‘Draconian Love’, the new video from Edguy frontman Tobias Sammet‘s Avantasia project, can be seen below. The clip contains live footage from Avantasia‘s recent shows in Brazil and features guest vocals of Herbie Langhans (Seventh Avenue/Sinbreed) .
Herbie commented: “5 months ago it was confirmed that I will be on Tour with Avantasia…after singing all the choirs for Ghostlights and the “Demo” of Draconian Love. Now after an amazing Worldtour we released the Videoclip of the second single…yeees Draconian Love!!! What can I say …I am .. wow …sooo …uuuh …Im blessed and soo proud. Thanks to all of you !!! YOU ROCK. And now enjoy …Dracoooonian Loooove”
“Draconian Love” is taken from Avantasia‘s seventh studio album, “Ghostlights”, which entered the German chart at position No. 2. Released on January 29 via Nuclear Blast, the twelve-song CD was produced by Tobias and Sascha Paeth at Gatestudio in Wolfsburg, Germany. Paeth engineered and mixed “Ghostlights”, while the mastering was done by Michael Rodenberg.
“The Ghostlights World Tour” started early March and led Avantasia to 24 countries in Europe, Russia, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and South America. This summer Avantasia will play headlining performances at European festivals, until they finish the tour at the historical Open Air stage at the Schiffenberg abbey near Giessen, Germany on August 26th! Dates and locations are listed below.
In an interview with Myglobalmind, Tobias stated about the lyrical themes covered on “Ghostlights”: “It’s a concept that started in novel form on ‘The Mystery Of Time’ and ‘Ghoslights’ is based on that one, so it finishes the story. The twelve new songs represent twelve stations on the protagonist’s journey. It’s a journey where he is looking for answers for some questions about his own existence and that leaves its mark on his philosophical worldview as well. Those twelve songs represent key moments on this journey and then it’s done. There is no happy end indeed — it’s a very open ending — but I didn’t want to continue the story in fairytale form. Instead I wanted it to be more universal, so that people can think about the things that happen in the story. You should be able to interpret it for yourself in the end. So this concept and topic is definitely finished.”
Tobias also talked about the musical direction of “Ghostlights”. He said: “I’m not that kind of person who sits down after a large market analysis and says, ‘The next album has to be faster, darker or softer.’ That will never happen, and that’s good, because you can keep it interesting for yourself. I never really know in which direction it will lead. I just have a rough idea in mind when I develop a concept and of course there is a certain quintessence that is always present during the whole process, but I never really know how it will turn out. You never know if a song gets more dark or something like that. These are simply nuances. So many things are happening during the development process, so because of smallest changes a song can go into a different direction in the end. Let me give you one example. There is one song called ‘Draconian Love’ that sounds quiet dark, but that just happened in the studio. Originally this one was a typical Avantasia track in the vein of ‘Dying For An Angel’ or ‘Avantasia’ from the very first record. At the end of the day, Sascha Paeth came up with the idea that my duet partner Herbie Langhans from Sinbreed could sing his part an octave lower than me to get a bigger discrepancy between our two voices. And suddenly this song got this kind of… many people call it ‘gothic’ touch. I really can’t compare it, since I’m not into this style of music, but because of that little change this song got a more darker tone.”
The opus features guest appearances by:
* Dee Snider (Twisted Sister)
* Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche)
* Marco Hietala (Nightwish)
* Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation)
* Michael Kiske (Helloween)Video below:
* Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids)
* Bob Catley (Magnum)
* Jorn Lande (Masterplan)
* Bruce Kulick (Kiss)
* Robert Mason (Warrant)
* Herbie Langhans (Seventh Avenue, Sinbreed)
* Oliver Hartmann
* Sascha Paeth
The instrumentalists on “Ghostlights” are as follows:
* Sascha Paeth – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, additional keys
* Michael Rodenberg – orchestration, keys
* Tobias Sammet – additional keys and bass
* Bruce Kulick – lead guitar
* Oliver Hartmann – lead guitar
* Felix Bohnke – drums
Upcoming Shows:
10. June – SWEDEN – Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock Festival
11. June – GERMANY – St. Goarshausen, Loreley – Rockfels Festival
01. July – FINLAND – Helsinki – Tuska Festival
03. July – BULGARIA – Kavarna – Stadium
06. July – GERMANY – Munich – Tollwood Festival
08. July – GERMANY – Ballenstedt – RockHarz Festival
15. July – CZECH REPUBLIC – Vizovice – Masters Of Rock Festival
12. August – SPAIN – Villena – Leyendas Del Rock Festival
14. August – BELGIUM – Kortrijk – Alcatraz Metal Festival
26. August – GERMANY – Giessen, Kloster Schiffenberg – Giessener Kultursommer
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Video below ‘Draconian Love’