The former Stratovarius guitarist announces the first dates of the “Visions of Latin America” -tour. This upcoming tour celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Stratovarius “Visions” album. The setlist will consist of the best of Tolkki’s career from Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance, Timo Tolkki’s Avalon, and Symfonia. The lineup on these upcoming gigs will include: Timo…
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Stratofortress – Anthems of the World
Reviewed – May, 2021 Released – 2021, Elevate Records Rating – 4/5 Reviewer – Cristóbal Torres At the end of May a Stratovarius cover album aptly named ANTHEMS OF THE WORLD came out. Although the album brings together various musicians and groups, including former members of the legendary band, the…
STRATOFORTRESS (Official tribute album to StratovariuS) – Release
We are super happy to communicate that our album “Anthems of the world” the very first official album tribute to STRATOVARIUS. The release date will be on may 27th 2021. Here you are now the first single: “Distant skies” from the album “4th Dimension” performed by MARKO PUKKILA and friends……
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “THE ENIGMA BIRTH” DUE JUNE 18, 2021
FEATURING GUEST VOCALS FROM JAMES LABRIE, BRITTNEY SLAYES, JAKE E., CATERINA NIX, MARINA LA TORRACA, FABIO LIONE, RAPHAEL MENDES, & PELLEK; FIRST SINGLE ‘MASTER OF HELL’ ft. RAPHAEL MENDES OUT NOW Frontiers Music Srl is proud to announce the upcoming release of the fourth album from Timo Tolkki’s Avalon, “The…
STRATOFORTRESS (Official tribute album to Stratovarius) – Matias Kupiainen as new guest
We are super happy to announce that will be honoured to have on board with us in the STRATOFORTRESS (Official Tribute Album to STRATOVARIUS) the guitarist and sound engineer of the finnish band, we are talking about MATIAS KUPIAINEN as “Mastering engineer” in four songs of the album. We go…
Tolkki, Timo-Loneliness Of A Thousand Years (Book review)
Reviewed: March 2021 Published: 2010, Indie Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP 2021 is the year where I gave up. I have the lost the war. I had been holding out reviewing only real books, actual printed on real paper books, but the digital wave has all but drowned traditional publishing. In…
Jari Behm, ex StratovariuS bassist joined StratofortresS – Official Tribute Album to StratovariuS
In our StratofortresS home we have such a great super special guests: after the official entrance of Timo Tolkki and Mike Lepond (SYMPHONY X) is now the time to introduce to you Jari Behm, the third StratovariuS bassist who taken part of the band before the historical member Jari Kainulainen.…
StratofortresS announce the extraordinary participation of Timo Tolkki
These are the declarations of the creator of the Iliour Griften project: “It still seems like it was not true, but we have the videos and the recordings, Timo Tolkki, historical member and founder of StratovariuS is officially part of StratofortresS Project (Official Album Tribute to StratovariuS) as Super Special…
STRATOFORTRESS (Official tribute album to StratovariuS) – Revealed cover and Tracklist “Anthems of the world”
We are super happy to release the cover of “Anthems Of The World” THE OFFICIAL TRIBUTE ALBUM TO STRATOVARIUS. The cover was made by Harley Velazquez in collaboration with Iliour Griften, the mastermind of the project. The album contains 14 songs and the are great bands and new SUPER special…
Ex-Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki announces Erik Kraemer as vocalist of Infinite Visions, new song to be released
Ex-Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki proudly announces Erik Kraemer as vocalist, finalizing the INFINITE VISIONS lineup. Erik states, “I am happy to say that I will be part of Timo Tolkki’s Infinite Visions. It is a huge honor to be a member of a band full of very talented musicians. I’m…
Timo Tolkki’s Infinite Visions – Drum play through videos
INFINITE VISIONS drummer Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz (ex-Hate/Vader) has recorded playthrough videos for the 5 songs on the upcoming Infinite Visions demo, which will be finalized this month. The tracks include “Sonata Black”, “Infinite Visions”, “You Rock My World”, “Dangerous”, and “Voice Of Tomorrow”. The full drum playthrough videos (with the…
Ex-Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki to stream special acoustic performance: “TIMO TOLKKI – STORIES & SONGS”
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.…
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…