Tag Archives: Avantasia

Metal By Numbers: Closing 2022 in charts

Posted by on January 13, 2023

    Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The charts have finally come to a conclusion for 2022. Here are the debut and notable sales from December 30, 2022.      Notable Debuts:   Artist/Album: Feuerschwanz, Todsünden (Napalm Records)  Sold: […]

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Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 35 Albums of 2022

Posted by on December 29, 2022

    The pandemic has given artists time to reflect and create, resulting in many artists releasing new records, surprise EPs, reissues, and live recordings. However, did all bands use their time wisely by releasing one of their strongest albums, or fall flat compared to their prior offerings? This year was a hit or miss, […]

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Live Review: Rock Castle 2022 – A Medieval Metal Mecca

Posted by on October 10, 2022

  Last year, I performed at the newly re-branded Rock Castle festival in Moravsky Krumlov with my band Dragony. Since we enjoyed the experience so much, I decided to return to the beautiful medieval Czech town in 2022 with a more journalistic focus. This year’s Rock Castle ended up being the shortest of the three […]

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Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia shares new single “The Inmost Light” featuring Michael Kiske

Posted by on September 28, 2022

  Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia is gearing up for his new album, A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society, which is expected to arrive on October 21st via Nuclear Blast. In case you missed it, the latest single, “The Inmost Light,” was released on Friday (23rd) featuring Michael Kiske.    Sammet comments: “Michi Kiske is not […]

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Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia share “Misplaced Among The Angels” video

Posted by on August 9, 2022

    “Misplaced Among The Angels” is the next single taken from the upcoming Avantasia record, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, out October 21st via Nuclear Blast. A video was released to accompany the track featuring current Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen.   Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet comments: “There are still some special voices […]

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Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia share new single “The Moonflower Society”

Posted by on July 14, 2022

  Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia’s ninth studio album, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, is scheduled to arrive on October 21st via Nuclear Blast. A video for the latest single, “The Moonflower Society,”featuring Bob Catley is now available.    Sammet comments: “A moonflower is a creature of the night that blossoms when the world is […]

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Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia return with new single “The Wicked Rule The Night;” new album arriving in October

Posted by on June 29, 2022

  Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia will return with a brand new album, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, scheduled to arrive on October 21st via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2019’s Moonglow marks the overall ninth full-length effort and features another strong cast of guest musicians. Today (29th), Avantasia has unveiled the first taste by […]

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Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia share new song “The Wicked Rule The Night” featuring Ralf Scheepers

Posted by on May 23, 2022

  Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia have shared an animated lyric video created by Costin Chioreanu for the brand new song “The WIcked Rule The Night.” featuring guest vocalist Ralf Scheepers. The track is taken from Avantasia’s upcoming ninth full-length effort, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, which is scheduled to arrive sometime this fall via […]

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Rock Castle Open Air returns in August with Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia headlining

Posted by on February 28, 2022

  In 2021, I had the pleasure of performing with Dragony at this newly re-christened festival in the beautiful medieval town of Moravsky Krumlov, in one of the very few summer festivals that could even take place in Europe due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Rock Castle festival is set to return in August, and […]

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Eleven debut albums that turned twenty in 2021

Posted by on December 20, 2021

  One year removed from 2000, bringing us a new year, decade, century, and millennia, 2001 came rolling in with one simple question: “Now What?” The year 2000 brought its own set of questions and concerns, but the world hadn’t ended. The computer crash never came. There was no hellfire and brimstone. Life moved on. […]

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