AVANTASIA – digital single “Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose” out now! - Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

Today the new AVANTASIA single “MYSTERY OF A BLOOD RED ROSE” is available for download. Watch the lyric video on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel!

Order the single here: http://nblast.de/AvantasiaDownloads

About the song itself AVANTASIA mastermind Tobias Sammet says:

“In my humble opinion is the perfect overture to the seventy-minute journey which the full album is going to be. Although MYSTERY OF A BLOOD RED ROSE is a rather short composition compared to most other AVANTASIAsongs, yet I wanted to embellish and amplify it with flamboyance and all AVANTASIA trademarks. I wanted to make it a detailed piece of fantasy art, but at the same time it was a big challenge to make that painting look inherently consistant if you view it from the distance. The layered choirs took us forever to record and yet nothing distracts from the main theme and flow of the song. Everytime you give it a listen you will discover something else going on. I have a feeling that I have never managed to create such an epic and dreamy atmosphere in just four minutes. I gotta admit, I am slightly proud of it!

Below is the track listing for Ghostlights:
01. Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose
Lead vocals: Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
02. Let The Storm Descend Upon You
Lead vocals: Tobias, Jorn Lande, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason
Lead guitar: Oliver Hartmann
03. The Haunting
Lead vocals: Dee Snider, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
04. Seduction Of Decay
Lead vocals: Geoff Tate, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
05. Ghostlights
Lead vocals: Michael Kiske, Tobias, Jorn Lande
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann
06. Draconian Love
Lead vocals: Herbie Langhans, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
07. Master Of The Pendulum
Lead vocals: Marco Hietala, Tobias
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth
08. Isle Of Evermore
Lead vocals: Sharon Den Adel, Tobias
09. Babylon Vampyres
Lead vocals: Tobias, Robert Mason
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick, Oliver Hartmann, Sascha Paeth
10. Lucifer
Lead vocals: Jorn Lande, Tobias
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick
11. Unchain The Light
Lead vocals: Tobias, Ronnie Atkins, Michael Kiske
Lead guitar: Sascha Paeth, Oliver Hartmann
12. A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies
Lead vocals: Bob Catley, Tobias
Lead guitar: Bruce Kulick

The instrumentalists on Ghostlights are as follows:

SASCHA PAETH – Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Bass, Additional Keys

MICHAEL RODENBERG – Orchestration, Keys

TOBIAS SAMMET – Additional Keys, Bass

OLIVER HARTMANN – Lead Guitars
BRUCE KULICK – Lead Guitars

FELIX BOHNKE – Drums

Order your copy of Ghostlights here:
http://nblast.de/AvantasiaGhostlightsOr digitally:
http://nblast.de/AvantasiaGhostlightsiS

The Mystery of Time, the latest release from German composer and vocalist Tobias Sammet’s, Avantasia, charted in 16 countries in Europe, Asia and America, including #2 in Germany. It debuted at #9 on theBillboard “Heat Seekers” chart as well as #33 on the “Hard Rock” chart.
Watch The Mystery Of Time album preview, the video for “Sleepwalking” and interviews with Tobias Sammet on the Nuclear Blast YouTube Channel!