| Blackoustic | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kotipelto & Liimatainen |
| Cover: | Blackoustic.jpg |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 2012 |
| Genre: | Acoustic rock |
| Label: | Earmusic |
| Producer: | Jani Liimatainen and Timo Kotipelto |
Blackoustic is a collaborative acoustic album by Stratovarius and Cain's Offering vocalist Timo Kotipelto and ex-Sonata Arctica and Cain's Offering guitarist Jani Liimatainen (credited as Kotipelto & Liimatainen). The album was released on October 19, 2012, and entered the Finnish charts at #13 the first week.[1] The album is self-financed. While initially only sold during performances, the album was eventually released through the Earmusic label, which had released the prior Stratovarius albums since Polaris.[1]
All songs from the album are covers, except for "Where My Rainbow Ends" written by Liimatainen. Regarding the song, Liimatainen commented, "I remembered a song I wrote last winter. Originally it was an instrumental track, but after listening back to it I thought that the melody would work very well with vocals. We rearranged the song into our acoustic format and as a slave of habit I wrote the lyrics for it the night before our last day of recording. It turned out surprisingly beautiful and delicate."[1]
After the release of the album the duo began touring, performing in shows taking place through November 23, 2012.[2]