Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope (2013)

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope (2013) [Deluxe Edition CD / DVD]

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Genre: Power Metal, Symphonic Metal | Label: Frontiers Records | Cat.#: FR CDVD 600

The Land of New Hope is the first full-length album by Timo Tolkki's metal opera
project Avalon. The album was released on May 17, 2013 in Europe and May
21, 2013 in the US. According to Tolkki "I sort of rediscovered myself
musically in the process of making this album. I wrote the story first
and started composing the music after that. My aim was to write
memorable songs with good melodies that would support the story...On
this album you will find a lot of different dynamics...with some songs
that are fully orchestrated and sound very very big."

A stunning artwork was specially created for this project by Stanis W.
Decker which will be released in two versions – regular cd and deluxe
edition with a bonus DVD include a 30 minutes documentary “making of the
album” and two promotional videoclips.

Timo Tolkii
Frontiers
Wikipedia

CD:

[04:52] 01. Avalanche Anthem
[05:42] 02. A World Without Us
[04:07] 03. Enshrined In My Memory
[04:28] 04. In The Name Of The Rose
[04:24] 05. We Will Find A Way
[03:36] 06. Shine
[04:43] 07. The Magic Of The Night
[05:02] 08. To The Edge Of The World
[05:02] 09. I'll Sing You Home
[08:53] 10. The Land Of New Hope

DVD:

Drum Recordings (7:38)
Bass and Guitar Recordings (18:40)
Recording Elyze Rid's Vocals (12:38)
Mixing The Album (7:10)
Timo Tolkki's Interview (7:54)
«Enshrined in My Memory» Videoclip (4:08)

Written and Produced by Timo Tolkki
Executive Producer: Serafino Perugino

THE BAND:

Timo Tolkki - Guitar, Bass Guitar & Producer
Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody Of Fire) - Drums
Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) - Keyboards
Jens Johansson (Stratovarius) - Keyboards
Mikko Härkin (ex-Sonata Arctica, ex-Symfonia, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody) - Keyboards

Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) - Vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9
Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween) - Vocals on track 10
Russell Allen (Symphony X, Allen-Lande, Adrenaline Mob) - Vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4
Rob Rock (Impellitteri, ex-Axel Rudi Pell) - Vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) - Vocals on track 6
Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) - Vocals on track 5

Orchestrations: Sami Boman
Opera vocals: Magdalena Lee

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Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope [Bonus DVD] (2013)

--- Country of Origin: Finland ---
--- Active Years: 2012-present ---
--- Record Label: Frontiers Records ---
--- Genres: Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical ---
--- Similar Artists: Gloryhammer, Trick Or Treat, Vandroya, Amaranthe, PelleK, Serenity ---
--- Lyrical Themes: Fantasy ---

Band:
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon is a symphonic heavy-metal project founded by former Stratovarius guitar player Timo
Tolkki (Symfonia, Revolution Renaissance) with drummer Alex Holzwarth.

On 8 January 2013, Tolkki announced the opening of a new mixing and
mastering studio named Studiotolkki, located in Helsinki, Finland.

In February 2013, Timo announced his new project, Avalon, featuring a
group of guest musicians such as Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween),
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Russell
Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Star One), Rob Rock (Impellitteri,
M.A.R.S.), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius,
ex-Yngwie Malmsteen), Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater) and Alex
Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire). The project's debut album, set for a May
17, 2013 release, will follow a story set in a post-apocalyptic future.
In 2055, Earth has been almost destroyed by natural catastrophes, and a
small group of survivors decide to set off a journey to find a sacred
place known as The Land of New Hope.

Quote:
=== TIMO TOLKKI ===
Timo Tolkki was born 3. 3. 66 in Helsinki Finland. He was 5 years old
when he first touched a guitar and started playing when he was 7 years
old. Tolkki took guitar lessons up until he was 14 and got his first
electric guitar when he was 12 years old.

His first musical influences were The Beatles, ABBA and The Shadows.
When he heard “Smoke on the Water” playing on the radio, it changed the
course of his playing and he started buying copies of Rainbow and Deep
Purple’s albums. His ever first album bought was “Rainbow: On Stage”.
Tolkki also found the myriad of guitar heroes existing in the beginning
of the early 80’s including Randy Rhoads, Gary Moore and Yngwie
Malmsteen. They all had a profound impact in Tolkki’s own playing style
combined with his love for the classical music.

After series of local bands he got a phonecall from Tuomo Lassila if he
would like to join a band called Stratovarius. To correct a common false
information, Stratovarius was actually formed during winter of 1984 and
Tolkki joined the band just 2 months after it was formed.

A series of shows and demos were made and Tolkki took relatively quickly
a complete control of the band’s artistic direction and also the
management duties. This lasted up until 1995 and resulted in 4 albums:
“Fright Night”, “Twilight Time”, “Dreamspace” and “4th Dimension”.
During this time, the band achieved a considerable success in Japan and
4th Dimension is still the most successful Stratovarius album in Japan
with the sales figure of 75 000 copies.

