Stratovarius

[Bata Trokrilni]

Ako Stratovarius napravi album godine, celu godinu ću moći da oteram u kurac. Srećom, pa već sada ima ovogodišnjih albuma koji su toliko jaki, da sam siguran da se tako nešto neće dogoditi.

[~MaX~]

ajd da vidimo i ovo... nadam se da me Kotipelto nece izneveriti

[Almsivi]

Svisja mi se Stratovarius, naravno Eagleheart posebno, slusam cesto.

 

Nadam se da se radi o tim Stratovariusima, a ne o nekim novim. (?)

 

Ovo mi je prvi post o muzici sad. Poz

[tuoLarips]

Cover je predobar!

[Grobodan]

Naleteh na prvu recenziju, nadam se da će ovako i biti:

 

New album... new logo... new line-up... Same old Strato? Well...ALMOST. In the past few years, Stratovarius primarily became fodder for the popular metal tabloids with former band mastermind and guitarist Timo Tolkki's public mental breakdown. Despite all this, I still remained a fan of the band and Tolkki's new band Revolution Renaissance. The big question mark was not so much if Tolkki would continue to write good music, but what would happen to Stratovarius without his driving influence? With the launch of POLARIS, all fears and any doubts are laid to rest.

 

 

 

Some of the internal dynamics of the band have no doubt changed and to these ears perhaps the biggest change is the more prominent role given to keyboardist Jens Johansson. Jens fills the the lead guitar role on a number of the album's opening tracks. I was expecting that with the first song or two there would be some in your face guitar wankery, as the band might have wanted to say “in your face” and show people that the new gun was here to shred. This is not the case at all. The presence of the guitars and the lead playing is something that builds as the album proceeds with the lead guitar taking on a larger role later into the album, where new guitarist Matias Kupiainen gets to prove to us that the band made the right call in bringing him into the fold. As a big Tolkki fan, I was hoping there would have been a little more over the top guitar wanking on here but I'm not disappointed...just nit picking.

 

 

 

Another plus with POLARIS is the return of some fast double kicking songs. Of course, I'm a bit retarded in this department and would prefer it if 80% of the material was ripping like “Speed of Light” but I'm much more satisfied with this album than I was with their unmemorable 2005 self-titled album. In fact, at this early stage I'm liking POLARIS more than anything post INFINITE (2000). Faster songs like ‘Blind’, ‘Forever Is Today’, and ‘Higher We Go’ definitely have the good old Strato feel. If you are a fan of the band's softer ballad side, you'll also be happy as they keep things diverse.

 

 

 

I was kinda surprised to see the song-writing credits for the album. I was figuring that Jens and Kotipelto would do the bulk of the writing. However, as you can see below, bassist Lauri Porra really gets to make his mark on POLARIS while guitarist Matias Kupiainen is only credited as a co-writer on 2 songs. What impact his playing and writing will have on the band perhaps remains to be heard. It will no doubt be interesting to catch them on tour and hear how he interprets the Tolkki material!

 

 

 

1. Deep Unknown: (Matias Kupiainen/TimoKotipelto)

 

2. Falling Star: (Lauri Porra/Lauri Porra)

 

3. King of Nothing: (Jens Johansson/Jens Johansson)

 

4. Blind: (Jens Johansson/Jens Johansson)

 

5. Winter Skies: (Jens Johansson/Jens Johansson)

 

6. Forever is Today: (Lauri Porra/Lauri Porra)

 

7. Higher We Go: (Timo Kotipelto, Matias Kupiainen/Timo Kotipelto)

 

7. Somehow Precious: (Timo Kotipelto, Matias Kupiainen/Timo Kotipelto)

 

9. Emancipation Suite part I: Dusk (Lauri Porra/Lauri Porra)

 

10. Emancipation Suite part II: Dawn (Lauri Porra/Lauri Porra)

 

11. When Mountains Fall: (Lauri Porra/Lauri Porra)

 

 

 

Reportedly, the band went into a month long seclusion in a cottage by the sea in Finland in Sept. 2008 to work on this album. Following that they went to Hästholmen and 5by5 studios, in Helsinki, Finland to record. Again the band was masterfully mixed by the well known Mikko Karmila. The end result is one of the best melodic metal albums of 2009 from a rejuvenated and back on track band. So chart a course to your local record shop on May 18th as one of melodic metal's finest shine as brightly as ever.

 

[Stormlord]

Veoma obecavajuca recenzija i sad se sve vise radujem novom albumu!

[Bata Trokrilni]

Čekajte, kakav je to Stratovarius bez Tolkki-ja? Zar nije prošle godine bila priča kako će Tolkki okupiti ljude iz prve postave Stratovarius-a i kako se može očekivati materijal sličan onom sa prva dva albuma?

