Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 14, 2022
Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia’s ninth studio album, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, is scheduled to arrive on October 21st via Nuclear Blast. A video for the latest single, “The Moonflower Society,”featuring Bob Catley is now available. Sammet comments: “A moonflower is a creature of the night that blossoms when the world is […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 29, 2022
Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia will return with a brand new album, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, scheduled to arrive on October 21st via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2019’s Moonglow marks the overall ninth full-length effort and features another strong cast of guest musicians. Today (29th), Avantasia has unveiled the first taste by […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 23, 2022
Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia have shared an animated lyric video created by Costin Chioreanu for the brand new song “The WIcked Rule The Night.” featuring guest vocalist Ralf Scheepers. The track is taken from Avantasia’s upcoming ninth full-length effort, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, which is scheduled to arrive sometime this fall via […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on February 28, 2022
In 2021, I had the pleasure of performing with Dragony at this newly re-christened festival in the beautiful medieval town of Moravsky Krumlov, in one of the very few summer festivals that could even take place in Europe due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Rock Castle festival is set to return in August, and […]
Posted by Sara Elizabeth on December 20, 2021
One year removed from 2000, bringing us a new year, decade, century, and millennia, 2001 came rolling in with one simple question: “Now What?” The year 2000 brought its own set of questions and concerns, but the world hadn’t ended. The computer crash never came. There was no hellfire and brimstone. Life moved on. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 17, 2020
Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet has been active on social media sharing updates on a follow-up to 2019’s Moonglow. The artist is currently recording demos, as it looks like the forthcoming record won’t arrive in 2020. Sammet issued the following updates: “New week, new work, new Avantasia!Same environment, new ideas, new adventures… be safe and […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 31, 2020
The one good thing about being stuck in isolation, it gives plenty of time to collect our thoughts and brainstorm what we want to work on next. With that said, Edguy and Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet has provided an update on both projects. Unfortunately, it looks like Edguy will go on an extended hiatus […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 26, 2019
We’ve seen quite a few “Best Songs of 2019” lists. However, we decided to do something different and highlighted ten of our favorite cover songs that were released this year. In case you missed it, as we are currently wrapping up the year and decade, check out our other lists: Best Albums of the Decade, […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on December 23, 2019
I originally wrote a long winded introduction to this, but it sucked so I deleted it for you. Check out the lists of Matt, Bram, Jeff, Zenae, and whoever else here is writing them. We have a thing about the decade. Dope shit came out this year. I know what you’re here for. Lets discuss. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the sound leaves behind […]
