2010 studio album by Avantasia

The Wicked Symphony

Studio album by

Avantasia

Released| 3 April 2010
Recorded| 2008-2010 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg
Vox-Klangstudio, Bendestorf
Peppermint Park Studio, Hanover
Genre| Symphonic metal, progressive metal, power metal, hard rock
Length| 60:37
Label| Nuclear Blast
Producer| Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
Avantasia chronology
| The Scarecrow
(2008)  | The Wicked Symphony
(2010)  | Angel of Babylon
(2010)

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The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German rock 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]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
About.com[3]|
Fury Rocks [4]| (9.2/10)

## Contents

* 1 Track listing
* 2 Personnel
* 2.1 Guests
* 2.1.1 Musicians
* 2.1.2 Singers
* 3 Charts
* 4 References

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Tobias Sammet.

No.| Title| Guest Vocalist| Length

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1.| "The Wicked Symphony"| Jørn Lande, Russell Allen| 9:29
2.| "Wastelands"| Michael Kiske| 4:44
3.| "Scales of Justice"| Tim "Ripper" Owens| 5:03
4.| "Dying for an Angel"| Klaus Meine| 4:32
5.| "Blizzard on a Broken Mirror"| Andre Matos| 6:08
6.| "Runaway Train"| Bob Catley, Lande, Kiske| 8:43
7.| "Crestfallen"| Lande| 4:03
8.| "Forever Is a Long Time"| Lande| 5:05
9.| "Black Wings"| Ralf Zdiarstek| 4:39
10.| "States of Matter"| Allen| 3:58
11.| "The Edge"|  | 4:12
Total length:| 60:37

Japanese Edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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12.| "Lost in Space" (Live at Masters of Rock 2008)| 4:20
Total length:| 65:02

[5][6]

## Personnel[edit]

* 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[edit]

#### Musicians[edit]

* Guitar
* Bruce Kulick (on tracks 6, 11)
* Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 2, 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

[5]

Chart  | Number

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Germany  | 2
Hungary  | 5
Czech Republic  | 6
Switzerland  | 7
Slovenia  | 7
Austria  | 9
Sweden  | 14
Finland  | 18
Norway  | 22
Britain (Independent)  | 26
The Netherlands (Independent)  | 27
Spain  | 32

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
2. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Review: The Wicked Symphony". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2010-08-17.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ http://furyrocks.com/en/search/Avantasia__The_Wicked_Symphony_163892[dead link]
5. ^ a b "Tobias Sammet - Avantasia".
6. ^ "Avantasia: The Wicked Symphony (CD) – JPC".

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Tobias Sammet's Avantasia

* Sascha Paeth
* Miro
* Felix Bohnke

* Henjo Richter
* Markus Grosskopf
* Alex Holzwarth
* Eric Singer
* Russell Gilbrook

Studio albums|

* The Metal Opera - Part I
* The Metal Opera - Part II
* The Scarecrow
* The Wicked Symphony
* Angel of Babylon
* The Mystery of Time
* Ghostlights
* Moonglow

Live albums|

* The Flying Opera

EPs and singles|

* Avantasia
* Lost in Space Part I
* Lost in Space Part II
* "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose"

Compilations|

* The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition
* Lost in Space Part I & II

Related articles|

* Band members
* Discography
* Edguy
* Elected

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