AVANTASIA: New Album Due Before End Of Year
February 15, 2009According to a posting on EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's MySpace page, Sammet will release a new album from his AVANTASIA project before the end of the year. More details will be made available soon.
In a recent interview, Sammet stated about his plans for the forthcoming AVANTASIA CD, "I will do everything to have the biggest production I've ever had. I am negotiating with an orchestra right at the moment and I just wanna have a bombastic, monumental movie for the ears. And for such an undertaking there is no one who is better than Sascha [Paeth; producer, engineer and guitarist of AVANTASIA project]; he is like a brother to me."
AVANTASIA filmed its July 10, 2008 performance at the Masters of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic for a forthcoming DVD.
The latest album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was officially one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Europe during the fourth week of January 2008, according to a press release.
"The Scarecrow" was released on January 25, 2008 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl.
"The Scarecrow", which features a long list of guest musicians (including Bob Catley, ex-MASTERPLAN frontman Jorn Lande, ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, KISS drummer Eric Singer, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen),produced a Top 10 German hit single, "Lost In Space", and entered the national charts in 15 countries, with the CD landing in the Top 10 in four countries.
Italian news blog Musica Metal has posted video footage (see below) of AVANTASIA performing on July 26, 2008 at the Rockin' Field Festival in Milan, Italy.
"Lost in Space":
"Farewell" (with Amanda Somerville):
"The Story Ain't Over" (with Bob Catley):
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