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• Stratovarius abstract "Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation (originally as Black Water), they have released 15 studio albums, 3 DVD and 3 live albums. Along with German bands Helloween, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is considered one of the leading and most influential groups of the power metal genre. In its history, the band has known many chaotic lineup changes; there is no founding members in the band since 1995, and currently, the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994.Stratovarius was founded as Black Water in August 1984 by singer and drummer Tuomo Lassila, guitarist Staffan Stråhlman, and bassist John Vihervä. Line-up changes soon started to occur, including Timo Tolkki replacing Stråhlman two months later and taking over singing duties as well, and the band expanding to a quintet with the arrival of keyboarist Antti Ikonen the following year. Under this line-up, the band released its first album Fright Night in 1989, with Tolkki acting as sole composer. While various changes of bassist occurred, the band released the albums Twilight Time (1992) and Dreamspace (1994). In 1994, Tolkki decided to stop acting as lead vocalist, with Timo Kotipelto joining the band. After the release of Fourth Dimension in 1995, last remaining founding member Lassila, as well as Ikonen, left the band and were respectively replaced by Jörg Michael and Jens Johansson respectively.This line-up consiting of Kotipelto, Tolkki, bassist Jari Kainulainen, Johansson and Michael, now recognized as the "classic line-up" of Stratovarius, became the longest line-up in its history (1995-2005). With this line-up, the band released eight albums including most of their popular works (releasing an album with the same line-up than its predecessor for the first time) until the release of a self-titled album in 2005, after which Kanulainen departed and was replaced by Lauri Porra. In 2008 guitarist, sole composer and main lyricist Timo Tolkki, being highly critical of their last album and tired of the tensions between the members, decided to disband Stratovarius. However, at the demand of the rest of the band, he agreed to let them continue as Stratovarius while leaving the band. He subsequently regreted his decision, stating that the current band had nothing to do with Stratovarius which he considered as mainly his own work.Despite the controversy of Tolkki's departure, the band's following albums Polaris (2009) and Elysium (2011), the first albums with Porra and new guitarist Matias Kupiainen in which all members except Michael were part of the songwriting process, received positive reception, with various critics and fans considering it their best albums in the last decade. After a small "Farewell Jörg" tour in Finland, Jörg Michael departed for personal reasons in 2012. With new drummer Rolf Pilve, the band released its latest album Nemesis in 2013.".
• Stratovarius activeYearsStartYear "1984".
• Stratovarius alias "Black Water (1984-1986)".
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• Stratovarius bandMember Jens_Johansson.
• Stratovarius bandMember Lauri_Porra.
• Stratovarius bandMember Matias_Kupiainen.
• Stratovarius bandMember Timo_Kotipelto.
• Stratovarius genre Heavy_metal_music.
• Stratovarius genre Neoclassical_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Power_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Progressive_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Speed_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Symphonic_metal.
• Stratovarius hometown Finland.
• Stratovarius hometown Helsinki.
• Stratovarius hometown Uusimaa.
• Stratovarius recordLabel Edel_AG.
• Stratovarius recordLabel Noise_Records.
• Stratovarius recordLabel Nuclear_Blast.
• Stratovarius recordLabel Sanctuary_Records_Group.
• Stratovarius thumbnail Stratovarius_Tavastia_2006.jpg?width=300.
• Stratovarius wikiPageExternalLink www.stratovarius.com.
• Stratovarius wikiPageID "174371".
• Stratovarius wikiPageRevisionID "605041052".
• Stratovarius alias "Black Water".
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• Stratovarius caption "Stratovarius in 2006.".
• Stratovarius currentMembers Jens_Johansson.
• Stratovarius currentMembers Lauri_Porra.
• Stratovarius currentMembers Matias_Kupiainen.
• Stratovarius currentMembers Timo_Kotipelto.
• Stratovarius currentMembers "Rolf Pilve".
• Stratovarius genre Heavy_metal_music.
• Stratovarius genre Neoclassical_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Power_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Progressive_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Speed_metal.
• Stratovarius genre Symphonic_metal.
• Stratovarius hasPhotoCollection Stratovarius.
• Stratovarius imageSize "250".
• Stratovarius label Edel_AG.
• Stratovarius label Noise_Records.
• Stratovarius label Nuclear_Blast.
• Stratovarius label Sanctuary_Records_Group.
• Stratovarius landscape "Yes".
• Stratovarius name "Stratovarius".
• Stratovarius origin Finland.
• Stratovarius origin Helsinki.
• Stratovarius origin Uusimaa.
• Stratovarius pastMembers "See: [[#Former members".
• Stratovarius yearsActive "1984".
• Stratovarius subject Category:1984_establishments_in_Finland.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Articles_which_contain_graphical_timelines.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Finnish_power_metal_musical_groups.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1984.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Musical_groups_from_Helsinki.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Musical_quintets.
• Stratovarius subject Category:Nuclear_Blast_Records_artists.
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• Stratovarius type FinnishPowerMetalMusicalGroups.
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• Stratovarius type MusicalGroupsFromHelsinki.
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• Stratovarius comment "Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation (originally as Black Water), they have released 15 studio albums, 3 DVD and 3 live albums. Along with German bands Helloween, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is considered one of the leading and most influential groups of the power metal genre.".
• Stratovarius label "Stratovarius".
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• Stratovarius label "Stratovarius".
• Stratovarius label "ストラトヴァリウス".
• Stratovarius label "騰雲樂團".
• Stratovarius sameAs Stratovarius.
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• Stratovarius sameAs ストラトヴァリウス.
• Stratovarius sameAs 스트라토바리우스.
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