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From stratovarius.com
24 years old Rolf Pilve from Finland is that courageous and gifted drummer.
"Although the competition was fierce, Rolf was clearly the best one of the bunch. His precise playing, sureness and right attitude was there right away. He has an astonishing technique and to top that of he has a very musical way of playing, so he can bring something of his own into our old songs as well. Rolf has played a variety of different styles of metal, so fast tempos or more progressive parts will not be a problem. Whatever songs we might compose in the future – I have no doubt that he will be able to play them.", says singer Timo Kotipelto, commenting on the new drummer’s abilities.
Music has been Rolf's passion since early childhood. He got his first drum set at the age of eight and his teachers include Jukka Arola, Heikki Malmberg, Kai Hahto and Ari Isotalo. His broad-based musical roots can be heard in his playing and it is possible to meet Rolf from local jazz-clubs to big metal festivals.
At the moment, Rolf is active as a freelancer musician and drum teacher. His greatest sources are Tony Williams, Jim Black, Elvin Jones, Joey Baron, Ari Hoenig, Roy Haynes, Frank Zappa, John Coltrane and John Zorn.
Despite of his young age Rolf Pilve plays/has played and worked with a wide range of different genre metal bands: Solution.45, Miseration, Timo Tolkki, Code For Silence, Status Minor, Beyond The Dream, Dreamtale, Sightless, and a number of other bands & projects.
Rolf is an exellent drummer with a very wide range of music styles in his command. He has got chops to steer Stratovarius into even more proggish style, especailly when they have moved to that direction on their previous post-Tolkki-era CDs.
I recommend any of you into progmetal to check out Status Minor with Rolf.
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From stratovarius.com
24 years old Rolf Pilve from Finland is that courageous and gifted drummer.
"Although the competition was fierce, Rolf was clearly the best one of the bunch. His precise playing, sureness and right attitude was there right away. He has an astonishing technique and to top that of he has a very musical way of playing, so he can bring something of his own into our old songs as well. Rolf has played a variety of different styles of metal, so fast tempos or more progressive parts will not be a problem. Whatever songs we might compose in the future – I have no doubt that he will be able to play them.", says singer Timo Kotipelto, commenting on the new drummer’s abilities.
Music has been Rolf's passion since early childhood. He got his first drum set at the age of eight and his teachers include Jukka Arola, Heikki Malmberg, Kai Hahto and Ari Isotalo. His broad-based musical roots can be heard in his playing and it is possible to meet Rolf from local jazz-clubs to big metal festivals.
At the moment, Rolf is active as a freelancer musician and drum teacher. His greatest sources are Tony Williams, Jim Black, Elvin Jones, Joey Baron, Ari Hoenig, Roy Haynes, Frank Zappa, John Coltrane and John Zorn.
Despite of his young age Rolf Pilve plays/has played and worked with a wide range of different genre metal bands: Solution.45, Miseration, Timo Tolkki, Code For Silence, Status Minor, Beyond The Dream, Dreamtale, Sightless, and a number of other bands & projects.
Rolf is an exellent drummer with a very wide range of music styles in his command. He has got chops to steer Stratovarius into even more proggish style, especailly when they have moved to that direction on their previous post-Tolkki-era CDs.
I recommend any of you into progmetal to check out Status Minor with Rolf.
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