Twilight Time - Stratovarius

Infinite - Stratovarius

This follows pretty much the same path as the album 'destiny' although I find this album is lacking the passion of destiny and becomes to progressive on some of the songs namely mother gaia. The single hunting high and low is a pretty catchy but I find still it does not match the bands earlier works, and they went downhill from here on ...

Infinite - Stratovarius

Having defined themselves as Finland’s premier heavy metal band over the course of eight increasingly exciting albums, Stratovarius stumbled into the new millennium with ‘Infinite,’ an enjoyable but disappointing backwards step for a band soon to fall into steep decline and literal insanity. Pertaining to be something of the definitive symphonic metal CD with its grandiose cover art (produced by Iron Maiden artist Derek Riggs), ‘Infinite’ continues the trend of each Stratovarius album sounding pretty much like the last one, but this time looking backwards instead of forwards. Stratovarius’ symphonic approach to the classic European power metal sound paved the way for ...

Elements Vol.1 - Stratovarius

they have pioneered starts to lose its appeal. Pantera unintentionally became a parody of their favoured barroom brawl metal sound, while In Flames simply forgot how to be good. For Stratovarius the decline was inevitable; their polished, symphonic power metal style had remained constant since the mid-90s and most of their albums sound the same. The new millennium brought ‘Elements,’ envisioned as an epic two-part concept album released in two halves a year apart in the style of Helloween’s ‘Keeper of the Seven Keys,’ or more recently, System of a Down’s ‘Mesmerize’/‘Hypnotize.’ A lofty idea and one that suits the band’s flamboyant style, but not something that their ...