AVANTASIA: Tracklisting For Dual Release Announced                         

Edguy frontman Tobias Sammet's Avantasia project will celebrate its comeback this spring with a new epic masterpiece to be released as two separate albums entitled “The Wicked Symphony” and “Angel Of Babylon”. 

On the decision to release the next Avantasia chapter in two separate CDs, Tobias stated: "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in Avantasia's history too ambitious to be just a regular album.  I knew the story would be spread out over two albums when we started working on it in 2006 'cause we had written a real rock opera of over 20 songs even back then.  [This] may be the last big epic I will be able to afford, and I want it to be the biggest piece I have worked on so far.”

The Wicked Symphony artwork (by Thomas Ewerhard) and track listing is as follows:
1. The Wicked Symphony
2. Wastelands
3. Scales Of Justice
4. Dying For An Angel
5. Blizzard On A Broken Mirror
6. Runaway Train
7. Crestfallen
8. Forever Is A Long Time
9. Black Wings
10. States Of Matter
11. The Edge

Angel Of Babylon artwork (by Thomas Ewerhard) track listing is as follows:
1. Angel Of Babylon
2. Stargazers
3. Your Love Is Evil
4. Death Is Just A Feeling
5. Rat Race
6. Down In The Dark
7. Blowing Out The Flame
8. Symphony Of Life
9. Alone I Remember
10. Promised Land 2
11. Journey To Arcadia

Confirmed guest musicians on the forthcoming Avantasia opus include:

* Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
* Tim "Ripper" Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen, Iced Earth)
* Eric Singer (Kiss, Alice Cooper)
* Michael Kiske (Helloween)
* Jorn Lande (Masterplan, Ark, Millenium)
* Bob Catley (Magnum)
* Sascha Paeth
* Felix Bohnke (Edguy)
* Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody)
* Russell Allen (Symphony X)
* Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen)
* André Matos (Aangra, Shaaman, Viper)
* Bruce Kulick (Kiss)
* Cloudy Yang
* Oliver Hartmann (At Vance, Hartmann)
* Jon Oliva (Jon Oliva’s Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage)

To register to view photos from the recording sessions, visit the “Backstage” section at www.TobiasSammet.com