The Wicked Symphony

The Wicked Symphony
Studio album by Avantasia
Released	3 April 2010
Recorded	2008-2010 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg Vox-Klangstudio, Bendestorf Peppermint Park Studio, Hanover
Genre	Symphonic metal, progressive metal, power metal, hard rock
Length	60:37
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
Avantasia chronology
The Scarecrow (2008) The Wicked Symphony (2010) Angel of Babylon (2010)

The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German rock opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, parallel with Angel of Babylon.^[1] The Wicked Symphony was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album.^[1] It is the second part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by Angel of Babylon.

Tobias Sammet describes the title track in his own words, "a ten minute track featuring a vocal battle between Jørn Lande, Russell Allen and me".^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
About.com[3]
Fury Rocks [4]	(9.2/10)

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Tobias Sammet.

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Personnel[]

• Tobias Sammet - Lead vocals, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Organ (on tracks 6, 8)
• Sascha Paeth - Guitars, Keyboards, Bass guitar (on track 10) Producer
• Eric Singer - Drums (on tracks 2, 4, 6)
• Miro - Keyboards, Orchestration

Guests[]

Musicians[]

• Guitar
  • Bruce Kulick (on tracks 6, 11)
  • Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 2, 8)
• Drums
  • Felix Bohnke (on tracks 1, 5, 9, 11)
  • Alex Holzwarth (on tracks 3, 7, 8, 10)
• Organ
  • Simon Oberender (on track 11)

Singers[]

• Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 6-8)
• Michael Kiske (on track 2, 6)
• Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 10)
• Klaus Meine (on track 4)
• Tim "Ripper" Owens (on track 3)
• Bob Catley (on track 6)
• Andre Matos † (on track 5)
• Ralf Zdiarstek (on track 9)

Charts[]

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References[]