It’s hard to talk about Stratovarius with out bringing up the recent departure of Timo Tolkki, the bands lead guitarist, head drama king, and main songwriter. He left(and or was removed, sources are not very clear on what happened) in 2008 and continue to pursue his other projects such as Renaissance Revolution. So, what’s a band to do now they’re missing a major key component of their structure? Well, hire another amazing guitarist and keep on trucking. Continue reading
Archive for January, 2011
For some reason, I seem to highly enjoy songs not sung in a language I speak. I think it may be the fact that I let the music put its own meaning behind the words that are being sung and I allow myself to make my own interpretation of the song without the writers words, only his/her emotions, hinting me in the direction of their intended meaning. Such is the case with such bands as Moonsorrow(who sing in Finnish) which make images of ancient battles being fought on the icy plains and frozen mountains of Scandinavia dance in my mind, or Finntroll’s singing in the Swedish language, which will always be a silly sounding language to me thanks to the Swedish Chef, which brings thoughts of drunken trolls marauding through the countryside leaving mischievous destruction in their wake, or even Korpiklaani’s upbeat use of the Finnish language(ya, I like Scandinavian bands) which make me think of a bunch of medieval farmers and woodworkers hanging out at the pub and enjoying a few pints of beer or mead and singing and dancing. Other than maybe a couple of liner notes in the CD booklet, I’m pretty much in the dark on the themes and meanings of the lyrics of said bands, and I am quite happy letting my imagination override the areas I am ignorant in. Now, onto Eluveitie’s Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion. Continue reading
At Least I'm Housebroken 