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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Prelude | |||
| 2. Reach Out For The Light | |||
| 3. Serpents In Paradise | |||
| 4. Malleus Maleficarum | |||
| 5. Breaking Away | |||
| 6. Farewell | |||
| 7. Glory Of Rome | |||
| 8. In Nomine Patris | |||
| 9. Avantasia | |||
| 10. A New Dimension | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. The Seven Angels | |||
| 2. No Return | |||
| 3. The Looking Glass | |||
| 4. In Quest For | |||
| 5. The Final Sacrifice | |||
| 6. Neverland | |||
| 7. Anywhere | |||
| 8. Chalice Of Agony | |||
| 9. Memory | |||
| 10. Into The Unknown | |||
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Quite simply put this masterpiece is fantastic.The production and sound on the albums is excellent.Albums are of concept nature featuring guest musicians from Edguy.Helloween and Blind Guardian and the music is just stunning.Tobias Sammets who also fronts his other band Edguy has done a brilliant job on this classic,it has power metal,speed and just plain good old heavy metal.This album is one you have to get for your metal collection and I would rate it as one of the best metal albums I have heard in years the work that has been put into this classic shows with every song.Play Loud.A belter of a metal classic.If you like Edguy you will love this double musical feast.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'd never heard of Tobias Sammet when I purchased this CD but I bought it on the strength of the musicians taking part in this 'opera'.
Henjo Richter and Kai Hansen from the excellent Gamma Ray were the reason I stumbled across this. And artists such as Bob Cately and Michael Kiske also taking part, as well as a host of others swung my decision to give this a try.
I purchased the Gold Edition and when it arrived in it's beautiful authentic looking packaging, like an ancient manuscript, containing information with a full cast, lyrics and script for each character, sleeve notes, and the story, I was blown away before I even played it.
A lot of work obviously went into this product and that is evident with the quality of the music. It is strong throughout both discs and my personal favourite, The Seven Angels, is a masterpiece. Great vocalists and musicians give their all on this concept album and Henjo's guitar solos are amazing.
I highly recommend this release to any metal fan.
Henjo Richter and Kai Hansen from the excellent Gamma Ray were the reason I stumbled across this. And artists such as Bob Cately and Michael Kiske also taking part, as well as a host of others swung my decision to give this a try.
I purchased the Gold Edition and when it arrived in it's beautiful authentic looking packaging, like an ancient manuscript, containing information with a full cast, lyrics and script for each character, sleeve notes, and the story, I was blown away before I even played it.
A lot of work obviously went into this product and that is evident with the quality of the music. It is strong throughout both discs and my personal favourite, The Seven Angels, is a masterpiece. Great vocalists and musicians give their all on this concept album and Henjo's guitar solos are amazing.
I highly recommend this release to any metal fan.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have to admit, I had heard so much about Avantasia and how brilliant The Metal Opera was that I was really keen to get my hands on this Gold Edition.
The presenation is brilliant, with a track by track commentary by Herr Sammett himself, song lyrics, pictures and a written interview.
Musically though, I was exspecting to be blown away given how many positive reviews this record has received and I can only say I was disappointed.
The production is nor as elaborate as that of Rhapsody, for example nor as stilistically eclectic as that of the little known Spanish band Mago de Oz.
So what have we here?
Well, just pure and simple power metal. And don't get me wrong, it's a very good power metal record at that, but it does not bring anything new to the table. I found very telling reading the sleeve notes of lengendary ex Helloween frontman Michael Kiske when he received the demos for the material he was supposed to sing. Upon being asked what he thought his reply was, and I quote: "I've sung all these songs ten years ago already".
Precisely.
That was my review a few months ago. I have now upgraded this gold edition to 4 stars. I still stand by the points I made some time ago. But both albums grow on you. I Particularly like the more extended pieces where Avantasia get a bit more prog. They require a three full listents before you really appreciate how good they are.
The presenation is brilliant, with a track by track commentary by Herr Sammett himself, song lyrics, pictures and a written interview.
Musically though, I was exspecting to be blown away given how many positive reviews this record has received and I can only say I was disappointed.
The production is nor as elaborate as that of Rhapsody, for example nor as stilistically eclectic as that of the little known Spanish band Mago de Oz.
So what have we here?
Well, just pure and simple power metal. And don't get me wrong, it's a very good power metal record at that, but it does not bring anything new to the table. I found very telling reading the sleeve notes of lengendary ex Helloween frontman Michael Kiske when he received the demos for the material he was supposed to sing. Upon being asked what he thought his reply was, and I quote: "I've sung all these songs ten years ago already".
Precisely.
That was my review a few months ago. I have now upgraded this gold edition to 4 stars. I still stand by the points I made some time ago. But both albums grow on you. I Particularly like the more extended pieces where Avantasia get a bit more prog. They require a three full listents before you really appreciate how good they are.
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