Symfonia

[LinDan]

Země: Finsko
Rok založení: 2010
Styl: Power Metal

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Symfonia je power metalová superskupina založená roku 2010 pány André Matosem, Timo Tolkkim, Jari Kainulainenem, Mikko Härkinem a Uli Kuschem. V těchto dnech jí vychází debutové album "In Paradisum", které nahrávala od prosince 2010 do února 2011. Fanouškům se poprvé živě představila na Finnish Metal Expo 2011, kde ale za bicí usedl Alex Landenburg, jenž zaskakuje za Uli Kusche, který momentálně nemůže kvůli zdravotním problémům hrát.

Členové André Matos - vokály Timo Tolkki - kytara Jari Kainulainen - baskytara Mikko Harkin - klávesy Uli Kusch - bicí Odkazy Oficiální stránka MySpace Last.fm Diskografie In Paradisum (CD, 2011)

Hudební ukázky

Come by the Hills [ Skrýt video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMCK4S2dd-0 ]

Fields Of Avalon [ Skrýt video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1C0Jtio08 ]

Rhapsody In Black [ Skrýt video | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9MrsVMjuBQ ]

[Poky95]

Jako je to dobrý, ale superskupinou bych to nazval opravdu jen kvůli tomu složení.

[adrian]

Zatim jsem to poslouchal trikrat a stale nemuzu prijit na chut Matosovi Jinak po hudebni strance vse v nejlepsim poradku!

[Stick]

Deska se mi líbí, je to sice klasická Stratovařina v podání Tolkkiho, ale já mu to žeru, takhle skládá jen on. Jediné, co mi na té desce vadí, je Matosův pišťák.

[Thraces]

nevypadá to vůbec špatně,ba naopak

[adrian]

Jinak presne jak psal Stick, takhle sklada jenom Timo - jeho styl jasne rozpoznatelny a nezamenitelny. A ja jsem jeho velky fanda, takze jsem rad, ze to nezabalil a je zpatky!

[russel]

Na té fotce stojí vepředu Matos? Nějak přibral chlapec.

[Stick]

Třeba je nemocnej, každopádně do toho manekýna z MOR 08 má dost daleko.

[Hooya]

ale superskupinou bych to nazval opravdu jen kvůli tomu složení.

Však ona je takto nazvána opravdu jen kvůli tomu složení jako i jiné superskupiny.

[adrian]

Vcera jsem koukal na DVD Avantasia a uz tam mi prisel dost nateklej. Asi jako ja po patnacti Krusovicich

[Stick]

Pane, po patnácti Krušovicích jsme nateklí většinou všichni. Ještě by se dalo dodat, že bych po patnácti pivech chtěl bych mít hlas jako Matos.. ale to není zrovna typ vokálu, který bych rád vlastnil : ))

[adrian]

A to uz vubec nemluvime o tom, ze po patnacti kouscich mas zpravidla usta cimsi zacpana, cili bavit se v teto chvili o hlasovem fondu mi prijde zcela bezpredmetne

[DeToX]

Nezní to vůbec zle, ba dokonce se mi i líbí.. ale superskupina je přece jen dost silné označení

[Stick]

Není to silné označení, už pochopte tupci, že je to superskupina výhradně proto, že se tam nachází přední postavy power/speed metalové scény... Northern Kings taky není bůhvijaká skupina a je to taky superskupina..

[Kain]

hodně povedená deska a podle mě nejde pouze o "nové" Stratrovarius. Jasně, Tolkkiho typické skladatelské postupy jsou jasně poznat a jsou zatraceně dobré, ale místy mně to připomíná i rané Edguy. Jen mám stejně jako jiní pocit, že Matos se do toho moc nehodí, on je dobrý hlavně v exaltovaných pasážích, na což tady není prostor. Každopádně Tolkki je zpátky a to je fakt dobře

[TeEs]

Tak Tolkki je zas pryč , dneska ráno se na fb objevila zpráva, že je unaven hudebním průmyslem a jeho nekalými praktikami, že končí s metalem a dost možná už žádnou metalovou desku nahrávat nebude... chce se věnovat rodině a dávat kytarové lekce. Takže toliko k Symfonii, ta má prý podepsanou smlouvu na 4 desky, ale upřímně pochybuju, že by to Matos táhnul dál, teď když odešel z Angry Falaschi a jeho sólová dráha stagnuje (ač obě desky jsou výborné), možná se rýsuje možnost obnovení "klasické" Angra sestavy... Tolkkiho vyjádření níže:

Skrytý obsah

Time to rest and some iThoughts
od uživatele Timo Tolkki dne 2. prosinec 2011 v 5:44

I don't know how many of you are interested in reading this and quite frankly, I dont even care so much, but I am just writing down some early morning thoughts regarding Symfonia and other stuff going on in my life.

As it turned out to be, it all started from a cake. I thought it might be some kind of a celestial joke and maybe it was, but when 2 fans handed me a Symfonia cake after the last gig of Symfonia's South American tour, after spending 3 nights in a 15 bucks cold motel with grey concrete walls looking like a prison in Santiago de Chile and flying 28 hours to another continent to play to audiences varying from 100 to 350, I started to think that maybe this really is it. The cake was in a funny way telling me:"hey Timo, don't you see:it's over".

And I started to really consider my whole musician's career. This happened in June.

