Stratovarius Set New Album Release

11/10/2010
. Stratovarius will release their new album, Elysium, in the US and Canada on January 18, 2011 (not January 14 as originally reported)

Recorded at 5-by-5 studios in Pit�j�nm�ki, Helsinki, Finland, the nine-track full-length will be released through Armoury Records and features cover art by Gyula Havancs�k.

Elysium will mark the debut of newest addition: 27-year-old Finnish guitarist Matias Kupiainen. Said drummer J�rg Michael of the band's newest recruit: "In Matias we found a new character who fits perfectly with his way of melodic guitar shredding. He is a killer player, a 'wunderkind' from Finland!"

Elysium Track Listing:
1. Darkest Hours
2. Under Flaming Skies
3. Infernal Maze
4. Fairness Justified
5. The Game Never Ends
6. Lifetime In A Moment
7. Move The Mountain
8. Event Horizon
9. Elysium

Polaris, Stratovarius' 2009 "come back" offering and first since the departure or guitarist/main composer Timo Tolkki, was reissued as a two-CD digipak earlier this year via Armoury Records. In addition to the original album, the package includes a bonus disc containing 75 minutes of live material recorded during the Polaris tour spanning the band's entire history.

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