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This is a list of the members of German supergroup rock opera project Avantasia.
| Vocalist | Associated bands | Avantasia | The Metal Opera | The Metal Opera Part II | Lost in Space Part I | Lost in Space Part II | The Scarecrow | The Wicked Symphony | Angel of Babylon | The Mystery of Time | Ghostlights | Moonglow | A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society |
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| Germany: Tobias Sammet | Edguy | all tracks | all tracks, except track 4 (Malleus Maleficarum) | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks, except track 8 (Symphony of Life) | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks |
| Germany: Michael Kiske | Helloween, Place Vendome, Kiske/Somerville, Unisonic | Reach Out for the Light | Reach Out for the Light, Breaking Away, Farewell, Avantasia, The Tower | The Seven Angels, No Return | Promised Land | The Scarecrow, Shelter from the Rain, What Kind of Love | Wastelands, Runaway Train | Stargazers | Where Clock Hands Freeze, Savior in the Clockwork, Dweller in a Dream | Ghostlights, Unchain the Light, Wake up to the Moon | Requiem for a Dream | The Inmost Light, Arabesque | |
| United States: David DeFeis | Virgin Steele | Final Sacrifice | Serpents in Paradise, The Tower | The Seven Angels, The Final Sacrifice | |||||||||
| Brazil: Andre Matos | ex-Shaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper, ex-Symfonia | Inside, Sign of the Cross, The Tower | The Seven Angels, No Return, Chalice of Agony | Blizzard On a Broken Mirror | |||||||||
| Germany: Ralf Zdiarstek | Malleus Maleficarum, The Glory of Rome | Memory | Black Wings | ||||||||||
| Germany: Oliver Hartmann | ex-At Vance | The Glory of Rome, Sign of the Cross, The Tower | The Seven Angels | I Don't Believe in Your Love | Stargazers | ||||||||
| Germany: Kai Hansen | Helloween, Gamma Ray, Unisonic | Inside, Sign of the Cross | The Seven Angels, Chalice of Agony | ||||||||||
| United States: Rob Rock | ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Warrior, Driver, Impellitteri | The Glory of Rome | The Seven Angels, Neverland | ||||||||||
| The Netherlands: Sharon den Adel | Within Temptation | Farewell | Into the Unknown | Isle of Evermore | |||||||||
| Finland: Timo Tolkki | ex-Stratovarius, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia | The Tower | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom: Bob Catley | Magnum, ex-Hard Rain | The Looking Glass, In Quest for | The Story Ain't Over | Shelter from the Rain, Cry Just a Little | Runaway Train | Journey to Arcadia | The Great Mystery | A Restless Heart and Obsidian Skies, Wake up to the Moon | Lavender | The Moonflower Society | |||
| Norway: Jørn Lande | ex-Ark, ex-Masterplan, lead singer of Jorn | Another Angel Down | Promised Land | The Scarecrow, Another Angel Down, Devil in the Belfry | The Wicked Symphony, Runaway Train, Crestfallen, Forever is a Long Time | Stargazers, Angel of Babylon, Rat Race, Down in the Dark, Alone I Remember, Promised Land | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Ghostlights, Lucifer, Wake up to the Moon | Book of Shallows, The Raven Child, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | I Tame the Storm, Arabesque | ||||
| United States: Amanda Somerville | Aina, Kiske/Somerville, Trillium | Lost in Space, The Story Ain't Over | Lost in Space, Lost in Space | What Kind of Love, Lost in Space | |||||||||
| United States: Eric Singer | Kiss, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Alice Cooper | Ride the Sky | |||||||||||
| Norway: Roy Khan | ex-Conception, ex-Kamelot | Twisted Mind | |||||||||||
| United States: Alice Cooper | The Toy Master | ||||||||||||
| United States: Russell Allen | Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob | The Wicked Symphony, States of Matter | Stargazers, Journey to Arcadia | ||||||||||
| United States: Tim "Ripper" Owens | ex-Judas Priest, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Iced Earth | Scales of Justice | |||||||||||
| Germany: Klaus Meine | Scorpions | Dying for an Angel | |||||||||||
| Germany: Cloudy Yang | Symphony of Life | Sleepwalking | |||||||||||
| United States: Jon Oliva | Savatage, Jon Oliva's Pain | Death is Just a Feeling | |||||||||||
| United States: Joe Lynn Turner | ex-Rainbow, ex-Deep Purple, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen | Spectres, The Watchmakers' Dream, Savior in the Clockwork, The Great Mystery | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom: Biff Byford | Saxon | Black Orchid, Savior in the Clockwork, The Great Mystery | |||||||||||
| Denmark: Ronnie Atkins | Pretty Maids | Invoke The Machine | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Unchain the Light, Wake up to the Moon | Book of Shallows, Starlight, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Paper Plane | ||||||||
