(Neoclassical Heavy Metal, Symphonic Power Metal) Timo Tolkki & Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Discography (11 releases incl. Stratovarius demos) (1994-2024), MP3, 320 kbps

01 - Lord Of The Rings (05:41)
02 - Fire Dance Suite (04:58)
03 - Guitar Concerto (02:52)
04 - Northen Lights (02:18)
05 - Capriccio In A Minor (00:24)
06 - Back To The Ice Age (04:48)
07 - Death Of The Swan (03:54)
08 - Soldiers Prayer (04:05)
09 - Flying Samir (03:02)
10 - Sunwinds (02:40)
11 - Greensleeves (02:05)
12 - Solitude (Bonus Track) (04:47)

01 - Primal (00:20)
02 - Key To The Universe (feat. Michael Kiske) (04:05)
03 - Now I Understand (04:24)
04 - Divine (04:32)
05 - Little Boy I Miss You (04:39)
06 - I Believe (05:27)
07 - Are You The One? (feat. Sharon den Adel) (05:07)
08 - Farther (06:25)
09 - Fresh Blue Waters (04:18)
10 - Dear God (05:09)
11 - It's Xmas Morning (04:21)
12 - Hymn To Life (11:36)

01 - Saana Mountain (01:22)
02 - Saana's Theme (00:40)
03 - The End (02:59)
04 - Sadness Of The World (03:33)
05 - 3 At 7 (04:27)
06 - Silence Of The Night (03:03)
07 - Sunrise Of Saana Mountain (01:49)
08 - Journey Of The Crystal Island (01:57)
09 - Crystal Island (02:38)
10 - Freya's Theme (01:38)
11 - You've Come A Long Way (02:22)
12 - The Letter (04:28)
13 - Who Am I? (01:30)
14 - Freya's Teatchings (03:21)
15 - Warriors Of Light (03:28)
16 - Journey To The Azores (04:47)

01 - Avalanche Anthem (feat. Elize Ryd, Russell Allen, Rob Rock) (04:52)
02 - A World Without Us (feat. Elize Ryd, Russell Allen, Rob Rock) (05:43)
03 - Enshrined In My Memory (feat. Elize Ryd) (04:07)
04 - In The Name Of The Rose (feat. Elize Ryd, Russell Allen, Rob Rock) (04:28)
05 - We Will Find A Way (feat. Tony Kakko) (04:24)
06 - Shine (feat. Sharon Den Adel, Elize Ryd, Rob Rock) (03:36)
07 - The Magic Of The Night (feat. Rob Rock) (04:43)
08 - To The Edge Of The Earth (feat. Rob Rock, Jens Johansson, Derek Sherinian) (05:02)
09 - I'll Sing You Home (feat. Elize Ryd) (05:02)
10 - The Land Of New Hope (feat. Michael Kiske) (08:56)
11 - I'll Sing You Home (feat. Elize Ryd) (Acoustic Orchestral Version) (Bonus Track) (05:02)

01 - Song For Eden (feat. Fabio Lione) (00:46)
02 - Jerusalem Is Falling (feat. Fabio Lione) (05:19)
03 - Design The Century (feat. Floor Jansen) (04:25)
04 - Rise Of The 4th Reich (feat. David Defeis) (04:43)
05 - Stargate Atlantis (feat. Fabio Lione) (03:51)
06 - The Paradise Lost (feat. Floor Jansen) (04:16)
07 - You'll Bleed Forever (feat. Floor Jansen) (05:44)
08 - Neon Sirens (feat. Zak Stevens) (04:42)
09 - High Above Of Me (feat. Caterina Nix, Simone Simons, Elize Ryd) (05:20)
10 - Angels Of The Apocalypse (feat. Floor Jansen, Elize Ryd, Simone Simons, Caterina Nix) (09:07)
11 - Garden Of Eden (02:13)
12 - Design The Century (feat. Floor Jansen) (Orchestral Version) (Bonus Track) (04:29)

