Year : 2009 (Digital Edition 2024)
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans (2009 version)
Size : 223 mb
Bio:
Revolution Renaissance was a multinational power metal band founded by guitarist Timo Tolkki after he left Stratovarius in 2008. The band released three studio albums before disbanding in 2010.The studio lineup for the New Era album was Michael Kiske, Tobias Sammet and Pasi Rantanen on vocals, Pasi Heikkilä on bass, Joonas Puolakka on keyboards, and Mirka Rantanen on drums. Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup, which was announced later.In March 2009, the band released their second album Age of Aquarius with a permanent lineup when Gus Monsanto joined the band as the new lead singer. The band said that it was "by far the darkest, heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in.".In October 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences.On 1 November 2009 Blabbermouth.net reported that Magnus Rosén (former bass player for HammerFall) joined Revolution Renaissance.In an interview with the Finnish news website kp24 published on 10 May, Timo Tolkki announced that Greek Firewind and Outloud keyboarder Bob Katsionis was the new keyboard player of the band and that they were currently mixing their third and final album, Trinity, which was released in fall.On 28 July Tolkki announced the break-up of Revolution Renaissance. He commented by saying:"Due to my private problems, the lack of interest in Revolution Renaissance, shown by the promoters, and the current situation in the music industry that affects to everything including the production budgets, it has become impossible to continue the band. We have tried to book shows in these last three years, but we haven't been able to do so. A rock band cannot exist without direct contact to its fans. Therefore I have no other choice but to make the decision to stop the band and its activities due to the above-mentioned reasons. The third and final album of the band will be released at the end of September. From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank all the fans of my music throughout the years. It's been a great journey."The third Revolution Renaissance album, titled Trinity, was released later in the year through Napalm Records.
Album:
Now were featuring in exclusive Timmo Tolkki’s REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE second album “Age Of Aquarius” in its fresh 2024 reissue including no less than 7 bonus tracks, previously unreleased recordings from the group’s first album sessions.For this second REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE opus Tolkki was looking for a more ‘band’ sound enlisting a stable line up of musicians, including melodic vocalist Gus Monsanto as main front man. Musically, the approach is much more heavy than previous album ‘New Era’, still melodic and with hard rock overtones yet symphonic passages and a progressive metal development on some tracks. All strong material.But the interesting thing in this reissue are the bonus tracks: songs recorded during the pre-production sessions of previous album ‘New Era’, some are previously unreleased and some are early versions of the album tracks.If you ask me, these early versions are even better, muscular melodic hard rockers. And while are listed as ‘demo versions’, the mix and sound quality are fantastic.
Line Up:
Gus Monsanto - Vocals (2008-2010) - See also: Burnt City, Eden Myrrh, Human Fortress, Krysaor, Skyeart, ex-Astra, ex-Code of Silence, ex-Seliger, ex-Symbolica, ex-Jade Lizard, ex-Lord of Mushrooms, Marmor, The Yell, ex-Aria Inferno, ex-Omega Blast, ex-Overdose, ex-Adagio, ex-Lightseekers, ex-Takara
Timo Tolkki - Guitars (2008-2010) - See also: Timo Tolkki, ex-Allen - Lande, ex-Guitar Heroes, ex-Symfonia, ex-Timo Tolkki's Avalon, Timo Tolkki's Strato, ex-Chaos Magic, ex-Ring of Fire, ex-Stratovarius, ex-Road Block, ex-Timo Tolkki's Infinite Visions
Magnus Rosén - Bass (2009-2010) - See also: Bleckhorn, Shadowside, Tony Martin, ex-Keegan, ex-Planet Alliance, ex-X-World/5, Bai Bang, Magnus Rosén, ex-Avalanch, ex-HammerFall, ex-Jorn, ex-Fullforce, ex-Geisha, ex-Billionaires Boys Club, ex-Von Rosen
Bruno W. Agra - Drums (2008-2010) - See also: ex-Uirapuru, ex-Aquaria, ex-We Are Harlot
Bob Katsionis - Keyboards (2010) - See also: Bob Katsionis, Burnt City, Captain Hawk, Outloud, Prydain, Stray Gods, Vass/Katsionis, Warrior Path, Wonders, ex-Encomium, ex-Imaginery, ex-Retrospect, ex-Jade Lizard, ex-Zion, ex-Mirage, ex-Skyward, Goditha, ex-Acid Death, ex-Casus Belli, ex-Firewind, ex-Karmic Link, ex-Nightfall, ex-Perpetual, ex-Serious Black, ex-Deviser (live), ex-Septicflesh (live), ex-Star Queen, ex-Fatal Morgana, ex-Lighthunters, ex-Νίπτω τας χείρας (NTX)
Tracklist:
01. Age of Aquarius 04:38
02. Sins of My Beloved 05:28
03. Ixion's Wheel 04:25
04. Behind the Mask 02:54
05. Ghost of Fallen Grace 04:45
06. The Heart of All 06:39
07. So She Wears Black 07:11
08. Kyrie Eleison 06:41
09. Into the Future 05:00
10. Heroes (demo) 03:16 (Bonus Track)
11. Hunting High and Low (Stratovarius cover) (demo) 04:17 (Bonus Track)
12. I Did It My Way (demo) 04:09 (Bonus Track)
13. Icarus (demo) 05:09 (Bonus Track)
14. Last Night on Earth (demo) 04:35 (Bonus Track)
15. Loneliness of a 1000 Years (demo) 03:50 (Bonus Track)
16. We Hold the Key (Stratovarius cover) (demo) 07:17 (Bonus Track)
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