Avantasia announce new album ‘Moonglow’

AVANTASIA have announced a new album!

The new album, titled Moonglow, is the latest offering from the band and is scheduled to be released in February next year.

For the new album, band mastermind Tobias Sammet worked with well-known faces such as Ronnie Atkins, Jørn Lande, Eric Martin, Geoff Tate, Michael Kiske or Bob Catley but also new singers like Candice Night, Hansi Kürsch as well as Mille Petrozza.

Speaking about the record, Tobias Sammet says, “it’s alive! After more than two years of hard work – and what felt like 71 overnight shifts back to back recently – we’re ready to unleash Moonglow upon the universe. I believe it’s the most adorned and detailed album we’ve ever produced. Not over ambitious, but there is a lot of love for detail in there. AVANTASIA is the ultimate playground for a musician’s wildest fantasies to come true: Celtic elements, world music elements, big choirs, atmospheric stuff, amazing guest vocal performances and of course all that wrapped up in what I consider to be the typical AVANTASIA sound. Someone in the music business just told me that the embellished nature of the sound makes it hard to market it, it doesn’t fit in the contemporary musical landscape and “if you take a look around, no one really sounds like that.” – EXACTLY! THANK YOU! I can’t wait to release Moonglow, take my friends of the AVANTASIA family and hit the road for the big Moonglow World Tour.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record, both of which are available to view below:

Track List: 

01. Ghost In The Moon
02. Book Of Shallows
03. Moonglow
04. The Raven Child
05. Starlight
06. Invincible
07. Alchemy
08. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
09. Lavender
10. Requiem For A Dream
11. Maniac
Bonus Track
12. Heart

Moonglow is set for release on February 1st via Nuclear Blast Records.

For more information on AVANTASIA like their official page on Facebook.