The Wicked Symphony

The Wicked Symphony
Studio album by Avantasia
Released	April 3, 2010
Recorded	2008-2010 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg Vox-Klangstudio, Bendestorf Peppermint Park Studio, Hanover
Genre	Power metal, symphonic metal, hard rock, progressive metal
Length	60:37
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
Avantasia chronology
The Scarecrow (2008) The Wicked Symphony/Angel of Babylon (2010) The Mystery of Time (2013)

The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia, released on April 3, 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 songs written and composed by Tobias Sammet. 

No.	Title	Guest Vocalist	Length
1.	"The Wicked Symphony"	Jørn Lande, Russell Allen	9:29
2.	"Wastelands"	Michael Kiske	4:44
3.	"Scales of Justice"	Tim "Ripper" Owens	5:03
4.	"Dying For an Angel"	Klaus Meine	4:32
5.	"Blizzard on a Broken Mirror"	Andre Matos	6:08
6.	"Runaway Train"	Bob Catley, Lande, Kiske	8:43
7.	"Crestfallen"	Lande	4:03
8.	"Forever Is a Long Time"	Lande	5:05
9.	"Black Wings"	Ralf Zdiarstek	4:39
10.	"States of Matter"	Russell Allen	3:58
11.	"The Edge"		4:12
Total length:			60:37

Japanese Edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Lost in Space" (Live at Masters of Rock 2008)	4:20

^[5][6]

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, 7, 8)
• Michael Kiske (on tracks 2, 6)
• Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 10)
• Klaus Meine (on track 4)
• Tim "Ripper" Owens (on track 3)
• Bob Catley (on track 6)
• André Matos (on track 5)
• Ralf Zdiarstek (on track 9)

Charts

^[7]

Chart	Number
Germany	2
Hungary	5
Czech Republic	6
Switzerland	7
Slovenia	7
Austria	9
Sweden	14
Finland	18
Norway	22
Britain (Independent)	26
Holland (Independent)	27
Spain	32

References

1. Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
2. Henderson, Alex. "Review: The Wicked Symphony". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
3. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/a/fr/avantasia-thewickedsymphony.htm
4. http://furyrocks.com/en/search/Avantasia__The_Wicked_Symphony_163892
5. http://www.tobiassammet.com/eng/music/TheWickedSymphony.php
6. http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Avantasia-Wicked-Symphony-The/hnum/1118074
7. http://www.tobiassammet.com/eng/music/TheWickedSymphony.php