The Metal Opera Part II

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The Metal Opera Pt. II
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Studio album by
Released26 August 2002
RecordedOctober 1999 – June 2000
StudioRhoen Studio, Germany
Genre Symphonic power metal
Length59:12
Label AFM Records
Producer Tobias Sammet, Norman Meiritz
Avantasia chronology
The Metal Opera
(2001)
The Metal Opera Pt. II
(2002)
Lost in Space Part I
(2007)
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Review scores
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The Metal Opera Pt. II is the second full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a metal opera. The songs carry on the story begun in The Metal Opera , with the same characters. Both albums were written over the course of a year, starting in the last quarter of 1998, and both were produced from October 1999 to June 2000, with the works being interrupted for some weeks so Sammet could produce The Savage Poetry with his other band Edguy. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tobias Sammet

No.TitleGuest VocalistLength
1."The Seven Angels" Michael Kiske, Oliver Hartmann, Kai Hansen, David DeFeis, Rob Rock, Andre Matos, Timo Tolkki 14:17
2."No Return" Michael Kiske, Andre Matos 4:28
3."The Looking Glass" Bob Catley 4:53
4."In Quest For" Bob Catley 3:53
5."The Final Sacrifice" David DeFeis 5:01
6."Neverland" Rob Rock 5:00
7."Anywhere" 5:28
8."Chalice of Agony" Andre Matos, Kai Hansen 6:00
9."Memory"Ralf Zdiarstek5:43
10."Into the Unknown" Sharon den Adel 4:29
Total length:59:12

Credits

Guests

Musicians

Singers

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 26
French Albums (SNEP) [4] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 94

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