This is the comprehensive discography of Stratovarius, a power metal band from Finland. Their discography consists of 16 studio albums, six video albums, and 27 EPs. They have sold over 4 million records worldwide. The group released their debut album Fright Night in 1989 which peaked at number 48 on the Finnish Charts. They followed this up with their 1992 sophomore album Twilight Time which peaked at number 43 on the Japanese charts. Their third album Dream Space which was released in 1994 continued the success in Japan peaking at 26. The 4th album see a major change as Timo Tolkki stepped down as lead vocalist in favor of Timo Kotipelto, Fourth Dimension was then released 1995 and peaked at number 33 in Finland and 26 in Japan.

One year later in 1996 they released Episode which returned them back to the Finnish Charts peaking at 21, while also peaking at 20 in Japan. In 1997 they released Visions which peaked at number 4 on the Finnish Charts. The album quickly sold 20,000 copies and became their first album to be certified gold by the IFPI. The following year in 1998 they released their seventh album Destiny, which became the bands first album to top the Finnish charts and has since been certified gold by the IFPI.

The band then signed with Nuclear Blast Records to release Infinite in 2000. The album became their second in a row to reach No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, it also reached the top 100 in six other countries. It became the bands 3rd straight to be certified gold in June 2013. 3 years later they released their 9th studio album Elements Pt. 1. The album reached No. 2 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries. "Eagleheart" was released as a single, also reaching No. 2 on the Finnish singles chart. 9 months later their 10th album Elements Pt. 2 which charted at number 4 on the Finnish Charts. In 2005 they returned to Sanctuary Records to release their 11th album a self titled record. The album reached No. 4 on the Finnish albums chart as well as the top 100 in six other countries.

They then signed with Edel Music/JVC Victor records to release Polaris in 2009, this was the first album to not feature founding member Timo Tolkki. The album reached No. 2 on the Finnish charts, as well as reaching the top 70 in five other countries. Their 13th album Elysium was released in 2011 and brought the band back to No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 80 in five other countries. 2 years later their 14th album Nemesis was released and peaked at 3 Finnish albums chart and charted in the top 100 in 10 other countries with 6 of them being in the top 50. In 2015 their 15th album Eternal was released and reached No. 5 on the Finnish albums chart, also charting in 8 other countries. After the bands longest hiatus in between records they released their 16th and most recent album Survive which gave them their 4th record to top the Finnish albums chart. While once again charting in the top 100 in several other countries.

Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, showing record label, release date and selected chart positions Title Label Released FIN CH ESP FRA GER GRE BE JPN SWEATItalCertification Fright NightCBS Finland/ Sony Music 11 May 1989 48 - - - - - - - - - -Twilight TimeSanctuary/Noise20 February 1992 - - - - - - - 43 - - -Dreamspace 9 February 1994 - - - - - - - 26 - - -Fourth Dimension 11 March 1995 33 - - - - - - 26 - - -Episode 22 April 1996 21 - - - - - - 20 - - -Visions 28 April 1997 4 - - - - - - 18 - - -IFPI: GoldDestiny 5 October 1998 1 - - - 89 - - 31 - - -IFPI: GoldInfiniteNuclear Blast 28 February 2000 1 - - - 28 32 - 29 - - -IFPI: GoldElements Pt. 127 January 2003 2 91 - 42 27 - - 22 46 - -Elements Pt. 2 27 October 2003 4 - 93 74 75 - - 38 - - -StratovariusSanctuary 5 September 2005 4 92 - 88 58 - 39 37 - 52PolarisEdel Music/JVC Victor 15 May 2009 2 57 - 62 55 - - 32 - - 47Elysium12 January 2011 1 45 - 70 38 - 80 45 - - -IFPI: PlatinumNemesis22 February 2013 3 30 32 82 41 - 59 17 44 62 -IFPI: PlatinumEternal11 September 2015 5 22 - 61 27 - 45 16 - 69 -Survive 23 September 2022 1 6 - 125 30 - 126 7 - 63 -

Compilation albums Title Label Released FIN CH FRA GERBEThe Past and NowImport24 July 1997 - - - -The Chosen OnesNoise9 November 1999 7 - - -14 Diamonds - Best Of StratovariusJVC Japan21 June 2000 - - - -IntermissionNuclear Blast26 June 2001 7 85 91 73Black Diamond: The AnthologyNoise24 April 2006 - - - -Infinite VisionsNuclear Blast17 Sep 2009 - - - -Best OfEdel Music20 May 2016 12 - - -197Enigma: Intermission 2Edel Music28 September 2018 16 69 - -200

Live albums Title Label ReleasedLive! Visions of EuropeNoise1998Polaris Live Edel Music2010Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere2012Visions of Destiny2016Live at Wacken2016Live Under the Southern Cross – South America 20192022

