STRATOVARIUS: New Album Samples Posted Online

June 4, 2005

One-minute audio samples of five tracks from STRATOVARIUS' forthcoming self-titled album have been posted online at MelodicRock.com. Check out the tracks "Maniac Dance" (first single),"Fight", "Just Carry On", "Back to Madness" and "Gypsy in Me" at this location.

"Stratovarius" is scheduled for release on September 5 via Sanctuary Records. A video for the album's first single, "Maniac Dance", was shot on April 15 in Helsinki by director and guitarist Timo Tolkki's old schoolmate Antti Jokinen (BEYONCÉ, WYCLEF JEAN, KORN, MISSY ELLIOT, NIGHTWISH, SHANIA TWAIN, CELINE DION).

"Stratovarius" track listing:

01. Maniac Dance
02. Fight
03. Just Carry On
04. Back to Madness
05. Gypsy in Me
06. Götterdämmerung (Zenith of Power)
07. The Land of Ice and Snow
08. Leave the Tribe
09. United

STRATOVARIUS will be teaming up with INTO ETERNITY for a North American tour beginning in mid-September.

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