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Германия 11 апр 2019 : |
AVANTASIA - Fan-Filmed Video Of GEOFF TATE And ERIC MARTIN Performing "Twisted Mind" In Prešov, Slovakia Posted | 18 мар 2019 : |
AVANTASIA: Lyric Video For 'Alchemy' Song Feat. Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE | 3 мар 2019 : |
Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA Hit Worldwide Charts With Moonglow | 16 фев 2019 : |
AVANTASIA: Music Video For 'Moonglow' Title Track Feat. CANDICE NIGHT | 13 фев 2019 : |
AVANTASIA Leader TOBIAS SAMMET Shares More Insight On Upcoming Moonglow Album; Official Video Interview, Part 3 | 26 янв 2019 : |
AVANTASIA: Lyric Video For 'Moonglow' Title Track Feat. CANDICE NIGHT | 8 янв 2019 : |
AVANTASIA - "Looking Back And Looking Ahead!" | 14 дек 2018 : |
| 7 дек 2018 : |
AVANTASIA: First Trailer For 'Moonglow' Album | 6 дек 2018 : |
GEOFF TATE Will Spend Much Of 2019 Touring With AVANTASIA: 'It's Gonna Be Real Fun' | 15 окт 2018 : |
AVANTASIA: 'Moonglow' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Guest Vocalists Revealed | 5 окт 2018 : |
AVANTASIA's 'Moonglow' Album To Feature Guest Appearances By KREATOR, HELLOWEEN, MAGNUM Singers | 28 май 2018 : |
AVANTASIA Guitarist OLIVER HARTMANN Releases New Album Hands On The Wheel; Official Trailer Posted | 6 май 2018 : |
GEOFF TATE To Guest On Next AVANTASIA Album, 'Moonglow' | 3 май 2018 : |
TOBIAS SAMMET's AVANTASIA To Release 'Moonglow' Album In January | 25 апр 2018 : |
AVANTASIA Guitarist OLIVER HARTMANN Releases Official Video For New Single "Don't Want Back Down" | 7 авг 2017 : |
AVANTASIA | 5 июл 2017 : |
Former QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Performs With AVANTASIA In Switzerland (Video) | 13 май 2016 : |
Video Premiere: AVANTASIA's 'Draconian Love' | 29 апр 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Wraps Up Ghostlights World Tour; Fan-Filmed Video From Final Show In São Paulo Posted | 25 апр 2016 : |
Video: AVANTASIA Performs In New York City | 22 апр 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Filming April 24th Show In São Paulo, Brazil For DVD / Blu-Ray Release | 5 апр 2016 : |
| 19 мар 2016 : |
AVANTASIA - Prague Show Filmed For DVD Release; More Dates Added To Ghostlights World Tour 2016 | 14 мар 2016 : |
Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA Nominated For Echo Award | 7 мар 2016 : |
AVANTASIA - Fan-Filmed Video From Ghostlights World Tour 2016 Kick-Off Show In Berlin Posted | 29 фев 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Guitarist OLIVER HARTMANN "Looking Forward To A Long, Long Tour" | 26 фев 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Place Third In Eurovision 2016 Qualifying Round; Pro-Shot Performance Footage Available | 15 фев 2016 : |
Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA Enter Charts In 17 Countries On 3 Continents With Ghostlights | 9 фев 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Mastermind TOBIAS SAMMET On Upcoming Eurovision Performance – “I Don’t Wanna Say That It’s A Mission For My Wallet” | 6 фев 2016 : |
AVANTASIA's 'Ghostlights' Enters German Chart At No. 2 | 29 янв 2016 : |
AVANTASIA: Entire 'Ghostlights' Album Available For Streaming; 'Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose' Video Released | 25 янв 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Frontman TOBIAS SAMMET On Upcoming Ghostlights World Tour - "It's Gonna Be The Last Time In A Very Long Time" | 19 янв 2016 : |
AVANTASIA: Official Lyric Video For 'Ghostlights' Title Track | 13 янв 2016 : |
AVANTASIA Among Ten Finalists To Represent Germany In 2016 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST | 25 дек 2015 : |
AVANTASIA: Trailer For 'Ghostlights' Album Featuring Snippets Of Five New Songs | 10 дек 2015 : |
AVANTASIA | 24 ноя 2015 : |
AVANTASIA To Release 'Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose' Single | 13 ноя 2015 : |
