The Wicked Symphony

The Wicked Symphony is a work on which AVANTASIA layered grandiose choruses, lyrical melody and multiple voices, honing a grand rock-opera feel. Even in long songs the development is flowing, and dramatic scene changes naturally raise the songs’ heat. Forming a pair with the simultaneously released Angel of Babylon, it is a record forming the core of the trilogy. On “The Wicked Symphony,” “Dying For An Angel” and “Runaway Train,” vocals of differing personality advance while swapping roles within a single song. A star cast such as Russell Allen, Jørn Lande and Klaus Meine (Scorpions) gathers. Songs like “Scales Of Justice” and “Black Wings” breathe the band’s full playing too. It is a full record on which grandeur and accessibility balance at a high level.