Stratovarius - kill the king (tribute to Dio)

[@Greebo111]

Blackmore's riffs will live forever. Even by todays standard of guitarist, his work is still outstanding. nice cover too.

[@zygo666]

WOW WOW WOW Good Old Sssschool, Long Live Mr.Blackmore! Great Cover!!!

[@СергейПетров-б3ч]

Ritchie.Dio.Cozy are the best trio in hard rock

[@KazKylheku]

Hey, that's Tolkki doing the vocals, surely! Man, this is so reminiscent of vintage Stratovarius. Think "Chasing Shadows", etc.

[@anewt72690]

@SGguy0425 I prefer this version, largely because of the organ. It sound less...mechanized than Primal Fear's cover.

[@sergiokriznjak5800]

Super!!!!

[@rigoheavymetal]

vocal - timo tolkki

[@fbendz]

@wololoadidas The Intermission album cover says "Lead vocals on 'Kill the king' by Timo Tolkki". I guess that settles it.

[@天野愛-t9i]

この溜める歌い方といい大ティモの声といい北欧を感じるですね

[@Oldminer50]

King R.I.P. DIO

[@aviopenica]

CORRECT !!! Yet peeps run outta focus wasting time about what version is better , and childish things like these. IMMATURE !!!

[@AndreySantos2023]

This album is fantastic but two equal covers (Primal Fear and Stratovarius) !!! One of the two should have opted for another among so many other excellent songs from Dio. For example: Stargazer or Rock 'n' Roll Children.

[@memor1481]

tolkki brutal!!

[@cb5661]

trop bon ! bel hommage à Dio !

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Ronnie James Dio sang this when he was front-man for Richie Blackmore's Rainbow . . . .

[@vaxobedoidze3623]

I love Stratovarius but too much distortion at the start ...

[@eljote3]

Good version RIP DIO

[@msnitejar5637]

A great tribute to the original.

[@Tinskap]

"Vittu mä oo pihalla" "Soita se!" "se on vitun vaikee"

[@Guiskillet]

Is that Tolkki singing?

[@statuaryjean994]

+Guilherme Bales Is Kotipelto what u saying

[@Guiskillet]

Pedrito Grigera no bro, its Tolkki singing, i can assure you that!

[@HeVi-osasto]

+Guilherme Bales Yeah that is Tolkki.

[@Guiskillet]

meetoihin Yeah, I was trying to tell him that, lmao

[@Archigram89]

+Guilherme Bales yeah bro, the MASTER TOLKKI, KOTIPELTO FUCK YOU BITCH

[@fbendz]

@umbe92 If you look at the video the cover says "Holy Dio". Check it out at Amazon, or elsewhere. This particular song is also released on the album "Intermission" by Stratovarius.

[@kenRoberts1984]

Cool \m/

[@fbendz]

@stillofthenightcl It's not Kotipelto, it's Tolkki. No offense, but I don't think they would write that on the Intermission cover if it wasn't true.

[@Bagharvik]

This is not a tribute to Dio This track is older ;) But it's awesome

[@fbendz]

@stillofthenightcl That's true indeed, but we must not forget that Tolkki did the vocals on their first three albums.

[@MORTCINDER09]

buen cover

[@mulcibernebiros1167]

Really fast fucking driving vibes

[@haakonnomme7851]

hyvä koveri

[@ZachValkyrie]

@DuDe1040 We'd probably be learning to play Symphony X in Middle School

[@bazeer]

yeah, you are ) perfect!)

[@uchicha666]

It's interesting. It was recorded in 1998 but Tolkki sings here

[@88speedfreakDrage]

Actually, it was recorded in 1996, as it was included on the 'Father Time' E.P. before this Dio tribute album. :)

[@rigoheavymetal]

@Bagharvik This is a tribute to Dio ;)

[@Angeldarck01]

k buen tributo de Stratovarius a Dio aunk si timo Kotipellto cantaba seria mejor pero = esta bueno

[@brandonsutton3714]

Metallica also did an excellent cover of this song. People just loooooooooove to fucking hate. Both bands hit a fucking home run!

[@kempo_plays9524]

preach!

[@GaiaKirace]

I guess Timo Tolkki sings in this record, am I wrong?

[@perpetual61]

This is 100% Timo Tolkki doing Vocals.

[@fabianmetalhead]

the cover of Heathen for me remains the best

[@INFERIORMARCH]

kill the king by heathen is the best cover

[@Manos14gr]

Im pretty sure today's standards about guitarists have lowered since the old guitarists were way better than the new ones.

[@GammaFZ]

the other way around

[@oooooooooorly]

Liege Lord has the best cover, by far.

