In Paradisum is the debut and only album by multinational power metal band Symfonia, released on March 25, 2011, in Japan and April 1, 2011, in Europe.
In paradisum (English: "Into paradise") is an antiphon from the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.
Work on vocals started on the first day of 2011 in a cabin on top of a mountain, where Matos and Tolkki remained isolated with no internet or telephone.
[2] Regarding the music of the album, Matos said:[2] [...] one thing that I always said on interviews [...], was the following: 'Symfonia is not supposed to be a band or a project that was meant to reinvent the style [...].
What we wanted was to get all those famous musicians together who somehow had their highlights in this specific musical field and see what comes out of it.