Album
The Wicked Symphony
2010 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Wicked Symphony is a Metal album by Tobias Sammet's Avantasia, originally released in 2010. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked.
About
The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length Avantasia album by German power metal vocalist Tobias Sammet, released on April 3, 2010, parallel with Angel of Babylon. Was released both as a box set the two albums combined, and as an individual album. It's the second part of "The Scarecrow Saga". Tobias Sammet describes the title track in his own words, "a ten minutes track featuring a vocal battle between Jorn Lande, Russell Allen and me". He also adds that there will be many unusually long songs on the albums.
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Tracklist
- 1The Wicked Symphony (feat. Jorn Lande & Russell Allen)9:28
- 2Wastelands (feat. Michael Kiske)4:43
- 3Scales Of Justice (feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens)5:03
- 4Dying For An Angel (feat. Klaus Meine)4:31
- 5Blizzard On A Broken Mirror (feat. Andre Matos)6:06
- 6Runaway Train (feat. Bob Catley, Jorn Lande & Michael Kiske)8:41
- 7Crestfallen (feat. Jorn Lande)4:01
- 8Forever Is A Long Time (feat. Jorn Lande)5:05
- 9Black Wings (feat. Ralf Zdiarstek)4:37
- 10States Of Matter (feat. Russell Allen)3:56
- 11The Edge (feat. Bruce Kulick)4:11
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Heavy Metal
- layered
- triumphant
- theatrical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
[Nuclear Blast logo]
Recorded by [...] at Gatestudio (Wolfsburg, Germany),
Vox-Klangstudio (Bendestorf, Germany) &
Peppermint Park Studio (Hannover, Germany)
Additional recordings by Mark Stuart at Madhat-Studio (Wolverhampton, UK),
Jeremy Rubolino at Shut-Up-And-Play-studio
(North Hills, California) & Vinny Burns at Viper
Room Recording Studio (Wolverhampton, UK)
Mixed by [...] at Gatestudio
Mastered by [...] at Gatestudio
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ina MorganBACKING VOCALS
- MiroKEYBOARDS, ORCHESTRATED BY ORCHESTRATED BY KEYBOARDS
- Bruce KulickGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Sascha PaethGUITAR LEAD GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Tobias SammetLEAD VOCALS, BASS VOCALS, BASS LEAD VOCALS , BASS
- Eric SingerDRUMS
- Michael KiskeGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Andre MatosGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Russell AllenGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Klaus MeineGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Amanda SomervilleBACKING VOCALS
- Cinzia RizzoBACKING VOCALS
- Bob CatleyGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Felix BohnkeDRUMS
- Ralf ZdiarstekGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Thomas RettkeBACKING VOCALS
- Ripper OwensGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Matthias KontnyBACKING VOCALS
Production & Engineering
- Sascha PaethPRODUCER
- Tobias SammetPRODUCER
- Sascha PaethMIXED
- Olaf ReitmeierENGINEER
- Simon OberenderENGINEER
- Jeremy RubolinoENGINEER
- Mark StuartENGINEER
- Vinny BurnsENGINEER
- Sascha PaethENGINEER
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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