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The Mystery of Time is the sixth full-length album by German Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia. The album was released on 26 April 2013.[4] This is the first Avantasia release to feature the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (the same orchestra that performed on Edguy's album Hellfire Club). The cover artwork was painted by Rodney Matthews.[5][6]
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| Released | 26 April 2013 | |||
| Recorded | June 2012 - January 2013 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, symphonic metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 62:00 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Blast |   [1] |
| Time For Metal - Magazin |   [2] |
| Metal Traveller | [3] |
The Mystery Of Time scored high positions in several international music charts and even enabled Avantasia to enter the US Billboard charts for the first time.[7]
When asked to compare the album to Avantasia's previous efforts, guitarist and producer Sascha Paeth described it as follows:[8]
It is a more 'fantastic' production, based a little bit more on orchestra work and keyboards. It's more like a film score, to underline the whole story, the rock opera aspect, which was a choice on this one and I think it works out fine. Also, this gives the album a face of its own.
Track listing
Limited editions of the album include a second CD with instrumental versions of all the tracks on the album, with the exception of the two limited edition bonus tracks.
All tracks are written by Tobias Sammet.
| No. | Title | Guest Vocalist | Length |
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| 1. | "Spectres" | Joe Lynn Turner | 6:09 |
| 2. | "The Watchmakers' Dream" | Turner | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Black Orchid" | Biff Byford | 6:52 |
| 4. | "Where Clock Hands Freeze" | Michael Kiske | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Sleepwalking" | Cloudy Yang | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Savior in the Clockwork" | Turner, Byford, Kiske | 10:40 |
| 7. | "Invoke the Machine" | Ronnie Atkins | 5:30 |
| 8. | "What's Left of Me" | Eric Martin | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Dweller in a Dream" | Kiske | 4:45 |
| 10. | "The Great Mystery" | Bob Catley, Turner, Byford | 10:03 |
| Total length: | 62:00 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "The Cross and You" | 4:14 |
| 12. | "Death Is Just a Feeling (Alternative Version/Tobias Sammet)" | 5:24 |
Story
The album booklet describes the story "So take the time to follow me into a small old English town during the Victorian era and join a young agnostic scientist by the name Aaron Blackwell as he is forced to explore the coherencies of time, God and science; torn between belief in his professional conviction, his spiritual intuition, love and a lodge of scientific occultists."[9]
Personnel
- Tobias Sammet - lead vocals, bass
- Sascha Paeth - lead & rhythm guitars, guitar solos on #01, 04-09; additional bass; additional keyboards
- Miro - keyboards, piano
- Russell Gilbrook - drums
Special guests
Musicians
- Guitars
- Bruce Kulick - solo on #03, 06, 10
- Oliver Hartmann - solo on #04, 07
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen - solo on #02
- Organ
- Ferdy Doernberg - hammond organ solo on #02
Vocalists
- Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Rainbow, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen ex-Deep Purple) - co-lead vocals on #01, 02, 06, 10
- Michael Kiske (Helloween, Place Vendome, Unisonic) - co-lead vocals on #04, 06, 09
- Biff Byford (Saxon) - co-lead vocals on #03, 06, 10
- Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) - co-lead vocals on #07
- Eric Martin (Mr. Big) - co-lead vocals on #08
- Bob Catley (Magnum) - co-lead vocals on #10
- Cloudy Yang - co-lead vocals on #05
Charts
| Chart | Number |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | 2 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 5 |
| England Rock Albums Chart | 6 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 9 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 9 |
| North America Billboard Chart | 9 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 11 |
| Czech Albums Chart | 12 |
| Hungary Albums Chart[13] | 15 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 17 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 19 |
| Spanish Albums Chart[14] | 29 |
| French Albums Chart | 61 |
| Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia) | 70 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 85 |
| Belgian Ultratop (Flanders) | 97 |
References
- "Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time". Metal Blast. 2013-04-05.
- "Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time Review". Time-For-Metal.eu (Germany). 2013-03-26.
- "Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time Review". Metal Traveller. 2013-04-08.
- "The Mystery Of Time". nuclearblast.de.
- "Tobias Sammet :: Avantasia :: Official Web". tobiassammet.com.
- "Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time - Listening Session". musikreviews.de.
- "Metal-Rules.com News, Interviews, Concert Reviews » AVANTASIA "THE MYSTERY OF TIME" DEBUTS AT #9 ON BILLBOARD "HEAT SEEKERS" CHART, #33 ON "HARD ROCK"". Metal-Rules.com News, Interviews, Concert Reviews.
- Jon (27 April 2013). "Sascha Paeth (Avantasia) Interview @ PPM 2013". Metal Blast. Mons. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- AVANTASIA - The Mystery Of Time (PRE-LISTENING), NuclearBlastEurope on YouTube
- "AVANTASIA AUF #2 IN DEN DEUTSCHEN ALBUMCHARTS!". Rock It!.
- "Tobias Sammet :: Avantasia :: Official Web". tobiassammet.com.
- "Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time". ultratop.be.
- "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2013. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- "TOP 100 ALBUMES" (PDF) (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
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[de] The Mystery of Time
The Mystery of Time ist das sechste Studioalbum der deutschen Metal-Oper Avantasia. Es ist am 29. März 2013 erschienen. Zum ersten Mal wurde dieses Mal mit dem deutschen Filmorchester Babelsberg zusammengearbeitet.- [en] The Mystery of Time
[es] The Mystery of Time
The Mystery Of Time —en español: El Misterio Del Tiempo— es el sexto álbum de estudio de Avantasia, el proyecto del músico alemán Tobias Sammet. Fue lanzado el 29 de marzo de 2013 y contó con la colaboración de la Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg,[2] una orquesta sinfónica alemana con base en Potsdam. El artwork del álbum fue diseñado por Rodney Matthews.[ru] The Mystery of Time
The Mystery of Time — шестой полноформатный студийный альбом немецкой пауэр-метал-группы Avantasia, издан 29 марта 2013 года[1] Это первый альбом Avantasia, записанный при участии Немецкого фильм-оркестра Бабельсберга. Обложка альбома к альбому была создана Родни Мэтьюзом[2][3].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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