AVANTASIA | 6 ноя 2015 : |
SHARON DEN ADEL ON NEW AVANTASIA | 4 ноя 2015 : |
BRUCE KULICK ON NEW AVANTASIA | 30 окт 2015 : |
NIGHTWISH) ON NEW AVANTASIA | 27 окт 2015 : |
NEW AVANTASIA SINGER | 13 окт 2015 : |
AVANTASIA Oliver | 7 окт 2015 : |
AVANTASIA Ronny Atkins | 2 окт 2015 : |
AVANTASIA ft DEE SNIDER | 15 сен 2015 : |
MICHAEL KISKE Guest Appearance Confirmed For Upcoming AVANTASIA Album | 12 сен 2015 : |
Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album 'Ghostlights' | 8 сен 2015 : |
NEW AVANTASIA ALBUM TAKING SHAPE | 27 авг 2015 : |
JORN TO JOIN AVANTASIA | 15 июл 2015 : |
AVANTASIA To Return With 'Ghostlights' Album, World Tour In 2016 | 26 мар 2015 : |
AVANTASIA – The Metal Opera Pt. I And Pt. II To Be Reissued On Vinyl | 4 авг 2014 : |
| 20 авг 2013 : |
TOBIAS SAMMET Issues Recap Of AVANTASIA's 'The Mystery World Tour' | 3 июл 2013 : |
AMANDA SOMERVILLE Checks In With New AVANTASIA World Tour Video Blog | 22 июн 2013 : |
AVANTASIA | 19 июн 2013 : |
AVANTASIA | 10 июн 2013 : |
AMANDA SOMERVILLE Checks In From Sweden On AVANTASIA's Mystery World Tour 2013 | 28 апр 2013 : |
AVANTASIA - Quality Fan-Filmed Video From Oberhausen Show Online | 19 апр 2013 : |
AVANTASIA: Video Footage From European Tour | 14 апр 2013 : |
Video: AVANTASIA Kicks Off Tour At Belgium's POWER PROG & METAL FEST | 13 апр 2013 : |
AVANTASIA Mystery Tour 2013 - 1 | 9 апр 2013 : |
AVANTASIA: 'The Mystery Of Time' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed | 22 мар 2013 : |
AVANTASIA - Sleepwalking | 21 мар 2013 : |
AVANTASIA Films 'Sleepwalking' Video | 13 мар 2013 : |
AVANTASIA: 'The Mystery Of Time' Trailer Released | 4 мар 2013 : |
AVANTASIA: 'The Mystery Of Time' Studio Reports | 28 фев 2013 : |
PRETTY MAIDS RONNIE ATKINS ON TOUR WITH AVANTASIA | 27 фев 2013 : |
AVANTASIA -- Invoke The Machine | 26 фев 2013 : |
AVANTASIA To Be Joined On Tour By HEAVENS GATE Vocalist | 24 фев 2013 : |
AVANTASIA: Photos Of 'The Mystery Of Time' Limited-Edition Hardcover Book | 11 фев 2013 : |
MAGNUM VOCALIST TO JOIN AVANTASIA | 1 фев 2013 : |
AVANTASIA - \'The Mystery Of Time\' | 21 янв 2013 : |
| 19 янв 2013 : |
JOE LYNN TURNER ON THE NEW AVANTASIA | 12 янв 2013 : |
MR. BIG Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 10 янв 2013 : |
PRETTY MAIDS Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 28 дек 2012 : |
ARJEN LUCASSEN To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 24 дек 2012 : |
AVANTASIA: First Audio Sample Of Forthcoming Album | 18 дек 2012 : |
| 10 дек 2012 : |
SAXON Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 7 дек 2012 : |
AVANTASIA: New Album Title Revealed | 27 ноя 2012 : |
Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 25 ноя 2012 : |
AVANTASIA To Embark On Headlining Tour In April | 9 ноя 2012 : |
EDGUY Frontman Taps URIAH HEEP Drummer For New AVANTASIA Album | 29 окт 2012 : |
Michael Kiske Issues Statement On Participation In New AVANTASIA Album | 25 окт 2012 : |
AVANTASIA BACK IN THE STUDIO | 7 авг 2012 : |
NEW AVANTASIA EPIC IN THE MAKING! | 11 авг 2011 : |
AVANTASIA: Pro-Shot Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance | 3 авг 2011 : |
AVANTASIA\'s WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Be Broadcast Live On German TV | 7 июл 2011 : |
AVANTASIA: Band Lineup For WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Revealed | 5 янв 2011 : |
AVANTASIA: \'The Flying Opera\' DVD Artwork Unveiled | 14 дек 2010 : |
AVANTASIA DVD To Be Released In February | 2 дек 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: Video Footage Of Second Pratteln Show Posted Online | 1 дек 2010 : |
AVANTASIA Back On The Road; Tour Starts In Switzerland | 22 ноя 2010 : |
AVANTASIA\'s WACKEN OPEN AIR Concert Will Mark Band\'s Only Appearance Next Year | 6 сен 2010 : |
KAI HANSEN To Tour With AVANTASIA | 30 авг 2010 : |
AVANTASIA To Hit The Road With Michael Kiske, Jorn Lande, Bob Catley, Amanda Somerville, Olli Hartmann This Fall | 9 авг 2010 : |