Exactly a year before I had flown to Sweden to record 3 demo songs I had composed hoping to record some vocals of Andre. I spent there 6 days and from those days, I was able to squeeze about 6 hours of singing from him. In between going to supermarkets, changing diapers and me trying to solve some of their domestic disputes, I started to think if it was such a good idea after all.

But people liked the demos and I went full on producing the "In Paradisum" album to which I put around 1000 working hours. Andre Matos told me very clear that this band should not do any gigs if it doesnt make any money. I basically agreed but at the same time I knew that people would still consider it as a new band. Not "The Spartacus of Metal" where the gates of superstardom would open just like that. Uli Kusch had been in and out of band due to his hand injury and in the middle of vocal recordings in Sweden, he sent me a mail telling me he would never ever play any gigs in his life because "he was tired of piss smelling backstage rooms, the chaos, the travelling etc. In vain I tried to tell him that this was not what we agreed. He did tell me that if Symfonia would make a second album, we could use his name for 10 000 euros and use Alex Landenburg for the recordings. And after 10 minutes came a text message that he also wanted me to pay the taxes of his fee so it would total 13 000 euros for the usage of his name. I did not respond to that but I really found it hard to believe.

Then Matos lost his voice in the middle of the vocal recordings for 4 days and while hunting for cortison shots in the middle of the deepest Swedish countryside, I really started to think that this is not gonna work.

Well we got the vocals done, did the interviews and released the album. I still think it's a good album.

Also the Japanese earthquake messed the little touring plans the band had. Then Andre told me we could make a lucrative tour in South America booked by his manager. Apparently there was some mysterious investor that was in the game. I should have known better even hearing the word investor. I decided to do the tour and after flying 30 hours: Helsinki-Frankfurt-Rome-Sao Paulo we landed only to hear that the tour is cancelled. At that point I was already ready to buy a ticket back to Finland but they managed to make a settlement and we did I guess it was 6 gigs. It was the worst and heaviest tour I have ever done in my career.

Keyboard player Mikko Harkin developed high fever and lung inflammation that was bounding pneumonia.

While lying 2 days in Sao Paulo in Formula 1 hotel (the cheapest you can get there) in a darkness I was starting to really get doubts about my future as a musician.

When I got the sales figures from Edel Records and the report from the booking agency for the festivals of Summer 2012 I decided to call it a day. It didnt make any sense to try to "conquer" the metal world since it was obvious that there was not enough interest. Don't get me wrong, it's totally cool if there is no interest.

Then I thought about my career. Around 3000 gigs, 20 years, 20 CD's, productions, clinics, travelling. I realised that I have done a lot. I guess most of you know that I am suffereing from Bipolar Disorder, one of the worst mental disorders, but with medication and non stressful lifestyle, this illness can be controlled but never cured. Playing in a touring band is far from "non stressful lifestyle" and in fact the rock'n'roll life itself is manic with its highs and lows. In those long Stratovarius tours being undiagnosed with the illlness, I could have died. I am not kidding.

3.3 next year I will be 46. This autumn I made a decision to take some time off from music business and concentrate on something else. I have a wonderful wife and daughter, who also happens to be a world class singer. I started giving guitar lessons again. Im taking lots of photos. In other words, living quite normal life.

I do realize the marks the years have left in me and that I should rest and heal the wounds. There is a lot to heal. The music business is in extremely sick state in this moment and it's not gonna get any better. In a few years we will know what kind of form it will take. Maybe I one day take some part of it, maybe I dont. I really dont know at the moment.

So what about my future? If you are interested in that I can only say that it is possible that I will never record anything again. For some of you this might come as a relief. I don't know what the future will hold for me but I want to thank all of you who have supported me in these 22 some years. For you who havent supported me and continuosly are mocking me for example at Stratoboard (which makes me really sad mainly due lack of respect from a band that was my vision for 22 years and that still plays 80% of my songs although there is 2 guys left in the band called Stratovarius) I also want to thank you because without you guys, I could never have done everything I have done. It's been a great career. I hope the future brings more music but most likely it will not. But still after all I can say...I Did It My Way.



Hope to see you somewhere, take care of yourselves. -Timo

[jane187]

cože? Falaschi odešel z Angry?! to máš odkud?

abych nebyla moc off topic: U Tolkkiho se to dalo čekat, že to tak dopadne...možná si dá pauzu, ale pochybuju, že by už nic dalšího nevytvořil, po ReRe to taky tvrdil a pak naráz přišel se Symfonií. Ale kdo ví...

[TeEs]

cože? Falaschi odešel z Angry?! to máš odkud?

abych nebyla moc off topic: U Tolkkiho se to dalo čekat, že to tak dopadne...možná si dá pauzu, ale pochybuju, že by už nic dalšího nevytvořil, po ReRe to taky tvrdil a pak naráz přišel se Symfonií. Ale kdo ví...

Třeba tady http://www.metalpress.org/news.php?id=592... a co jsem tak slyšel záznamy z posledních let, tak zpívá fakt strašně no... a jinak k Tolkkimu, nemá to chudák v hlavě v pořádku no

[jane187]

to je jediný zdroj? já jsem totiž nic jiného nikde neviděla, ani na jeho oficiálních stránkách či tak něco. Ale poslední dobou to fakt s ním nebylo hlasově nejlepší

s tím Tolkkim: za vším asi budou asi ty psychické problémy, myslím, že už se z toho uplně asi nevyhrabe a pořád to tam v hlavě bude mít pošramocené. Poslední pokusy vytvořit superhvězdné kapely byly docela chabé, časy Stratů už jsou holt pryč...