DVD Acoustic Madrid (V/H/S) Unknown label1998Visions Of DestinyNuclear Blast1999Infinite VisionsNuclear Blast2000Under Flaming Winter Skies (Live in Tampere - The Jörg Michael Farewell Tour)Edel Music2012Nemesis DaysEdel Music2014Live at Loud Park FestivalEdel Music2015

Singles +YearTitleFinSwissGERSpaItalAlbum1988“Future Shock” - - - - -Fright Night1989“Black Night” - - - - -1992"Break the Ice" - - - - -Twilight Time"Lead Us into the Light" - - - - -1995“Against the Wind” - - - - -Fourth Dimension1996"Father Time" - - - - -Episode"Uncertainty” - - - - -1997"BlackDiamond" - - - - -Visions"The Kiss Of Judas" - - - - -1998“SOS”2 - - - -Destiny"No Turning Back" - - - - -“Years Go By” - - - - -2000“Hunting High and Low”4 - - -21Infinte“Millennium” - - - - -“A Million Light Years Away"14 - - - -"Celestial Dream" - - - - -2003"Eagleheart"2 - - - -Elements Pt. 1“I Walk to My Own Song”9 - - - -Elements Pt. 22005“Maniac Dance”4829317 -Stratovarius2009"Deep Unknown"20 - - - -Polaris"Higher We Go” - - - - -2010"Darkest Hours"4 - - - -Elysium"Infernal Maze" - - - - -2013“Unbreakble” - - - - -Nemesis2018“Oblivion” - - - - -Enigma: Intermission II"Unbreakable (Orchestral Version)" - - - - -2022“Survive” - - - - -Survive"World on Fire" - - - - -"Firefly" - - - - -"Frozen in Time" - - - - -Source

EPs "Future Shock" (1988) "Black Night" (1989) "Break The Ice" (1991) "Wings Of Tomorrow" (1994) "Father Time" (1996) "Will The Sun Rise?" (1996) "Black Diamond" (1997) "The Kiss Of Judas" (1997) "S.O.S." (1998) "Hunting High And Low" (2000) "It's a Mystery" (2000) "A Million Light Years Away" (2000) "Eagleheart" (2002) "I Walk To My Own Song" (2003) "Maniac Dance" (2005) "Deep Unknown" (2009) "Darkest Hours" (2010) "Unbreakable" (2013) "Unbreakable" (Orchestral Version) (2018) "Enigma / Act II" (2018) "Survive" (2022) "World On Fire" (2022) "Firefly" (2022) "Frozen In Time" (2022) "Heroes" (2024) "Demand" (2024) "Abandon" (2024)

Music videos "Future Shock" (1988) "Break The Ice" (live) (1992) "Against The Wind" (First version) (1995) "Against The Wind" (Second version) (1995) "Distant Skies" (live) (1995) "Speed Of Light" (1996) "Black Diamond" (1997) "The Kiss Of Judas" (1997) "Hold On To Your Dream" (Unplugged) (1998) "S. O. S." (1998) "Speed Of Light (live) (1999) "S. O .S." (live) (1999) "Coming Home" (live) (1999) "Hunting High And Low" (2000) "A Million Light Years Away" (2000) "Freedom" (2000) "Eagleheart" (2003) "I Walk To My Own Song" (2003) "Maniac Dance" (2005) "Black Diamond" (live) (2005) "Phoenix" (live) (2006) "Deep Unknown" (2009) "Under Flaming Skies" (2011) "I Walk To My Own Song" (live) (2012) "Deep Unknown (live) (2012) "Eagleheart" (live) (2012) "Paradise" (live) (2012) "Visions" (live) (2012) "Black Diamond" (live) (2012) "Father Time (live) (2012) "Hunting High And Low" (live) (2012) "Halcyon Days" (2013) "Unbreakable" (2013) "If The Story Is Over" (2014) "Shine In The Dark" (lyric video) (2015) "My Eternal Dream" (2015) "Shine In The Dark" (2015) "Until The End Of Days" (2016) "My Eternal Dream" (live) (2017) "Unbreakable (Orchestral Version)" (lyric video) (2018) "Survive" (lyric video) (2022) "World On Fire" (2022) "Firefly" (2022) "Broken" (2022) "Speed Of Light" (live) (2022) "Survive" (2022) "Forever Free" (live) (2022) "Heroes" (lyric video) (2024) "We Hold The Key" (live) (2024) "Demand" (2024) "Falling Star" (lyric video) (2024) "Event Horizon" (lyric video) (2024) "Abandon" (lyric video) (2024) "Dragons" (lyric video) (2024) "Winter Skiest" (lyric video) (2025) "Millennium" (lyric video) (2026) "Phoenix" (lyric video) (2026)

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