AVANTASIA To Embark On Tour In December | 9 авг 2010 : |
AVANTASIA, APOCALYPTICA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For Next Year\'s WACKEN OPEN AIR | 7 апр 2010 : |
TOBIAS SAMMET Talks AVANTASIA, The Future Of EDGUY | 17 мар 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: \'Dying For An Angel\' Video Featuring SCORPIONS Frontman Available | 11 мар 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: New Album Listening Session Announced | 4 мар 2010 : |
AVANTASIA - Neuer Song streambar | 23 фев 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: Deluxe-Box-Set Version Of New Album To Include \'The Wicked Trilogy\' Book | 7 фев 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: \'The Wicked Symphony\', \'Angel Of Babylon\' Track Listing Revealed | 18 янв 2010 : |
JON OLIVA To Guest On AVANTASIA Album | 16 янв 2010 : |
AVANTASIA: \'The Wicked Symphony\', \'Angel Of Babylon\' Cover Artwork Unveiled | 11 янв 2010 : |
Female Singer Confirmed For AVANTASIA Project | 28 дек 2009 : |
AVANTASIA: LEGENDARY KISS-AXEMAN BRUCE KULICK ON GUITARS | 28 дек 2009 : |
AVANTASIA: ANOTHER VOCALIST CONFIRMED FOR NEW ALBUM | 5 дек 2009 : |
\"FASTEST KEYBOARDER IN THE WORLD\" ON AVANTASIA | 17 ноя 2009 : |
AVANTASIA: New Album Titles Announced | 31 окт 2009 : |
SYMPHONY X Frontman To Guest On AVANTASIA Album | 21 окт 2009 : |
AVANTASIA\'s Next Chapter Will Be Spread Over Two Albums | 30 авг 2009 : |
Former HELLOWEEN Singer To Guest On AVANTASIA Album | 28 авг 2009 : |
MAGNUM Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 25 авг 2009 : |
TIM \'RIPPER\' OWENS To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 15 авг 2009 : |
SCORPIONS SINGER KLAUS MEINE ON AVANTASIA | 14 авг 2009 : |
JORN LANDE ON FORTHCOMING AVANTASIA EPIC | 10 авг 2009 : |
ERIC SINGER, ALEX HOLZWARTH To Appear On New AVANTASIA Album | 11 май 2009 : |
EDGUY Frontman Hard At Work On New AVANTASIA Album | 15 фев 2009 : |
AVANTASIA: New Album Due Before End Of Year | 26 дек 2008 : |
AVANTASIA Producer Honored With 'Golden Bobby' Award | 25 июл 2008 : |
ULI JON ROTH To Perform With AVANTASIA At WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival | 6 июл 2008 : |
AVANTASIA: New Video Blog Available | 20 июн 2008 : |
AVANTASIA Mainman Checks In From The Road | 9 июн 2008 : |
| 30 май 2008 : |
AVANTASIA Mainman Discusses Forthcoming Tour | 28 апр 2008 : |
AVANTASIA Touring Lineup Revealed | 28 янв 2008 : |
AVANTASIA: 'The Metal Opera - Gold Edition' Due In March | 18 янв 2008 : |
AVANTASIA: 'The Scarecrow' E-Card Available | 16 янв 2008 : |
AVANTASIA: 'Shelter From The Rain' Available For Download | 30 ноя 2007 : |
ERIC SINGER, JORN LANDE, AMANDA SOMERVILLE To Perform With AVANTASIA At Upcoming Festivals | 12 ноя 2007 : |
| 10 ноя 2007 : |
AVANTASIA: "The Scarecrow" Artwork Available | 8 ноя 2007 : |
AVANTASIA: 'Lost In Space' Video Posted Online | 28 окт 2007 : |
AVANTASIA: 'Lost In Space' EPK Available | 17 окт 2007 : |
AVANTASIA: New Audio Samples Available | 16 окт 2007 : |
AVANTASIA: 'Lost In Space' EPs Detailed | 14 сен 2007 : |
AVANTASIA - Details Of Forthcoming Album Revealed, ROY KHAN And KAI HANSEN Confirmed As Guest Artists | 10 сен 2007 : |
AVANTASIA's 'Lost In Space' Parts 1 And 2 Pushed Back To November | 20 авг 2007 : |
Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material' | 9 авг 2007 : |
EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD | 9 май 2007 : |
Ex-MASTERPLAN Singer To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album | 26 мар 2007 : |
EDGUY Frontman Announces Title Of New AVANTASIA Album | 12 мар 2007 : |
EDGUY Frontman On AVANTASIA Project: 'There's No Limits To Our Creativity' | 5 янв 2007 : |
KISS Drummer ERIC SINGER Lays Down Tracks For New AVANTASIA Album | 30 дек 2006 : |
EDGUY Frontman Working On New AVANTASIA Album |
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7 апр 2010