| United States: Eric Martin | Mr. Big | What's Left Of Me | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Maniac | Rhyme and Reason | |||||||||
| United States: Robert Mason | Warrant, Lynch Mob | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Babylon Vampyres, Wake up to the Moon | |||||||||||
| United States: Dee Snider | Twisted Sister | The Haunting | |||||||||||
| Germany: Herbie Langhans | Seventh Avenue | Draconian Love | |||||||||||
| Finland: Marko Hietala | Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, Raskasta Joulua, Sapattivuosi, Sinergy | Master of the Pendulum | |||||||||||
| Germany: Geoff Tate | Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche | Seduction of Decay | Invincible, Alchemy, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Scars | |||||||||
| United States: Candice Night | Blackmore's Night | Moonglow | |||||||||||
| Germany: Hansi Kürsch | Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards | Book of Shallows, The Raven Child | |||||||||||
| Germany: Mille Petrozza | Kreator, ex-Voodoocult | Book of Shallows | |||||||||||
| The Netherlands: Floor Jansen | Nightwish, Northward, Star One, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp | Kill the Pain Away, Misplaced Among the Angels | |||||||||||
| Germany: Ralf Scheepers | Primal Fear | The Wicked Rule the Night |
| Musician | Associated bands | Avantasia | The Metal Opera | The Metal Opera Part II | Lost in Space Part I | Lost in Space Part II | The Scarecrow | The Wicked Symphony | Angel of Babylon | The Mystery of Time | Ghostlights | Moonglow | A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society |
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| Germany: Tobias Sammet | Edguy | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) Bass (10) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Keyboards, bass (all) |
| Germany: Henjo Richter | Gamma Ray | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Lead guitar (3) | Lead guitar (2, 3, 4) | Lead guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 8) | Lead guitar (10) | |||||
| Germany: Markus Grosskopf | Helloween | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | |||||||||
| Germany: Alex Holzwarth | Rhapsody of Fire, ex-Angra | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (3, 7, 8, 10) | Drums (1, 2, 3, 11) | |||||||
| Germany: Jens Ludwig | Edguy | Lead guitar (12, 13) | Lead guitar (5, 9) | ||||||||||
| Finland: Timo Tolkki | ex-Stratovarius, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia | Lead guitar (1, 10) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Norman Meiritz | Acoustic guitar (6) | Rhythm guitar (10) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Frank Tischer | Piano (11) | Piano (1, 4, 7) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Sascha Paeth | ex-Heavens Gate, Aina | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars, bass (all) | |||
| United States: Eric Singer | KISS, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Alice Cooper | Drums (10) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (2, 4, 6) | Drums (5, 7, 9, 10) | ||||||
| Germany: Michael "Miro" Rodenberg | Aina, Kamelot | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all except track 2) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (5, 11) | |||
| Germany: Kai Hansen | Helloween, Gamma Ray, Unisonic, ex-Iron Savior | Lead guitar (3) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Rudolf Schenker | Scorpions | Lead guitar (10) | |||||||||||
| United States: Bruce Kulick | ex-Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad | Lead guitar (6, 11) | Lead guitar (5, 9, 11) | Lead guitar (3, 6, 10) | Lead guitar (9, 10, 12) | ||||||||
| Germany: Oliver Hartmann | ex-At Vance | Lead guitar (2, 8) | Lead guitar (1, 2, 3) | Lead guitar (4, 7) | Lead guitar (2, 5, 9, 11) | Lead guitar (4) | Lead guitar (4) | ||||||
| Germany: Felix Bohnke | Edguy | Drums (1, 5, 9, 11) | Drums (4, 6, 8) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | |||||||
| Sweden: Jens Johansson | Stratovarius, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen | Keyboards (2) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Eddy Wrapiprou | Edguy | Keyboards (all) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Simon Oberender | Organ (11) | Organ (9) | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom: Russell Gilbrook | Uriah Heep | Drums (all) | |||||||||||
| The Netherlands: Arjen Anthony Lucassen | Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, Ambeon, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Vengeance, ex-Bodine | Lead guitar (2) | |||||||||||
| Germany: Ferdy Doernberg | Axel Rudi Pell | Hammond Organ (2) |
Avantasia is a German supergroup metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterized as a rock opera, as it features the contributions of various vocalists and musicians and it consists of concept albums. The name is a blend of the words Avalon and fantasia ('fantasy') and describes "a world beyond human imagination".
