Avantasia

Bruce Kulick will upgrade the value of Tobias Sammet’s new Avantasia epic with his remarkable lead guitar sound! Bruce Howard Kulick (born on December 12, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and a member of the band... (Continue reading)
There is a really cool competition on the official page of Avantasia. You have to build a statue of Tobias Sammet on the square in your city, take a picture and send it to monument@tobiassammet.com. The master of Opera Metal... (Continue reading)
The most recent contribution comes from the guy who is known amongst Metal fans all over the world as one of the best neo-classical keyboarders in the world. He was the keyboard player who fought duels with Yngwie Malmsteen at... (Continue reading)
Please be advised that Avantasia will celebrate its comeback with a new epic masterpiece in two chapters (as informed before). The two new chapters will be called “The Wicked Symphony” and “Angel Of Babylon”, starring high profile guest musicians such... (Continue reading)
In a recent interview, Sammet described the music on the new AVANTASIA CD as “diversified, pomp metal with some classic rock elements, Classic orchestrated moments and Celtic stuff, a big timeless production and so on and so forth. It’s going... (Continue reading)
Tobias is just doing what he likes…making music! It doesnt have to fit in with a genre. Making a more mainstreem song just helps him get in the charts, get more publicity and make more money. To enjoy some non-mainstream... (Continue reading)
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 (Edguy) the next guest star can be confirmed: Russell Allen, exceptional star vocalist of US Progressive... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
Avantasia is a symphonic metal/power metal project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the power metal group Edguy. The project’s title is a portmanteau of the words “avalon” and “fantasia” (“fantasy”) and describes “a world beyond human imagination”... (Continue reading)