Timo Tolkki's Avalon
The Land of New Hope (2013)
Album

Reviewed: 5/29/2022

Avalon, that mythical and unreal place where magic lives and one can get healed from illnesses, and even resurrect... Timo Tolkki, the renowned guitarist who operated in Stratovarius, which is one of the most influential power metal bands, fell ill and for a long time it felt that he had lost his power and magic. Thus, "Avalon", I suppose. It sounds like he had become whole and was recuperated. His "Way of Suffering" had been traveled through. In 2012,invented by the record label, this project was created, and in 2013 the suitably-titled debut album 'The Land of New Hope' was released. This is a "metal opera", and isn't anything new under the sun. However, this album proved that Mr. Tolkki was back at it again, after so many years, and this is basically his story, even though clad into an...

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