Artist: STRATOVARIUS
Album: ELYSIUM (CD)

Year: 2011
EAN/UPS: 4029759062158
Media type: CD

STRATOVARIUS unleash their 13th studio album, "Elysium" winter. Recorded at 5-by-5 studios in Pitajanmaki, Helsinki, Finland, the nine-track full-length features cover art by Gyula.

The cover art of the album and single bear thematic similarities to that of Infinite (2000), with both featuring a scene with contrasting worlds: Elysium shows a picturesque lagoon surrounded by natural beauty, whilst "Darkest Hours" shows an industrial wasteland filled with pollution. Also, the star-shaped spacecraft from Polaris (2009) appears on the album cover for a second time.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Darkest Hours" Timo Kotipelto, Matias Kupiainen Kupiainen 4:11
2. "Under Flaming Skies" Kotipelto Kotipelto, Kupiainen 3:52
3. "Infernal Maze" Kotipelto Kupiainen 5:33
4. "Fairness Justified" Kotipelto Kupiainen 4:21
5. "The Game Never Ends" Jens Johansson Johansson 3:54
6. "Lifetime in a Moment" Lauri Porra Porra 6:39
7. "Move the Mountain" Johansson Johansson 5:34
8. "Event Horizon" Kotipelto Kupiainen 4:24
9. "Elysium" Kupiainen, Kotipelto Kupiainen 18:07

LINE-UP:

Timo Kotipelto – vocals
Matias Kupiainen – guitar
Jens Johansson – keyboard
Jorg Michael – drums
Lauri Porra – bass