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Avantasia The metal opera (CD) Album
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- The metal opera
- Edition
- Album
- No Of Discs
- 1
- MPN
- AFMCD040
- Release Date
- 26/02/2001
- Style
- Symphonic
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Sweden
- EAN
- 4009880467220
- UPC
- 4009880467220
- Artist
- Avantasia
- Format
- CD
- Record Label
- E1 Entertainment
- Producer
- Norman Meiritz; Tobias Sammet
- Release Year
- 2001
- Release Title
- The Metal Opera, Vol. 1
- Run Time
- 59 Mins 3 Seconds
- Genre
- Rock
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Producer
Norman Meiritz; Tobias Sammet
Record Label
E1 Entertainment
UPC
4009880467220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28050191956
Product Key Features
Artist
Avantasia
Format
CD
Release Year
2001
Release Title
The Metal Opera, Vol. 1
Run Time
59 Mins 3 Seconds
Genre
Rock
Additional Product Features
Distribution
E1 Entertainment
Number of Discs
1
Additional information
Avantasia includes: Tobias Sammet, Kai Hansen, Timo Tolkki, David DeFeis, Rob Rock, Andre Matos, Sharon Den Adel (vocals); Henjo Richter, Jens Ludwig (guitar); Markus Grosskopf (bass); Alex Holzwarth (drums). Personnel: Tobias Sammet (vocals, piano, keyboards); Sharon den Adel, David Defeis, Ralf Zdiarstek, Kai Hansen, Andre Matos, Rob Rock, Timo Tolkki, Oliver Hartmann (vocals); Henjo Richter (guitars); Markus Grosskopf (bass guitar); Alex Holzwarth (drums). Audio Mixer: Mikko Karmila. Liner Note Author: Tobias Sammet. Recording information: Finnvox-Studios, Finland; Future Sound Recorders, Orlando, FL; Gate-Studios, Germany; Hansen-Studios, Germany; Last Chance Studios; Rhoen-Studios, Germany; RS29-Studios, Germany. Photographer: Alex Kuehr. An all-star aggregation similar in conception to Ayreon, Avantasia's The Metal Opera naturally spotlights its creator, Tobias Sammet, who wrote all the music and the involved fantasy storyline over the course of a year as a side project from his main gig with the German power metal band Edguy. Though Sammet's vocals play a major role, he recruited some of his power metal contemporaries to sing the parts of different characters in the story, tailoring his casting choices -- elves, dwarves, Druids, and other D&D-type mainstays -- to their vocal ranges. (Oddly, given the themes, there's a bit of a Christian undertone to the lyrics.) It's tempting to say that for a grandiose conceptual project like this, the scope of the ambition is more important (and entertaining) than the actual results. Everything here is painted in such sweeping colors -- the epic song lengths, the heroic themes of the narrative, the bombastic arrangements, even the brief Latin-titled interludes -- that it can be difficult to see how the album could ever achieve the heights it aims for, even if it turns out well. But no matter how over the top things get, it still takes a certain level of craft to pull off something like this convincingly. And in that sense, The Metal Opera delivers the goods. The music is derivative of its influences, but it doesn't really aim to transcend them; it's simply updated classic-style metal, full of memorable riffs, anthemic melodies, and technically accomplished singing and musicianship, and writ large with orchestrations and choral flourishes. Power metal fans generally greeted The Metal Opera as one of the best of the new millennium, and it ranks among the more satisfying listens in its field and time period. ~ Steve Huey
Engineer
Ed Warrin; Angelo Jannotti; Norman Meiritz; Oscar Holleman; Sascha Paeth
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
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