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Nemesis, the 14th studio album from venerable Finnish power metal outfit Stratovarius, covers a lot of familiar ground. Flush with bold, sweeping choruses backed by keyboard choirs, strings, and arpeggiated synths (the latter ride higher in the mix than usual), flashy yet nimble guitar leads, fierce, melodic breakdowns, and spirited lyrics that rally the listener to overcome non-specific adversities, the first outing to feature new drummer Rolf Pilve (Jörg Michael left the group amicably for personal reasons soon after the release of 2011's Elysium), doesn't disappoint. Nemesis, as is the case with all Stratovarius albums, was crafted in a world where subtlety has not yet come into existence, allowing for cover art that depicts a nude, buxom angel with a broadsword descending from a fiery sky filled with mushroom clouds (and a single, sad spaceship that must have wandered in from some abandoned Somewhere in Time-era Iron Maiden jacket) upon a metropolis in ruins. Luckily (for those with a taste for symphonic power metal excess in the vein of Rhapsody of Fire, Blind Guardian, and Helloween), Nemesis delivers musically what it does visually, offering up 11 well-honed slabs of propulsive, stadium-ready, non-specific adversity anthems that skillfully toe the line between radio-ready -- in a sort of Muse-meets-Dragonforce way ("Abandon," "Unbreakable," "Halcyon Days") -- and too epic for prime time ("Out of the Fog," "If the Story Is Over," "Nemesis"), resulting in another riveting, ludicrous, ornate, hammy, and explosive set from one of the genre's finest practitioners.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer, Lyricist - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer, Lyricist - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lauri Porra, Composer, Lyricist
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Composer, Lyricist - Jani Liimatainen, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Jens Johansson, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Jens Johansson, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer, Lyricist
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lauri Porra, Composer, Lyricist
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2018 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer - Sami Vänskä, Lyricist - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2018 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Composer - Jani Liimatainen, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Stratovarius, Artist, MainArtist - Timo Kotipelto, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matias Kupiainen, Composer - High and Loud, MusicPublisher
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel GermanyGmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Album review
Nemesis, the 14th studio album from venerable Finnish power metal outfit Stratovarius, covers a lot of familiar ground. Flush with bold, sweeping choruses backed by keyboard choirs, strings, and arpeggiated synths (the latter ride higher in the mix than usual), flashy yet nimble guitar leads, fierce, melodic breakdowns, and spirited lyrics that rally the listener to overcome non-specific adversities, the first outing to feature new drummer Rolf Pilve (Jörg Michael left the group amicably for personal reasons soon after the release of 2011's Elysium), doesn't disappoint. Nemesis, as is the case with all Stratovarius albums, was crafted in a world where subtlety has not yet come into existence, allowing for cover art that depicts a nude, buxom angel with a broadsword descending from a fiery sky filled with mushroom clouds (and a single, sad spaceship that must have wandered in from some abandoned Somewhere in Time-era Iron Maiden jacket) upon a metropolis in ruins. Luckily (for those with a taste for symphonic power metal excess in the vein of Rhapsody of Fire, Blind Guardian, and Helloween), Nemesis delivers musically what it does visually, offering up 11 well-honed slabs of propulsive, stadium-ready, non-specific adversity anthems that skillfully toe the line between radio-ready -- in a sort of Muse-meets-Dragonforce way ("Abandon," "Unbreakable," "Halcyon Days") -- and too epic for prime time ("Out of the Fog," "If the Story Is Over," "Nemesis"), resulting in another riveting, ludicrous, ornate, hammy, and explosive set from one of the genre's finest practitioners.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:56
- Main artists: Stratovarius
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: earMUSIC
- Genre: Metal
2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel. 2013 Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
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