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Stratovarius - New Album Artwork Unveiled, Audio Sample Available


Power metallers Stratovarius have revealed via their official website the artwork of the band's upcoming album entitled Nemesis, due to be released on February 22nd, 2013 via earMUSIC. The cover artwork can be seen below. Additionally, a new audio sample of the track "Unbreakable" is also available for streaming.

The new track comes off the band's upcoming album and also their EP entitled Unbreakable, due out on January 25, 2013. The album was produced and mixed by Matias Kupiainen and mastered by Mika Jussila from Finnvox studios, who has a long history with the band. More details about both album and EP can be found here.



Nemesis tracklist:

01. Abandon
02. Unbreakable
03. Stand My Ground
04. Halcyon Days
05. Fantasy
06. Out Of The Fog
07. Castles In The Air
08. Dragons
09. One Must Fall
10. If The Story Is Over
11. Nemesis




Source: stratovarius.com
Band profile: Stratovarius
Posted: 05.12.2012 by AndMetalForAll


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05.12.2012 - 16:48
Antidote
Oh man how I miss those old-school album covers....drawings, paintings. Not this digital s..t
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05.12.2012 - 17:03
BlackDuff
Almost as bad as the new Helloween artwork imo
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05.12.2012 - 17:21
R'Vannith
ghedengi
Elite
Don't think you can compare the two really. Pumpkins and hand grenades don't leave me quite as turned on as an angel with a golden complexion. Oh and she has a sword, that'll come in handy in that nuclear apocalypse going on there.
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05.12.2012 - 17:29
atkmetal123
Ok so 2 out of the Power Metal 3 Pioneers is having one of the worst album cover ever, I'm still glad that Blind Guardian didn't follow this ''trend''.
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05.12.2012 - 17:55
Risto
Wandering Midget
My first reaction to that album cover was a chuckle after seeing the EP artwork.
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05.12.2012 - 18:30
Am I the only one who likes the cover art? Yeah it's CGI, and it's not the same as the older handdrawn stuff, but different =/= bad

and the song sounds pretty good, much heavier than past stuff.
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05.12.2012 - 19:12
Sangre Sani
Even tits doesn't make this cover look better.
Like Antidote said: STOP THE DIGITAL ARTWORK SHIT
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05.12.2012 - 19:22
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by [user id=4365] on 20.11.2012 at 04:38
I've been commissioned to do the next Sonata Arctica album cover.

I know it's not the same band but I'm pretty sure you can do a better job. Urgh


(another reason to quote you is that I'm mean and I wanted you to look at this bullshit... pain shared is half the pain).
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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05.12.2012 - 19:26
Alex F
So many shit album covers so little time
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05.12.2012 - 19:34
JÄY
Metal slave
Almost all album covers are digital now... its 3D cg ones that suck (this one, new helloween)
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05.12.2012 - 19:40
ImperialTroll
Account deleted
Oh man that artowrk is just bad! I hope I won't feel the same about the music! I'm not gonna listen to that video I'll just listen to the whole album at once...
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05.12.2012 - 19:45
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.12.2012 at 19:22

I know it's not the same band but I'm pretty sure you can do a better job. Urgh

It wasn't hard

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05.12.2012 - 20:05
!J.O.O.E.!
Account deleted
Written by [user id=35732] on 05.12.2012 at 19:58

Back cover or Under-The-CD?

Special edition vinyl cover.
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05.12.2012 - 20:15
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by [user id=35732] on 05.12.2012 at 20:10

I see. Big size. It's easier to see details such as the middle one of the fire wizards doing a fist in the air for some reason.

If you destroyed an entire city you'd probably do a little air-first too.
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05.12.2012 - 20:15
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Compared to the horrendous artwork for the reissue of Septicflesh's "Mystic Places Of Dawn", this isn't too bad, but it's not very good either. Probably slightly worse than the new Helloween artwork, as at least that one has pumpkins, and Jack Skellington in it.
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05.12.2012 - 20:18
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Elite
I prefer Joe's cover.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.

My Instagram
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05.12.2012 - 21:14
Opethian
The Logo doesn't go with this art work
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05.12.2012 - 21:21
Ritual_Suicide
Account deleted
At least this one is finished. You can't say the same about the new Helloween album's cover.
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05.12.2012 - 22:55
Constantine
Me likey. And cover is hawt.
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05.12.2012 - 23:07
Gopherhawk
If there was no angel and just an apocalypse it would be far better.
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05.12.2012 - 23:15
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by [user id=118282] on 05.12.2012 at 21:21

At least this one is finished. You can't say the same about the new Helloween album's cover.

That only makes it seem even worse! If the Helloween cover is unfinished (where did you hear that from?), then at least there's an excuse for it looking lousy. Both covers are bad, but I'd take the Helloween one if I had to choose between the two. The only good thing about the Stratovarius cover is the fire... I really like how that looks, shame it wasn't part of an overall better artwork. I really loved the cover for their last album, "Elysium" which was actually quite beautiful. This one just looks very tacky in comparison...
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05.12.2012 - 23:32
LICH
Guys, listend to the clip provided , i have high enough hopes for it , i mean stratovarius's lyrics can be so unbearably cringeworthy you have to turn it off straight away , but i think this could be a solid album , every band loose something special about them at some time , stratovarius have but lets not focus on the art ( seminal to the album itself i know) in the end its about the songs .
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05.12.2012 - 23:32
LICH
Guys, listend to the clip provided , i have high enough hopes for it , i mean stratovarius's lyrics can be so unbearably cringeworthy you have to turn it off straight away , but i think this could be a solid album , every band loose something special about them at some time , stratovarius have but lets not focus on the art ( seminal to the album itself i know) in the end its about the songs .
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05.12.2012 - 23:33
LICH
Guys, listend to the clip provided , i have high enough hopes for it , i mean stratovarius's lyrics can be so unbearably cringeworthy you have to turn it off straight away , but i think this could be a solid album , every band loose something special about them at some time , stratovarius have but lets not focus on the art ( seminal to the album itself i know) in the end its about the songs .
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06.12.2012 - 01:32
Berserk
Bad cover..? No way, this looks sexy hell. Hot angel, nuclear weapons, explosions, armageddon...
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Fear the Old Blood
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06.12.2012 - 01:34
Italics
Only on metalstorm can a band release artwork and a music clip, and have more people comment on the artwork than the music...
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06.12.2012 - 02:56
WorpeX
Made of Metal
Written by Italics on 06.12.2012 at 01:34

Only on metalstorm can a band release artwork and a music clip, and have more people comment on the artwork than the music...

Oh come on, they released a sample which was one and a half minutes long. Not much to talk about with that. It sounds good, but I want to hear the whole damn thing! Talking about the awful artwork is much more interesting.
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06.12.2012 - 04:29
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Italics on 06.12.2012 at 01:34

Only on metalstorm can a band release artwork and a music clip, and have more people comment on the artwork than the music...

I didn't listen to the clip, I'm waiting for the full song.
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07.12.2012 - 16:13
atkmetal123
Written by [user id=4365] on 05.12.2012 at 19:45

Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.12.2012 at 19:22

I know it's not the same band but I'm pretty sure you can do a better job. Urgh

It wasn't hard



I prefer this one!
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08.12.2012 - 22:37
?apleee
Mouthcrab
Better than the Straight Out Of Hell artwork.
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Less coherent than Anal Cunt.

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