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Timo Kotipelto — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:24:07 +0000

Hello there,

it’s been awhile since the last post. Lots of touring and some acoustic gigs as well.

Here is the update: While searching for the best drummer for Stratovarius I have been composing a couple of new songs and been doing some acoustic gigs with Jani. In the next months we will hopefully have the new guy for Strato and some of you can see him playing some summer festivals. I will also keep on doing those acoustic gigs and…

Jani and I have plans to record an acoustic album!!! The process will start in the next couple of months and the album should be out later this year. The idea came actually from the fans who have seen us playing live. “Why don’t you record an acoustic album so I could listen to these versions of the songs at home as well?” Hhmmm…”Great idea! Why not?”.

So here we are…also planning the next Strato album, touring etc…

Rock the acoustic album, Rock the new Strato drummer and of course…

Rock the Metal!

Update: new acoustic gigs

Timo Kotipelto — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:20:18 +0000

I just added some new acoustic gigs with Jani Liimatainen. We will also do some festivals with Stratovarius. Check them out at: www.stratovarius.com.

Also you are more than welcome to join my facebook: www.facebook.com/officialkotipelto

Rock the Metal!

Timo

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Timo Kotipelto — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:42:08 +0000

Things are very busy in my life at the moment. The new Stratovarius album is being recorded and things are going very well. It is called “Elysium” and we will release it on January 12th 2011. But before that you’ll get an appetizer when we release the single “Darkest Hours” on November 26th.

From Stratovarius.com:

A single with two new songs of “Elysium” will be released on 26 November this year, coinciding with the start date of the “7 sinners world tour” on which Stratovarius will join Helloween as very special guests – kicking off the same day in the Szene, Vienna.

The single also contains a demo track, and two unreleased live tracks recorded earlier this year on Stratovarius’ wildly successful 2009/2010 “Polaris” world tour.

The following tracks will be part of the single:

Darkest Hours (from the upcoming album “Elysium”)
Infernal Maze (from the upcoming album “Elysium”)
Darkest Hours (demo version)
Against the Wind (live recording, Sofia, Bulgaria)
Black Diamond (live recording, Göteborg, Sweden)

Preliminary tracklist of “Elysium”: (order of songs and working titles are subject to change)

Heavenly Divine
Infernal Maze
Elysium, part I, II and III
Civilization
Darkest Hours
Under Flaming Skies
No return
New Horizon
Move the Mountain
Castaway (Japan Bonus Track)

Elysium and Darkest Hours

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:26:40 +0000

As reported, Stratovarius will release their long awaited new album Elysium on January 2011. Before that we will release the single “Darkest Hours” on November 26th 2010. View artworks below.

Darkest Hours -single

Elysium -album

Cover artwork by Gyula Havancsák.