Elysium (Stratovarius album)
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| Studio album by Stratovarius | ||||
| Released | 12 January 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 at 5 by 5 Audio in Pitäjänmäki | |||
| Genre | Power metal, progressive metal, neoclassical metal | |||
| Length | 56:29 | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Matias Kupiainen | |||
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| Sputnikmusic | 3/5 |
| Metal Storm | 8/10 |
Elysium is the thirteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 12 January 2011 through Victor Entertainment (Japan) and on 14 January through Edel AG (worldwide). It is the last Stratovarius album to feature longtime drummer Jörg Michael, who left the band in 2012. Elysium reached No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 80 in five other countries. "Darkest Hours" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the Finnish singles chart.
The official track listing for Elysium was first announced by keyboardist Jens Johansson on the forum of the band's website on 8 November 2010. The album was released on four different formats: a regular CD; a deluxe Digipak edition CD with a bonus disc containing demos of the entire album; a double-disc collector's edition CD with two bonus tracks on a 7" single; and on vinyl. At a length of 18:07, Elysium's title track is by far the longest Stratovarius song to date. The album cover art was created by Gyula Havancsák and features the same star-shaped spacecraft from Polaris (2009).
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