While the band was already in studio recording the 4th Dimension album,
Tolkki decided to quit singing and an unknown singer called Timo
Kotipelto was chosen as the new vocalist. In a dramatic move after the
tour of 4th Dimension, Tolkki fired Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen
citing “lack of interest towards the music and the band” as the main
reason and recruited Jens Johansson and Joerg Michael as their
replacement.

What was to follow was the history in Melodic Power Metal. The band
recorded 4 albums between 1996-2000: “Episode”, ”Visions”, “Destiny and
“Infinite” and made 4 world tours. Earned 3 consequetive gold discs from
the sales of Finland and won a Finnish Grammy. The influence of
Stratovarius as the leading force of Melodic Power Metal was justified.
During this time Tolkki was still in complete control of the band’s
artistic and musical direction and was responsible in writing the
biggest hits of Stratovarius ever such as “Black Diamond”, “Hunting High
and Low”, “The Kiss of Judas” and “Forever”. He has written over 200
songs for the band and produced all the albums while he was in the band.

Elements pt 1 & 2 were an effort to take the sound of the band even
further using real Symphonic Orchestra. The band made its biggest world
tour with these albums.

The readers of the renowned American Guitar World Magazine chose Timo
Tolkki to the cathegory of 50 fastest guitar players of all time and
position 88 in the cathegory of most influential metal guitar player of
all time.

The years 2004-2007 were very difficult time for the band due to
Tolkki’s illness, but they managed to record a self titled album in 2005
and made a world tour in 2006. After a series of personal, financial
and politicial reasons, Tolkki left Stratovarius in October 2007
explaining his views to the band and the management clearly in an email
asking for further discussion. His explanations were not understood and
the both parties remain in disagreement about what happened until today.

After his departure from Stratovarius, he has had 2 bands: Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia and he has made solo albums.

Today he is taking things more lightly running a mixing studio called
“Studiotolkki” and releasing music when he feels like. May 2013 will see
a worldwide release from Frontiers Records of Tolkki’s new Metal Opera
called: “The Land of New Hope” which includes musical talents of Michael
Kiske, Sharon Den Adel, Elize Ryd, Rob Rock, Russell Allen, Tony Kakko,
Jens Johansson, Derek Sherinian and Alex Holzwarth.

Avalon
Quote:
=== THE STORY ===
It’s A.D. 2055 and most big cities of planet earth are either flooded
with tsunamis or destroyed by earthquakes and fire. The whole
infrastructure and communication system has broken down. The destruction
is total. A small group of survivors leaves for a quest to find a
sacred place known as “The Land Of New Hope”. It is an old fairytale
that has been told since decades but very few has actually ever believed
of its existence. They travel far on a journey that is full of dangers
and come across a seer who guides them further. She explains to them
that “The Land Of New Hope” does exist but it is guarded by a Keeper and
only those who are pure in heart can pass him. They wander further
towards their ultimate destiny….

=== THE ALBUM ===
Former Stratovarius main songwriter and guitarist, Timo Tolkki has been
silently preparing his musical revenge. Following a call in the summer
2012, from Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino, Tolkki quickly
cancelled all plans and started writing a new album from scratch
following an original concept discussed years ago between the artist and
Perugino. The idea was to have a magniloquent metal / rock opera with
some cinematic orchestrations to bring back the Stratovarius original
sound in a more symphonic and grandiose fashion. Tolkki managed to
gather some of the most renowned singers around, with particular focus
on one of the most talented young female singers Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE)
who has the lion’s share of the lead vocals on the album. With Frontiers
full support and Serafino Perugino’s executive production, “The Land of
New Hope” opens a new chapter in Tolkki’s career and perspectives, with
the artist regaining full artistic credibility with his own music and
performances.

A stunning artwork was specially created for this project by Stanis W.
Decker which will be released in 2 versions – regular cd and deluxe
edition with a 30 minutes documentary “making of the album” and 2
promotional videoclips.

The Land Of New Hope (2013) -- "Enshrined In My Memory"

Discography:
2013 -- The Land Of New Hope (Full-length)

Current Line-up:
Alex Holzwarth -- Drums
Mikko Härkin -- Keyboards
Derek Sherinian -- Keyboards
Jens Johansson -- Keyboards
Magdalena Lee -- Opera Vocals
Sami Boman -- Orchestrations
Timo Tolkki -- Guitars, Bass

Guest Vocals:
Michael Kiske (Unisonic)
Elize Ryd (Amaranthe)
Rob Rock (Impellitteri)
Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation)
Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica)

2013 -- DVD - Making Of "The Land of New Hope"

- Drum Recordings

- Bass And Guitar Recordings

- Recording Elyze Rid's Vocals

- Mixing The Album

- Timo Tolkki's Interview

- Enshrined in My Memory Videoclip
Total time: 50:54

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