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Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon



7.7 | 458 votes |
Release date: 3 April 2010
Style: Symphonic power metal

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01. Stargazers
02. Angel Of Babylon
03. Your Love Is Evil
04. Death Is Just A Feeling
05. Rat Race
06. Down In The Dark
07. Blowing Out The Flame
08. Symphony Of Life
09. Alone I Remember
10. Promised Land
11. Journey To Arcadia

Additional info
Produced by Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet.

Backing vocals: Emilie Paeth, Cloudy Yang, Amanda Somerville, Tiffany Kirkland, Ina Morgan, Cinzia Rizzo, Thomas Rettke, Oliver Hartmann, Matthias Kontny, Michael Voy, Tobias Sammet.

Staff review by
Baz Anderson
Rating:
8.0
A couple of years after The Scarecrow shook things up, Tobi is back with not one, but two new albums of brand new material featuring the cream of metal's vocal talents. Don't expect Metal Opera all over again from these albums, stylistically they are not too dissimilar from the previous album, as they mix elements from power metal and stadium rock to good effect.

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published 29.05.2010 | Comments (18)

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31.03.2010 - 14:32
Rating: 7
iMorphball

My edit for the tracklist as still not gone through. Now people are looking at a false tracklist. =/
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01.04.2010 - 17:08
Angelic Storm
Melodious
I didnt think much to the album at first, but it has grown on me with repeated plays. Its still the weaker of the two new albums, and ''Symphony Of Life" is awful, but there is some good stuff on it. Like the awesome power metal epic "Stargazers" and the creepy "Death Is Just A Feeling". I'll definitely be getting the two albums in the boxset on Monday! xD
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10.04.2010 - 17:31
Rating: 7
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Okay, who's Cloudy Yang?
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12.04.2010 - 21:52
Rating: 7
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Written by Irritable Ted on 12.04.2010 at 21:38

Written by Ag Fox on 10.04.2010 at 17:31

Okay, who's Cloudy Yang?

Link
so she's quite hot. was she in any band or have a famous solo career? or just friends with Tobi (quite like her part in Avantasia)
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12.04.2010 - 23:25
Rating: 7
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Written by Irritable Ted on 12.04.2010 at 22:05

Written by Ag Fox on 12.04.2010 at 21:52

Written by Irritable Ted on 12.04.2010 at 21:38

Written by Ag Fox on 10.04.2010 at 17:31

Okay, who's Cloudy Yang?

Link
so she's quite hot. was she in any band or have a famous solo career? or just friends with Tobi (quite like her part in Avantasia)

She has done a lot of backing vocals before. I think she was doing backing on The Scarecrow too.

....and yes, she's not bad either ha ha....
which track in scarecrow? (I swear I hvn't noticed before)
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13.04.2010 - 21:58
Rating: 7
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Ah... kays
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18.04.2010 - 15:20
Sati

Well, I've never been a fan of Edguy, and honestly, I don't find anything special in Sammet's voice either. The 2 Metal Opera albums were really good, though.
However, it seems like he had his strength and power in his hair just like Samuel in the Bible: eversince it was cut, he sounds like Bon Jovi...
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22.12.2010 - 07:00
Rating: 8
Paradox0
Unasuming Madnes
Has a lot of good songs, but also a lot of forgettable ones. I definitely feel that theres some kind of intelligent song writing and that the music is for the most part a great homage to arena metal of the 19080's. Theres just something missing to this album though which I just cant put my finger on that just makes it uninteresting. On paper it should work but in reality it didn't pen out to well. Although "Wicked Symphony" didn't have anything memorable, the album was consistently good (yet strangely forgettable). The similarly the same affects this album, except the quality isn't quite as consistent. If I was to rate this one, it would be a 7.2/10
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11.12.2011 - 02:32
Rating: 6
JÄY
Metal slave
Am I the only Power fanboy who this does nothing for?
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13.06.2012 - 06:15
Rating: 5
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Meh, I expected more from this album when i went to pick this up. This album had some moments I thought were pretty cheesy and awkward, especially the intro to "Death is A Feeling", and the attempt at gothic metal with "Symphony of Life". The only song I really enjoyed was the title track. That's just how I felt about the album personally. Oh well, I was never the biggest power metal fan anyway, the only band from this genre that I absolutely adore is the great Blind Guardian.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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21.06.2013 - 06:41
Rating: 8
mikeprado30

Well, this one is the weakest of their discography, but not by this reason a bad album. Songs like Stargazers, the homonymous one, Death Is Just A Feeling, Rat Race, Promised Land & Alone I Remember makes me enjoy this one.
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23.09.2015 - 19:49
Rating: 7
Ruchesko

The title track's a masterpiece, but it seriously loses its way between Down in the Dark and Alone I Remember. Not sure what Cloudy Yang's done to merit being involved with this project - is she the secret Mrs. Sammet?
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22.12.2019 - 15:58
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Tage Westerlund
Downfall of the band, Stargazer was good opener, rest album is weak, more to adult oranated, music then song Symphony Of Life stands out whit totally different concept
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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30.06.2022 - 12:39
Rating: 7
24emd
Theory Snob
Pretty good. Not as good as either of the other Wicked Trilogy, but damn close. Definitely a grower.
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09.12.2023 - 14:43
Rating: 7
24emd
Theory Snob
"Death Is Just A Feeling" is so awful it's almost funny. They executed the disney-villain style better on Ghostlights with "The Haunting" which is a song with a genuine eerie and dark vibe.
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