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Moonglow (Avantasia album)

January 01, 1970

Moonglow is the eighth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 15 February 2019 through Nuclear Blast.[9][10] As with previous Avantasia projects, the album features extensive collaborations with returning and new guest vocalists.[9][11] It features 11 tracks (12 including its bonus track) and was supported by a world tour.[9][12]

Moonglow
Studio album by
Avantasia
Released15 February 2019
StudioPathway Studio and GateStudio, Wolfsburg, Germany;
Madhat2, Birmingham, UK;
Chefrock-Studio, Hamburg, Germany;
Klangetage, Frankfurt, Germany;
Cove City Sound Studios, New York, New York, US;
Studio 69, San Francisco, California, US;
Twilight Hall Studio, Grefrath, Germany;
Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark[1]
GenreSymphonic metal, power metal
Length66:45 (standard edition)
70:30 (limited edition)
Label
  • Nuclear Blast (International edition)
  • Chaos Reigns (Japanese edition)
Producer
Avantasia chronology
Singles from Moonglow
  1. "The Raven Child"
    Released: 14 December 2018
  2. "Moonglow"
    Released: 25 January 2019[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[3]
Metal.de10/10[4]
Metal Hammer6/7[5]
Metal Storm8.1/10[6]
sputnikmusic3.7/5[7]
Ultimate Guitar Archive9/10[8]

Background and composition edit

Following the Ghostlights World Tour, Tobias Sammet felt exhausted and decided to take a break. He started to write songs for what would maybe become a solo album, but he realized the songs sounded like Avantasia and decided to write a follow-up to the 2016 album. Unlike previous releases, he did not have a deadline for Moonglow.[13]

Sammet commented that he believes Moonglow is the most "adorned and detailed album we've ever produced", including "Celtic elements, world music elements, big choirs, atmospheric stuff, [and] amazing guest vocal performances".[9] In another interview, he added that the record would contain "great vocal performances, great songs, epic stuff, fantastic stuff, diverse stuff... world music, power metal, pop... everything."[14] Part of the album was written and recorded in England, a country Sammet considers to be highly inspiring for him.[13]

The album marks Hansi Kürsch's and Candice Night's first guest performances on an Avantasia album. Sammet first wanted to have Kürsch sing in The Metal Opera, but wasn't able to do so due to scheduling conflicts. When he wrote "Moonglow", he didn't initially have Night in mind, but when he tried to think of someone to sing on the track, she seemed the ideal name.[15]

Title and theme edit

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.[16]

Lyrics deal with themes such as adjustment and non-adjustment, expectations, convictions and feeling out of place and fall within the Victorian gothic and dark romanticism genres.[16]

Artwork edit

The album cover is influenced by Tim Burton; it was created by Swedish painter Alexander Jansson based on what Sammet told him about the character's story.[16]

Track listing edit

All songs are written by Tobias Sammet, except "Maniac" by Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello.

No.TitleGuest vocalist(s)Length
1."Ghost in the Moon" 9:51
2."Book of Shallows"Hansi Kürsch, Ronnie Atkins, Jørn Lande, Mille Petrozza5:00
3."Moonglow"Candice Night3:56
4."The Raven Child"Kürsch, Lande11:16
5."Starlight"Atkins3:38
6."Invincible"Geoff Tate3:07
7."Alchemy"Tate7:28
8."The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"Atkins, Lande, Eric Martin, Bob Catley, Tate7:20
9."Lavender"Catley4:30
10."Requiem for a Dream"Michael Kiske6:08
11."Maniac" (Michael Sembello cover)Martin4:31
Total length:66:45
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Heart" (bonus track)3:45
Total length:70:43

Personnel edit

Adapted from the album's booklet, Nuclear Blast and Blabbermouth.net.[9][10]

Avantasia
Guest vocalists
Additional musicians
  • Nadia Birkenstock – Celtic Harp
  • Oliver Hartmann – additional lead guitar on track 4 & backing vocals
  • Herbie Langhans, Billy King, Bridget Fogle, Lerato Sebele, Alvin Le-Bass, Stokely Van Daal – backing vocals

