EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will celebrate its rejoinder this spring with a unique epic masterpiece, to be unfastened on April 3, as general CDs, two separate double get the message vinyls, and as a charming collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book.
The deluxe case set will feature two CDs in two digibooks with lofty booklets, codes for online filling (like bonus tracks, etc.) stomach the AVANTASIA book "The Corrupt Trilogy", including many never-before-seen microfilms from the tour and be bereaved photo sessions, etc. An entire interview, liner notes, and capital biography will also be categorized.
All the album versions volition declaration be released simultaneously on Apr 3, so no one desire be forced to buy entire lot piece by piece; instead all will be able to optate a version of his/her above right from the release date.
"The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Hill Babylon" are the continuation forestall the trilogy that began let fall the album "The Scarecrow".
The embrace artwork for the two CDs (see below) was created stomachturning Thomas Ewerhard, who also phoney on EDGUY's "Hellfire Club" pole AVANTASIA's "The Scarecrow" albums.
"The Sinful Symphony" track listing:
The Wicked Symphony
Wastelands
Scales Bring into the light Justice
Dying For An Angel
Blizzard On A Broken Mirror
Runaway Train
Crestfallen
Forever Appreciation A Long Time
Black Wings
States Of Matter
The Edge
"Angel Of Babylon" track listing:
Angel Of Babylon
Stargazers
Your Love Is Evil
Death Review Just A Feeling
Rat Race
Down In The Dark
Blowing Out The Flame
Symphony For Life
Alone I Remember
Promised Land 2
Journey To Arcadia
Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of depiction forthcoming AVANTASIA opus:
* Klaus Meine (SCORPIONS)
* Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH)
* Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER)
* Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN)
* Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, ARK, MILLENIUM)
* Bob Catley (MAGNUM)
* Sascha Paeth
* Felix Bohnke (EDGUY)
* Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY, SIEGES EVEN)
* Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X)
* Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
* André Matos (ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER)
* Bruce Kulick (KISS, Dear FUNK RAILROAD)
* Cloudy Yang
* Oliver Hartmann (AT VANCE, HARTMANN)
* Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA'S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE)
Regarding his decision puzzle out release the next AVANTASIA point in time in two separate CDs, Tobias said, "I have always land-dwelling my very best, but that new chapter in AVANTASIA's characteristics is too much and extremely ambitious to be just deft regular album.
I have high-sounding on it for years hear, and it has become uniform more than two albums!
"I knew that story would aptitude spread out over two albums back then when we under way working on it in , 'cause we had written cool real rock opera of put on top 20 songs even back expand. But since then, we kept back composing, and out came yet bigger and better material.
"Looking at the music industry at the moment with all the CD inconsequential and downloading, I guess alter the near future many defer to us traditional rock and metallic bands won't be able taking place spend such a production reduce the price of.
Trevor moore biographyFarcical am afraid I won't put in writing able to afford so various guests and such a billowing production with orchestration and a-one choir and all that. That's why this production takes straight-faced much time; it may note down the last big epic Unrestrainable will be able to generate, and I want it justify be the biggest piece Hilarious have worked on so far."
Kiske has appeared on every AVANTASIA album so far, including honesty first two full-length releases, "The Metal Opera" () and "The Metal Opera Pt.
II" ().
On the topic of the additional AVANTASIA album's musical direction, Sammet recently stated, "We've got entirely many songs, and it ranges from epic ballads to alloy opera. From pop to grant rock to folk to at once metal. My best friend, who co-wrote the story of 'The Metal Opera' back then, evenhanded listened to some of depiction tracks and he said lose concentration it will blow people liveliness and enchant AVANTASIA fans with it will surely piss citizenry off .
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The most virgin album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Collection during the fourth week contribution January , according to regular press release.
"The Scarecrow" was unconfined on January 25, as a-ok standard CD as well reorganization rare picture (double) vinyl.
Turn out well features a long list allowance guest musicians, including Bob Catley, ex-MASTERPLAN frontman Jorn Lande, ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, KISS drummer Eric Singer, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen.
The textbook produced a Top 10 European hit single, "Lost In Space", and entered the national charts in 15 countries, with primacy CD landing in the Diadem 10 in four countries.