| Elysium | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Stratovarius |
| Cover: | Stratovarius - 2011 - Elysium.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 2010 at 5 by 5 Audio in Pitäjänmäki |
| Length: | 56:29[2] |
| Label: | Victor |
| Producer: | Matias Kupiainen |
| Prev Title: | Polaris |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Nemesis |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Elysium is the thirteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 12 January 2011 through Victor Entertainment (Japan) and on 14 January through Edel AG (worldwide).[1] It is the last Stratovarius album to feature longtime drummer Jörg Michael, who left the band in 2012. Elysium reached No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 80 in five other countries.[3] [4] "Darkest Hours" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the Finnish singles chart.
The official track listing for Elysium was first announced by keyboardist Jens Johansson on the forum of the band's website on 8 November 2010.[5] The album was released on four different formats: a regular CD; a deluxe Digipak edition CD with a bonus disc containing demos of the entire album; a double-disc collector's edition CD with two bonus tracks on a 7" single; and on vinyl.[1] At a length of 18:07, Elysiums title track is by far the longest Stratovarius song to date. The album cover art was created by Gyula Havancsák and features the same star-shaped spacecraft from Polaris (2009).