwriter Jani Liimatainen, founding member of one of Finland’s biggest musical exports, Sonata Arctica.…
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON to release sophomore album “Angels of the Apocalypse” with an amazing cast of singers ! Out in May on Frontiers
Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON sophomore album, “Angels of the Apocalypse” on May 16th in Europe and May 20th in North America. Following the release of the debut album “The Land of New Hope”, the “Metal Opera” was met with critical and fan acclaim,…