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Points: 3196 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 21:22
Sonata Arctica yes... Stratovarius definately not.
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Points: 1833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2010 at 13:03
Even though Reckoning Night is a great album, Sonata Arctica's power metal can't be considered progressive.
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2010 at 08:40
Unia would change your perspective
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2010 at 04:02

After much consideration and discussion, Stratovarius have been REJECTED for Prog related.
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The new members have brought more prog -elements to the music of Stratovarius. Lauri Porra and Matias Kupiainen. Jens Johansson (keyboardist) has gone their way also.

Check out their new 2011 album "Elysium" and you'll know. The last song for example, consists of 3 continuous parts, over 18 minute long, and there is not a moment i'd cut out. I was positively surprised.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2011 at 13:28
^ long songs don't mean prog.
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2011 at 18:12
Originally posted by Tavastia Tavastia wrote:

The new members have brought more prog -elements to the music of Stratovarius. Lauri Porra and Matias Kupiainen. Jens Johansson (keyboardist) has gone their way also.

Check out their new 2011 album "Elysium" and you'll know. The last song for example, consists of 3 continuous parts, over 18 minute long, and there is not a moment i'd cut out. I was positively surprised.


A new album with a new approach might lead to a reconsideration, but I doubt they are anywhere as near to progressive metal as they were back in the mid 90's.
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 28 2011 at 20:43
Justa small update, listened to the whole album on youtube and, apart from that closing epic, hardly anything on the album is progressive, and even in the epic, only some passages.

As I mentioned again in the past, quality does not means "progressivity" (is that even a word? LOL).
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