STRATOVARIUS To Release New Studio Album This January

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS are readying to unleash their thirteenth studio album, Elysium, this winter. Recorded at 5-by-5 studios in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland, the nine-track full-length will be released in the US and Canada January 14, 2011 through Armoury Records and features cover art by Gyula Havancsák. Check it out HERE. Elysium Track Listing: 1. Darkest Hours 2. Under Flaming Skies 3. Infernal Maze 4. Fairness Justified 5. The Game Never Ends 6. Lifetime In A Moment 7. Move The Mountain 8. Event Horizon 9. Elysium Elysium will mark the debut of newest addition: 27-year-old Finnish guitarist Matias Kupiainen. Said drummer Jörg Michael of the band's newest recruit: "In Matias we found a new character who fits perfectly with his way of melodic guitar shredding. He is a killer player, a 'wunderkind' from Finland!" Polaris, STRATOVARIUS' 2009 "come back" offering and first since the departure or guitarist/main composer Timo Tolkki, was reissued as a two-CD digipak earlier this year via Armoury Records. In addition to the original album, the package includes a bonus disc containing 75 minutes of live material recorded during the Polaris tour spanning the band's entire history.