Stratovarius

Style: Power Metal

Origin: Finland ( Helsinki )

Years Active: 1984 - active

Previous Name: Black Water ( 1984 - 1985 )

Current line-up:

Timo Kotipelto - vocal ( Kotipelto, Cain's Offering, Kotipelto & Liimatainen )

Matias Kupiainen - guitar ( Fist in Fetus )
Lauri Porra - bass ( Lauri Porra, Kotipelto, TunnelVision, Gashouse Garden, ex-Almah, ex-Sinergy, ex-Warmen )
Jens Johansson - keyboard ( Jens Johansson, Mastermind, ex-Johansson, ex-Dio, ex-Silver Mountain, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen )
Rolf Pilve - drums ( Solution 45, Megiddon, Random Eyes, Reversion, Status Minor, The Magnificent, Division of The Spoils, Essence of Sorrow, ex-Amoth, 
ex-Code For Silence, ex-Dreamtale, ex-Miseration, ex-Sightless, ex-Beyond The Dream, ex-Full Scale Conflict )

Past members:
Timo Tolkki - guitar ( Timo Tolkki, Timo Tolkki's Avalon, Ring of Fire, Allen / Lande, ex-Symfonia, ex-Revolution Renaissance )
Jyrki Lentonen - bass
Mika Ervaskari - keyboard R.I.P. ( ex-Timo Tolkki )
Antti Ikonen - keyboard ( Timo Tolkki, Timo Tolkki's Avalon )
Jari Kainulainen - bass ( Masterplan, Elias Viljanen, Mess, ex-Symfonia, ex-Kotipelto, ex-Killing Machine, ex-Evergrey )
Jörg Michael - drums ( Heavatar, Headhunter, ex-Saxon, ex-Rage, ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Grave Digger, ex-Running Wild, ex-Soulslide, ex-Unleashed Power, 
ex-Rawhead Rexx, ex-Mekong Delta, ex-Kaledon, ex-Onkel Tom Angelripper, ex-Beto Vazquez Infinity, ex-Living Death, ex-House of Spirits )
Tuomo Lassila - drums ( Conquest, Timo Tolkki, Timo Tolkki's Avalon )


Main discography:
[ 1989 ] Fright Night
[ 1992 ] II
[ 1994 ] Dreamspace
[ 1995 ] Fourth Dimension
[ 1996 ] Episode
[ 1997 ] Visions
[ 1998 ] Destiny
[ 2000 ] Infinite
[ 2003 ] Elements pt.1
[ 2003 ] Elements pt.2
[ 2005 ] Stratovarius
[ 2009 ] Polaris
[ 2011 ] Elysium
[ 2013 ] Nemesis
[ 2015 ] Eternal