Today is a great day for fans of cinematic heavy metal as Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA release their ninth studio album A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society.
To mark the occasion, AVANTASIA have also released a new single titled ‘Kill The Pain Away’. Featuring NIGHTWISH vocalist Floor Jansen, ‘Kill The Pain Away’ is another impressive duet, that serves as a powerful and transportive piece of emphatic power metal.
Tobias Sammet comments: “When I was writing ‘Kill The Pain Away’ I immediately had Floor’s voice in my head. I basically wrote the song for her being my duet partner. The song may have an 80’s pop-touch for some and stylistically may also remind others of NIGHTWISH, but in the end it still sounds like AVANTASIA”.
A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society consists of eleven magical songs and features numerous prestigious guest stars. It’s an adventure that’s sure to captivate it’s audience.
The album was produced by Tobias Sammet alongside AVANTASIA guitar player Sascha Paeth. The fantastic cover artwork was done by Swedish illustrator Alexander Jansson.
Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA have today released ‘The Inmost Light’ featuring Michael Kiske. The new track is the latest single from AVANTASIA’s upcoming ninth studio album A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society. The song sees both vocalists trading off their signature styles over a short, sharp attack of classic heavy metal that’s destined to be a hit live.
Tobias Sammet comments: “Michi Kiske is not only a good friend of more than 20 years, he has been with AVANTASIA right from the beginning. His singing inspires me when I compose songs, and while finalizing the writing for a duet with him it always ends up in a very powerful missile like “The Inmost Light”. The sound is in my DNA, it always was an important component of my songwriting and maybe that is the reason our voices form a strong unit together. It is always a challenge to work and sing with this kind of expert. You have to put a lot of effort into it in order to not secede. Michi‘s singing and the sound of early HELLOWEEN influenced my career. I wrote “The Inmost Light” in the wake of just throwing everything overboard which would not be essential. I wanted to deliver a short and tight rocket”.
The video is a recap of AVANTASIA’s career so far. It’s an emotional ride that takes us all the way back to the projects roots.
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society consists of eleven magical songs and features numerous prestigious guest stars. It’s an adventure that’s sure captivate the audience. The album was produced by Tobias Sammet alongside AVANTASIA guitar player Sascha Paeth.The fantastic cover artwork was done by Swedish illustrator Alexander Jansson.
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society Track listing: 1. Welcome to the Shadows 2. The Wicked Rule the Night 3. Kill the Pain Away 4. The Inmost Light 5. Misplaced among the Angels 6. I Tame the Storm 7. Paper Plane 8. The Moonflower Society 9. Rhyme and Reason 10. Scars 11. Arabesque Total running time: 53:58 min
Tobias Sammet is back , with passion, magnificient energy and a musical monument with epical deepness. A Paranormal Evening withthe Moonflower Society marks AVANTASIA’s ninth album and will be released on October 21st, 2022 via Nuclear Blast.
Pure magic, fascinating the listeners with the artistry combined of Metal, Classic Rock and any other ingredient that is required to be AVANTASIA. No one puts more lifeblood into their songs than AVANTASIA does.
Tobias Sammet about the new album:
“From the first song ideas back in 2018 / 2019 to the production, orchestration, keyboards, arrangements, details, I have been personally involved so deeply in every little aspect and detail of this album, that you can’t get an album any more personal or closer to my vision than this one. I had the time, nothing else to do in the past two and a half years, it was a slow movement life with music and my Mysteryhausen studio serving as a portal to another world, full of music and quirky encounters with my muses keeping me sane and hopeful. I am super proud of the album, some of my best songs, some of my most emotional and extreme vocal performances, some of thestrongest guest performances ever. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome and when you’ll hear it, you will know why!”
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society is presenting eleven magical and powerful songs featuring numerous prestigious guest stars. An adventure that captivates the audience with freshness, briskness, sophistication and enchantment.
Get a first taste in watching the lyric video of the first single taken from the upcoming new album „The Wicked Rule The Night“ featuring PRIMAL FEAR front man, Ralf Scheepers.
