Invincible and Alchemy… man… brace yourselves here. Starlight with Ronnie, is another rocker with a great little riff to carry it along as well as another singalong chorus. Hansi and Jørn (in his full on David Coverdale fashion) turn in another awesome performance, as well as Tobias. And I really dig the chorus of Gregorian chant style vocals toward the end. Also has one of the catchiest choruses on the album. It starts off slow with orchestration and vocals before kicking into a larger, full band sound. Found it odd to be the first single and I’m sure most of you have heard it by now but, if not, check it out below. Up next, the first single released for this album, The Raven Child, is also the longest track. This duet between Tobias and Candice is awesome. Moonglow is where our first ballad of the album comes in (using the pedal analogy, we back off from 100mph (last song) down to 30 before jumping up to 50 for a bit) with a chorus that sort of brings to mind Nightwish’s Amaranthe. Definitely one of the heavier songs on the album. We get some thrashiness kicking in as well, giving the song some definite edge. But thankfully, things stay pretty awesome.īook of Shallows is more of a rocker… well… let’s just say the pedal gets pushed to the floor here… and we get our first guest vocalists in Hansi, Ronnie, Jørn, and Mille. So it is pretty amazing to have this as the first song. If it were any other artist, this WOULD be the epic finale. This is starting things off on the right foot and honestly sounds like it should be a closing track. Closest Meat Loaf has ever gotten to this is Bat Out of Hell 3). Ghost in the Moon starts us off in the full on Avantasia, metal opera style (read: Meat Loaf at his most theatrical, except with power metal thrown in. Big), Bob Catley (Magnum), and Michael Kiske (Helloween, Place Vendome). You get Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids), Jørn Lande (Everywhere), Mille Petrozza (Kreator), Candice Night (Blackmore’s Night), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Eric Martin (Mr. With this album, he brings back some of the same cast members from previous outings, all of whom do stellar work. I’ve tried a couple of Edguy albums but haven’t been able to get into those much. I googled Tobias (which the google suggestions filled in a question asking what his net worth was… really? People are googling that?) and looked into other things he has done. Ghostlights was my first exposure and I loved it, so I dug into the back catalog. I’m fairly new to Avantasia in the grand scheme of things.
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