Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
| Release date: | 2001 |
| Style: | Symphonic power metal |
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01. Prelude
02. Reach Out For The Light
03. Serpents In Paradise
04. Malleus Maleficarum
05. Breaking Away
06. Farewell
07. The Glory Of Rome
08. In Nomine Patris
09. Avantasia
10. A New Dimension
11. Inside
12. Sign Of The Cross
13. The Tower
Top 20 albums of 2001: 12
02. Reach Out For The Light
03. Serpents In Paradise
04. Malleus Maleficarum
05. Breaking Away
06. Farewell
07. The Glory Of Rome
08. In Nomine Patris
09. Avantasia
10. A New Dimension
11. Inside
12. Sign Of The Cross
13. The Tower
Top 20 albums of 2001: 12
Reviews 
Lyrics Tobias Sammet - vocals, keyboards
Henjo Richter - guitars
Alex Holzwarth - drums
Markus Großkopf - bass
Guest musicians
Rob Rock - vocals
Michael Kiske - vocals
Oliver Hartmann - vocals
David DeFeis - vocals
André Coelho Matos - vocals
Sharon den Adel - vocals
Ralf Zdiarstek - vocals
Timo Tolkki - vocals
Kai Hansen - vocals
Frank Tischer - piano
Jens Ludwig - guitars
Norman Meiritz - guitars
Additional info
Produced by Tobias Sammet. Co-produced by Norman Meiritz.
Rating:
8.6
8.6
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Rating: 8.6 |
Monks, fantasy worlds, mysterious books, elves and dwarves, good against evil, witch hunts and, yes you guessed correctly, power metal. Such is Avantasia - The Metal Opera. Composed by Tobias Sammet, who also does a lot of the vocal work, the singer shows that he is capable of more then 'only' Edguy (of which I personally am not so fond). Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.0
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Rating: 9.0 |
Power Metal. A ridiculed genre made fun of because of it's fascination with vocal choirs and lyrical themes (often based around swords and sorcery-type tales of good versus evil). Not many people respect it, however, but I do, and I greatly respect the musicians who stick to this type of "unpopular" genre, not least because they are almost always talented musicians, more talented in their playing than this week's favourite metalcore darlings. So imagine my joy when I came across this band called Avantasia: a group formed of one of my most admired metal vocalists (the awesome Tobias Sammet of Edguy) and one of my most admired guitarists (Gamma Ray's Henjo Richter) that also happened to feature guest vocals by Kai Hansen (THE power metal god), Angra's Andre Mateos, and Stratovarius' Timo Tolkki! Members from some of my favourite bands all on the same album! Too good to be true I thought. That's until listened to it. It was true. VERY true. Expecting a Power metal masterpiece, that is what I got. Read more ›› |
Guest review by
Emalaith
Emalaith
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Rating: 10 |
by Dream Taster: When Tobias Sammet, the singer of the German heavy metal band Edguy, started to write a parellel project to Edguy, he surely didn't expect so much congratulations from the fans that would come from all over the world. Just have a look at his guestbook! After the Edguy album called Vain Glory Opera, Tobias has got the idea to write an entire album on a theme in order to compose a metal opera. His first motivation was to sing with other great singers who were his models such as Michael Kiske [former singer of Helloween] or Ronnie James Dio [Black Sabbath, Dio...] Read more ›› |
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| Shadowcross The Summoner Posts: 481  |
This album is very average and I am suprised it is rated so highly. This debut is worth a listen but it remains a very bland power metal album with unfortunately few memorable tracks. Many melodies give me a feeling like "oh I've heard this Edguy, Virgin Steele, etc song before.. but hang on.. it just isn't as good or special the second time." A few tracks are even cringeworthy and seem flawed compared to other contemporary power practitioners.
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| Paradox0 Unasuming Madnes Posts: 592 |
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| ockletters Posts: 9  |
I'm surprised to see the negative comments..but let me do some justice over here..This album got me into power metal and it's nothing short of astonishing...the atmosphere is surreal, the voices are the best in the business, complexity of composition, divine choruses, uplifting music, skillful slow passages, great lyrics if you are into fantasy..This album sums up the spirit of power metal, which is to be uplifting, powerful, catchy and to sing-along with your fist in the air..sorry but it's really how i feel about this album 
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
Written by ockletters on 08.02.2011 at 14:43 Couldn't agree more. Definitely better than Part II...
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| Vonpire Posts: 471  |
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| iMorphball Posts: 290  |
The Metal Opera I and II are easily the greatest power metal albums ever released. Listening to them brings a great feeling of nostalgia. 
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1284  |
Overrated as Metal Opera but better than Part II (maybe cause Kiske appears more often). Favorite songs: Reach Out For The Light, Serpents In Paradise, Farewell, The Glory of Rome, Inside, Sign of the Cross & THE TOWER (I also liked the ones I didn't mentioned, just those ones are great)
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62092  |
Amazing one, simply a blast, all about it is top level, some bands wanna stay ''trOO'' play some bad guitar, here all is amazing, good sound, songs, tachy riffs and lyrics, basically it peace of gold. I reject and regret that I did not saw band live in Luleå
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1508  |
I always prefered the second metal opera disc, for me this one is a bit too ordinary. Sign Of The Cross is a pretty great power metal anthem
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1086  |
Good, hoping this will grow on me. I just prefer their other works. I also think it's cool that at the time of writing this album is no. 200 on top 200 albums of all time 
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