The bombastic operatic Metal of Avantasia continues apace with their eighth album Moonglow (Nuclear Blast), and just in case you were in any doubt it opens with a nigh on ten minute slice of pomp that would not sound out of place on Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell 2 (MCA/Virgin). The conceptual nature and fantastical sound of previous album Ghostlights is expanded upon here, helped by the ample time Tobias Sammet was given when making it.Continue reading
Axel Rudi Pell has releasing a three CD/three DVD digipak set titled Magic Moments – The 25th Anniversary Concert on April 28th in North America via SPV/Steamhammer, which captures his 25th anniversary as a solo artist with a once in a lifetime performance at the Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen, Germany in 2014. Stream “Black Night” with Ronnie Atkins here.
It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning… Wrong song, wrong place! But the weather gods smiled on Axel Rudi Pell on that memorable magic evening of July 11th 2014: There had been a severe weather alert, but in the end the floodgates of heaven opened only during the last song of his regular set, the Rainbow classic “Long Live Rock´n´Roll”. “That was Ronnie James Dio crying from above,” promoter Horst E. Franz speculated while bidding his farewells to the almost 15.000 drenched- but-happy fans at the festival site.
Tracklisting:
CALL HER PRINCESS – Steeler
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT – Steeler
ROCKIN´ THE CITY – Steeler
UNDERCOVER ANIMAL – Steeler
NASTY REPUTATION – Rob Rock, Joerg Michael
WARRIOR – Jeff Scott Soto, Joerg Michael
FOOL FOOL – Jeff Scott Soto, Joerg Michael
(Current ARP Band)
BURNING CHAINS
STRONG AS A ROCK
LONG WAY TO GO
HEY HEY MY MY
MYSTICA
INTO THE STORM
TOO LATE / ETERNAL PRISONER / TOO LATE
THE MASQUERADE BALL / CASBAH
ROCK THE NATION
DRUM BATTLE – Vinnie Appice, Bobby Rondinelli
BLACK NIGHT – Ronnie Atkins
SYMPATHY – John Lawton
TUSH – John Lawton
MISTREATED – Doogie White, Tony Carey, Johnny Gioeli
SINCE YOU BEEN GONE – Graham Bonnet, Michael Voss, Doogie White
LONG LIVE ROCK´N´ROLL – Doogie White, Graham Bonnet, Tony Carey
SMOKE ON THE WATER – all guests
Line-Up:
Axel Rudi Pell – Guitars
Johnny Gioeli – Vocals
Ferdy Doernberg – Keyboards
Volker Krawczak – Bass
Bobby Rondinelli – Drums
Friends:
Steeler: Peter Burtz
Tom Eder
Roland Hag
Jan Yiridal
Rob Rock
Jeff Scott Soto
Joerg Michael
Vinny Appice
Ronnie Atkins
John Lawton
Tony Carey
Doogie White
Graham Bonnet
Michael Voss
Configurations / Release Dates:
Digipak 3 CD
Digipak 3 DVD (NTSC, code free),
Blu-ray and download