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Avantasia is the solo project of Tobias Sammet
from Edguy. He had always wanted to do an album with a lot of different
vocalists and here is the result - a beautiful and majestic epic performed by
sixteen different musicians and lasting for almost an hour. Among the guests
on this album you can find Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), André Matos (Angra), David
DeFeis (Virgin Steele) and Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius). A power metal opera is
perhaps the best word for this album since most of the musicians on it are
from this genre and it shows in the music. Except for the great prelude the
strongest tracks are "Farewell", "Avantasia" and the two closing ones.
This kind of music would fit perfect as a movie soundtrack with emotional and
majestic songs that moves. This could be a great album for fans of power metal
and progressive rock since some of the best musicians in the world contribute
to the album. Unfortunately some songs tend to be a little boring with nothing
really happening. The things I don´t like about the album are the fact that
the slower songs are a lot better than the faster and the lack of female
vocalists. The only one appearing on the album is Sharon Den Adel (Within
Temptation) and even though she has a great voice and performs really well she
is only featured on one song. That is really weak I think. It was produced by
Tobias Sammet, co-produced by Norman Meiritz, recorded at Rhoen-Studios,
Germany, engineered by Norman Meiritz, mixed at Finnvox-Studios, Finland, by
Mikko Karmila and finally mastered at Finnvox by Mika
Jussila.
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1. Prelude 2. Reach Out For |
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The Light 3. Serpents In Paradise 4. Malleus Maleficarum |
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5. Breaking Away 6. Farewell 7. The Glory Of Rome 8. |
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In Nomine Patris 9. Avantasia 10. A New Dimension 11. |
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Inside 12. Sign Of The Cross 13. The Tower |
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