Former STRATOVARIUS Singer Names Solo Album

Former STRATOVARIUS singer Timo Kotipelto has set "Coldness" as the title of his second solo album, due this spring through Century Media Records.

The follow-up to 2002's "Waiting For The Dawn" (which was issued under the KOTIPELTO banner) reportedly features "more or less the same" recording lineup as that on the debut, which included contributions from Mike Romeo (guitars, SYMPHONY X),Roland Grapow (guitars, MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN),Arjen Lucassen (guitars, AYREON),Sami Virtanen (guitars, JOE DOAKES),Jari Kainulainen (bass, STRATOVARIUS),Mirka Rantanen (drums, TUNNEL VISION),Gas (drums, H.I.M.),Janne Warman (keyboards, CHILDREN OF BODOM) and Mikko Harkin (keyboards, SONATA ARCTICA).