Charts edit

References edit

  1. ^ Moccia, Francesco (2019). Moonglow (booklet). Avantasia. Nuclear Blast. NB 4531-2.
  2. ^ "Avantasia: Lyric Video For 'Moonglow' Title Track Feat. Candice Night". Blabbermouth.net. 25 January 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. ^ ""Moonglow" von Avantasia". laut.de (in German). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  4. ^ "Avantasia - Moonglow". Metal.de (in German). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. ^ "Avantasia - MOONGLOW". Metal Hammer (in German). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  6. ^ "Avantasia - Moonglow review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  7. ^ "Review: Avantasia - Moonglow". sputnikmusic. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  8. ^ "Moonglow review by Avantasia". Ultimate Guitar Archive. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  9. ^ a b c d e "AVANTASIA – to release new album "Moonglow" on February 1, 2019!". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "AVANTASIA: First Trailer For 'Moonglow' Album". Blabbermouth.net. December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "AVANTASIA: 'Moonglow' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Guest Vocalists Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. October 12, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  12. ^ Cafagna, Federica (October 12, 2018). "Avantasia, a new album in 2019 and tour with a date in Italy". Metal Hammer Italy (in Italian). Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "AVANTASIA – Moonglow – Interview Part III (OFFICIAL TRAILER)". Nuclear Blast's official YouTube channel. YouTube. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Avantasia's 'Moonglow' Album To Feature Guest Appearances By Kreator, Helloween, Magnum Singers". Blabbermouth.net. October 4, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "AVANTASIA – Moonglow – Interview Part II (OFFICIAL TRAILER)". Nuclear Blast's official YouTube channel. YouTube. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  16. ^ a b c "AVANTASIA – Moonglow – Interview Part I (OFFICIAL TRAILER)". Nuclear Blast's official YouTube channel. YouTube. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Tobias Sammet's Avantasia – Moonglow" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  18. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tobias Sammet's Avantasia – Moonglow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tobias Sammet's Avantasia – Moonglow" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  20. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 08.Týden 2019 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  21. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tobias Sammet's Avantasia – Moonglow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  22. ^ "Avantasia: Moonglow" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  23. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 8, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved February 26, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tobias Sammet's Avantasia – Moonglow" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  25. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 8 (dal 15.02.2019 al 21.02.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  26. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-02-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  27. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  28. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 8: del 15.2.2019 al 21.2.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  29. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved February 23, 2019. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
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  31. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  32. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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Moonglow is the eighth full length album by Tobias Sammet s German metal opera project Avantasia It was released on 15 February 2019 through Nuclear Blast 9 10 As with previous Avantasia projects the album features extensive collaborations with returning and new guest vocalists 9 11 It features 11 tracks 12 including its bonus track and was supported by a world tour 9 12 MoonglowStudio album by AvantasiaReleased15 February 2019StudioPathway Studio and GateStudio Wolfsburg Germany Madhat2 Birmingham UK Chefrock Studio Hamburg Germany Klangetage Frankfurt Germany Cove City Sound Studios New York New York US Studio 69 San Francisco California US Twilight Hall Studio Grefrath Germany Hansen Studios Ribe Denmark 1 GenreSymphonic metal power metalLength66 45 standard edition 70 30 limited edition LabelNuclear Blast International edition Chaos Reigns Japanese edition ProducerSascha Paeth Tobias SammetAvantasia chronologyGhostlights 2016 Moonglow 2019 A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society 2022 Singles from Moonglow The Raven Child Released 14 December 2018 Moonglow Released 25 January 2019 2 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatinglaut de 3 Metal de10 10 4 Metal Hammer6 7 5 Metal Storm8 1 10 6 sputnikmusic3 7 5 7 Ultimate Guitar Archive9 10 8 Contents 1 Background and composition 1 1 Title and theme 1 2 Artwork 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 ReferencesBackground and composition editFollowing the Ghostlights World Tour Tobias Sammet felt exhausted and decided to take a break He started to write songs for what would maybe become a solo album but he realized the songs sounded like Avantasia and decided to write a follow up to the 2016 album Unlike previous releases he did not have a deadline for Moonglow 13 Sammet commented that he believes Moonglow is the most adorned and detailed album we ve ever produced including Celtic elements world music elements big choirs atmospheric stuff and amazing guest vocal performances 9 In another interview he added that the record would contain great vocal performances great songs epic stuff fantastic stuff diverse stuff world music power metal pop everything 14 Part of the album was written and recorded in England a country Sammet considers to be highly inspiring for him 13 The album marks Hansi Kursch s and Candice Night s first guest performances on an Avantasia album Sammet first wanted to have Kursch sing in The Metal Opera but wasn t able to do so