Avantasia - The Metal Opera (2001) (Japan SHM-CD PaperSleeve Limited Edition 2019)
Posted: 30 Jan 2019, 06:29
Avantasia - The Metal Opera (2001) (Japan SHM-CD PaperSleeve Limited Edition 2019)
Year : 2001 (Japan SHM-CD PaperSleeve Limited Edition 2019)
Style : Symphonic Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 153 mb
Bio:
Avantasia is a German symphonic power metal supergroup project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterised as a rock opera, as it features various vocalists and musicians and is consists of concept albums. The name is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" ("fantasy") and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet).The project can be divided into three periods of activity. The first, 1999-2002, saw the release of a self-titled single and two full-length albums with the subtitle The Metal Opera. The second, 2005-2011, consists of the EPs Lost in Space Part I & II and the The Wicked Trilogy, composed of the albums The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon. The third period, 2013-2016, begins with the album The Mystery of Time and ends with the forthcoming release Ghostlights.In a May 2014 interview regarding Edguy's then latest album Space Police: Defenders of the Crown, Tobias said that The Mystery of Time hinted at a possible sequel.The new album, entitled Ghostlights, will be released on January 29,2016. The album will feature guest performances by guitarists Bruce Kulick and Oliver Hartmann, while the guest vocalists will be Dee Snider, Geoff Tate, Jorn Lande, Michael Kiske, Sharon den Adel, Bob Catley, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason, Marco Hietala and Herbie Langhans.
Album:
The Metal Opera is the first full-length album by Tobias Sammet's supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a rock opera, and further information on the story can be found here. The album is followed by the sequel The Metal Opera Part II. The Metal Opera part 1 was actually not as operatic as I expected. I enjoyed this one more than the sequel because this actually has the right to be called a metal opera, even for its flaws. The choruses are more interesting than standard Edguy work and the instrumentation is intricate, with an electric, metallic sound. Also, this part of the Metal Opera has a story that the listener can follow without having to read eight pages of information in the CD booklet. But don’t worry if you have ADD—the book still has that information for you to read.This is still essentially an Edguy album with a host of guest singers. None of them bring anything new to the table. Because the music was written by Sammet, they are all singing in his style. Their voices may sound different, but they left behind their unique styles to sing the way Sammet does. The amount of guest singers makes this more operatic than a standard Edguy album, but it doesn’t qualify as a full Metal Opera to my ears. It would be more diverse if it were truly operatic, and it is possible to achieve that without sacrificing accessibilty. There was no need to dumb down the other talented singers in this music. Sammet could have incorporated other power metal bands’ sounds here to build a gorgeous and unprecedented masterpiece. Farewell is probably the best example of this for its folk elements, putting it on another level from the rest of the album.When Hansi from Blind Guardian guested on Vain Glory Opera you could hear a unique addition to Edguy’s standard sound, but perhaps that’s why Sammet didn’t have him work on the Avantasia Operas. His name is smeared all over this work. While it holds up very well against other power metal albums, it doesn’t sound as unique as it could. I’m not talking about going overboard like Rhapsody with narrations and such, but it could have been a more interesting work of art if Sammet had not smothered it.
Line Up:
Tobias Sammet - Keyboards, Piano, Orchestration (2000-2002), Vocals (2000-present), Bass (2006-present) - See also: Edguy
Henjo Richter - Guitars
Markus Grosskopf - Bass
Alex Holzwarth - Drums
Guests:
Guitar
Jens Ludwig (Edguy) (lead on tracks 12 & 13)
Norman Meiritz (acoustic on track 6)
Keyboards
Frank Tischer (Piano on track 11)
Singers
Gabriel Laymann – Tobias Sammet (Edguy) - tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 13
Lugaid Vandroiy – Michael Kiske (credited as Ernie) (ex-Helloween, Unisonic) - tracks 2, 5, 6, 9, & 13
Friar Jakob – David DeFeis (Virgin Steele) - tracks 3 & 13
Bailiff Falk von Kronberg – Ralf Zdiarstek - tracks 4 & 7
Anna Held – Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) - track 6
Bishop Johann von Bicken – Rob Rock (ex-Axel Rudi Pell, Driver, Impellitteri) - track 7 & 12
Pope Clement VIII – Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) - tracks 7, 12 & 13
Elderane the Elf – Andre Matos (ex-Symfonia, ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra, Viper) – tracks 11, 12 & 13
Regrin the Dwarf – Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween) - tracks 11 & 12
Voice of the Tower – Timo Tolkki (ex-Symfonia, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Stratovarius) - track 13
Tracklist:
01. Prelude
02. Reach Out For The Light
03. Serpents In Paradise
04. Malleus Maleficarum
05. Breaking Away
06. Farewell
07. The Glory Of Rome
08. In Nomine Patris
09. Avantasia
10. A New Dimension
11. Inside
12. Sign Of The Cross
13. The Tower
14. Avantasia (Edit)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2001 (Japan SHM-CD PaperSleeve Limited Edition 2019)
Style : Symphonic Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 153 mb
Bio:
Avantasia is a German symphonic power metal supergroup project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterised as a rock opera, as it features various vocalists and musicians and is consists of concept albums. The name is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" ("fantasy") and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet).The project can be divided into three periods of activity. The first, 1999-2002, saw the release of a self-titled single and two full-length albums with the subtitle The Metal Opera. The second, 2005-2011, consists of the EPs Lost in Space Part I & II and the The Wicked Trilogy, composed of the albums The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon. The third period, 2013-2016, begins with the album The Mystery of Time and ends with the forthcoming release Ghostlights.In a May 2014 interview regarding Edguy's then latest album Space Police: Defenders of the Crown, Tobias said that The Mystery of Time hinted at a possible sequel.The new album, entitled Ghostlights, will be released on January 29,2016. The album will feature guest performances by guitarists Bruce Kulick and Oliver Hartmann, while the guest vocalists will be Dee Snider, Geoff Tate, Jorn Lande, Michael Kiske, Sharon den Adel, Bob Catley, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason, Marco Hietala and Herbie Langhans.
