AVANTASIA – Listen to the first single of the new album

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– Listen to the first single of the new album!

Next Friday, the new AVANTASIA single ‘Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose’ will be available for download. On Wednesday 9th at 21.00 CET the song will be played on the Tobias Sammet Rockshow on RadioBob. You can also stream the show live from www.radiobob.de.

‘Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose’ is a four minutes song which Tobias described as a short opera within the rock opera. The choirs alone took over 40 hours to record – just for that one song!

Tobias: “At first listen it’s a straight forward epic rock track in the vain of Meat Loaf meets AVANTASIA, but there are so many details and even though it flows well, it’s the most sophisticated and detailed single I’ve ever released. Except from the chorus and one guitar line not one single part is repeated, even the verses are completely different. If Meat Loaf or Richard Wagner would do that kind of song, I am sure this would be a major hit. I just hope people take their headphones and listen to this in a darkened room and not over their mobile phone speakers, because that’s the only way this music unfolds its magic.”

Pre-order »Ghostlights« in various formats here: http://nblast.de/AvantasiaGhostlightsNB

»Ghostlights« will contain the following tracks:

01. Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose
Lead vocals: Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
02. Let The Storm Descend Upon You
Lead vocals: Tobias, Jorn Lande, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason
Lead guitar: Oliver Hartmann
03. The Haunting
Lead vocals: Dee Snider, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
04. Seduction Of Decay
Lead vocals: Geoff Tate, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
05. Ghostlights
Lead vocals: Michael Kiske, Tobias, Jorn Lande
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann
06. Draconian Love
Lead vocals: Herbie Langhans, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
07. Master Of The Pendulum
Lead vocals: Marco Hietala, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
08. Isle Of Evermore
Lead vocals: Sharon Den Adel, Tobias
09. Babylon Vampyres
Lead vocals: Tobias, Robert Mason
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick, Oliver Hartmann, Sascha Paeth
10. Lucifer
Lead vocals: Jorn Lande, Tobias
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick
11. Unchain The Light
Lead vocals: Tobias, Ronnie Atkins, Michael Kiske
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann
12. A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies
Lead vocals: Bob Catley, Tobias
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick

13. Wake Up To The Moon (Bonus Track)

Don’t miss AVANTASIA on their upcoming world tour!

AVANTASIA have been confirmed as one of the headliners for the Rockharz Open Air in Ballenstedt, Germany. A show in Budapest, Hungary was announced recently as well.
See all dates below:

»Ghostlights World Tour 2016«
04.03.  D         Berlin – Huxley’s*
05.03.  D         Hamburg – Große Freiheit* (SOLD OUT!)
06.03.  D         Bremen – Aladin*
08.03.  UK       London – The Forum*
09.03.  F          Paris – Le Trianon*
11.03.  E          Barcelona – Razzmatazz 1*
12.03.  E          Madrid – La Riviera* (SOLD OUT!)
13.03.  E          Madrid – La Riviera*
15.03.  D         Frankfurt-Langen – Stadthalle*
16.03.  CZ        Prague – Forum Karlin*
18.03.  D         Kaufbeuren – All-Karthalle*
19.03.  D         Bamberg – Brose-Arena*
20.03.  D         Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle*
22.03.  I           Milan – Alcatraz*
24.03.  CH       Pratteln – Z7*
25.03.  CH       Pratteln – Z7*
27.03.  SK        Banska Bystrica – Ice Stadium*
28.03.  SK        Bratislava – Sportshall*
29.03.  A          Tröpolach – Full Metal Mountain Festival
31.03.  D         Saarbrücken – Saarlandhalle*
01.04.  D         Ludwigsburg – Arena*
02.04.  D         Fulda – Esperantohalle*
04.04.  H         Budapest – Barba Negra Music Club* (NEW!)
06.04.  RUS     Moscow – Arena Moscow*
08. – 11.06.     S          Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock Festival
06. – 09.07.     D         Ballenstedt – Rockharz Open Air (NEW!)
*AVANTASIA play at least three hours, no more bands!
More dates in other countries in the works!


More info:
www.tobiassammet.com
www.facebook.com/avantasia
www.nuclearblast.de/avantasia

 

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When my old buddy Kenn Jensen asked me if I wanted to contribute to the new site he had created, then called powermetal.dk, I didn't hesitate. My love for metal music was and is great. I wrote my first review during the summer of 2004 (Moonspell's 'Antidote' album). In 2015, I took over the editor-in-chief role.

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