Survive (Stratovarius album)
2022 studio album by Stratovarius
Survive is the sixteenth studio album by Finnish power metal band Stratovarius, released on 23 September 2022. It is the first studio album of the band in seven years.
The album reached number 1 on the Finnish Charts, while also managing to chart in several other European music charts.
Background
Seven years following the bands previous studio album (Eternal), an abnormally long period for the band. This was partly due to COVID-19 pandemic. The album was produced and mixed by Matias Kupiainen. Due to pandemic-related limitations, the band could not record everything in one place — while Kotipelto's personal studio in Finland served as the main recording location, the drum tracks were laid down in Helsinki, and Jens Johansson recorded his keyboard parts separately at his studio in Sweden.
Like other albums by the band, Survive addresses the themes of the environment and the future of humanity and survival. The cover art, designed by Havancsák Gyula, also evokes the theme of ecology, depicting a human skull and garbage in a landfill. The green plant growing out of the skull is inspired by a scene from the film WALL-E, in which a shoe is seen with a plant growing out of it.
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