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Tobias Sammet's Avantasia is a Power Metal "band" from Fulda, Germany, and the solo side-project of 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: The Metal Opera and The Wicked Trilogy. With some of the guests (including Alice Cooper and 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 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.

Compare and contrast Ayreon.

Members:

Tobias Sammet: Vocals, bass (from 2007), keyboard (until 2002), (1999-present)

The Wicked Trilogy backing band:

Sascha Paeth: Guitar, production (2006-present)
Eric Singer: Drums (2006-present)
Miro: Keyboard, orchestration (Real name Michael Rodenberg, 2006-present)

The Metal Opera backing band:

Henjo Richter: Guitar (2000-2002, 2007-2008, 2010)
Markus Grosskopf: Bass (2000-2002)
Alex Holzwrath: Drums (2000-2002, 2009-2010)

Contributing vocalists:

Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) - Avantasia, Into the Unknown, The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon
David DeFeis (Virgin Steele) - Avantasia and Into the Unknown
Ralf Zdiarstek - Avantasia, Into the Unknown and The Wicked Symphony
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) - Avantasia and Into the Unknown
Rob Rock (Impelliteri) - Avantasia and Into the Unknown
Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) - Avantasia, Into the Unknown and The Scarecrow
Andre Matos (ex-Shaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper) - Avantasia, Into the Unknown and The Wicked Symphony
Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, ex-Music/Helloween) - Avantasia and Into the Unknown
Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius) - Avantasia and Into the Unknown
Bob Catley (Magnum) - Into the Unknown, The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon
Jorn Lande (Masterplan, ex-ARK) - The Scarecrow, The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon
Amanda Sommerville (Aina) - The Scarecrow
Roy Khan (ex-Kamelot, ex-Conception) - The Scarecrow
Alice Cooper - The Scarecrow
Eric Singer (Kiss, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Alice Cooper) - Lost in Space Part I
"Sir" Russel Allen (Symphony X) - The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon
Jon Olivia (Jon Olivia's Pain, ex-Savatage) - Angel of Babylon
Klaus Meine (Scorpions) - The Wicked Symphony
Tim "Ripper" Owens (Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, ex-Judas Priest, ex-Iced Earth) - The Wicked Symphony
Cloudy Yang - Angel of Babylon

Contributing Musicians:

Guitar:
- Jens Ludwig (Edguy)
- Norman Meiritz
- Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius)
- Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween)
- Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions)
- Bruce Kulick (ex-Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad)
- Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance)
Piano/Organ/Keyboard:
- Frank Tischer
- Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force)
- Simon Oberender

Discography:

Studio Albums:
- The Metal Opera (2000-2002):
  - Part I: Avantasia (2000)
  - Part II: Into The Unknown (2002)
- The Wicked Trilogy (2008-2010):
  - Part I: The Scarecrow (2008)
  - Part II: The Wicked Symphony (2010, double album with Angel of Babylon)
  - Part III: Angel of Babylon (2010, double album with The Wicked Symphony)
E Ps:
- Lost In Space Part I (2007)
- Lost In Space Part II (2007)
Live albums:
- The Flying Opera (2011)

Avantasia provides examples of the following tropes:

A Good Name for a 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 Station Attendant kind of way, that is.
Downer Ending: "Lost In Space" from The Scarecrow and "The Edge" from The Wicked Symphony.
Epic Rocking: Avantasia pretty much defines this.
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, It's That Voice!: Did you not see the list?
Heavy Mithril: The Metal Opera
I Am the Band: Tobias Sammet
Loads and Loads of Characters: Again, 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 Tony Kakko, Marco Hietala, Tarja Turunen, Andi Deris, Hansi Kursch and 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!"
Rock Opera: Or, you know, the Metal Opera.
Villain Song: Basically every character who is a bad influence to Tobias Sammet's character in The Wicked Trilogy gets one. Alice Cooper in The Scarecrow, Jon Oliva in Angel of Babylon, Jorn Lande almost everywhere in the trilogy....

