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The Metal Opera





The Metal Opera
by: Avantasia

List Price: $11.98
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0727701803821
Item Dimensions: 24
Label: Century Media
Manufacturer: Century Media
MPN: 8038
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Century Media
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Studio: Century Media

Editorial Review:

Album Description:
Avantasia's The Metal Opera is the concept album masterpiece created by Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet. Features members of some of the leading power metal acts like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Virgin Steele, Rhapsody and, of course, Edguy. 13 tracks. 2001 release.

Disc 1:
  1. Prelude
  2. Reach Out for the Light
  3. Serpents in Paradise
  4. Malleus Maleficarum
  5. Breaking Away
  6. Farewell
  7. Glory of Rome
  8. In Nomine Patris
  9. Avantasia
  10. New Dimension
  11. Inside
  12. Sign of the Cross
  13. Tower
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Customer Reviews

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good CD
This is a good CD. Combination of Scorpions and Queensryche. This band just doesn't have the sharpness and clarity that these other 2 bands have. Nonetheless, I received in perfect condition.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - So Safe, It's Sad
I don't mean to be unkind, but this is another release where every song sounds pretty much the same, in the "bad way". What's the difference between this, Kamelot, Dragonforce, Stratovarious, the recent Axel Rudi Pell, ad infinitum, ad nauseum?

Every song is so overproduced/seamless that there's no way to have any deep, emotional connection to it. This sounds like something that someone came up with on a computer. The instrumentation in particular. I hear the same old, calculator guitar ...



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A wonderful masterpiece
I think this is one of the best heavy metal masterpieces ever. The mixture of so many heavy stars playing together has given us one of my favorites albums. I really recommend it along with its second part.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The power metal version of a Disney soundtrack...
I have to be honest and upfront in saying that I am not a huge fan of Edguy, and when I got this album, I approached it with caution (due to the fact that it has Tobias Sammet's name on it)... And, for something with an enormous title like 'The Metal Opera', I had some pretty high expectations going in. Upon the first few listens, I wasn't extremely disappointed, but I also wasn't that blown away.

The first thing that I thought was kind of a let down was that there were so many guest musicians ...



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - heard it all before
this cd is ok but nothing new or exciting. ill listen to it now and then but i wouldnt suggest that you hyper ventelate and rush to buy.