Wolfking:
I'm a big fan of Tolkki, but by his own high standards, whether it be his illness or medication side effects, his output of the
last few years has been nowhere near that of his previous best.
The Stratovarius album from 2005 was a complete disaster, style wise and all the shit that was flying around with it.
He did redeem himself with the Revolution Renaissance album, even the demo with Kotipleto singing (which are around, or were) sound amazing
and would have made a classic Strato album.
Maybe he's out of ideas, I don't know but his recent output has been poor, I've heard a couple of Avalon songs, and it wasn't good.
Maybe it's Frontiers? Could they be restricting his talents with low budgets?