Wacken Rocks holt Stratovarius auf die Bühne

Nachdem Tolkki die Band STRATOVARIUS die Band jüngst verlassen hat, ist sie nun mit neuem Line Up von den Toten auferstanden.

Mit folgenden Line Up wird die Band auch direkt die beiden Festivals „Wacken Rocks South“ und „Wacken Rocks Seaside“ rocken:

Timo Kotipelto – Gesang
Matias Kupiainen *- Gitarre
Lauri Porra – *Bass
Jörg Michael *- Schlagzezg
Jens Johansson – Keyboards

Das offizielle Statement dazu:
„After guitar player Timo Tolkki left the band, Finnish melodic power metal legends Stratovarius are now breaking the silence. They will return with a new studio album in 2009. It is a positive and powerful record that the bands fans all over the world are certain to take to their hearts.

„After Tolkki gave his blessing for us to go on without him, and after writing music together again this summer and a lot of thought, we have decided to carry the legacy of Stratovarius into the future“, says Jens Johansson.
„We are all very excited about the record and about playing Stratovarius music live to our fans. We cant wait.“, adds Timo Kotipelto.
The new guitar player is 25-year old Finnish guitar phantom Matias Kupiainen. Jörg Michael says, „in Matias we found new character who fits perfectly with his way of melodic guitar shredding, he is a killer player, a Wunderkind from Finlan!!! „

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