Avantasia is a German symphonic/progressive power metal supergroup project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterised as a rock opera, featuring the participation of various vocalists and musicians. Avantasia‘s 7th album, Ghostlights, will be released worldwide on January 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. The opus features guest appearances of Dee Snider, Geoff Tate, Marco Hietala, Sharon Den Adel, Michael Kiske, Ronnie Atkins, Bob Catley, Jorn Lande, Bruce Kulick, Robert Mason, Herbie Langhans, Oliver Hartmann and Sascha Paeth. The record contains twelve songs and was produced by Tobias and Sascha Paeth in Gatestudio Wolfsburg, Germany. Paeth is responsible for engineering and mixing Ghostlights while mastering was done by Michael Rodenberg. (adapted from Wikipedia and Avantasia Facebook)
The instrumentalists on Ghostlights are the following:
Sascha Paeth – rhythm guitars, lead guitars, bass, additional keys
Michael Rodenberg – orchestration, keys
Tobias Sammet – additional keys and bass
Bruce Kulick – lead guitars
Oliver Hartmann – lead guitars
Felix Bohnke – drums
Avantasia Website / Avantasia Facebook / Avantasia Twitter
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