The Wicked Symphony

The Wicked Symphony
Studio album by Avantasia
Released April 3, 2010
Recorded 2007-2010
Genre Heavy metal
Symphonic metal
Power metal
Length 60:30
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
Avantasia chronology
The Scarecrow
(2008)
The Wicked Symphony/Angel of Babylon
(2010)
The Flying Opera
(2011)

The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length Avantasia album by German power metal vocalist Tobias Sammet, released on April 3, 2010, parallel with Angel of Babylon.[1] The Wicked Symphony was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined, and as an individual album.[2] It's the second part of "The Scarecrow Saga". Tobias Sammet describes the title track in his own words, "a ten minute track featuring a vocal battle between Jørn Lande, Russell Allen and me".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
About.com [5]
Fury Rocks [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tobias Sammet. 

No. Title Guest Vocalist Length
1. "The Wicked Symphony"   Jørn Lande, Russell Allen 9:28
2. "Wastelands"   Michael Kiske, 4:44
3. "Scales of Justice"   Tim "Ripper" Owens 5:04
4. "Dying for an Angel"   Klaus Meine 4:32
5. "Blizzard On a Broken Mirror"   André Matos 6:07
6. "Runaway Train"   Jørn Lande, Michael Kiske, Bob Catley 8:42
7. "Crestfallen"   Jørn Lande 4:02
8. "Forever is a Long Time"   Jørn Lande 5:05
9. "Black Wings"   Ralf Zdiarstek 4:37
10. "States of Matter"   Russell Allen 3:57
11. "The Edge"     4:12
Japanese Edition
No. Title Length
12. "Lost in Space" (Live At Masters of Rock 2008) 4:20

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Personnel

Guests

Musicians

Singers

References

  1. ^ Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
  2. ^ Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
  3. ^ Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
  4. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Review: The Wicked Symphony". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1783604. Retrieved 6 May 2010. 
  5. ^ http://heavymetal.about.com/od/a/fr/avantasia-thewickedsymphony.htm
  6. ^ http://furyrocks.com/en/search/Avantasia__The_Wicked_Symphony_163892
  7. ^ http://www.tobiassammet.com/eng/music/TheWickedSymphony.php
  8. ^ http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Avantasia-Wicked-Symphony-The/hnum/1118074