11/13/2015 14:27

Avantasia

Avantasia to release new album 'Ghostlights' in January 2016

Avantasia's outstanding 7th album, 'Ghostlights', will be released worldwide on January 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. Today, Tobias Sammet proudly presents the cover and announces the tracklists as well as the various formats, in which the upcoming record will be available.

The opus features guest appearances of Dee Snider, Geoff Tate, Marco Hietala, Sharon Den Adel, Michael Kiske, Ronnie Atkins, Bob Catley, Jorn Lande, Bruce Kulick, Robert Mason, Herbie Langhans, Oliver Hartmann and Sascha Paeth.

The record contains twelve songs and was produced by Tobias and Sascha Paeth in Gatestudio Wolfsburg, Germany. Paeth is responsible for engineering and mixing »Ghostlights«, too. Mastering was done by Michael Rodenberg.

The instrumentalists on »Ghostlights« are the following:
Sascha Paeth - rhythm guitars, lead guitars, bass, additional keys
Michael Rodenberg - orchestration, keys
Tobias Sammet - additional keys and bass
Bruce Kulick - lead guitars
Oliver Hartmann - lead guitars
Felix Bohnke - drums

Track listing:

CD:
01. Mystery of a Blood Red Rose (3:51)
02. Let the Storm Descend upon You (12:09)
03. The Haunting (4:42)
04. Seduction of Decay (7:18)
05. Ghostlights (5:43)
06. Draconian Love (4:58)
07. Master of the Pendulum (5:01)
08. Isle of Evermore (4:28)
09. Babylon Vampyres (7:09)
10. Lucifer (3:48)
11. Unchain the Light (5:03)
12. A Restless Heart and Obsidian Skies (5:53)

2 CD digibook:
Album with the bonus track 'Wake up to the Moon'

CD 2 (bonus disc - Avantasia live)
01. Spectres
02. Invoke the Machine
03. The Story Ain't over
04. Prelude
05. Reach out for the Light
06. Avantasia
07. Whats Left of Me
08. Dying for an Angel
09. Twisted Mind
10. The Watchmakers' Dream
11. Another Angel down

3 CD deluxed edition digibook:
68-page photo book ca. 28,5 x 28,5cm.
Two aforementioned CD's + CD 3 (karaoke version of CD 1 w/o bonus track).

(source: Avantasia)