Angel of Babylon
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| Studio album by Avantasia | ||||
| Released | April 3, 2010 | |||
| Recorded |
May 2008-Early 2010 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg Vox-Klangstudio, Bendestorf | |||
| Genre | Power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 58:59 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast, Fearless, Bodog | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet | |||
| Avantasia chronology | ||||
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Angel of Babylon is the fifth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia, released on April 3, 2010, along with The Wicked Symphony. Angel Of Babylon was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album.[1] It is the third and final part of "The Wicked Trilogy".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tobias Sammet, except "Symphony Of Life" music and lyrics by Sascha Paeth.
| No. | Title | Guest Vocalist | Length | |
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| 1. | "Stargazers" | Jørn Lande, Russell Allen, Michael Kiske, Oliver Hartmann | 9:31 | |
| 2. | "Angel Of Babylon" | Jørn Lande | 5:28 | |
| 3. | "Your Love Is Evil" | 3:55 | ||
| 4. | "Death Is Just A Feeling" | Jon Oliva | 5:24 | |
| 5. | "Rat Race" | Jørn Lande | 4:07 | |
| 6. | "Down In The Dark" | Jørn Lande | 4:25 | |
| 7. | "Blowing Out The Flame" | 4:50 | ||
| 8. | "Symphony Of Life" | Cloudy Yang | 4:31 | |
| 9. | "Alone I Remember" | Jørn Lande | 4:46 | |
| 10. | "Promised Land" | Jørn Lande | 4:50 | |
| 11. | "Journey To Arcadia" | Russell Allen, Bob Catley | 7:12 | |
Total length: |
58:59 | |||
| Japanese Edition | ||||||||||
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| 12. | "Twisted Mind" (Live At Masters of Rock 2008) | 7:01 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Tobias Sammet - lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
- Sascha Paeth - guitars, keyboards, producer
- Eric Singer - drums (on tracks 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Miro - keyboards, orchestration
Guests
Musicians
- Guitars
- Bruce Kulick (on tracks 5, 9, 11)
- Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 1, 2, 3)
- Henjo Richter (on track 10)
- Drums
- Felix Bohnke (on tracks 4, 6, 8)
- Alex Holzwarth (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 11)
- Keyboards
- Jens Johansson (on track 2)
- Organ
- Simon Oberender (on track 9)
Singers
- Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10)
- Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 11)
- Michael Kiske (on track 1)
- Jon Oliva (on track 4)
- Bob Catley (on track 11)
- Cloudy Yang (on track 8)
References
- ↑ Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
- ↑ "Avantasia :: Official Web". Tobias Sammet. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ↑ Deutsche Post (2010-02-04). "Avantasia: Angel Of Babylon (CD) – jpc". Jpc.de. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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