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It seems that Tobias has so much material and ideas that the new Avantasia album will be 2 CD.
From his official web:
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 Avantasias 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 dont know if I will release one first, or both simultaneously, or maybe even both in one special package. Its all up to whatever label is going to release it, well see. The production is so massive and I have so many guests this time. Its 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 dont 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, its 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 wont be able to spend such a production budget, I am afraid I wont be able to afford so many guests and such a big production with orchestration and a choir and all that. Thats 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.