Album: Moonglow by Avantasia (2019)
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Record Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: Album

Description: "Moonglow"  is the eighth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on February 15, 2019, through Nuclear Blast. As with previous Avantasia projects, the album features extensive collaborations with returning and new guest vocalists. It features 11 tracks (12 including its bonus track) and is supported by a world tour.
Inspiration for the album title came from Sammet's fascination for the Moon. The story follows a nocturnal creature struggling to cope with the reality of boldness and beauty and ends up resorting to the darkness of the moonglow to hide itself from the world.

Artist Background: Avantasia is a heavy metal/power metal supergroup project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the band Edguy. The project's title is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" ("fantasy") and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet). The project consists of a self-titled single, two full-length albums with the subtitle The Metal Opera, two EPs called Lost in Space, and Scarecrow trilogy, composed of The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony a... Part of the Germany music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Symphonic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Edguy, Sonata Arctica, Masterplan, Gamma Ray

Music Scene: Part of the Germany music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Symphonic Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Symphonic Metal, 2010s, Album, Nuclear Blast


"Moonglow"  is the eighth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on February 15, 2019, through Nuclear Blast. As with previous Avantasia projects, the album features extensive collaborations with returning and new guest vocalists. It features 11 tracks (12 including its bonus track) and is supported by a world tour.
Inspiration for the album title came from Sammet's fascination for the Moon. The story follows a nocturnal creature struggling to cope with the reality of boldness and beauty and ends up resorting to the darkness of the moonglow to hide itself from the world.

Moonglow

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