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Length
  
56:29

Artist
  
Stratovarius

Producer
  
Matias Kupiainen

Elysium (2011)
  
Nemesis (2013)

Release date
  
12 January 2011

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Released
  
12 January 2011 (2011-01-12)

Recorded
  
2010 at 5 by 5 Audio in Pitäjänmäki

Label
  
Victor Talking Machine Company

Genres
  
Power metal, Progressive metal, Neoclassical metal

Similar
  
Polaris, Destiny, Nemesis, Infinite, Visions

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.

Contents

Stratovarius darkest hours


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. 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).

Stratovarius

  • Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals
  • Matias Kupiainen – guitar, keyboard programming, engineering, mixing (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9), production
  • Jens Johansson – keyboard
  • Jörg Michael – drums
  • Lauri Porra – bass, keyboard programming

    • 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

    • Songs

    1Darkest Hours4:11
    2Under Flaming Skies3:52
    3Infernal Maze5:33

    References

    Elysium (Stratovarius album) Wikipedia
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