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General Discussion / New Avantasia epic in the making!
« on: August 14, 2012, 03:51:53 pm »
I debated whether or not to share this, but I decided that I should. As you can see by my avatar (the album cover for Avantasia's latest release and end of the Scarecrow story, Angel of Babylon), I'm a large fan of Avantasia. Avantasia is a metal opera by German mastermind, Tobias Sammet. Basically, he gathers a bunch of his favourite vocalists and musicians, and creates massive and epic stories and puts them into awesome music.
His first work with Avantasia was fantasy concept of a German monk named Gabriel Laymann who is imprisoned for association with his step-sister (named Anna), who is being tried for being a witch; and Gabriel meets a druid in prison named Lugaid Vandroiy, who not only helps Gabriel escape, but also tells him of this realm called Avantasia (Avalon+Fantasia=Avantasia), a realm beyond human imagination. Vandroiy tells Gabriel that the realm is in grave danger that could affect both earth and Avantasia. Gabriel is forced to abandon helping Anna for now, and goes to help try to save Avantasia. It's a really interesting story, and has awesome music in it with amazing guest performances by Eric Singer (KISS, on Part 2, song 10: Into the Unknown), Jens Ludwig (Guitarist from Tobias Sammet's main band, Edguy - on tracks 12 and 13 on part 1 [Sign of the Cross and The Tower], tracks 5 and 9 on part 2 [The Final Sacrifice and Memory]), etc. Here's the title track of the first album to take a listen:
The second album, called The Scarecrow Trilogy (or alternatively The Wicked Trilogy) was split into three parts, instead of two like the first album: The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony, and Angel of Babylon. It's story is described in The Scarecrow's booklet: "The Scarecrow is a tragic story of a lonesome creature, emotionally isolated from his environment and suffering from a distorted sensory perception. His feelings for the love of his life unrequited, he sets off on a journey exploring the left-hand path, striving for inner peace, sloughing his way to approval and eventually facing temptation at the inner depths of the human soul..."
A great song that will give you the feel of this trilogy is called "Promised Land", which first made an appearance on the EP for The Scarecrow and was implemented into the story on Angel of Babylon:
Now, the kicker. Last Monday, there was a news article on Tobias Sammet's website. He announced that while he had intended on ending Avantasia after the release of Avantasia's live DVD (The Flying Opera: Around the World in 20 Days) in 2011, he found that he needs Avantasia almost as much as he needs Edguy (his main band). He wrote a few samples for a new album, and says there's no way he won't go for it now. He said that the next Avantasia epic is in the works, and is due for release in spring, 2013. The concept is described as:
"...the album will be a classic Rock-Opera / Metal Opera. It's going to be a timeless fairytale, that despite its fantasy appeal, was inspired by happenings of our modern age and society."
I really can't wait! I'll definitely be trying to get my hands on all kinds of things about this album; and if there will be a special edition available, I'll definitely be going for it.
His first work with Avantasia was fantasy concept of a German monk named Gabriel Laymann who is imprisoned for association with his step-sister (named Anna), who is being tried for being a witch; and Gabriel meets a druid in prison named Lugaid Vandroiy, who not only helps Gabriel escape, but also tells him of this realm called Avantasia (Avalon+Fantasia=Avantasia), a realm beyond human imagination. Vandroiy tells Gabriel that the realm is in grave danger that could affect both earth and Avantasia. Gabriel is forced to abandon helping Anna for now, and goes to help try to save Avantasia. It's a really interesting story, and has awesome music in it with amazing guest performances by Eric Singer (KISS, on Part 2, song 10: Into the Unknown), Jens Ludwig (Guitarist from Tobias Sammet's main band, Edguy - on tracks 12 and 13 on part 1 [Sign of the Cross and The Tower], tracks 5 and 9 on part 2 [The Final Sacrifice and Memory]), etc. Here's the title track of the first album to take a listen:
The second album, called The Scarecrow Trilogy (or alternatively The Wicked Trilogy) was split into three parts, instead of two like the first album: The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony, and Angel of Babylon. It's story is described in The Scarecrow's booklet: "The Scarecrow is a tragic story of a lonesome creature, emotionally isolated from his environment and suffering from a distorted sensory perception. His feelings for the love of his life unrequited, he sets off on a journey exploring the left-hand path, striving for inner peace, sloughing his way to approval and eventually facing temptation at the inner depths of the human soul..."
A great song that will give you the feel of this trilogy is called "Promised Land", which first made an appearance on the EP for The Scarecrow and was implemented into the story on Angel of Babylon:
Now, the kicker. Last Monday, there was a news article on Tobias Sammet's website. He announced that while he had intended on ending Avantasia after the release of Avantasia's live DVD (The Flying Opera: Around the World in 20 Days) in 2011, he found that he needs Avantasia almost as much as he needs Edguy (his main band). He wrote a few samples for a new album, and says there's no way he won't go for it now. He said that the next Avantasia epic is in the works, and is due for release in spring, 2013. The concept is described as:
"...the album will be a classic Rock-Opera / Metal Opera. It's going to be a timeless fairytale, that despite its fantasy appeal, was inspired by happenings of our modern age and society."
I really can't wait! I'll definitely be trying to get my hands on all kinds of things about this album; and if there will be a special edition available, I'll definitely be going for it.