[Totamealand]

Strato bez Tolkkija, napokon malo zdraviji i pribraniji Strato.

[Night Prowler]

Ma jebes Tolkkija. On i nije originalni clan benda. Picketina je poizbacivao sve originalne clanove benda a posle hoce opet da svira sa njima. Svaka cast Kotipeltu i Michaelu sto su se vratili u bend posle svega...

[Bata Trokrilni]

Kako nije originalan član benda? Od prvog albuma se računa, zajebi ti osnivanje benda. Tolkki-jev neoklasični stil sviranja daje pečat celokupnom opusu Stratovarius-a.

[Night Prowler]

Pa nije osnivac benda svakako, bend je osnovan 1984. a Tolkki je dosao 1985. Ja racunam od nastanka benda.

[Totamealand]

Podrazumeva se da su originalni članovi oni koji su stvorili bend. Tolkki nije stvorio bend...

[Sale B.C.]

nije ga ''stvorio'', ali ga je stvorio

[Bata Trokrilni]

Kao što rekoh, stvorio ga je, jer mu je dao zvuk po kome je prepoznatljiv i napisao ogromnu većinu pesama. Ne znam šta se hvataju za tih prvih godinu dana kad Tolkki nije bio u bendu, pa u to vreme nije ni postojao stil koji će Stratovarius kasnije svirati. Jedno poređenje - nije ni Glenn Tipton originalni član Judas Priest-a, pa se ipak celokupan opus Judasa ne može razdvojiti od postojanja dvojca Tipton/Downing.

[Stormlord]

Kakve to veze ima sa bilo cime?! Tolki je postao totalni idiot i egomanijak i bas mi je drago sto je otisao. Iskreno, moze biti tri puta osnivac ako na kraju sve sjebe sa svojim glupim idejama.

[Bata Trokrilni]

Misliš da je Kotipelto bolji? Pa neke od najboljih pesama Stratovarius-a nastale su pre nego što je on došao u bend.

[ShinigamY]

Kakve to veze ima sa bilo cime?! Tolki je postao totalni idiot i egomanijak i bas mi je drago sto je otisao. Iskreno, moze biti tri puta osnivac ako na kraju sve sjebe sa svojim glupim idejama.

 

QFT!! Jbt, poceo da smara sa onim njegovim tinu ninu melodijama... Jbesh ga, cuo sam da je ovaj novi "klinja"(jer ima 25 god ako se ne varam) Wunderkid xD...

 

[Telcontar]

Ne znam, Tolkki jeste prakticno stvorio Stratovarius, ali ne zaboravite opet da je Strato postao veliki bend tek kada su doshli Jens, Jari i Timo. Ne kazem da su oni prvi albumi loshi, ali zna se koji su imali najvishe hitova, najpopularniji medju fanovima i koji su im otvorili put. Tolkki je mozda bio odlican sto se tice pravljenja pesama, ali on je bash bash puko sa mozgom. Znam iz prve ruke da covek ima bash heavy tripove kada ne popije lekove (bukvalno) zapitajte se da li se album slucajno zove `Visions`. U svakom slucaju, prvi R.R. je bio super, drugi je djubre... Ceka se novi Strato.

[Stormlord]

Misliš da je Kotipelto bolji? Pa neke od najboljih pesama Stratovarius-a nastale su pre nego što je on došao u bend.

 

Pa sta sad?! Nije Tolki bio jedina pokretacka snaga benda.

[ShinigamY]

Pa sta sad?! Nije Tolki bio jedina pokretacka snaga benda.

 

Jedini pokretac snage Stratovariusa u poslednje vreme su bile PARE... To je i izjavio Jens negde, nznm tacno dal beshe na Metalfromfinland ili tako nesto...

[Talvi]

Nova pesma.

[ShinigamY]

^^ blagoslovio te bog za ovaj link Pesma je jebeno super xD Ako je ceo album ovako dobar, onda nema sta da se prica vishe o njemu

Edited April 17, 2009 by ShInIgAmY91

[DBrave]

zanimljivo...

Bas me je zaintrigirala pesma, ceka se album

[Totamealand]

Ništa specijalno na prvo slušanje, ali poslušaću novi album sigurno. Uzgred, novi gitarista objašnjava. Kome još treba Tolkki?

[Prisoner of Dreams]

рефрен није неки, али има у песми елемената који обећавају, које подсећају на добри стари стратоваријус метал. ја не очекујем да албум буде спектакуларан, довољно је да се врате на прави пут, а онда ће већ следећи бити бомба. тј. ако потрају.