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Tobias Sammet's [[Avantasia]] is a [[Power Metal]] "band" from Fulda, Germany, and the solo side-project of [[Edguy (Music)|Edguy]]'s Tobias Sammet. He started working on it in 1999. All five of Avantasia's albums are [[Rock Operas]] and are split between two different stories: ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|The Metal Opera]]'' and ''The Wicked Trilogy''. With some of the guests (including [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] and [[Scorpions (Music)|Klaus Meine]]) that appear on the albums, one might come to the conclusion that the project is more or less Sammet's way of showing off his connections if it weren't for the fact that the music is so [[Crowning Music of Awesome|damn cool.]] Speaking of guest members, if you can think of a power metal vocalist, there's a very good chance that they've contributed to Avantasia.

* Michael Kiske (ex-[[Helloween (Music)|Helloween]]) - ''Avantasia,'' ''Into the Unknown,'' ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''

* Kai Hansen ([[Gamma Ray (Music)|Gamma Ray]], ex-Music/Helloween) - ''Avantasia'' and ''Into the Unknown''

* Jorn Lande (''[[Masterplan (Music)|Masterplan]]'', ex-[[ARK]]) - ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''

* Roy Khan (ex-[[Kamelot]], ex-[[Conception (band)|Conception]]) - ''The Scarecrow''

* [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] - ''The Scarecrow''

* Eric Singer ([[Kiss]], ex-[[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]], ex-[[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]]) - ''Lost in Space Part I''

* Klaus Meine ([[Scorpions (Music)|Scorpions]]) - ''The Wicked Symphony''

* Tim "Ripper" Owens ([[Yngwie Malmsteen (Music)|Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force]], ex-[[Judas Priest (Music)|Judas Priest]], ex-[[Iced Earth]]) - ''The Wicked Symphony''

** Jens Ludwig ([[Edguy (Music)|Edguy]])

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* [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band]]: Avantasia was named as a portmanteau of Avalon and Fantasia for the world that ''The Metal Opera'' takes place in.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Jon Oliva's character in Death Is Just A Feeling. In a [[Nightmare Fuel StationattendantStation Attendant]] kind of way, that is.

* [[Ham -to -Ham Combat]]: EVERYWHERE. Especially on title track of ''The Wicked Symphony'', which Sammet described in interviews as a three way vocal battle between him, Jorn Lande and Russell Allen, and "Stargazers" from ''Angel of Babylon'', which features those three, plus Michael Kiske.

* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Did you not see the list?

* [[Magical Land]]: Avantasia.

* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Of power metal vocalists and then some. In fact, the only way to get a more complete list of power metal vocalists would be to add [[Sonata Arctica|Tony Kakko]], [[Tarot (Music)|Marco]] [[Nightwish (Music)|Hietala, Tarja Turunen]], [[Helloween (Music)|Andi Deris]], [[Blind Guardian (Music)|Hansi Kursch]] and [[Iced Earth|Matt Barlow]] into the mix.

* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: Roy Khan and Klaus Meine most notably.

* [[Precision F -Strike]]: "Don't give a fuck for roses!"