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)…
Black Sun – Power metal from Ecuador
INTERVIEW WITH BLACK SUN (Santiago Salem – Bass, Nicolás Estrada – Drums, Christopher Gruenberg – guitar and Nino Laurenne – producer) Metal music is a universal phenomenon. There are a lot of great and amazing bands from every part of the world. How many of readers out there are familiar…
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…
Best of 2019: Marko Syrjälä
BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 WHITESNAKE FLESH & BLOOD David Coverdale and his snakes return with FLESH AND BLOOD. The album is the band’s most fresh and vital album since SLIP OF THE TONGUE (1989). The renewed line-up sounds just fantastic together. Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra make a great guitar…
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…
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…
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,…
Floor Jansen announced as main vocalist on Timo Tolkki’s Avalon II, the album and European tour planned for May 2014
The Nightwish/ReVamp singer Floor Jansen will appear in the leading role on the next album of Timo Tolkki’s Avalon Metal Opera. Jansen is the main vocalist on the album and sings lead vocals on the first single and promotional video. The release date for both single and the video is…
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON’S METAL OPERA “THE LAND OF NEW HOPE” MAKES STRONG DEBUT IN EUROPE WITH SEVERAL TOP 100 BOWS
EXCITING CONCEPT ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW VIA FRONTIERS RECORDS (New York, NY) – Timo Tolkki’s Avalon new metal opera, THE LAND OF NEW HOPE (Frontiers Records), has made impressive album chart debuts in Europe, with several Top 100 album chart bows, including a Top 10 album chart debut in composer Timo…
TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON – digital release of “Enshrined in my Memory” available today
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the digital release today of “Enshrined in my Memory”, the first single off the TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON new Metal Opera “The Land of New Hope”. The song is available for download and legal streaming through all fine shops such as iTunes, Amazon and Spotify…
TIMO TOLKKI RETURNS WITH A STUNNING SYMPHONIC METAL OPERA « THE LAND OF NEW HOPE » DUE OUT ON FRONTIERS IN MAY
Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON stunning new Metal Opera entitled “The Land of New Hope” on May 17th in Europe and May 21st in North America. Hailed by fans and press as one of the forefathers of the Power Metal genre with his…
TIMO TOLKKI Predicts “STRATOVARIUS Will Not Exist Anymore In Five Years”
Greece’s Rock Overdose conducted an interview with the great guitarist Timo Tolkki (ex-STRATOVARIUS, REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, SYMFONIA) about a number of topics including his pending retirement. Here are a few excerpts from the chat: Rock Overdose: You announced a retirement after the fact that Symfonia would not go on as a…
TOWARDS THE NEW SYMFONIA – Line-up Change
The following updates comes from The official Symfonia page: www.symfonia.fi. We would like to thank all of you who have supported us and our “In Paradisum” in the last months. We have received a very good response both in sales and in reviews for the album. We are sorry…
Timo Tolkki Confirms 2012 Release For Dreamspace Line-Up Reunion Album & More!
Ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has confirmed a 2012 release date for the Dreamspace Line-Up reunion album (possibly under the name “Project Strato”?). As well, there will be a re-release of his Classical Variations Vol 1. solo album! “I have nice news for you. We are planning to celebrate the 30…