due to scheduling conflicts When he wrote Moonglow he didn t initially have Night in mind but when he tried to think of someone to sing on the track she seemed the ideal name 15 Title and theme edit 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 16 Lyrics deal with themes such as adjustment and non adjustment expectations convictions and feeling out of place and fall within the Victorian gothic and dark romanticism genres 16 Artwork edit The album cover is influenced by Tim Burton it was created by Swedish painter Alexander Jansson based on what Sammet told him about the character s story 16 Track listing editAll songs are written by Tobias Sammet except Maniac by Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello No TitleGuest vocalist s Length1 Ghost in the Moon 9 512 Book of Shallows Hansi Kursch Ronnie Atkins Jorn Lande Mille Petrozza5 003 Moonglow Candice Night3 564 The Raven Child Kursch Lande11 165 Starlight Atkins3 386 Invincible Geoff Tate3 077 Alchemy Tate7 288 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Atkins Lande Eric Martin Bob Catley Tate7 209 Lavender Catley4 3010 Requiem for a Dream Michael Kiske6 0811 Maniac Michael Sembello cover Martin4 31Total length 66 45 Limited edition bonus trackNo TitleLength12 Heart bonus track 3 45Total length 70 43Personnel editAdapted from the album s booklet Nuclear Blast and Blabbermouth net 9 10 Avantasia Tobias Sammet lead vocals additional keyboard bass guitar Sascha Paeth guitar bass guitar mixing Michael Rodenberg keyboard piano orchestration mastering Felix Bohnke drums Guest vocalists Ronnie Atkins Pretty Maids Jorn Lande Jorn Eric Martin Mr Big Geoff Tate ex Queensryche Michael Kiske Helloween Bob Catley Magnum Candice Night Blackmore s Night Hansi Kursch Blind Guardian Mille Petrozza Kreator Additional musicians Nadia Birkenstock Celtic Harp Oliver Hartmann additional lead guitar on track 4 amp backing vocals Herbie Langhans Billy King Bridget Fogle Lerato Sebele Alvin Le Bass Stokely Van Daal backing vocalsCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2019 Peakposition Austrian Albums O3 Austria 17 4 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 18 38 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 19 121 Czech Albums CNS IFPI 20 8 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 21 83 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 22 13 French Albums SNEP 23 43 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 24 1 Italian Albums FIMI 25 31 Japanese Albums Oricon 26 48 Scottish Albums OCC 27 9 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 28 5 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 29 6 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 30 3 UK Albums OCC 31 38 Year end charts edit Chart 2019 Position German Albums Offizielle Top 100 32 68References edit Moccia Francesco 2019 Moonglow booklet Avantasia Nuclear Blast NB 4531 2 Avantasia Lyric Video For Moonglow Title Track Feat Candice Night Blabbermouth net 25 January 2019 Retrieved January 25 2019 Moonglow von Avantasia laut de in German 2019 02 15 Retrieved 2019 03 19 Avantasia Moonglow Metal de in German 2019 02 15 Retrieved 2019 03 19 Avantasia MOONGLOW Metal Hammer in German 2019 02 15 Retrieved 2019 03 19 Avantasia Moonglow review Metal Storm Retrieved 2019 03 19 Review Avantasia Moonglow sputnikmusic 2019 02 16 Retrieved 2019 03 19 Moonglow review by Avantasia Ultimate Guitar Archive 2019 02 18 Retrieved 2019 03 19 a b c d e AVANTASIA to release new album Moonglow on February 1 2019 Nuclear Blast Retrieved December 6 2018 a b AVANTASIA First Trailer For Moonglow Album Blabbermouth net December 8 2018 Retrieved December 14 2018 AVANTASIA Moonglow Cover Artwork Track Listing Guest Vocalists Revealed Blabbermouth net October 12 2018 Retrieved December 6 2018 Cafagna Federica October 12 2018 Avantasia a new album in 2019 and tour with a date in Italy Metal Hammer Italy in Italian Retrieved December 6 2018 a b AVANTASIA Moonglow Interview Part III OFFICIAL TRAILER Nuclear Blast s official YouTube channel YouTube 12 February 2019 Retrieved 18 February 2019 Avantasia s Moonglow Album To Feature Guest Appearances By Kreator Helloween Magnum Singers Blabbermouth net October 4 2018 Retrieved February 16 2019 AVANTASIA Moonglow Interview Part II OFFICIAL TRAILER Nuclear Blast s official YouTube channel YouTube 5 February 2019 Retrieved 18 February 2019 a b c AVANTASIA Moonglow Interview Part I OFFICIAL TRAILER Nuclear Blast s official YouTube channel YouTube 29 January 2019 Retrieved 18 February 2019 Austriancharts at Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow in German Hung Medien Retrieved February 28 2019 Ultratop be Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved February 23 2019 Ultratop be Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow in French Hung Medien Retrieved February 23 2019 Czech Albums Top 100 CNS IFPI Note On the chart page select 08 Tyden 2019 on the field besides the words CZ ALBUMS TOP 100 to retrieve the correct chart Retrieved February 26 2019 Dutchcharts nl Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved February 23 2019 Avantasia Moonglow in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved February 25 2019 Le Top de la semaine Top Albums Fusionnes SNEP Week 8 2019 in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Retrieved February 26 2019 permanent dead link Offiziellecharts de Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved February 22 2019 Album Classifica settimanale WK 8 dal 15 02 2019 al 21 02 2019 in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved February 23 2019 Oricon Top 50 Albums 2019 02 25 in Japanese Oricon Retrieved February 20 2019 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved February 23 2019 Top 100 Albumes Semana 8 del 15 2 2019 al 21 2 2019 in Spanish Productores de Musica de Espana Retrieved February 27 2019 Sverigetopplistan Sveriges Officiella Topplista Sverigetopplistan Retrieved February 23 2019 Click on Veckans albumlista Swisscharts com Tobias Sammet s Avantasia Moonglow Hung Medien Retrieved February 27 2019 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved February 23 2019 Top 100 Album Jahrescharts GfK Entertainment in German offiziellecharts de Retrieved September 21 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moonglow Avantasia album amp oldid 1166128469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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