TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON
“Return to Eden”
LABEL: Frontiers Music s.r.l.
FORMATS:
- CD (Jewel case)
CATALOG #: FR
CD 956
BARCODE: 8024391095621
- 2LP (180g,
gatefold)
CATALOG #: FR
LP 956
BARCODE: 8024391095652
GENRE:
Power Metal
RELEASE DATE:
June 14, 2019
Five years in the making, the third installment of Timo
Tolkki’s Avalon, the
outstanding metal opera which saw the return of the highly talented Finnish
musician to the heavy metal scene, is ready for release.
“Return
To Eden” took
a few years to be completed as Tolkki had to battle his personal demons during
the process. He enlisted the outside help of Aldo Lonobile of Italian
power/prog metal masters Secret Sphere, who co-produced the album and helped
him with the recording of the various musicians who guest on the album. The
result is convincing, inspired and stronger than ever. Tolkki resumed the work for the third album
with the concept of developing the sound and the music in an even more
grandiose and metallic mood, bringing back the emotions and highs of the
classic Stratovarius years.
The amazing vocal cast appearing this time includes
renowned Dutch singer Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering), Zak Stevens
(ex-Savatage), Todd Michael Hall (Riot
V), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania, Ardours), and Eduard Hovinga (ex-Elegy).
Tolkki has traveled a hard road to get to today, but he
is back again and more determined than
ever to take back his rightful place in the metal scene that he so much
deserves after all these years. Listen and believe!