01 - Enlighten (01:08)
02 - Promises (feat. Todd Michael Hall) (04:45)
03 - Return To Eden (feat. Todd Michael Hall, Zak Stevens, Mariangela Demurtas) (04:46)
04 - Hear My Call (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen) (05:15)
05 - Now And Forever (feat. Todd Michael Hall) (04:10)
06 - Miles Away (feat. Zak Stevens) (04:53)
07 - Limits (feat. Eduard Hovinga) (04:51)
08 - We Are The Ones (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen) (05:02)
09 - Godsend (feat. Mariangela Demurtas, Chiara Tricarico) (04:25)
10 - Give Me Hope (feat. Eduard Hovinga) (05:04)
11 - Wasted Dreams (feat. Zak Stevens) (05:30)
12 - Guiding Star (feat. Mariangela Demurtas) (04:19)
13 - Godsend (feat. Mariangela Demurtas) (Orchestral Version) (Bonus Track) (04:41)

01 - The Enigma Birth (feat. Pellek) (04:33)
02 - I Just Collapse (feat. Caterina Nix) (06:13)
03 - Memories (feat. Caterina Nix, Brittney Slayes) (05:43)
04 - Master Of Hell (feat. Raphael Mendes) (03:51)
05 - Beautiful Lie (feat. James Labrie) (03:51)
06 - Truth (feat. Jake E) (03:48)
07 - Another Day (feat. Marina La Torraca) (05:04)
08 - Beauty And War (feat. Raphael Mendes) (05:17)
09 - Dreaming (feat. Fabio Lione) (06:30)
10 - The Fire And The Sinner (feat. Jake E., Brittney Slayes) (03:05)
11 - Time (feat. Marina La Torraca) (05:58)
12 - Without Fear (feat. Fabio Lione) (04:52)
13 - The Fire And The Sinner (feat. Jake E., Brittney Slayes) (Acoustic Version) (Bonus Track) (03:13)

01 - 4000 Rainy Nights (05:19)
02 - Forever (03:12)
03 - The Land Of Ice And Snow (02:43)
04 - Season Of Faith´s Perfection (03:47)
05 - Before The Winter (04:35)
06 - Celestial Dream (02:28)
07 - Winter (05:03)
08 - Coming Home (04:55)
09 - Key To The Universe 2023 (03:39)
10 - Key To The Universe (feat. Michael Kiske) (Bonus Track) (04:05)
11 - Are You The One? (feat. Sharon den Adel) (Bonus Track) (05:07)
12 - Lord Of The Rings (Bonus Track) (05:41)

01 - Solveig's Song (02:02)
02 - Ultima Thule (feat. Jeff Scott Soto) (06:42)
03 - Kalevala (06:13)
04 - Tolkien's Tundra (03:26)
05 - Soul Of The World (feat. Agnès Milewski) (05:40)
06 - Isä (03:59)
07 - Sturmfrei (02:26)
08 - Faust (feat. Jeff Scott Soto) (06:17)
09 - Under God's Naked Eye (04:38)
10 - Karjalan Kunnailla (03:06)

01 - Break The Ice (04:34)
02 - Hands Of Time (06:09)
03 - Madness Strikes At Midnight (07:31)
04 - The Hills Have Eyes (06:28)
05 - Stratovarius Live In Tampere 1991 (12:58)

01 - Nightfall (04:37)
02 - Distant Skies (04:03)
03 - Against The Wind (03:54)
04 - Galaxies (04:51)
05 - Winter (06:05)
06 - Stratovarius (02:15)
07 - 030366 (06:54)
08 - Twilight Symphony (06:37)
09 - We Hold The Key (07:31)

