STRATOVARIUS: Proposed 'Anthology' Release Shelved
November 9, 2006Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following update:
"[The proposed STRATOVARIUS anthology] album has been shelved for now for the undetermined time. We were never supporting this idea of Sanctuary [record label] and finally after long discussions, they are not releasing it, at least for now. We just didnt feel right about releasing another compilation after 'Chosen Ones' at this point of our career. So now we are putting all our effort to our next album."
STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki (guitar) and drummer Jörg Michael have just completed the basic demos in Germany for the band's new album (whose title consists of two separate words that both start with "R"). The actual album recordings are expected to begin in February for a tentative late 2007/early 2008 release.
STRATOVARIUS' latest, self-titled effort was released in the U.S. in September 2005 via Sanctuary. A video for the album's first single, "Maniac Dance", was shot in April 2005 in Helsinki by director and Tolkki's old schoolmate Antti Jokinen (BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN, MISSY ELLIOT, NIGHTWISH, SHANIA TWAIN, CELINE DION).
As previously reported, Tolkki will produce the debut album from the Madrid, Spain-based metal band INFERNOISE between November and January 2007. The CD will be recorded in Madrid and mixed at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland.
For more information on INFERNOISE, click here.
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