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2002-09-29, 12:57
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Stratovarius
Ok, I have just stumbled on a band called Stratovarius, what are these guys like? Are they recommended? Judging by the amount of tab available, they are pretty popular, but for some (possibly embarassing  reason I havent heard any of them...). So can you all help me out here and recommend some songs?
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2002-09-29, 13:58
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ive never heard them, but i saw that they really had a lot of tabs on this site. plus, i know that they use keys! ill get one of their albums soon.......i was just gonna make a stratovarious thread..........
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2002-09-29, 15:31
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Relatively monkey power metal.
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2002-09-29, 17:17
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eah, its power metal, but they have a really good guitarist: timo tolki, he does some brilliant sweeps and runs.
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2002-09-29, 19:59
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They are a fifty-fifty band. Half is great, half is not so great....
Try Hunting High and Low. It's really cool. And The Curtains are Falling.
If you like melodic power metal, they are among the greatest.
Not so good as Sonata Arctica, though.
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2002-09-29, 20:03
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get the song called stratosphere  |
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2002-09-29, 21:15
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They are excellent, they play fast technical music thats hard as fuck, Timmo has solos that exceed 17 notes a second most black/death metal bands dont trem pick there riffs that fast (no disresoect to those bands they rock too). If you like trad metal style vox (eg singing not growling) then they could be for you but generally they dont go down to well with most black/death metal fans. Plus as stated earlier they use alotta keyboards so if keys arent yer thing stay away. And they generally have 2 or 3 ballads an album.
Songs Id recommend are
Speed of Light
Legions
Visions (Southern Cross)
Millenium
Heres the midi to 1 Speed of light, this is typical Strato and youll know in 2 secs if you like there style or not.
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2002-09-30, 20:17
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oh god..........
i bought this album by them called "intermission"
its not that great really...........
i think the album has too many pics of the band members not wearing any pants....
how come they have so many tabs on this site?!?!?!
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2002-09-30, 22:06
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Because they rock! But as Dermeister said, Sonata Arctica is better if you'r looking for power metal.
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2002-09-30, 23:30
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Power Metal...don't listen to anything from that genre unless you wanna hear good drums laid out over wanky (but skillfully) played guitars, with singers who got kicked in the balls too many times at age 10, and like to sing about dragons and gnomes.
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HOLY FUCKIN SHIT!!!..i was just listening to My Land by Sonata Arctica when i opened this thread....i like strato a lot...i just learned the song Lord Of The Rings on guitar, it has some fun riffs.
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2002-10-02, 17:05
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Quote:
Originally posted by xDarkestHourx
Power Metal...don't listen to anything from that genre unless you wanna hear good drums laid out over wanky (but skillfully) played guitars, with singers who got kicked in the balls too many times at age 10, and like to sing about dragons and gnomes.
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HAHA!
Thinking about Rhapsody, are we?
BTW, Metal=Life, The Lord of the Rings is from Timo Tolkki's first solo album. It's great, though.....
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2002-10-02, 20:35
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Quote:
Originally posted by DerMeister
HAHA!
Thinking about Rhapsody, are we?
BTW, Metal=Life, The Lord of the Rings is from Timo Tolkki's first solo album. It's great, though.....
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i didnt know that.....i just downloaded it off Kazaa and then found the tabs for it. |
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2002-10-02, 21:50
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which power metal band do you think has a singer with the gayest vocals? id say sometimes the singer from HammerFall does. listen to the song "heeding the call" its almost like a joke.........
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2002-10-05, 12:06
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Thanx dudes, yous are a great help though any Mp3 downloadature is on the backburner for a while till I get my proxy to work correctly 
I've heard one Rhapsody song, Emerald Sword, and I thought it wasnt too bad, though not really my usual style.
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STRATOVARIOUS
THEY ARE POWER METAL-WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.
THEY ARE NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES, BUT THEY ARE VERY GOOD MUSICIANS AND THIER MUSIC ISN'T BAD. IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM LISTEN TO "SPEED OF LIGHT"
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2002-11-12, 01:19
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POWER METAL
SEEMS NOBODY ON THIS FORUM LIKES POWER METAL.
AT LEAST RESPECT THEM FOR THEIR SKILL, AND THE VOCALS, RANGE IS SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED, OF COURSE NONE OF THE METAL YOU GUYS LISTEN TO REQUIRES THAT.
(I'M NOT PUTTING DOWN BLACK AND DEATH METAL, I LOVE THOSE GENRES, BUT
IT SEEMS ALOT OF THEM JUST YELL.(THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T THOUGH, BELEIVE ME I KNOW THAT.
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2002-11-12, 01:26
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Quote:
Originally posted by metal=life
i like strato a lot
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that say anything? i like strato too |
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2002-11-12, 02:49
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i bought "infinite". its pretty good, although the live version of "hunting high and low" is so much better.
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2002-11-12, 04:34
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I heard them a couple years ago. The music is good, the vocals suck.
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2002-11-12, 19:21
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the live vocals are really good
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2002-11-13, 13:57
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Really? I've never had the chance to see them, so I'll take your word for it.
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