The album was produced by Tobias Sammet with AVANTASIA guitar player Sascha Paeth. Artwork of the cover was done by Swedish illustrator Alexander Jansson.
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society Track listing: 1. Welcome to the Shadows 2. The Wicked Rule the Night 3. Kill the Pain Away 4. The Inmost Light 5. Misplaced among the Angels 6. I Tame the Storm 7. Paper Plane 8. The Moonflower Society 9. Rhyme and Reason 10. Scars 11. Arabesque Playing time: 53:58min
AVANTASIA live
24.06. ES Cartagena – Rock Imperium Festival 30.06. ES Barcelona – Rock Fest 08.07. FI Tampere – Sauna Open Air 09.07. FI Oulu – Rock in the City 11.07. NO Oslo – Sentrum Scene 13.07. SE Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival 21.07. DE Fulda – Domplatz 23.07. CH Pratteln – Z7 Summer Nights 03.08. DE Wacken – Wacken Open Air 04.08. DE Ludwigsburg – KSK Music Open 19.08. CZ Moravsky Krumlov – Rock Castle 26.08. DE Coburg – Schlossplatz 03.09. DE Gelsenkirchen – Nine Lives Open Air Festival
Earlier today, TOBIAS SAMMET’S AVANTASIA entered the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany. Despite the great performance, the band finished in third position, with Jamie-Lee Kriewitz going through to the competition in Stockholm, Sweden.
According to the official Eurovision website, Jamie-Lee Kriewitz had won against third-placed Avantasia and second-placed Alex Diehl. These three acts had first topped the ranking in the first round of voting among the 10 candidate acts. 1.89 million votes were cast by televoting, SMS voting and the official Eurovision app.
Tobias Sammet stated this evening via the official AVANTASIAFacebook page:
“Hey folks, thanx for your votes. It was great fun! Germany is not a Rock’n Roll country, but that girl has got great talent. I wish her all the best for her future, I’ve met a lot of great vocalists here. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT and now we’ll get ready for the world tour! Can’t wait to present you our new stage production. Cheerz, T”
The Eurovision Song Contest Deutschland official Facebook page posted the video of AVANTASIA‘s performance, which was their hit single ‘Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose’ from current album “Ghostlights”. Check it out below:
Check out our recent interview with Tobi, discussing the forthcoming world tour and much more, at this location. The “Ghostlights World Tour” starts on 4th March in Berlin, check all the dates here.
Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA release their new rock opera masterpiece “Ghostlights” tomorrow, Friday 29th January via Nuclear Blast. Today, you can already listen to the entire album over on Bild.de at this location.
Furthermore a new music video for the song ‘Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose‘ premieres over on MyVideo.de here.
Don’t forget, AVANTASIA will take part in the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest on February 25th (German National TV ARD, 8.15pm CET, live from Cologne). The band will perform ‘Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose’.
CD
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
Don’t miss AVANTASIA on their upcoming world tour!
“Ghostlights World Tour 2016”
04.03. D Berlin – Huxley´s*
05.03. D Hamburg – Große Freiheit*
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*
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*
06.04. RUS Moscow – Arena Moscow*
08.-11.06. S Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock Festival *AVANTASIA play at least three hours, no more bands!
More dates in other countries in the works!
This week’s Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem on Tuesday 26th January from 6PM GMT will be an AVANTASIA special, featuring creator, composer and main man Tobias Sammet!
Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA are set to unleash their seventh album “Ghostlights” to fans worldwide on 29th January via Nuclear Blast and it is the sequel to 2013’s “The Mystery Of Time”. Tune into http://www.totalrock.com to hear an in depth chat with Tobi about “Ghostlights” and an insight into the album, as well as why the first single sounds so much like Meatloaf! Also including the huge forthcoming tour and their Eurovision entry, plus plenty more, along with an update on EDGUY. As well as all that, some epic new tracks from the album will be played!
The show also has great new singles from SABATON,MORTIIS (on the META(L)SCOPE), FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, CAIRO SON and more! Plus a couple of tracks dedicated to Jimmy Bain who passed away at the weekend.
For more information on Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem, check the official website here and the Facebook page at this location.
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