Artist: AVANTASIA
Album: A PARANORMAL EVENING WITH THE MOONFLOWER SOCIETY DELUXE (2CD ARTBOOK)

Release date: 21.10.2022
EAN/UPS: 727361583040
Media type: CD

Darkness descends over the hall, the curtain rises. Dear audience, welcome to the wondrous otherworld of AVANTASIA!

Tobias Sammet is back , with passion, magnificient energy and a musical monument of epic proportions. “A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society” marks AVANTASIA’s ninth album and will be released on October 21st, 2022. Expect eleven magical and powerful songs featuring numerous prestigious guest stars on one consistent adventurous opus that offers fast-paced heavy metal, powerful ballads, bombastic rock, and sophisticated arrangements. “I have been personally involved so deeply in every little aspect and detail of this album, that you can’t get an album any more personal or closer to my vision than this one.” Tobias Sammet comments. “I am super proud of the album, some of my best songs, some of my most emotional and extreme vocal performances, some of the strongest guest performances ever. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome and when you’ll hear it, you will know why!”

THE MOONFLOWER SOCIETY IS:

Tobias Sammet - lead and backing vocals, keyboards, additional bass
Ronnie Atkins- vocals on ‘Paper Plane’
Bob Catley - vocals on ‘The Moonflower Society’
Floor Jansen - vocals on ‘Kill the Pain Away’ and ‘Misplaced among the Angels’
Michael Kiske - vocals on ‘The Inmost Light’ & ‘Arabesque’
Jorn Lande - vocals on ‘I Tame the Storm’ & ‘Arabesque’
Eric Martin - vocals on ‘Rhyme and Reason’
Ralf Scheepers - vocals on ‘The Wicked Rule the Night’
Geoff Tate - vocals on ‘Scars’
Sascha Paeth - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass
Felix Bohnke - drums
Oliver Hartmann - additional lead guitar on track 4 & backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 7
Michael Rodenberg - keyboards on track 5 and 11
Herbie Langhans - backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 7
Ina Morgan - backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 7

Recorded in 2021 at Mysteryhausen Studio, Pathway Studio, Madhat 2, Hansen Studio, Music2Records, and various other studios around the globe.
Produced by Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet.
Engineered by Tobias Sammet, Sascha Paeth, Sheena Sear, Jacob Hansen, Dan Meblin,
Carl Johan Grimmark.
Mixed by Sascha Paeth
Cover Artwork by Alexander Jansson

CD1:

1. Welcome To The Shadows
2. The Wicked Rule The Night
3. Kill The Pain Away
4. The Inmost Light
5. Misplaced Among The Angels
6. I Tame The Storm
7. Paper Plane
8. The Moonflower Society
9. Rhyme And Reason
10. Scars
11. Arabesque

DIGI/ ARTBOOK BONUS:
12. Paper Plane (Tobias' Demo Version)

CD2:

1. Welcome To The Shadows (Instrumental)
2. The Wicked Rule The Night (Instrumental)
3. Kill The Pain Away (Instrumental)
4. The Inmost Light (Instrumental)
5. Misplaced Among The Angels (Instrumental)
6. I Tame The Storm (Instrumental)
7. Paper Plane (Instrumental)
8. The Moonflower Society (Instrumental)
9. Rhyme And Reason (Instrumental)
10. Scars (Instrumental)
11. Arabesque (Instrumental)