Artist: Timo Tolkki's Avalon
Origin: Finland
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera
Timo Tolkki's Avalon is the Metal Opera Project created by Timo Tolkki (Guitar Ex Stratovarious, Revolution Renaissance, Symfonia). He find the Metal Opera as he love Classical Music and just like Classical Opera, but Metal Opera can create the stories with musically unlimited!.
Title: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2014)
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera
Label: Frontiers Records
Rating: ****
Tracks:
1. Song For Eden (0:46)
2. Jerusalem Is Falling (5:19)
3. Design The Century (4:25)
4. Rise Of The 4th Reich (4:43)
5. Stargate Atlantis (3:51)
6. The Paradise Lost (4:16)
7. You'll Bleed Forever (5:45)
8. Neon Sirens (4:42)
9. High Above Me (5:20)
10. Angels Of The Apocalypse (9:07)
11. Garden Of Eden (2:10)
Personnel:
Timo Tolkki (Ex Stratovarius): Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Tuomo Lassila (Ex Stratovarius): Drums
Antti Ikonen (Ex Stratovarius): Keyboards
David Defeis (Virgin Steele): Vocals
Floor Jansen (Nightwish, ReVamp): Vocals
Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire, Angra): Vocals
Caterina Nix (Cati Torrealba): Vocals
Elize Ryd (Amaranthe): Vocals
Simone Simons (Epica): Vocals
Zachary Stevens (Ex Savatage, Circle II Circle): Vocals
Additional Cast:
Nicolas Jeudy: Orchestrations
Angels Of The Apocalypse is the second studio album by Timo Tolkki's Avalon, was released on May 16, 2014 by Frontiers Records. It is Timo Tolkki's Metal Opera project Avalon with several Heavy Metal Singers were invited to play the characters of the story of the album.
Artist: James LaBrie
Birth Name: Kevin James LaBrie
Born: May 5, 1963. Penetanguishere, Ontario, Canada.
Genre: Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Power Metal
Instruments: Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
James LaBrie is a Canadian Vocalist and best known as the lead singer of Progressive Metal Band Dream Theater.
Title: Impermanent Resonance (2013)
Genre: Progressive Metal, Melodic Metal, Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Agony (4:23)
2. Undertow (4:02)
3. Slight Of Hand (5:21)
4. Back On The Ground (4:06)
5. I Got You (3:46)
6. Holding On (4:53)
7. Lost In The Fire (3:52)
8. Letting Go (4:17)
9. Destined To Burn (4:00)
10. Say You're Still Mine (3:32)
11. Amnesia (3:43)
12. I Will Not Break (3:52)
13. Unravelling (3:30)
14. Why (3:52)
Personnel:
James LaBrie: Vocals
Marco Sfogli: Guitar
Ray Riendeau: Bass
Matt Guillory: Keyboards, Background Vocals
Peter Wildoer: Drums, Screaming Vocals
Impermanent Resonance is the third Solo album by James LaBrie, was released on July 29, 2013 and released the first single "Agony" on June 19, 2013.
Artist: Timo Tolkki's Avalon
Origin: Finland
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera
Timo Tolkki's Avalon is the Metal Opera Project created by Timo Tolkki (Guitar Ex Stratovarious, Revolution Renaissance, Symfonia). He find the Metal Opera as he love Classical Music and just like Classical Opera, but Metal Opera can create the stories with musically unlimited!.
Title: The Land Of New Hope (2013)
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera
Label: Frontiers Records
Tracks:
1. Avalanche Anthem (4:52)
2. A World Without Us (5:42)
3. Enshrined In My Memory (4:05)
4. In The Name Of The Rose (4:26)
5. We Will Find A Way (4:24)
6. Shine (3:36)
7. The Magic Of The Night (4:42)
8. To The Edge Of The Earth (5:01)
9. I'll Sing You Home (5:01)
10. The Land Of New Hope (8:53)
Personnel:
Timo Tolkki: Guitar, Bass
Mikko Harkin: Keyboards
Alex Holzwarth: Drums
Derek Sherinian: Keyboards on Track 8
Jens Johansson: Keyboards on Track 8
Singers:
Elize Ryd: Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Michael Kiske: Vocals on Track 10
Russell Allen: Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2
Rob Rock: Vocals on Track: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8
Sharon Den Adel: Vocals on Track 6
Tony Kakko: Vocals on Track 5
Additional Cast:
Orchestrations: Sami Boman
Opera Vocals: Magdalena Lee
The Land Of New Hope is the first full-length album Metal Opera Project by Timo Tolkki's Avalon, was released on May 17 2013 by Frontiers Records, with several Heavy Metal Singers: Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, Place Vendome, Ex Helloween), Russell Allen (Symphony X, Allen-Lande, Adrenaline Mob, Star One), Rob Rock (Impellitteri, Ex Axel Rudi Pell), Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), as well as the participation of Guest Musicians: Alex Holzwarth (Drums-Rhapsody Of Fire), Derek Shernian (Keyboards Ex Dream Theater, Ex Black Country Communion), Jens Johansson (Keyboards-Stratovarious) and Mikko Hrkin (Keyboards Ex Sonata Arctica, Ex Symfonia, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody).
