Angel of Babylon

Angel of Babylon
Avantasia studio album
Publication (s)	2010
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Power metal , symphonic metal
Title (number)	11
occupation	Tobias Sammet - vocals, bass, keyboards Sascha Paeth - guitar Eric Singer - drums Miro Rodenberg - keyboards
production	Sascha Paeth
Studio (s)	Vox sound studio, Hamburg
chronology The Wicked Symphony (2010) Angel of Babylon The Mystery of Time (2013)

Angel Of Babylon is the fifth studio album by the metal - Opera Avantasia by Tobias Sammet . The album was released on April 3, 2010 at the same time as the album The Wicked Symphony . However, Tobias Sammet insists that they are two independent albums, and not a double album.

Songs

1. Stargazers - 9:33
2. Angel of Babylon - 5:29
3. Your Love Is Evil - 3:53
4. Death Is Just a Feeling - 5:21
5. Rat Race - 4:07
6. Down in the Dark - 4:23
7. Blowing Out the Flame - 4:51
8. Symphony of Life - 4:30
9. Alone I Remember - 4:48
10. Promised Land - 4:47
11. Journey to Arcadia - 7:12 am

For the first time, Symphony of Life was a song on the album that was not written by Tobias Sammet. This song was written by Sascha Paeth . It is also the only Avantasia song to date that Tobias Sammet does not sing along with. It is sung by Cloudy Yang alone.

staff

Tape:

• Tobias Sammet - vocals (except song 8), bass, keyboards
• Sascha Paeth - guitar, keyboards
• Eric Singer - drums (songs 5,7,9 and 10)
• Michael "Miro" Rodenberg - keyboards

Guest musicians:

• Jørn Lande singing on songs 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10
• Russell Allen singing on songs 1 and 11
• Michael Kiske singing on song 1
• Jon Oliva singing on song 4
• Bob Catley singing on song 11
• Cloudy Yang vocals on song 8
• Bruce Kulick guitar on songs 5.9 and 11
• Oliver Hartmann guitar on songs 1, 2 and 3
• Henjo Richter guitar on song 10
• Felix Bohnke drums on songs 4, 6 and 8
• Alex Holzwarth drums on songs 1, 2, 3 and 11
• Jens Johansson keyboards at Lied 2
• Simon Oberender organ at song 9

Background choir:

• Emilie Paeth
• Cloudy Yang
• Amanda Somerville
• Tiffany Kirkland
• Ina Morgan
• Cinzia Rizzo
• Thomas Rettke
• Oliver Hartmann
• Matthias Kontny
• Michael Voy
• Tobias Sammet

Review and success

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The album was available in a box with the album The Wicked Symphony . It reached the following chart positions: Germany # 2, Hungary # 5, Czech Republic # 6, Switzerland # 7, Austria # 9, Slovenia # 7, Sweden # 1 (rock charts, national charts # 14), Finland # 18, Norway # 22, England # 26 (indie), Holland # 27 (indie), Spain # 32, France # 74 and Japan # 89.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Tobias about new Avantasia Epic . tobiassammet.com. December 16, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2014.