Avantasia
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Avantasia (The Metal Opera) is a two-part metal opera album written by Tobias Sammet, vocalist in the power metal group Edguy. The Metal Opera (Part I) was released in 2001, while The Metal Opera (Part II) came in 2002. Both albums were released by Century Media.
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The music
The opera is set in medieval Europe. Gnosticism, Catholicism and elves and dwarves feature heavily in the plot. Avantasia comes from the words "Avalon" and "Fantasia", and it's related to a place beyond human imagination in the Album's tale.
The band
The music was written and composed by Tobias Sammet, and he recruited different vocalists; Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius), David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), André Matos (formerly Angra), Rob Rock (Warrior) and Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation).
The band itself consisted of guitarists Jens Ludwig (Edguy) and Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray), bassist Markus Grosskopf (Helloween), and drummer Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody).
Track list
Part 1
- Prelude (Intro)
- Reach Out for the Light
- Serpents in Paradise
- Malleus Maleficarum (Interlude)
- Breaking Away
- Farewell
- The Glory of Rome
- In Nomine Patris (Interlude)
- Avantasia
- A New Dimension (Interlude)
- Inside
- Sign of the Cross
- The Tower
Part 2
- The Seven Angels
- No Return
- The Looking Glass
- In Quest For
- The Final Sacrifice
- Neverland
- Anywhere
- Chalice of Agony
- Memory
- Into the Unknown