Survive

Survive (2022)

When their plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain, Jane and Paul have to fight for their lives as the only remaining survivors. Together they embark on a harrowing journey out of the wilderness.

Date of release
2022-05-12
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (56)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Director
Mark Pellington

Casting

Interesting facts

Survive is the sixteenth studio album by Finnish power metal band Stratovarius, released on 23 September 2022. It is the first studio album of the band in seven years.

Background

Seven years following the bands previous studio album (Eternal), an abnormally long period for the band. This was partly due to COVID-19 pandemic. The album was produced and mixed by Matias Kupiainen. Due to pandemic-related limitations, the band could not record everything in one place — while Kotipelto's personal studio in Finland served as the main recording location, the drum tracks were laid down in Helsinki, and Jens Johansson recorded his…

Like other albums by the band, Survive addresses the themes of the environment and the future of humanity and survival. The cover art, designed by Havancsák Gyula, also evokes the theme of ecology, depicting a human skull and garbage in a landfill. The green plant growing out of the skull is inspired by a scene from the film WALL-E, in which a shoe is seen with a plant growing out of it.

Johansson stated in an interview “There was a global pandemic, and all kinds of crazy s**t was going on… Some of the lyrics are perhaps less uplifting than they could have been, but that reflects our mood at the time.” “There’s a lot of positive stuff on there as well.”

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