Album:
The Metal Opera is the first full-length album by Tobias Sammet's supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a rock opera, and further information on the story can be found here. The album is followed by the sequel The Metal Opera Part II. The Metal Opera part 1 was actually not as operatic as I expected. I enjoyed this one more than the sequel because this actually has the right to be called a metal opera, even for its flaws. The choruses are more interesting than standard Edguy work and the instrumentation is intricate, with an electric, metallic sound. Also, this part of the Metal Opera has a story that the listener can follow without having to read eight pages of information in the CD booklet. But don’t worry if you have ADD—the book still has that information for you to read.This is still essentially an Edguy album with a host of guest singers. None of them bring anything new to the table. Because the music was written by Sammet, they are all singing in his style. Their voices may sound different, but they left behind their unique styles to sing the way Sammet does. The amount of guest singers makes this more operatic than a standard Edguy album, but it doesn’t qualify as a full Metal Opera to my ears. It would be more diverse if it were truly operatic, and it is possible to achieve that without sacrificing accessibilty. There was no need to dumb down the other talented singers in this music. Sammet could have incorporated other power metal bands’ sounds here to build a gorgeous and unprecedented masterpiece. Farewell is probably the best example of this for its folk elements, putting it on another level from the rest of the album.When Hansi from Blind Guardian guested on Vain Glory Opera you could hear a unique addition to Edguy’s standard sound, but perhaps that’s why Sammet didn’t have him work on the Avantasia Operas. His name is smeared all over this work. While it holds up very well against other power metal albums, it doesn’t sound as unique as it could. I’m not talking about going overboard like Rhapsody with narrations and such, but it could have been a more interesting work of art if Sammet had not smothered it.
Line Up:
Tobias Sammet - Keyboards, Piano, Orchestration (2000-2002), Vocals (2000-present), Bass (2006-present) - See also: Edguy
Henjo Richter - Guitars
Markus Grosskopf - Bass
Alex Holzwarth - Drums
Guests:
Guitar
Jens Ludwig (Edguy) (lead on tracks 12 & 13)
Norman Meiritz (acoustic on track 6)
Keyboards
Frank Tischer (Piano on track 11)
Singers
Gabriel Laymann – Tobias Sammet (Edguy) - tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 13
Lugaid Vandroiy – Michael Kiske (credited as Ernie) (ex-Helloween, Unisonic) - tracks 2, 5, 6, 9, & 13
Friar Jakob – David DeFeis (Virgin Steele) - tracks 3 & 13
Bailiff Falk von Kronberg – Ralf Zdiarstek - tracks 4 & 7
Anna Held – Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) - track 6
Bishop Johann von Bicken – Rob Rock (ex-Axel Rudi Pell, Driver, Impellitteri) - track 7 & 12
Pope Clement VIII – Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) - tracks 7, 12 & 13
Elderane the Elf – Andre Matos (ex-Symfonia, ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra, Viper) – tracks 11, 12 & 13
Regrin the Dwarf – Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween) - tracks 11 & 12
Voice of the Tower – Timo Tolkki (ex-Symfonia, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Stratovarius) - track 13
Tracklist:
01. Prelude
02. Reach Out For The Light
03. Serpents In Paradise
04. Malleus Maleficarum
05. Breaking Away
06. Farewell
07. The Glory Of Rome
08. In Nomine Patris
09. Avantasia
10. A New Dimension
11. Inside
12. Sign Of The Cross
13. The Tower
14. Avantasia (Edit)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/