Stratovarius - Discography (1989-2013)

1989 - Fright Night (Austria, Columbia 474290 2) (320 kbps)
1989 - Fright Night (Japan, VICP-5391, 1994) (320 kbps)
1992 - Twilight Time (US, TT 0002-ux) (320 kbps)
1994 - Dreamspace (Korea, DBKSD-1031) (320 kbps)
1995 - Fourth Dimension (Japan, VICP-5506) (320 kbps)
1996 - Episode (EU, TT 00222) + Bonus tracks for Japan (320 kbps)
1997 - Visions (Japan, VICP-60026) (320 kbps)
1997 - Visions (EU, TT 0031-2) (320 kbps)
1998 - Destiny (EU, TT 0042-2) + Bonus track for Japan (320 kbps)
2000 - Infinite (Japan, VICP-60963) + Bonus tracks (Irond CD 00-10) + Bonus CD (NB 464-9) (320 kbps)
2003 - Elements Pt.1 (Germ., NB 27361 10372, 2CD) + Bonus track for France + Special Edition (Demo version) NB 1037-5 (320 kbps)
2003 - Elements Pt.2 (Germ., NB 27361 11762, 2CD) + Bonus track for Japan (320 kbps)
2005 - Stratovarius (US, SAN 34108-2) (320 kbps)
2009 - Polaris (Japan, VICP-64708) (320 kbps)
2009 - Polaris (Germ., 0197132ERE) (320 kbps)
2011 - Elysium (Japan, VICP-64916) (320 kbps)
2013 - Nemesis (USA, ARM 250992) (320 kbps)
2013 - Nemesis (Japan, VICP-65107) (320 kbps)

1998 - Visions Of Europe (EU, TT 0382, 2CD) (320 kbps)
1999 - Vision Of Destiny (Bootleg) (320 kbps)
2010 - Polaris Live (US, ARM250382) (320 kbps)
2012 - Under Flaming Winter Skies: Live in Tampere (2CD) (320 kbps)

1995 - Fourth Dimension (EU, NMRCD 065, 2007) (320 kbps)
2000 - Infinitie (Germ., Ltd. Edition, 2CD, 2010) (320 kbps)

1998 - The Past And Now (192 kbps)
1999 - The Chosen Ones (US, N 0045-2 UX) – Fan Compilation (320 kbps)
2000 - 14 Diamonds - Best Of Stratovarius (Japan, VICP-61068) (320 kbps)
2001 - Intermission (Irond 01-54) (320 kbps)
2001 - Intermission (Japan, VICP-61389) (320 kbps)

1996 - Father Time (VICP-15060) (320 kbps)
1996 - Will The Sun Rise (VICP-18013) (320 kbps)
1997 - Black Diamond  (192 kbps)
1998 - S.O.S (320 kbps)
2000 - A Million Light Years Away (320 kbps)
2000 - Hunting High And Low (NB 463-2) (320 kbps)
2002 - Eagleheart (NB 1071-8) (320 kbps)
2003 - I Walk To My Own Song (320 kbps)
2005 - Maniac Dance (MYNXD045) (320 kbps)
2009 - Deep Unknown  (VBR kbps)
2010 - Darkest Hours (0206170ERE) (320 kbps)
2013 - Unbreakable (320 kbps)

2007 - Demo (Revolution Renaissance) - 256 kbps

Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984. Since their formation (originally as Black Water), they have released 15 studio albums, 3 DVD and 3 live albums. Along with German bands Helloween, Blind Guardian, and Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is considered one of the leading and most influential groups of the power metal genre. In its history, the band has known many chaotic lineup changes; there is no founding members in the band since 1995, and currently, the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto, who joined in 1994.Stratovarius was founded as Black Water in August 1984 by singer and drummer Tuomo Lassila, guitarist Staffan Stråhlman, and bassist John Vihervä. Line-up changes soon started to occur, including Timo Tolkki replacing Stråhlman two months later and taking over singing duties as well, and the band expanding to a quintet with the arrival of keyboarist Antti Ikonen the following year. Under this line-up, the band released its first album Fright Night in 1989, with Tolkki acting as sole composer. While various changes of bassist occurred, the band released the albums Twilight Time (1992) and Dreamspace (1994). In 1994, Tolkki decided to stop acting as lead vocalist, with Timo Kotipelto joining the band. After the release of Fourth Dimension in 1995, last remaining founding member Lassila, as well as Ikonen, left the band and were respectively replaced by Jörg Michael and Jens Johansson respectively.This line-up consiting of Kotipelto, Tolkki, bassist Jari Kainulainen, Johansson and Michael, now recognized as the "classic line-up" of Stratovarius, became the longest line-up in its history (1995-2005). With this line-up, the band released eight albums including most of their popular works (releasing an album with the same line-up than its predecessor for the first time) until the release of a self-titled album in 2005, after which Kanulainen departed and was replaced by Lauri Porra. In 2008 guitarist, sole composer and main lyricist Timo Tolkki, being highly critical of their last album and tired of the tensions between the members, decided to disband Stratovarius. However, at the demand of the rest of the band, he agreed to let them continue as Stratovarius while leaving the band. He subsequently regreted his decision, stating that the current band had nothing to do with Stratovarius which he considered as mainly his own work.Despite the controversy of Tolkki's departure, the band's following albums Polaris (2009) and Elysium (2011), the first albums with Porra and new guitarist Matias Kupiainen in which all members except Michael were part of the songwriting process, received positive reception, with various critics and fans considering it their best albums in the last decade. After a small "Farewell Jörg" tour in Finland, Jörg Michael departed for personal reasons in 2012. With new drummer Rolf Pilve, the band released its latest album Nemesis in 2013.

Timo Kotipelto - lead vocals (1994–present)
Jens Johansson - keyboards (1995–present)
Lauri Porra - bass (2005–present)
Matias Kupiainen - guitars (2008–present)
Rolf Pilve - drums (2012–present)

Tuomo Lassila – drums (1984–1995), lead vocals (1984–1985)
John Vihervä – bass (1984–1987)
Staffan Stråhlman – guitar (1984–1985)
Jyrki Lentonen – bass (1987–1990)
Antti Ikonen – keyboards (1988–1995)
Jari Behm – bass (1989–1993)
Timo Tolkki – guitar (1985–2008), lead vocals (1985–1994), studio backing vocals (1994–2008)
Jari Kainulainen – bass (1993–2005)
Jörg Michael - drums (1995–2012)
Katriina "Miss K" Wiiala – lead vocals (2004)

Sami Kuoppamäki (studio) – drums (1993-1994)
Anders Johansson (live) – drums (2004)
Alex Landenburg (live) – drums (2010)