The Wicked Symphony

2010 studio album by Avantasia

The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 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.^[1] It is the second part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by Angel of Babylon.

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".^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tobias Sammet

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Personnel

• Tobias Sammet – Lead vocals, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Organ (on tracks 6, 8)
• Sascha Paeth – Guitars, Keyboards, Bass guitar (on track 10) Producer
• Eric Singer – Drums (on tracks 2, 4, 6)
• Miro – Keyboards, Orchestration

Guests

Musicians

• Guitar
  • Bruce Kulick (on tracks 6, 11)
  • Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 2, 7, 8)
• Drums
  • Felix Bohnke (on tracks 1, 5, 9, 11)
  • Alex Holzwarth (on tracks 3, 7, 8, 10)
• Organ
  • Simon Oberender (on track 11)

Singers

• Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 6–8)
• Michael Kiske (on track 2, 6)
• Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 10)
• Klaus Meine (on track 4)
• Tim "Ripper" Owens (on track 3)
• Bob Catley (on track 6)
• Andre Matos † (on track 5)
• Ralf Zdiarstek (on track 9)

Charts

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References

1. Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
2. Henderson, Alex. "Review: The Wicked Symphony". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
3. "Avantasia the Wicked Symphony Review – Review of the Wicked Symphony by Avantasia". Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
4. http://furyrocks.com/en/search/Avantasia__The_Wicked_Symphony_163892 ^{[dead link]}
5. "Tobias Sammet – Avantasia".
6. "Avantasia: The Wicked Symphony (CD) – JPC".