Avantasia!!

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as title.... EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will celebrate its comeback this spring with a new epic masterpiece, to be released on April 3, 2010 as two separate albums and in a limited deluxe edition (in one box set) entitled "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon". The cover artwork for the two CDs was created by Thomas Ewerhard, who also worked on EDGUY's "Hellfire Club" and AVANTASIA's "The Scarecrow" albums. "The Wicked Symphony" track listing: 01. The Wicked Symphony 02. Wastelands 03. Scales Of Justice 04. Dying For An Angel 05. Blizzard On A Broken Mirror 06. Runaway Train 07. Crestfallen 08. Forever Is A Long Time 09. Black Wings 10. States Of Matter 11. The Edge "Angel Of Babylon" track listing: 01. Angel Of Babylon 02. Stargazers 03. Your Love Is Evil 04. Death Is Just A Feeling 05. Rat Race 06. Down In The Dark 07. Blowing Out The Flame 08. Symphony Of Life 09. Alone I Remember 10. Promised Land 2 11. Journey To Arcadia Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of the 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, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD) * Cloudy Yang * Oliver Hartmann (AT VANCE, HARTMANN) * Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA'S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) Regarding his decision to release the next AVANTASIA chapter in two separate CDs, Tobias said, "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in AVANTASIA's history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it for years now, and it has become even more than two albums! "I knew that story would be spread out over two albums back then when we started working on it in 2006, 'cause we had written a real rock opera of over 20 songs even back then. But since then, we kept composing, and out came even bigger and better material. "Looking at the music industry today with all the CD burning and downloading, I guess in the near future many of us traditional rock and metal bands won't be able to spend such a production budget. I am afraid I won't be able to afford so many guests and such a big production with orchestration and a choir and all that. That's why this production takes so much time; it may be the last big epic I will be able to afford, and I want it to be the biggest piece I have worked on so far." Kiske has appeared on every AVANTASIA album so far, including the first two full-length releases, "The Metal Opera" (2001) and "The Metal Opera Pt. II" (2002). On the topic of the new AVANTASIA album's musical direction, Sammet recently stated, "We've got quite many songs, and it ranges from epic ballads to metal opera. From pop to hard rock to folk to speed metal. My best friend, who co-wrote the story of 'The Metal Opera' back then, just listened to some of the tracks and he said that it will blow people away and enchant AVANTASIA fans and it will surely piss people off . . . It's just enchanting music. And these days honest and good music is kind of offending to some, that's pretty sick, isn't it? But as long as I get goose bumps hearing majestic music, I do not really care if I am fashionable or not." The most recent album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Europe during the fourth week of January 2008, according to a press release. "The Scarecrow" was released on January 25, 2008 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl. It features a long list of 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 album produced a Top 10 German hit single, "Lost In Space", and entered the national charts in 15 countries, with the CD landing in the Top 10 in four countries. 網址： http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article& newsitemID=134661 縮網： http://0rz.tw/wk4TI Avantasia兩張新專輯會以分開兩張CD和Boxset形式呈現。細部曲目出現。之前Lost In Space II中的Promised Land，在新專輯中有Part II。這次陣容蠻不錯的。 Klaus Meine (Scorpions主唱)會一起拍MV。:p 新聞中有一小錯，Jorn Lande目前已經回去Masterplan了，不是ex-Masterplan。=_= 很期待新專輯兩張。^^ 另Lost In Space有兩張合發版，多一首不同版本的Lost In Space。 -- I've got to keep breathing. Because tomorrow, the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.72.59.238