2011 studio album by Stratovarius
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Title Lyrics Music 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" Kupiainen, Kotipelto Kupiainen 18:07 Total length: 56:29
Japanese edition bonus tracks Title Lyrics Music 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 Total length: 77:19
Collector's edition bonus tracks Title Lyrics Music 10. "Hollowed" Porra Porra 5:57 11. "Last Shore" Porra Porra 5:51 Total length: 68:23
Personnel [ edit ] Stratovarius [ edit ] Additional credits [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Singles [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
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