TOBIAS SAMMET Talks AVANTASIA, The Future Of EDGUY
AVANTASIA/EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet was interviewed this past weekend by his webmaster, Harmon Caldwell. The question-and-answer session follows in its entirety below.
Q: Tobias, the day has come: Your two new AVANTASIA albums, "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon", have hit the record stores. They seem to be considered the "most ambitious project you have ever done." Are you excited or even nervous now that your fans can hold the albums in their hands?
Tobias: As far as the "most ambitious project" goes, I have always been ambitious and very enthusiastic with whatever I did or am doing. Only this time around we've got two albums and a running time of 120 minutes. Everything was twice as intensive, it has taken twice as long to record, twice as much sweat, twice as many sleepless nights and of course: Now I am twice as happy.
Q: The list of guest musicians is really impressive once again. Klaus Meine, Jon Oliva, Russell Allen, Jorn Lande, Ripper Owens... At some point, weren't you afraid that you might become just another guest on your own albums? Not as a composer, of course, but as a performer?
Tobias: When you put such an epic together, you don't put your own performance front and center. You focus on the project as a whole. Of course, I wanted to perform my vocals as good as I possibly could. But I didn't do this project to boost my ego, I did this because it makes me feel like a kid in a toy store. Believe it or not, when you're in the studio with all these great performers, you are nothing but thankful and happy. It's all for the sake of creating music together, music that I love. You don't start a dick-waving contest. I am just happy to create music I want to listen to myself. This is not the Olympics. It's all about the joy of doing it and listening to the final results afterwards!
Q: Everybody talks about the great guest vocalists' performances. How would you rate your own singing? How has your style changed over the years in your opinion?
Tobias: I am much more happy with my voice nowadays. When I listen to some of the stuff I did on early albums, I scratch my head, haha! I hate my vibrato on those old albums. Mikko Karmilla (engineer of EDGUY's early albums — from "Vain Glory Opera" to "Hellfire Club") once said that it sounds like somebody is shaking me while I try to keep a tone. Thank God my producer Sascha cured me from it. Whenever I start to sing with high clean opera vocals, Sascha throws up on the mixing desk. At some point I couldn't stand the smell of his vomit in the studio anymore. I don't wanna be in a fucking Alessandro Moreschi tribute band (laughs). The range is still there, which feels great, but I would rather focus on feeling and emotion than competing with the sound of a sharply braking freight train. If you listen to the new AVANTASIA material like "Your Love Is Evil" or the chorus of "States Of Matter", without blowing my trumpet, I guess that's not too bad. But, of course, there are so many outstanding singers who did a great job on AVANTASIA, it would be out of place to speak about my performance in that context. If you listen to the last EDGUY album, "Tinnitus Sanctus", you can hear the essence of my singing. This is just me on vocals. Having enough distance from that album now, I can rightfully say that it is the strongest EDGUY album. It's a killer album, maybe some people didn't understand it, but "Sex Fire Religion" or "Pride Of Creation" are killer tracks. That's what metal has to sound like, in my opinion. On "929" I think I gave my best vocal performance in ten years, maybe. The album didn't have the success it deserved in all territories, but that's the price we are willing to pay in order to follow our hearts. "Tinnitus Sanctus"... What an album! Wow, off topic. Back to AVANTASIA (laughs).
