Revolution Renaissance was a multinational power metal band founded by guitarist Timo Tolkki after he left Stratovarius in 2008. The band released three studio albums before disbanding in 2010.
The studio lineup for the New Era album was Michael Kiske, Tobias Sammet and Pasi Rantanen on vocals, Pasi Heikkilä on bass, Joonas Puolakka on keyboards, and Mirka Rantanen on drums. Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup, which was announced later.
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In March 2009, the band released their second album Age of Aquarius with a permanent lineup when Gus Monsanto joined the band as the new lead singer. The band said that it was "by far the darkest, heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in.".[1] In October 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences.
In an interview with the Finnish news website kp24 published on 10 May, Timo Tolkki announced that Greek Firewind and Outloud keyboarder Bob Katsionis was the new keyboard player of the band and that they were currently mixing their third and final album, Trinity, which was released in fall.[3]
On 28 July Tolkki announced the break-up of Revolution Renaissance. He commented by saying:
"Due to my private problems, the lack of interest in Revolution Renaissance, shown by the promoters, and the current situation in the music industry that affects to everything including the production budgets, it has become impossible to continue the band. We have tried to book shows in these last three years, but we haven't been able to do so. A rock band cannot exist without direct contact to its fans. Therefore I have no other choice but to make the decision to stop the band and its activities due to the above-mentioned reasons. The third and final album of the band will be released at the end of September. From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank all the fans of my music throughout the years. It's been a great journey."
The third Revolution Renaissance album, titled Trinity, was released later in the year through Napalm Records.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for music Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Revolution Renaissance news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Revolution Renaissance news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Revolution Renaissance was a multinational power metal band founded by guitarist Timo Tolkki after he left Stratovarius in 2008 The band released three studio albums before disbanding in 2010 Revolution RenaissanceBackground informationOriginHelsinki FinlandGenresPower metal Neoclassical metalYears active2008 2010LabelsScarlet NapalmMembersTimo TolkkiBruno AgraGus MonsantoMagnus RosenBob KatsionisWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 1 1 New Era 1 2 Age of Aquarius 1 3 Trinity and breakup 2 Band members 2 1 Last line up 2 2 Former members 2 3 Session members 3 Discography 3 1 Studio albums 3 2 Demos 4 Notes and references 5 External linksHistory editNew Era edit The studio lineup for the New Era album was Michael Kiske Tobias Sammet and Pasi Rantanen on vocals Pasi Heikkila on bass Joonas Puolakka on keyboards and Mirka Rantanen on drums Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup which was announced later Age of Aquarius edit In March 2009 the band released their second album Age of Aquarius with a permanent lineup when Gus Monsanto joined the band as the new lead singer The band said that it was by far the darkest heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in 1 In October 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences On 1 November 2009 Blabbermouth net reported that Magnus Rosen former bass player for HammerFall joined Revolution Renaissance 2 Trinity and breakup edit In an interview with the Finnish news website kp24 published on 10 May Timo Tolkki announced that Greek Firewind and Outloud keyboarder Bob Katsionis was the new keyboard player of the band and that they were currently mixing their third and final album Trinity which was released in fall 3 On 28 July Tolkki announced the break up of Revolution Renaissance He commented by saying Due to my private problems the lack of interest in Revolution Renaissance shown by the promoters and the current situation in the music industry that affects to everything including the production budgets it has become impossible to continue the band We have tried to book shows in these last three years but we haven t been able to do so A rock band cannot exist without direct contact to its fans Therefore I have no other choice but to make the decision to stop the band and its activities due to the above mentioned reasons The third and final album of the band will be released at the end of September From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank all the fans of my music throughout the years It s been a great journey The third Revolution Renaissance album titled Trinity was released later in the year through Napalm Records Band members editLast line up edit Timo Tolkki guitar 2008 2010 Gus Monsanto vocals 2008 2010 Bruno Agra drums 2008 2010 Magnus Rosen bass 2009 2010 Bob Katsionis keyboards 2010 Former members edit Mike Khalilov keyboards 2008 2009 Justin Biggs bass 2008 2009 Session members edit Michael Kiske vocals Tobias Sammet vocals Pasi Rantanen vocals Pasi Heikkila bass Joonas Puolakka keyboards Mirka Rantanen drums Magdalena Lee vocals Tears Of Magdalena Iva Gluhak vocalsDiscography editStudio albums edit New Era 2008 Age of Aquarius 2009 Trinity 2010 Demos edit Untitled Demo 2008 Notes and references edit Revolution Renaissance News Archived from the original on 26 December 2008 Retrieved 26 December 2008 Revolution Renaissance Joined By Former Hammerfall Bassist Blabbermouth net BLABBERMOUTH NET Archived from the original on 8 September 2012 Retrieved 24 January 2015 Moniaistillista ilotulittelua Vaasassa Retrieved 24 January 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Revolution Renaissance amp oldid 1189324165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
