Stratovarius - Premiere Song, To Release New Album
Great news just in from Stratovarius! The Finnish melodic power metallers are back with a new album - with some fresh and some very rare material! Enigma: Intermission 2 features three brand new songs as well as, for the first time in the band's history, four orchestral versions of popular Stratovarius songs. The album is similar in concept to Intermission, released 17 years ago between Infinite and Elements, in the sense that these seven tracks made in 2018 are completed by nine very rare, very hard to find power metal gems.
With over 30 minutes of brand new material and 50 minutes of previously rare metal, Enigma: Intermission 2 drops on September 28th, 2018 as CD Digipak and Digital on earMUSIC.
The official song stream video for "Oblivion" is now available:
Tracklist:
01. Enigma (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
02. Hunter?
03. Hallowed??
04. Burn Me Down (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
05. Last Shore??
06. Kill It With Fire*
07. Oblivion (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
08. Second Sight*
09. Fireborn?
10. Giants*
11. Castaway*
12. Old Man And The Sea??
Brand new orchestral versions (all recorded 2018)
13. Fantasy
14. Shine in the Dark
15. Unbreakable
16. Winter Skies
*previously unreleased in Europe
?rare bonus track
?? rare bonus track - for the first time on CD
With over 30 minutes of brand new material and 50 minutes of previously rare metal, Enigma: Intermission 2 drops on September 28th, 2018 as CD Digipak and Digital on earMUSIC.
The official song stream video for "Oblivion" is now available:
Tracklist:
01. Enigma (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
02. Hunter?
03. Hallowed??
04. Burn Me Down (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
05. Last Shore??
06. Kill It With Fire*
07. Oblivion (Brand new studio song - recorded 2018)
08. Second Sight*
09. Fireborn?
10. Giants*
11. Castaway*
12. Old Man And The Sea??
Brand new orchestral versions (all recorded 2018)
13. Fantasy
14. Shine in the Dark
15. Unbreakable
16. Winter Skies
*previously unreleased in Europe
?rare bonus track
?? rare bonus track - for the first time on CD
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| Gopherhawk Posts: 258  |
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| IcePickLodger Posts: 148  |
Good news! glad to know the older vinyl only bonuses will find their way to CD! 
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| skelator Posts: 371  |
They should stop in 2003.
---- Best Metal Albums of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9jaZJRBeBw Best Metal Demos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HtsgSQjV44
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| zikon Posts: 252  |
Eager to hear the orchestral versions of the upcoming songs, i'm a sucker for those.
---- "The poetry of the earth is never dead" John Keats
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| Kais Posts: 610  |
I like this single. I'm looking forward for this album, which seems more of a compliation album that also features some new tracks more than a brand new full-length album.
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| BetterThanRaw Posts: 76  |
One of the best bands on Earth - I'm so looking forward to this release!
---- Kai Hansen über alles!
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| erat Posts: 59  |
Written by skelator on 10.08.2018 at 21:43 lol why? I didn't listen Eternal but Nemesis was great.
---- Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark, The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park!
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| Theoncomingstorm Posts: 66  |
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| SoUnDs LiKe PoP Posts: 1060 |
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| IcePickLodger Posts: 148 |
Written by Irritable Ted on 13.08.2018 at 19:07 IMHO Eternal is a bit better than Nemesis! I like their old stuff and new stuff as well. What I don't like is anything Tolkki has done since 2004 (Stratovarius selftitled album included). He is completely out of what he was capable to until Elements  Especially Avalon is a big mistake! Seems like trying to steal whole idea of Avantasia. The rest is a flop.
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| Ruchesko Posts: 435  |
Written by skelator on 10.08.2018 at 21:43 Pfft. Timo Tolkki leaving was the best thing that happened to this band since Black Diamond. I thank him for giving Kotipelto his break, and everything up to Infinite, but Elements almost killed me.
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1355  |
I don't think i'll ever understand the negativity towards the Elements albums. I find myself coming back to those two albums the most, part 2 in particular (love Dreamweaver and Awaken The Giant). Anways, new song sounds great! Like the album idea. I haven't heard any of these tracks yet. Seems like 'Endless Forest' is the only bonus track missing from the last 10 years.
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| fandango68 Posts: 194  |
Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 13.08.2018 at 16:06 Danny, I agree with you completely; Elysium is jolly decent, while I genuinely think Nemesis and Eternal are up there with the best of their albums, both being FULL of earworms and, like the Cain's Offering albums, and not tailing off in quality 2/3 of the way through, like some of the Tolkki era stuff. I like their more recent material for being a bit heavier too (just as Sonata have lightened off)... real quality Symph metal.
---- First gig was Manowar (loincloths 'n' all), Bristol Colston Hall in March 1983, on the 'Hail to England' tour. Tickets were £3.75, 300 in the audience, Mercyful Fate never showed, but my hearing still got seriously trashed..
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