Q: I really liked "Tinnitus", but the two new AVANTASIA albums seem to be a little more epic and some people even think you are going back to the roots with those albums. Was that intentional? Some people have even said or implied that you put more work into AVANTASIA than EDGUY. What is your counter argument to that claim?
Tobias: It's bullshit! "Tinnitus Sanctus" is the perfect EDGUY album, even if some people hate it or not. I can judge, I am IN this band! It's funny, whenever I speak to the press or fans I get the feeling that a lot of people out there know more about our insidious plans and intentions than we do. I have heard it all: commercial sell-out, back to the roots, burnt out, you name it. But we don't think about it, we're just out to have fun and play the music we love. Again, "Tinnitus Sanctus" embodies the essence of EDGUY, it has got some of the strongest songs we have ever done. It kicks ass, it's mean and dirty and yet bombastic and it's got some of the most anthemic melodies. And it's got great songwriting, the greatest performance of each musician in the history of EDGUY. I know it, I am actually a member of this band (laughs). I respect every opinion, but I am in the position to eventually judge! As far as selling out goes, we didn't even release a single. If we would be out for a hit single, it would be rather dumb to not release one at all.
Q: Okay, back to AVANTASIA: If an alien came down to earth: How would you describe the two new albums in your own words, briefly?
Tobias: I think it's just a magnificent piece of work, but in press language I'd tell the alien it's a six-point-four out of a six-and-a-half-point-two. And the deduction is only because it sounds like BON JOVI (laughs)! If the alien didn't understand what I meant, then nobody would. Sane music lovers surely don't understand the music press. I'd say it's great and epic music. I'd tell the alien: Listen, parts of the drums have been played by one of your kind! Now give it a listen or two and you will hear how honest we were and how we constantly tore down limits and boundaries. The honesty, the diversity, the elemental force and the grandeur will drip out of your stereo... And finally melt your spaceship!
Q: You produced two albums at once; it must have been a lot of work. Was there a point during the production, that you regretted recording such a massive amount of material?
Tobias: No, when I realized how much material it was, it was already produced! The secret is quite easy, it's like a life motto to me: "Do what you love!" I focus on things that make me happy. On the two new AVANTASIA albums, for example, all I want to do is play the music I love and seize my time on this beautiful planet with something that fills me with joy. And believe me, I live the happiest life on the planet. So it's my duty to pass it on. I know I have had a lot of luck, more luck than talent for sure. And I know that many people can not live by that motto 24 hours a day, seven days a week (me neither, by the way.). But if we really want it we can optimize the happy aspects in our lives. Just take a look around: There are so many people who waste their energy on giving someone else a hard time. Take music journalism: Some people look out for music they love and some people wait for bands they can hate and bash. You have to be perverse to choose to be miserable and surround yourself with such a negative, angry, and unfair vibe. Or neighbours: Some people call the police and complain about noisy couples in the flat above, and others take the opportunity and fuck themselves. Relax! Follow your dreams and enjoy life! Wasting your energy for something negative is disrespectful towards those who really need your support and energy. I try not to waste precious time and energy: I seize the day to make people smile, me included. You'll be surprised of how much you can work out if you live by that motto.
Q: So what are the future plans of Tobias Sammet? Any new dreams to dream?
Tobias: I don't think about that right now, I just enjoy having recorded two amazing new chapters in my personal discography. Life is what happens to you while you are making plans. 20 years ago I had the dream of becoming a rock musician. I wanted to record my own albums and make just enough money to earn a living. Today I am looking back on chart-breaking albums, a tour with AEROSMITH, stadium shows with IRON MAIDEN and the SCORPIONS. I was given the great opportunity to start AVANTASIA and to work with Alice Cooper, musicians from KISS and the SCORPS whose posters I had on my wall. I have been given the chance to play various world tours, travelled from Israel to China and from the USA to Brazil. I still can't believe this is all true, so please don't wake me up! And all my life I have just worked on future plans. Now is the time to recall the past, enjoy it, and relax. I deserve that after these two new albums, I really deserve being able to not think about the future for a few weeks.
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