Timo Tolkki was born 3. 3. 66 in Helsinki Finland. He was 5 years old when he first touched a guitar and started playing when he was 7 years old. Tolkki took guitar lessons up until he was 14 and got his first electric guitar when he was 12 years old.
His first musical influences were The Beatles, ABBA and The Shadows. When he heard “Smoke on the Water” playing on the radio, it changed the course of his playing and he started buying copies of Rainbow and Deep Purple’s albums. His ever first album bought was “Rainbow: On Stage”. Tolkki also found the myriad of guitar heroes existing in the beginning of the early 80’s including Randy Rhoads, Gary Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen. They all had a profound impact in Tolkki’s own playing style combined with his love for the classical music.
After series of local bands he got a phonecall from Tuomo Lassila if he would like to join a band called Stratovarius. To correct a common false information, Stratovarius was actually formed during winter of 1984 and Tolkki joined the band just 2 months after it was formed.
A series of shows and demos were made and Tolkki took relatively quickly a complete control of the band’s artistic direction and also the management duties. This lasted up until 1995 and resulted in 4 albums: “Fright Night”, “Twilight Time”, “Dreamspace” and “4th Dimension”. During this time, the band achieved a considerable success in Japan and 4th Dimension is still the most successful Stratovarius album in Japan with the sales figure of 75 000 copies.
While the band was already in studio recording the 4th Dimension album, Tolkki decided to quit singing and an unknown singer called Timo Kotipelto was chosen as the new vocalist. In a dramatic move after the tour of 4th Dimension, Tolkki fired Tuomo Lassila and Antti Ikonen citing “lack of interest towards the music and the band” as the main reason and recruited Jens Johansson and Joerg Michael as their replacement.
What was to follow was the history in Melodic Power Metal. The band recorded 4 albums between 1996-2000: “Episode”, ”Visions”, “Destiny and “Infinite” and made 4 world tours. Earned 3 consequetive gold discs from the sales of Finland and won a Finnish Grammy. The influence of Stratovarius as the leading force of Melodic Power Metal was justified. During this time Tolkki was still in complete control of the band’s artistic and musical direction and was responsible in writing the biggest hits of Stratovarius ever such as “Black Diamond”, “Hunting High and Low”, “The Kiss of Judas” and “Forever”. He has written over 200 songs for the band and produced all the albums while he was in the band.
Elements pt 1 & 2 were an effort to take the sound of the band even further using real Symphonic Orchestra. The band made its biggest world tour with these albums.
The readers of the renowned American Guitar World Magazine chose Timo Tolkki to the cathegory of 50 fastest guitar players of all time and position 88 in the cathegory of most influential metal guitar player of all time.
The years 2004-2007 were very difficult time for the band due to Tolkki’s illness, but they managed to record a self titled album in 2005 and made a world tour in 2006. After a series of personal, financial and politicial reasons, Tolkki left Stratovarius in October 2007 explaining his views to the band and the management clearly in an email asking for further discussion. His explanations were not understood and the both parties remain in disagreement about what happened until today.
After his departure from Stratovarius, he has had 2 bands: Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia and he has made solo albums.
Today he is taking things more lightly running a mixing studio called “Studiotolkki” and releasing music when he feels like. May 2013 will see a worldwide release from Frontiers Records of Tolkki’s new Metal Opera called: “The Land of New Hope” which includes musical talents of Michael Kiske, Sharon Den Adel, Elize Ryd, Rob Rock, Russell Allen, Tony Kakko, Jens Johansson, Derek Sherinian and Alex Holzwarth.
On 8 January 2013, Tolkki announced the opening of a new mixing and mastering studio named Studiotolkki, located in Helsinki, Finland.[11]
In February 2013, Timo announced his new project, Avalon, featuring a group of guest musicians such as Michael Kiske (Unisonic, Helloween), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Russell Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Star One), Rob Rock (Impellitteri, M.A.R.S.), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Yngwie Malmsteen), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire). The album, released on 17 May 2013, follows a story set in a post-apocalyptic future. In 2055, Earth has been almost destroyed by natural catastrophes, and a small group of survivors decide to set off a journey to find a sacred place known as The Land of New Hope.
In October 2013 Timo launched a news website for the project in which he announced the sequel to The Land of New Hope, which was provisionally titled Avalon II. The cast of guest musicians will be revealed one by one. Simone Simons of Epica fame is the first confirmed singer. Floor Jansen will play the leading role. It was also announced that Timo's former bandmates in Stratovarius, drummer Tuomo Lassila and keyboardist Antti Ikonen will play on this album.
A European tour was planned for May 2014, coinciding with the release of the album.
On 28 January, Timo revealed title of the album (Angels of the Apocalypse) and the rest of the cast: Fabio Lione (Rhapsody of Fire, Angra), David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and Caterina Nix. Timo also announced that there will be a contest for guitar and keyboard players, with the winners getting a chance to perform a solo with him in one of the songs.
In June 2019, Timo Tolkki released the third part of the Avalon trilogy, the album Return to Eden, with the main working song, "Promises".
In 2021, Timo Tolkki releases his new solo album with "Infinite Visions" project's songs, called "Union Magnetica", as the fourth Avalon album, which is called "The Enigma Birth", with many musicians as guests. The new metal opera album has the main working songs "Master of Hell" and "The Fire and the Sinner".

Timo Tolkki Vocals, Guitars, Bass (1994-present)