AVANTASIA - THE WICKED SYMPHONY

Pais: Alemania
Año: 2010
Line-up:
Tobias Sammet - Vocals, Bass
Sascha Paeth - Guitars
Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration
Eric Singer - Drums
Guests:
Musicians:Bruce Kulick - Guitars (on tracks 6, 11)
Oliver Hartmann - Guitars (on tracks 2, 8)
Felix Bohnke - Drums (on tracks 1, 5, 9 11)
Alex Holzwarth - Drums (on tracks 3, 7, 8, 10)
Simon Oberender - Organ (on track 11)
Vocalists:
Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 6, 7, 8)
Michael Kiske (on tracks 2, 6)
Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 10)
Bob Catley (on track 6)
Klaus Meine (on track 4)
Tim "Ripper" Owens (on track 3)
André Matos (on track 5)
Ralf Zdiarstek (on track 9)

1. The Wicked Symphony 09:28
2. Wastelands 04:44
3. Scales Of Justice 05:04
4. Dying For An Angel 04:32
5. Blizzard On A Broken Mirror 06:07
6. Runaway Train 08:42
7. Crestfallen 04:02
8. Forever Is A Long Time 05:05
9. Black Wings 04:37
10. States Of Matter 03:57
11. The Edge 04:12

Total playing time 01:00:30

AVANTASIA - ANGEL OF BABYLON

Pais: Alemania
Año: 2010
Line-up:
Tobias Sammet - Vocals, Bass
Sascha Paeth - Guitars
Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - Keyboards, Orchestration
Eric Singer - Drums
Guests:
Bruce Kulick - Guitar (on tracks 1, 5 and 11)
Oliver Hartmann - Guitar (on tracks 1, 2 and 3)
Henjo Richter - Guitar (on track 10)
Felix Bohnke - Drums (on tracks 4, 6 and 8)
Alex Holzwarth - Drums (on tracks 1, 2, 3 and 11)
Jens Johansson - Keyboards (on track 2)
Simon Oberender - Organ (on track 9)
Singers:
Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11)
Michael Kiske (on tracks 1 and 10)
Russell Allen (on track 1)
Bob Catley (on track 11)
Cloudy Yang (on track 8)
Jon Oliva (on track 4)

1. Stargazers 09:33
2. Angel Of Babylon 05:29
3. Your Love Is Evil 03:53
4. Death Is Just A Feeling 05:21
5. Rat Race 04:07
6. Down In The Dark 04:23
7. Blowing Out The Flame 04:51
8. Symphony Of Life 04:30
9. Alone I Remember 04:48
10. Promised Land 04:47
11. Journey To Arcadia 07:12

Total playing time 58:54

Regresa este estraordinario proyecto de Tobias Sammet con un disco doble que viene por separado, estos dos álbumes son parte de la trilogía que comenzó con el majestuoso álbum The Scarecrow en el 2008, musica muy elaborada, buenisima, la calidad vocal e instrumental son excepcionales (hay que ver a la gente que participa), si bien las revoluciones han bajado, ya no son tan directos y potentes como los primeros discos, la calidad ha mejorado notablemente y son discos que llenan completamente los oidos, de esos que uno no se cansa de escuchar. Como comente este es el primero de dos discos, el otro The Wicked Symphony sigue la misma tonica constituyendose asi un disco "doble" espectacular. Recomendadisimos...........