Hellfire Club, released on 15 March 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy. The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. It is the band's first album released via Nuclear Blast.
Legendary Tales is the debut studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody. It was released in 1997 on Limb Music. The album is the beginning of the Emerald Sword Saga.
Rocket Ride is the seventh full-length album by German power metal band Edguy, released on 20 January 2006. It features a style that differs from their usual power metal style and is more oriented towards hard rock.
Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.
The Scarecrow is the third full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia, released on 25 January 2008 through Nuclear Blast Records. It is the first part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon. Sammet explained in a 2016 interview that he managed to have Alice Cooper after drummer Eric Singer asked him. Cooper requested to have a listen to the song first and then accepted to be part of it.
Lost in Space is an EP to the German Avantasia album The Scarecrow.
Lost in Space is an EP to the German Avantasia album The Scarecrow.
Tinnitus Sanctus is the eighth studio album by German heavy/power metal band Edguy, released on 14 November 2008 on Nuclear Blast. This album combines progressive-oriented hard rock heard on their previous album Rocket Ride with elements of speed metal.
The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition is a box set by German band Avantasia, released through the band's former label AFM Records on March 6, 2008. The set contains Avantasia's first two albums on two gold CDs, a 44-page booklet with the storyline, rare photos, liner notes, and an interview with project mastermind Tobias Sammet; all inside a luxury leather box.
The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, parallel with Angel of Babylon. The Wicked Symphony was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album. It is the second part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by Angel of Babylon.
Angel of Babylon is the fifth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, along with The Wicked Symphony. Angel Of Babylon was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album. It is the third and final part of "The Wicked Trilogy".
Lost in Space Part 1 & 2 is a compilation album by German band Avantasia, released in 2008. The album contains tracks from Avantasia's EPs Lost in Space Part I and Lost in Space Part II and an expanded version of the title-song, featuring Michael Kiske.
The Flying Opera is a boxed set containing two DVDs and two CDs by the German power metal band Avantasia, released in March 2011. Avantasia evolved from being a side-project of Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet to a full-fledged band touring all over the world. The tracks of the set were recorded live during their first world tour in 2008, in support of the album The Scarecrow. The DVD contains also a documentary of the tour and various video clips.
The Mystery of Time is the sixth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's german metal opera project Avantasia. The album was released on 26 April 2013. This is the first Avantasia release to feature the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. The cover artwork was painted by Rodney Matthews.
Alloy is the debut album by heavy metal act Trillium. It was released in 2011 by the Italian record label Frontiers Records in Europe.
Space Police: Defenders of the Crown is the tenth studio album by the German power metal band Edguy. It was released on 18 April 2014 through Nuclear Blast. The cover art was unveiled on 1 February, and 15 days later, the band announced the track listing.
Ghostlights is the seventh full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 29 January 2016. The opening track and first single "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" was a candidate for the German representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, along with nine other songs. The Digibook edition of the album included a bonus track and a bonus CD entitled Avantasia Live, which featured songs recorded mainly during Avantasia's 2014 performance at Wacken Open Air Festival.
Moonglow is the eighth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 15 February 2019 through Nuclear Blast. As with previous Avantasia projects, the album features extensive collaborations with returning and new guest vocalists. It features 11 tracks and was supported by a world tour.
A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society is the ninth studio album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 21 October 2022, through Nuclear Blast.