Timo Tolkki introduces the concept of
Stratovarius very well on their debut,
Fright Night. Their somehow idiosyncratic and innovative sound is very fresh for their genre, but the whole album falls apart because there isn't much variety. At this point,
Stratovarius seems to be solely
Tolkki's thing, as the rest of the band doesn't play so well together; most likely
Tolkki is singing only because no one else was found to sing. However, people who find '80s heavy rock attractive will like
Stratovarius' debut, and
Fright Night is surely an important part of
Stratovarius' discography. ~ Antti J. Ravelin