Avantasia - Ghostlights (2016)

Symphonic Power Metal from Germany

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

 Line Up:

Tobias Sammet - Vocals, Additional Bass, Additional Keyboards (Edguy)
Sascha Paeth - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Heavens Gate, ex-Luca Turilli, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, ex-Redkey
Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration (Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Luca Turilli)

Guest Musicians:

Jørn Lande - Vocals (Allen - Lande, Jorn, Jorn Lande & Trond Holter, ex-Mundanus Imperium, ex-Masterplan, ex-Millenium, ex-Wild Willy's Gang, ex-Avantasia (live), ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen (live), ex-Ark, ex-Beyond Twilight, ex-Brazen Abbot, ex-Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus, ex-The Snakes, ex-Vagabond)
Ronnie Atkins - Vocals (Pretty Maids, Avantasia (live), ex-L.A.)
Robert Mason - Vocals (Warrant, ex-Cry Of Love, ex-James Byrd, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Ratt, ex-Washed)
Dee Snider - Vocals (Dee Snider, Twisted Sister, Van Helsing's Curse, ex-Desperado, ex-Widowmaker, ex-Brighton Rock, ex-Harlequin, ex-Heathen, ex-Peacock)
Geoff Tate - Vocals (Geoff Tate, Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Hear 'n Aid, ex-Queensrÿche, ex-The Mob, ex-Queensrÿche, ex-Myth)
Michael Kiske - Vocals (Kiske / Somerville, Unisonic, Avantasia (live), ex-Ill Prophecy, Michael Kiske, Place Vendome, ex-Helloween, ex-SupaRed)
Herbie Langhans - Vocals (Beyond the Bridge, Sinbreed, Whispers in Crimson, ex-Seventh Avenue, ex-The Preachers, ex-Neoshine)
Marco Hietala - Vocals (Nightwish, Raskasta Joulua, Tarot, Northern Kings, Sapattivuosi, ex-Conquest, ex-Sinergy)
Sharon den Adel - Vocals (Within Temptation)
Bob Catley - Vocals (Bob Catley, Magnum, Avantasia (live), ex-Hard Rain)
Oliver Hartmann - Guitars (Hartmann, Echoes, ex-At Vance, ex-Empty Tremor, ex-Iron Mask)
Bruce Kulick - Guitars (Bruce Kulick, Grand Funk Railroad, ex-Billy Squire, ex-Blackjack, ex-E.S.P. (Eric Singer Project), ex-Kiss, ex-Legacy X, ex-Union)
Felix Bohnke - Drums (Edguy, Avantasia (live), ex-Saints & Preachers, ex-Taraxacum, ex-Exiled, ex-Merciless Gnom)

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Tracklist:

1. Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose

Lead Vocals: Tobias

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth

2. Let The Storm Descend Upon You

Lead Vocals: Tobias, Jorn Lande, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason

Lead Guitar: Oliver Hartmann

3. The Haunting

Lead Vocals: Dee Snider, Tobias

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth

4. Seduction Of Decay

Lead Vocals: Geoff Tate, Tobias

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth

5. Ghostlights

Lead Vocals: Michael Kiske, Tobias, Jorn Lande

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann

6. Draconian Love

Lead Vocals: Herbie Langhans, Tobias

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth

7. Master Of The Pendulum

Lead Vocals: Marco Hietala, Tobias

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth

8. Isle Of Evermore

Lead Vocals: Sharon Den Adel, Tobias

9. Babylon Vampyres

Lead Vocals: Tobias, Robert Mason

Lead Guitar: Bruce Kulick, Oliver Hartmann, Sascha Paeth

10. Lucifer

Lead Vocals: Jorn Lande, Tobias

Lead Guitar: Bruce Kulick

11. Unchain The Light

Lead Vocals: Tobias, Ronnie Atkins, Michael Kiske

Lead Guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann

12. A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies

Lead vocals: Bob Catley, Tobias

Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick

Digibook Bonus Track:

13. Wake Up To The Moon

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Release Date: January 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records

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Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time (2013)

 

Symphonic Power Metal from Germany

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

Line Up:

Tobias Sammet - Vocals (Edguy)
Joe Lynn Turner - Vocals (Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen)
Biff Byford - Vocals (Saxon)

Michael Kiske - Vocals (Kiske / Somerville, Unisonic, ex-Ill Prophecy, Michael Kiske, Place Vendome, ex-Helloween, ex-SupaRed)

Cloudy Yang - Vocals
Ronnie Atkins - Vocals (Pretty Maids, ex-L.A.)

Eric Martin - Vocals (MR. BIG)
Bob Catley - Vocals (Bob Catley, Magnum, ex-Hard Rain)

Sascha Paeth - Guitars (Redkey, Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Heavens Gate, ex-Luca Turilli, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)

Bruce Kulick - Guitars (Kiss)

Oliver Hartmann - Guitars, Vocals (Hartmann, ex-At Vance, ex-Empty Tremor, ex-Iron Mask)

Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Guitars (Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Ayreon, Guilt Machine, Star One, ex-Ambeon, ex-Bodine, ex-Erik Norlander, ex-Galexia, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Vengeance, ex-Strange Hobby)
Ferdy Doernberg - Keyboards (Axel Rudi Pell, Mike Terrana, Roland Grapow, Rough Silk, Shock Machine, ex-Dezperadoz, ex-Eden's Curse, ex-Rick Renstrom, ex-Taraxacum, Freedom Call (live))

Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration (Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Luca Turilli)

Russell Gilbrook - Drums (Uriah Heep, Sarah Brightman, Rammstein)

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 EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project - released their sixth full-length album entitled "The Mystery Of Time", on March 29th, 2013 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"The Mystery Of Time" features guest appearances such as Michael Kiske (UNISONIC, HELLOWEEN), legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), SAXON frontman Biff Byford, PRETTY MAIDS frontman Ronnie Atkins, MAGNUM frontman Bob Catley, MR. BIG frontman Eric Martin, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, drummer Russell Gilbrook of URIAH HEEP and AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (also ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE).

