STRATOVARIUS — Elements Part 2 (review)

STRATOVARIUS — Elements Part 2 album cover Album · 2003 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Elements Part 2" is the 10th full-length studio album by Finnish power metal act Stratovarius. The album was released through Nuclear Blast Records in October 2003. "Elements Part 1" was released in January the same year.

The music on "Elements Part 2" is unmistakably the sound of Stratovarius. Timo Kotipelto´s skilled and extremely high pitched vocal delivery, the tight rythm section of drummer Jörg Michael and bassist Jari Kainulainen, the neo-classical keyboard work of Jens Johansson and the strong guitar playing by Timo Tolkki. The band are as well playing as ever. The songwriting is pretty inspired too, even though the band were at this point slowly drifting away from the full speed ahead double pedal Euro power metal that they are mostly known for. "Elements Part 2" is a bit more mid-paced and focused on epic atmosphere than power and speed.

Packed in a clean and powerful sound production "Elements Part 2" is another professional and well sounding power metal album by Stratovarius. I don´t necessarily think it´s their best release, but even their more "standard" releases are quality to my ears and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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