Showing posts with label SYMFONIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SYMFONIA. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

SYMFONIA: New Album Streaming Via AOL Music


In Paradisum In Stores TODAY

SYMFONIA, the new melodic metal project featuring the all-star lineup of vocalist Andre Matos (ex-Angra), guitarist Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius), drummer Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween), bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius) and keyboardist Mikko Harkin (ex-Sonata Arctica), unleash their debut full-length today via Armoury Records. Titled In Paradisum, the ten-track offering was recorded mainly in Finland, mixed and mastered in Italy and produced by Timo Tolkki. 

In celebration of its release, the album is currently streaming in its entirety via AOL Music. To check it out, point your browser HERE.  


"...a vital, vibrant, fun album that will thrill power metal fans and classic rock fans alike."  -- Sonic Abuse
 
"...a total triumph, a cracking array of memorable songs and positivity that is gleefully OTT." -- Thrash Hits
 
"If you're a fan of the early Stratovarius and Angra albums in particular and the early European progressive power metal sound in general, you have to check out Symfonia if for no other reason than to hear Andre Matos and Timo Tolkki on the same album." -- Hardrock Haven
 

Saturday, February 26, 2011

SYMFONIA: All-Star Melodic Metal Project To Release Debut Via Armoury


SYMFONIA: All-Star Melodic Metal Project To Release Debut Via Armoury Records This April

New Song Stream Available

SYMFONIA -- the new melodic metal project featuring the all-star lineup guitarist Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius), vocalist Andre Matos (ex-Angra), drummer Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween), bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius) and keyboardist Mikko Harkin (ex-Sonata Artica) -- are gearing up to release their debut full-length. Titled In Paradisum, the ten-track offering was recorded mainly in Finland, mixed and mastered in Italy and produced by Timo Tolkki. The record will be released in North America via Armoury Records on April 19, 2011.
To check out a stream of "Pilgrim Road," the sixth track off In Paradisum, visit the band's official website HERE [click the "News" link]. 

In Paradisum Track Listing:
01. Fields Of Avalon

02. Come By The Hills
03. Santiago
04. Alayna
05. Forevermore
06. Pilgrim Road
07. In Paradisum
08. Rhapsody In Black
09. I Walk In Neon
10. Don't Let me Go

Honoring the heritage of their previous bands, SYMFONIA is a force no serious melodic metal fan will be able to ignore. The band made its live debut on February 18 at the Finnish Metal Expo in Helsinki, Finland. To check out some fan-filmed video footage, point your browser HERE.