Just curious as to whether anyone here is a fan of Tobias Sammet (Edguy)'s Avantasia project, the Metal Opera?
I first heard about Edguy when they replaced Hammerfall at Bloodstock 03 (which incidentally was when i checked out Power Quest, before the festival to see if they'd be worth watching, and they were
). I only caught the very end of Edguy's set and i wasn't impressed by them at all. Didn't like Tobias' German vocals
But my mate loved them and over the following months he hammered on about them and eventually sent me a live version of Out of Control, which i thought was pretty good. He then sent me Holy Water and i literally creamed myself at the chorus. Amazing song.
Anyway after getting more into Edguy he told me of Avantasia and i listened to it but wasn't impressed. It just seemed like pretty boring power metal to be honest.
A while later i decided to give it another go and i fell in love with it this time round. It's now my favourite music and i can just listen to it over and over and not get bored of it!
If you like power metal, which i would suspect you all do around here.... and you havn't heard any Avantasia then check out the songs Avantasia and Challice of Agony, i'd say they're my favourite ones. They have lots of power metal heavy weights involved, members of Helloween, Virgin Steele, Angra etc.
Also, check out Aina aswell. That's another Metal Opera, more Operay than Avantasia, which is basically just damned good Power Metal really... It has Michael Kiske in it and also Tobias Sammet on two songs. Silver Maiden and Flight of Torek are brilliant songs
Anyway i feel i've rambled on for long enough and i've probably lost you all somewhere along the way
I first heard about Edguy when they replaced Hammerfall at Bloodstock 03 (which incidentally was when i checked out Power Quest, before the festival to see if they'd be worth watching, and they were
). I only caught the very end of Edguy's set and i wasn't impressed by them at all. Didn't like Tobias' German vocals But my mate loved them and over the following months he hammered on about them and eventually sent me a live version of Out of Control, which i thought was pretty good. He then sent me Holy Water and i literally creamed myself at the chorus. Amazing song.
Anyway after getting more into Edguy he told me of Avantasia and i listened to it but wasn't impressed. It just seemed like pretty boring power metal to be honest.
A while later i decided to give it another go and i fell in love with it this time round. It's now my favourite music and i can just listen to it over and over and not get bored of it!
If you like power metal, which i would suspect you all do around here....
and you havn't heard any Avantasia then check out the songs Avantasia and Challice of Agony, i'd say they're my favourite ones. They have lots of power metal heavy weights involved, members of Helloween, Virgin Steele, Angra etc.Also, check out Aina aswell. That's another Metal Opera, more Operay than Avantasia, which is basically just damned good Power Metal really... It has Michael Kiske in it and also Tobias Sammet on two songs. Silver Maiden and Flight of Torek are brilliant songs
Anyway i feel i've rambled on for long enough and i've probably lost you all somewhere along the way
