2009s Polaris was described as a true Stratovarius album with some even calling it the best album since Destiny - praising its brilliant melodies,positive approach and vivid style. Were not saying this is wrong but journalists will have to amend their statements: Now comes the brand newstudio album Elysium.Bubbling over with ideas during their Polaris world tour, the band subsequently started working in the 5-by-5 studios in Helsinki, Finland to recorda new, impressive masterpiece. Filled with melodic, powerful, fresh and excellently technical elaborated hits the album will with no doubt convincethe Metal World once again.Elysium has been produced by Matias Kupiainen who proves to be not only a great musician, but also a gifted producer. Altogether the wholecreative working process within the band became more democratic, integrating the best and most valuable unique talents of all fi ve members in thesong writing and recording process very well.