Highly popular in the 90s, speed/power metal didn’t age as well as other genres. But there’s no way to say it will never be back in fashion, just like glam did – after all, it’s still a young style. At any rate, Stratovarius is one of those bands that have managed to put new life in their career, through a series of experimentations, trials and errors.
Since their album Polaris, the band convinces the major part of their audience, even though said audience is less numerous than it once was. Stratovarius have been building upon the foundations that made them famous in the first place, while instilling new, darker and less accessible elements into it. Because Polaris and Elysium were written almost simultaneously, the true test will be the new album, Nemesis – the first since drummer Rolf Pilve joined the band. The 26-year-old, a childhood fan of Stratovarius, was asked to fill the shoes of an emblematic member, Jörg Michael. The result is a very diverse album, by a band that’s decided to try out new things after two rather similar-sounding albums.
We talked to Timo Kotipelto, the band’s singer, of the difficult genesis of the record, and of the way Rolf lived his integration within the band.
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