New Avantasia will be a double album.

[Wyvern]

It seems that Tobias has so much material and ideas that the new Avantasia album will be 2 CD.

From his official web:

Tobias has just decided that there is too much material to put it all on one album. So the next chapter of Avantasia will be spread over two albums.
“I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in Avantasia’s history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it for years now, and it has become even more than two albums! I don’t know if I will release one first, or both simultaneously, or maybe even both in one special package. It’s all up to whatever label is going to release it, we’ll see. The production is so massive and I have so many guests this time. It’s the continuation of the “Scarecrow”-story. I knew that story would be spread out over two albums back then when we started working on it in 2006, cause we had writtem a real Rock Opera of over 20 songs even back then. But since then we kept composing, and out came even bigger and better material. Sometimes you don’t have a single good idea for months, whereas at another point it just keeps flowing. “The Scarecrow” was a huge success, with that success backing me up, it’s inspiring to be able to do things big time! Looking at the music industry today with all the CD burning and downloading I guess in the near future many of us traditional Rock and Metal bands won’t be able to spend such a production budget, I am afraid I won’t be able to afford so many guests and such a big production with orchestration and a choir and all that. That’s why this production takes so much time, it 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.”
So far Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of the forthcoming Avantasia opus: Klaus Meine (Scorpions), Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen), Eric Singer (KISS), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Jorn Lande (Masterplan), Bob Catley (Magnum), Sascha Paeth, Felix Bohnke (Edguy), Alex Holzwart (Rhapsody, Sieges Even)... More guests will be confirmed soon.

After Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Klaus Meine (Scorpions), Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest), Bob Catley (Magnum), Jorn Lande (Masterplan), Eric Singer (KISS), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody) and Felix Bohnke (Edguy) the next guest star can be confirmed: Russell Allen, exceptional star vocalist of US Progressive Metal heroes Symphony X will be part of the new Avantasia chapters. More details about his contribution here at www.tobiassammet.com soon.

 

[poundingmetal74]

Meine, Ripper and Allen?! Well, might as well not even bother to write an album in 2010 because Avantasia will utterly destroy anything else to come out.

Also I heard there's a new Edguy in the pipeline as well.

 

[Wyvern]

Meine, Ripper and Allen?!

And Lande

Looks like Tobias is decided to kick Arjen Lucassen ass , in anycase if Ayreon decides to go back to THE or before (their last album as well as Guilt Machine came out unispired) it'll have a heavy contender with Avantasia.

 

[poundingmetal74]

The Scarecrow was in a league of it's own. Just an incredible album.

Lande is fine but he's basically the same voice as Allen anyways. Tobi should snag Tony Mills for this.

 

[Platinum Maze]

Meine, Ripper and Allen?! Well, might as well not even bother to write an album in 2010 because Avantasia will utterly destroy anything else to come out.

Yeah, except for the new Symphony X which was announced due out in the Spring of 2010!! Also, they signed with Nuclear Blast recently.

If Russ is involved, I'll be checking it out.

 

[poundingmetal74]

New Dream Evil, Fozzy and Armored Saint as well.

Looks like 2010's shaping up to be a great year and it's 2 months off!

 

[Wyvern]

The Scarecrow was in a league of it's own. Just an incredible album.

A great album on it's own.

Lande is fine but he's basically the same voice as Allen anyways.

Allen is fine but he's basically the same voice as Lande anyways as proven in their Allen/Lande albums. Jorn is the leader, the rest are followers

 

[labrekk]

New Dream Evil, Fozzy and Armored Saint as well.

Looks like 2010's shaping up to be a great year and it's 2 months off!

The Dream Evil and Armored Saint should be excellent. Maybe we can get DIO-Magica 2 & 3 in 2010 also.

If the new Avantasia is like The Scarecow, I'm confident that the double album will make an excellent single album for me.

 

[The saYer]

loved the metal opera (1 and 2), couldn't really get into the other stuff though. I'll be checking this out.

 

[METALDUDE]

Holy Crapolla!!! A NEW Avantasia and a double!! Pleasure Overload!!