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STRATOVARIUS: Drums For New Demo Completed

November 7, 2006

STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki (guitar) has issued the following update:

"Just got back from Germany and we recorded the drums for 11 songs in a demo studio close to Jörg's [Michael, drums] rehearsal room.I think it was called Sounds of Steel, although I don't know how the steel sounds actually.

"There was a 'small' problem, because it's next to a big unused powerstation and they had scheduled a massive explosion to break one of the 200 meter tall cooling towers. It brought it down, but it didn't bring us down. It was a similar vibe to 'Visions' album in '97, when I also flew to Germany to record the demo drums.

"We laid down the basics for the songs and it sounds very good already now. It will be a very melodic album. The vibe was cool and relaxed, some Italian restaurant, talking, playing. Yes and McDonald's, the enemy of man. Now we continue with bass, guitars etc. and the demo should be finished by the end of this year.

"We will keep you updated about the progress and when we enter the studio sometime in February next year. We try to set up a webcam, so you can all see what's happening."

STRATOVARIUS' latest, self-titled effort was released in the U.S. in September 2005 via Sanctuary. A video for the album's first single, "Maniac Dance", was shot in April 2005 in Helsinki by director and Tolkki's old schoolmate Antti Jokinen (BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN, MISSY ELLIOT, NIGHTWISH, SHANIA TWAIN, CELINE DION).

As previously reported, Tolkki will produce the debut album from the Madrid, Spain-based metal band INFERNOISE between November and January 2007. The CD will be recorded in Madrid and mixed at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland.

For more information on INFERNOISE, click here.

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