[@Failhaid]

this version is good, but i like the Heathen-Version MUCH better

[@kimikoskinen8299]

RB is the King!!!

[@Kuszauke]

"BUT JESTEŚ".(it's polisch, you can translate this)

[@SGguy0425]

Good but Primal Fear's version is is unbeatable!!!

[@jpocalips1]

@stillofthenightcl I'm in total agreement weak sauce.

[@BatroAgencia]

@fbendz Well, if it is thrue, is not bad for a guitar player ;-)

[@DioIsTheBest]

@Bagharvik WTF are you talking about?

[@kempo_plays9524]

I prefer the vocals on this cover over metallica but prefer metallica's instrumental

[@wololoadidas]

No it's Timo Kotipelto, from the album Intermission

[@raphaelagosto905]

awesome drums, anybody got morphine.

[@wololoadidas]

@fbendz Yeah, sorry my bad ^^. \m/

[@danielmares6258]

Nobody sings like Dio

[@carlosluismendez7392]

jorn lande

[@danielmares6258]

@@carlosluismendez7392 Not even close

[@DuDe1040]

@nationalacrobat69 agreed but this is not very hard thing to play..... today kids 12 years old can lear this song note for note.... only thing that can separate guitarist today is creativity.... before when nobody knew anything else than pentatonic when somebody would do sweep or smth he would be god... today you are just another dude that got everything of the web.... if there was tabs and internet then i cant imagine what would be happening nowadays

[@TheUltramarine762]

I liked Metallica's version but now when I listen to this one I think to myself "Wtf was that shit I listened to earlier?" Stratovarious 9/10 on this cover, Metallica 5/10

[@brandonsutton3714]

they're both pretty great

[@TheUltramarine762]

Brandon Sutton Well I'm glad you like the Metallica cover but seriously, the drumming sounded like Lars was in a hurry to take a shit because he couldn't hold it in

[@brandonsutton3714]

Let's be honest, though. Lars's drumming has never exactly been all that fantastic.

[@TheUltramarine762]

Brandon Sutton I think his drumming was pretty good till the Black Album, he was never outstanding but nonetheless good, he's pretty shit nowadays

[@brandonsutton3714]

TheLoneWolf873 I'll pretty much second that

[@jeffreybennett8893]

Cozy Powell's drumming is the best , and if you cover a band (especially they seasoned dudes) you should be able to kick ass without playing it Verbatim. This drummer is just standard. Bullshitzen...

[@izzio_mam1]

jeffrey bennett COZY RULES!!!

[@oooooooooorly]

This doesn't hold a candle to Liege Lord's cover.

[@AlegouveiaII]

infelizmente

[@johnyentes6643]

Yeah, this is definitely not Kotipelto. Kotipelto would have absolutely killed on this track though.

[@Endarfin]

this wouldve been great if done by wasp. ' add: this is good too'

[@argeniscanez9503]

Show Metallica how to cover this song

[@GeorgeFafa]

They would not understand...they have ulrich.

[@whitenoisekingdom8244]

argenis cañez oh really!!!!!? R u fucking kidding me????!!!!!

[@TalkanianRetrogaming]

@@GeorgeFafa ulrich nailed it

[@falcon2239]

Yeah

[@michaelhaller1762]

Better than the shitty Metallica version.

[@ugurcancelebi1066]

Michael Haller nah i liked either

[@TheSERGEAR]

Jorn version is kool also

[@jdhart111]

i disagree

[@TalkanianRetrogaming]

Dude... Metallica covers are so much powerful....

[@BatroAgencia]

That happens when a singer without balls try to sing a RJD classic... I know that Kotipelto is doing his best shot, but clearly is not enough...

[@samboy1288]

vocals? fine. guitar? killer. keyboards? sound pretty damn good. BUT. the biggest problem i've had with stratovarius for a while now is still prevalent. the drums are blandola and STILL TOO LOUD!

[@derekbenkovich5687]

Oh come on, metallica could do this better.

[@Anhedonia_Sins]

lars no es tan buen baterista , y stratovarius tiene mejores musicos . triste pero cierto :)

[@fernando40807]

o Metallica fez muito e muito melhor,mas valeu a homenagem assim mesmo...

[@magnusdering]

BETTER THAN ORIGINAL.....

[@theflash6100]

Magnus Dering sike

[@Faktaunikdankeren]

Magnus Dering nope

[@ryshlovanoodo7591]

Lol nobody can even sing like Dio on one of his bad days.

[@Endarfin]

this wouldve been great if done by wasp.

[@FurbyParade226]

Metallica's is okay. This is better. Jorn's is the best.

[@enriqueceretti1826]

It sucks.