The new AVANTASIA CD was recorded at VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, EDGUY, EPICA, RHAPSODY). 

Immediately after the release of "The Mystery Of Time", a metal opera based on a story written by Sammet, the band will embark on a full-fledged indoor tour, during which the band and special guests will bring the epic undertaking to the stage. 

Since the performances will embrace all the different eras and history of AVANTASIA, these shows will feature an extended playing time and the entire evening will be dedicated to AVANTASIA with no support acts. 

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Tracklist: 

1. Spectres
2. The Watchmakers' Dream
3. Black Orchid
4. Where Clock Hands Freeze
5. Sleepwalking
6. Savior In The Clockwork
7. Invoke The Machine
8. What's Left Of Me
9. Dweller In A Dream
10. The Great Mystery

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Release Date: March 29th, 2013 

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Avantasia - Sleepwalking [Single] (2013)

 

Symphonic Power Metal from Germany

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

Line Up:

Tobias Sammet - Vocals (Edguy)

Cloudy Yang - Vocals

Sascha Paeth - Guitars (Redkey, Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Heavens Gate, ex-Luca Turilli, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)

Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration (Trillium, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Luca Turilli)

Russell Gilbrook - Drums (Uriah Heep, Sarah Brightman, Rammstein)

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The single "Sleepwalking" from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will be available as a digital download, featuring a duet between Tobias and female vocalist Cloudy Yang. This single is available on March 24th, 2013.

"Sleepwalking" comes off AVANTASIA's new album, "The Mystery Of Time", which will be released on March 30. The effort will be made available as a regular CD, limited-edition vinyl and limited-edition hardcover book with a 28-page booklet containing ten regular songs and two bonus tracks ("The Cross And You" and "Death Is Just A Feeling"). The cover artwork was hand-painted by world acclaimed British fantasy artist Rodney Matthews. Among Rodney's most famous artworks are not only album covers for rock legends such as MAGNUM, THIN LIZZY, ASIA and NAZARETH.

"The Mystery Of Time" will feature guest appearances by Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Michael Kiske (UNISONIC, HELLOWEEN), SAXON frontman Biff Byford, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, drummer Russell Gilbrook of URIAH HEEP, AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (also ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE), Ronnie Atkins of Danish hard rock veterans PRETTY MAIDS and MR. BIG frontman Eric Martin.

The new AVANTASIA CD was recorded in part at VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, EDGUY, EPICA, RHAPSODY). 

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Tracklist: 

1. Sleepwalking

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Release Date: March 24th, 2013 

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Avantasia - Wacken Open Air (2011)

Symphonic Power Metal from Germany
49:48 Minutes

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Line Up:

Tobias Sammet - Vocals, Keyboards (Edguy)
Sascha Paeth - Guitars (Luca Turilli, Redkey, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Heavens Gate, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)
Oliver Hartmann - Guitars, Vocals (Hartmann, ex-At Vance, ex-Empty Tremor)
Robert Hunecke Rizzo - Bass (Luca Turilli, Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Heavens Gate, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)
Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration (Aina, Virgo (Matos/Paeth), ex-Kamelot, ex-Luca Turilli)
Felix Bohnke - Drums (Edguy, ex-Saints & Preachers, ex-Taraxacum)

Special Guests:

Amanda Somerville-Scharf - Backing Vocals (HDK, Kiske/Somerville, Epica (live), Aina)
Bob Catley - Vocals (Bob Catley)
Jørn Lande - Vocals (Allen/Lande, Jørn, Masterplan, ex-Mundanus Imperium, ex-Beyond Twilight, ex-Millenium, ex-Wild Willy's Gang, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen (live), ex-Ark)
Kai Hansen - Vocals (Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween, ex-Iron Savior)
Michael Kiske - Vocals (Kiske/Somerville, ex-Ill Prophecy, ex-Helloween)

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AVANTASIA — the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet — closed out this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival on Saturday, August 6 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The concert, which was broadcast live on German TV station ZDFkultur, can now be seen below. (Note: ZDFkultur only aired a portion of the performance.)

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Setlist:

1. Twisted Mind
2. The Scarecrow (with Jørn Lande)
3. Promised Land (with Jørn Lande)
4. The Story Ain't Over (with Bob Catley)
5. Prelud / Reach Out For The Light (with Michael Kiske)
6. Dying For An Angel (with Michael Kiske)
7. Death Is Just a Feeling (with Kai Hansen)
8. Lost in Space
9. Farewell (with Amanda Somerville)
10. The Wicked Symphony (with Jørn Lande)

Encore:

11. Shelter From The Rain
12. Avantasia
13. Sign Of The Cross / The Seven Angels

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Release Date: August 6th, 2011

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