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).[1] 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.[7][8] "Darkest Hours" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the Finnish singles chart.[3]
Overview
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.[9] 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.[1] 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).
Track listing
1. |
"Darkest Hours" |
Timo Kotipelto, Matias Kupiainen |
Kupiainen |
4:11 |
2. |
"Under Flaming Skies" |
Kotipelto |
Kotipelto, Kupiainen |
3:51 |
3. |
"Infernal Maze" |
Kotipelto |
Kupiainen |
5:33 |
4. |
"Fairness Justified" |
Kotipelto |
Kupiainen |
4:20 |
5. |
"The Game Never Ends" |
Jens Johansson |
Johansson |
3:53 |
6. |
"Lifetime in a Moment" |
Lauri Porra |
Porra |
6:38 |
7. |
"Move the Mountain" |
Johansson |
Johansson |
5:33 |
8. |
"Event Horizon" |
Kotipelto |
Kupiainen |
4:23 |
9. |
"Elysium"
- "Part I"
- "Part II"
- "Part III"
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Kupiainen, Kotipelto |
Kupiainen |
18:07 |
Total length:
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56:29 |
10. |
"Castaway" |
Porra |
Porra |
4:40 |
11. |
"Darkest Hours" (demo) |
Kotipelto, Kupiainen |
Kupiainen |
4:32 |
12. |
"Against the Wind" (live) |
Kotipelto, Timo Tolkki |
Tolkki |
4:02 |
13. |
"Black Diamond" (live) |
Kotipelto |
Tolkki |
7:30 |
10. |
"Hallowed" |
Porra |
Porra |
5:57 |
11. |
"Last Shore" |
Porra |
Porra |
5:51 |
Personnel
Stratovarius
Additional credits
- Risto Kupiainen – keyboard programming, orchestral arrangement (track 3, 10), orchestral programming (tracks 1, 3, 10), choir programming (tracks 4, 9)
- Perttu Vänskä – orchestral arrangement (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9), orchestral programming (tracks 2, 4, 9), engineering, editing
- Arzka Sievälä – choir
- Jani Liimatainen – choir
- Aleksi Parviainen – choir
- Tipe Johnson – choir
- Anssi Stenberg – choir
- Marko "Hepa" Waara – choir
- Kalle Keski-Orvola – engineering, editing
- Santtu Lehtiniemi – engineering (guitar)
- Mikko Karmila – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5–7)
- Svante Försback – mastering
Chart performance
Album
Singles
References
External links
See also
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