DESCRIPTION:
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation (originally as Black Water), they have released 15 studio albums and one live album. Along with Helloween, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, HammerFall, Angra, Rhapsody of Fire and fellow Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius are considered one of the leading groups of the power metal and symphonic metal genre.

The band has known many chaotic lineup changes: there are no founding members in the band since Tuomo Lassila's departure in 1995, and currently, the longest standing member is Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994.

After releasing the album Dreamspace, Timo Tolkki decided to step down from lead singer of the band to concentrate on guitar and songwriting as well as to move Stratovarius in a new direction. The band started auditions for a new singer, eventually choosing Timo Kotipelto. In 1995, the band released their first album with Kotipelto on vocals Fourth Dimension, which was accompanied by a music video for the song "Against the Wind". This was the last album with a singing performance by Timo Tolkki, being featured as a backing vocalist on this album. This was the first album that showed signs of the new direction the band was heading, with tracks such as "Twilight Symphony" using an orchestra for the first time in their recordings.

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovarius

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TRACKLIST
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01. Against The Wind [00:00]
02. Distant Skies [03:48]
03. Galaxies [07:59]
04. Winter [13:00]
05. Stratovarius [19:32]
06. Lord Of The Wasteland [25:55]
07. 030366 [32:06]
08. Nightfall [37:53]
09. We Hold The Key [43:02]
10. Twilight Symphony [50:56]
11. Call Of The Wilderness [57:56]

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