STRATOVARIUS – Enigma Intermission 2 (2018)

Finnish metallers STRATOVARIUS are back with a new album — with some fresh and some very rare material. Due on September 28 via earMUSIC, “Enigma: Intermission 2” features three brand new songs as well as, for the first time in the band’s history, four beautifully arranged orchestral versions of popular STRATOVARIUS songs.

The album is similar in concept to “Intermission”, released 17 years ago between “Infinite” and “Elements”, in the sense that these seven tracks made in 2018 are completed by nine very rare, very-hard-to-find songs from the band.

With over 30 minutes of brand new material and 50 minutes of rare tracks remastered, “Enigma: Intermission 2” is definitely a collectors piece.

Take “Enigma” and “Oblivion”, for example, fresh from the studio in 2018. Both combine an epic melody with a bombastic chorus and heavy riffs for STRATOVARIUS’s trademark sound and remind of “Unbreakable” from their 2013 album “Nemesis”, the most streamed song in the band’s history.
Or “Kill It With Fire” and “Castaway”, two epic and full-blown, bombastic tracks that were previously only heard by Japanese fans.
Strongly Recommended

01 – Enigma
02 – Hunter
03 – Hallowed
04 – Burn Me Down
05 – Last Shore
06 – Kill It with Fire
07 – Oblivion
08 – Second Sight
09 – Fireborn
10 – Giants
11 – Castaway
12 – Old Man and the Sea
Orchestral Versions Recorded 2018:
13 – Fantasy (Orchestral Version)
14 – Shine in the Dark (Orchestral Version)
15 – Unbreakable (Orchestral Version)
16 – Winter Skies (Orchestral Version)

Timo Kotipelto – Vocals
Jens Johansson – Keyboards
Lauri Porra – Bass
Matias Kupiainen – Guitars
Rolf Pilve – Drums

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