Tobias Sammet recently announced the upcoming AVANTASIA masterpiece Moonglow - which will now be released on February 15th 2019 through Nuclear Blast. It will be released on various formats and is now available to pre-order.

Press release below.

 

 

 

 


AVANTASIA have revealed the debut song trailer, to give you an initial taster of the album.

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You can now pre-order the album below in various formats:

Limited Edition Digibook CD, CD, Vinyl, Vinyl Pic Disc, Limited 2CD Artbook (all formats inc signed insert):

https://www.recordstore.co.uk/search.html?term=avantasia+moonglow

 

Digital Album

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/moonglow/1444307252


Commented Tobias Sammet, "I really can’t wait to unleash Moonglow. The first reactions by press and friends have been some of the most enthusiastic comments I have ever received in my whole career of 27 years. No bullshit, it’s the truth, Sascha and I are overwhelmed!

In order to avoid boredom, in the middle of promotion and tour preparations, I was getting myself involved in every fine detail of the album sleeves, booklets and packaging, to make sure the album drags the listener into a different world. I want Moonglow to be an overall experience for escapists like myself.

My favourite edition is the giant super strictly limited art book edition with bonus track and bonus CD. A massive coffee table book with photos, interview, liner notes and illustrations by Victorian painter Grimshaw, who has been very inspirational to me. This book edition is everything it takes to invite the listener into the world of Moonglow and its process. There is also a smaller digibook version that features one bonus track and that is limited and beautiful as well. And of course there are also vinyl editions to hug, feel, watch, smell and caress. I am extremely proud of all these little treasures and can’t wait to unleash them!"


Comprising 11 tracks, the new opus once again features several guest vocalists. This time round, Tobias worked not only with well-known faces such as Ronnie Atkins, Jørn Lande, Eric Martin, Geoff Tate, Michael Kiske or Bob Catley but also with new singers like Candice Night, Hansi Kürsch as well as Mille Petrozza who help to vitalize the new AVANTASIA record. Its cover artwork was created by Alexander Jansson.


Moonglow - Track Listing:

01. Ghost In The Moon

02. Book Of Shallows

03. Moonglow

04. The Raven Child

05. Starlight

06. Invincible

07. Alchemy

08. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

09. Lavender

10. Requiem For A Dream

11. Maniac

Bonus Track

12. Heart


Tobias Sammet, hailing from Fulda, created the rock event AVANTASIA in 1999 and celebrated its live premiere in 2008. With over 3,5 million records sold, he is one of the most successful musicians from Germany, having worked with Alice Cooper, Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker (THE SCORPIONS), Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer (KISS), Eric Martin (MR. BIG) as well as many other stars from the international music business. For a long time Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA has been considered an insider tip. But after countless headline performances at some of the world's largest rock festivals (Sweden Rock Festival, Québec Music Festival, Barcelona Rock Fest etc.), gold awards and several top 10 positions in the world charts, the upcoming AVANTASIA - Moonglow World Tour 2019 can only be considered the biggest rock event of the year!


AVANTASIA - Moonglow World Tour 2019

27.03. SK resov - Tatran Handball Aréna

28.03. SK Bratislava - Hant Aréna

30.03. DE Kaufbeuren - All-Karthalle

31.03. IT Milan - Alcatraz

02.04. CZ Prague - Forum Karlín

03.04. DE Berlin - Huxleys Neue Welt

05.04. DE Ludwigsburg - MHP Arena

06.04. DE Bamberg - Brose Arena

08.04. DE Fulda - Esperantohalle

09.04. DE Saarbrücken - Saarlandhalle

10.04. FR Paris - Olympia

12.04. DE Osnabrück - Osnabrück Halle

13.04. DE Hamburg - Mehr! Theater *SOLD OUT!*

14.04. DE Oberhausen - König-Pilsener-Arena

16.04. UK London - The Forum

18.04. DE Offenbach - Stadthalle

19.04. CH Pratteln - Z7

20.04. CH Pratteln - Z7

24.04. ES Bilbao - Santana 27

26.04. ES Barcelona - Razzmatazz 1

27.04. ES Madrid - Palacio Vistalegre

02.05. SE Stockholm - Arenan

04.05. RU Moscow - Glavclub Green Concert

06.05. HU Budapest - Barba Negra Track

12.05. AU Sydney - Metro Theatre

14.05. AU Melbourne - The Forum

17.05. US San Jose, CA - City National Civic of San Jose *NEW*

19.05. US Anaheim, CA - City National Grove *NEW*

21.05. US Chicago, IL - Patio Theater *NEW*

23.05. CA Montreal, QUE - Metropolis *NEW*

24.05. US Worcester, MA - The Palladium *NEW*

More dates to be announced soon...!


Avantasia are:

Tobias Sammet | additional keys & bass

Sascha Paeth | guitars & bass

Michael Rodenberg | keyboards, piano & orchestration

Felix Bohne | drums

Oliver Hartmann | additional lead guitars


More info:

www.tobiassammet.com

www.facebook.com/avantasia

www.nuclearblast.de/avantasia