Thanks to Charlie Farrell and Jason Ritchie for this news......
NEW VOCALIST FOR STRATOVARIUS IS CALLED "MISS K". / 15.01.2004
The vocal talents of this sultry Finnish lady vary from raunchy rock
to classical operatic. Her voice range is over 3 octaves and she is
capable of transforming Stratovarius sound to something unique,
something that has never been heard in Metal before.
She is 30 years old and has a background in gymnastics, where she has
twice become a Finnish Champion, and in acting.
She has until now been singing in some local bands and has done over
200 gigs.
Drummer for the next album will be Anders Johansson, the brother of
Jens Johansson.
After selling over 1 500 000 copies of their previous records,
Stratovarius is now ready to take the next step in their career.
The band will enter the studio, a secret place, in May to record 11th
studio album, which has a working title "PopKiller".
The album is due February 2005 followed up by massive World Tour.
In legal news, Sanctuary Records is asking Timo Tolkki to pay back 1
Million Euros from the recording agreement advance. Tolkki refuses to
pay it, and comments: "They have sent me a notification and are
asking me to pay that amount back. Their position is that the
agreement was for the old line up. My legal staff doesn´t interpret
the agreement this way, and have advised me not to agree to this
demand. It means that we might be going to court in Berlin, but I am
confident I will win this case and that justice will prevail."
NEW VOCALIST FOR STRATOVARIUS IS CALLED "MISS K". / 15.01.2004
The vocal talents of this sultry Finnish lady vary from raunchy rock
to classical operatic. Her voice range is over 3 octaves and she is
capable of transforming Stratovarius sound to something unique,
something that has never been heard in Metal before.
She is 30 years old and has a background in gymnastics, where she has
twice become a Finnish Champion, and in acting.
She has until now been singing in some local bands and has done over
200 gigs.
Drummer for the next album will be Anders Johansson, the brother of
Jens Johansson.
After selling over 1 500 000 copies of their previous records,
Stratovarius is now ready to take the next step in their career.
The band will enter the studio, a secret place, in May to record 11th
studio album, which has a working title "PopKiller".
The album is due February 2005 followed up by massive World Tour.
In legal news, Sanctuary Records is asking Timo Tolkki to pay back 1
Million Euros from the recording agreement advance. Tolkki refuses to
pay it, and comments: "They have sent me a notification and are
asking me to pay that amount back. Their position is that the
agreement was for the old line up. My legal staff doesn´t interpret
the agreement this way, and have advised me not to agree to this
demand. It means that we might be going to court in Berlin, but I am
confident I will win this case and that justice will prevail."
