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Continuing with the Stratovarius news-fest this week, here I am again to inform you of the latest from Finland’s pride.

Stratovarius has put up their new album, Polaris, for streaming. Absolutely free. You can check it out here.

The Tolkster, as we here in Metalscape like to call our dear crazy Finnish friend, is at it again. After destroying Stratovarius, stealing money from the other band members, failing miserably with his “Rock” opera and forming a new band with the most retarded name ever, the man has not had enough.

He’s now following in Dino Cazares’ footsteps and formed his own band again, with the original lineup. And by original I mean 1984 original. That’s right, Timo has somehow managed to convince the 3 other aging dinosaurs that once upon a very long ass time were known as “Stratovarius” that this was not the worst idea ever. Tuomo Lassila, the man who originally formed Strato back in ’82 is back, along with long time bass player for the band Jari Kainulainen, who had recently quit the group because he was tired of all the touring. I’m guessing his family is being held hostage by the Tolkster and won’t be released until his duties in this new nightmare are fulfilled.

They’re calling it “Project Strato: Return To Dreamspace” since apparently the whole vibe is to make music in the same vein as Dreamspace/Twilight Time era Stratovarius. That means Tolkki will be back on vocals and a 20 year backtrack on all progress done with Timo’s power metal songwriting (which wasn’t much to being with).

I was really hoping Timo would retire from the whole “being in a band” thing and settle down as a producer or something. All of these attention-getting stunts are getting to be pretty ridiculous.

No fooling around this time

ITE: I wouldn’t mind gay parents, persuasive speeches, ass-kicking mexicans, shamdown, “Pop music thinking”, Adagio review, leather speakers, Nicaraguan cuisine, gogo News, the About section, invisible drums and Wrath.

Playlist:
Ghost Snorter – Fall
Absu – …of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs Are the Attendance of Familiar Spirits Including:
A.) Diversified Signs Inscribed
B.) Our Earth of Black
C.) Voor
Dream Theater – In The Name of God
Children of Bodom – Silent Night, Bodom Night
Adagio – Vamphyri
Impaled – Wrought in Hell
Opeth – Hope Leaves
Lamb of God – In Your Words

Shownotes:
Shamwow commercial video
Unexpect youtube channel
Fancy ass speakers
Fancy ass stand for those fancy ass speakers

Finnish power metal legends Stratovarius will release their new album “Polaris” in the US on May 26. The band that was thought dead (by me) after main man Timo Tolkki left amidst a cloud of dramatic bullshit return with a new album and 2 new band members. Lauri Porra replaced super bassman Jari Kalinueandrogenusorsomething and some young finnish guitar wiz, whose name still escapes me, took over the Tolkster’s duties. Here’s the tracklist:

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

I have a thing for judging upcoming albums based on how dumb the tracklists are, but this one seems pretty ok. Also, I found this video on blabbermouth’s page on the story which features the band shooting a video for what I imagine is the single off the new album, where they appear to be playing in the middle of a hurricane.

It’s also got some classic finnish retarded humor and a medley of songs off “Polaris”, which are surprisingly not horrible sounding so far. Let’s hope they deliver this time around.