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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 On 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.
+Tobias Sammet's [[Avantasia]] is a [[Power Metal]] "band" from Fulda, Germany, and the solo side-project of [[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 on the Tin|The Metal Opera]]'' and ''The Wicked Trilogy''. With some of the guests (including [[Alice Cooper]] and [[Scorpions|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.
 Compare and contrast [[Ayreon]].
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 Contributing vocalists:
-* Michael Kiske (ex-[[Helloween (Music)|Helloween]]) - ''Avantasia,'' ''Into the Unknown,'' ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
+* Michael Kiske (ex-[[Helloween]]) - ''Avantasia,'' ''Into the Unknown,'' ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
 * David DeFeis (Virgin Steele) - ''Avantasia'' and ''Into the Unknown''
 * Ralf Zdiarstek - ''Avantasia, Into the Unknown'' and ''The Wicked Symphony''
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 * Oliver Hartmann (ex-[[At Vance]]) - ''Avantasia,'' ''Into the Unknown'' and ''The Scarecrow''
 * Andre Matos (ex-[[Shaman]], ex-[[Angra]], ex-[[Music/Viper|Viper]]) - ''Avantasia,'' ''Into the Unknown'' and ''The Wicked Symphony''
-* Kai Hansen ([[Gamma Ray (Music)|Gamma Ray]], ex-Music/Helloween) - ''Avantasia'' and ''Into the Unknown''
+* Kai Hansen ([[Gamma Ray]], ex-Music/Helloween) - ''Avantasia'' and ''Into the Unknown''
 * Timo Tolkki (ex-[[Stratovarius]]) - ''Avantasia'' and ''Into the Unknown''
 * Bob Catley ([[Magnum]]) - ''Into the Unknown,'' ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
-* Jorn Lande (''[[Masterplan (Music)|Masterplan]]'', ex-[[ARK]]) - ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
+* Jorn Lande (''[[Masterplan]]'', ex-[[ARK]]) - ''The Scarecrow,'' ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
 * Amanda Sommerville ([[Aina]]) - ''The Scarecrow''
-* Roy Khan (ex-[[Kamelot]], ex-[[Conception]]) - ''The Scarecrow''
+* Roy Khan (ex-[[Kamelot]], ex-[[Conception (band)|Conception]]) - ''The Scarecrow''
-* [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] - ''The Scarecrow''
+* [[Alice Cooper]] - ''The Scarecrow''
-* Eric Singer ([[Kiss]], ex-[[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]], ex-[[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]]) - ''Lost in Space Part I''
+* Eric Singer ([[Kiss]], ex-[[Black Sabbath]], ex-[[Alice Cooper]]) - ''Lost in Space Part I''
 * "Sir" Russel Allen ([[Symphony X]]) - ''The Wicked Symphony'' and ''Angel of Babylon''
 * Jon Olivia ([[I Am the Band|Jon Olivia's]] [[Jon Olivias Pain|Pain]], ex-[[Savatage]]) - ''Angel of Babylon''
-* Klaus Meine ([[Scorpions (Music)|Scorpions]]) - ''The Wicked Symphony''
+* Klaus Meine ([[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''
+* Tim "Ripper" Owens ([[Yngwie Malmsteen|Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force]], ex-[[Judas Priest]], ex-[[Iced Earth]]) - ''The Wicked Symphony''
 * Cloudy Yang - ''Angel of Babylon''
 Contributing Musicians:
 * Guitar:
-** Jens Ludwig ([[Edguy (Music)|Edguy]])
+** Jens Ludwig ([[Edguy]])
 ** Norman Meiritz
 ** Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius)
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 ** Simon Oberender
-Discography:
+{{Discography}}
 * Studio Albums:
 ** ''The Metal Opera'' (2000-2002):
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 * Live albums:
 ** ''The Flying Opera'' (2011)
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-This band may exhibit the following tropes:
-* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: Avantasia was named as a portmanteau of Avalon and Fantasia for the world that ''The Metal Opera'' takes place in.
+* [[A Good Name for a 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 Station Attendant]] kind of way, that is.
 * [[Downer Ending]]: "Lost In Space" from ''The Scarecrow'' and "The Edge" from ''The Wicked Symphony''.
 * [[Epic Rocking]]: Avantasia pretty much defines this.
-* [[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.
+* [[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 It's That Voice]]: Did you not see the list?
+* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Did you not see the list?
 * [[Heavy Mithril]]: ''The Metal Opera''
 * [[I Am the Band]]: Tobias Sammet
 * [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Again, 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.
+* [[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|Marco]] [[Nightwish|Hietala, Tarja Turunen]], [[Helloween|Andi Deris]], [[Blind Guardian|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!"
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