Stratovarius — Chania Rock Festival, 2025

Filmed live concert by Stratovarius headlining the opening day of the Chania Rock Festival 2025, at the Eastern Moat Theatre in Chania (Crete, Greece), on 26 July 2025 — the band’s first-ever appearance on the island. A major name in Finnish melodic power metal, the outfit led by singer Timo Kotipelto (with Matias Kupiainen on guitar, Lauri Porra on bass, virtuoso Jens Johansson on keys and Rolf Pilve on drums) rolls out its classics: Speed of Light, Eagleheart, Black Diamond, Hunting High and Low. Anthemic choruses, guitar-versus-keyboard duels and fast rhythms define this open-air metal live, captured in a history-laden moat theatre. The two-day festival also gathered Kreator, Geoff Tate and Rotting Christ. A power-metal full concert to enjoy for fans of European melodic heavy and 2025 festival captures. Active since the 1980s, Stratovarius remains a reference of European power metal, and this Cretan date is part of a long summer tour. An open-air capture ideal for a full viewing.