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Lauri Porra, and in 2006 the band began work on a new album that was tentatively titled R...R.... However, as internal issues increased, the project stalled. Eventually, the band reached a divide, with
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Stratovarius without him at their request. The band's following albums were all positively received, and were acknowledged as a return to form for the band. The current line-up, which has remained the same since the arrival of drummer Rolf Pilve in 2012, is the longest in the band's history.
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were reissued as a box set which included the high quality 3CD+DVD digi-pak, a cassette including previously unreleased demo songs which are only available on this format and are not made available anywhere else, an "Elements" tour T-shirt as well as a reproduction of the original tour program.
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featured a very different style compared to previous efforts, containing almost no symphonic or neo-classical elements in the music or soloing of Tolkki and
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metal and I don't think they ever thought that the band could become so successful. They didn't like the direction the music was heading."
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2069:5 September
1825:26 November
1569:9 September
1560:"Biography"
1388:Discography
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2410:Rolf Pilve
1679:9 February
1535:References
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2181:OC Weekly
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290:, Finland
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