10/12/2018 19:40

Avantasia

Avantasia's 'Moonglow' album announced

The wait is finally over! Tobias Sammet is pleased to announce the release of the upcoming Avantasia masterpiece 'Moonglow' on February 1, 2019 through Nuclear Blast.

Comprising 11 tracks, the new opus once again features several guest vocalists. This time round, Tobias worked not only with well-known faces such as Ronnie Atkins, Jørn Lande, Eric Martin, Geoff Tate, Michael Kiske or Bob Catley but also with new singers like Candice Night, Hansi Kürsch as well as Mille Petrozza who help to vitalize the new Avantasia record.

Track listing:
01. Ghost in the Moon
02. Book of Shallows
03. Moonglow
04. The Raven Child
05. Starlight
06. Invincible
07. Alchemy
08. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
09. Lavender
10. Requiem for a Dream
11. Maniac
12. Heart (bonus track)

The cover artwork was created by Alexander Jansson.

Comments Tobias Sammet: "It's alive! After more than two years of hard work - and what felt like 71 overnight shifts back to back recently - we're ready to unleash 'Moonglow' upon the universe. I believe it's the most adorned and detailed album we've ever produced. Not over ambitious, but there is a lot of love for detail in there. Avantasia is the ultimate playground for a musician's wildest fantasies to come true: Celtic elements, world music elements, big choirs, atmospheric stuff, amazing guest vocal performances and of course all that wrapped up in what I consider to be the typical Avantasia sound. Someone in the music business just told me that the embellished nature of the sound makes it hard to market it, it doesn't fit in the contemporary musical landscape and "if you take a look around, no one really sounds like that." - EXACTLY! THANK YOU! I can't wait to release 'Moonglow', take my friends of the Avantasia family and hit the road for the big Moonglow World Tour."

(source: Nuclear Blast Records)