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Which do you prefer?

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Edguy
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NO! I will not listen to more Jon Oliva. ;D
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol

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NO! I will not listen to more Jon Oliva. ;D

There is so much wrong with this statement.
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

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NO! I will not listen to more Jon Oliva. ;D

There is so much wrong with this statement.

Found it!! ;D
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol

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NO! I will not listen to more Jon Oliva. ;D

There is so much wrong with this statement.

Found it!! ;D

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Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

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 :lol  Vintage Tim.
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:lol  Vintage Tim.

He's too far gone Brent, no saving the poor boy.
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NO! I will not listen to more Jon Oliva. ;D

There is so much wrong with this statement.

Found it!! ;D

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Aaaaaand a new album, MOONGLOW, and a world tour, will happen in 2019. It starts in Europe, the very second date is in my hometown  :metal
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I expect them to come back to NYC.  That was one of the best shows I've ever seen.  Really excited for this   :yarr

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So we'll go probably 6 years without an Edguy album. Great.

That said I absolutely adore the title Moonglow and it'll launch just in time for my birthday, again, so I'm psyched. I want this badly.

Of course I'll never get to see Avantasia live... :(
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Probably won't buy an artbook this time, but will get the album and will definitely see them again if they come to my town (that'll be a third time and I'm confident they will, their show sold very well both times).
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So we'll go probably 6 years without an Edguy album. Great.

Don't be greedy, you got 5 brand new songs on a deliciously packaged greatest hits!
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Of course I'll never get to see Avantasia live... :(

Never say never.  I've got to imagine they will expand even further into NA this time around.  Still maybe not to you, but if they keep growing, eventually. (although I have no idea where you are, so maybe alaska then nvmd)

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I am on a bit of an Avantasia binge this morning.  Listening through Ghostlights, I continue to oscillate back and forth, from song to song, between, "This is pretty good!  Yeah, this is exactly why I like this band" and "This is just awful!  What was Tobi thinking?"  I love it.  I hate it.  I love it.  I hate it.  :lol  Luckily, their other albums tend to get much more of a consistent reaction from me.  :lol

As for the new album, I will cautiously say it is likely an automatic buy.  Even if it is Ghostlights II, there should still be enough songs that I like to make it worthwhile.  I am cautiously optimistic.
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I remember buying Ghostlights on the same day (release day) of DT's The Astonishing. It was almost a double blind purchase - I've heard a YouTube video that presented clips of Ghostlights songs, but I made a conscious choice to not listen to anything at all from DT 'cause I wanted a full, untainted and unspoiled first listening experience with the album. I will probably do the same thing again, both with Avantasia and DT.
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So we'll go probably 6 years without an Edguy album. Great.

Don't be greedy, you got 5 brand new songs on a deliciously packaged greatest hits!

Five bad songs on yet another compilation. No thanks
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Of course I'll never get to see Avantasia live... :(

Never say never.  I've got to imagine they will expand even further into NA this time around.  Still maybe not to you, but if they keep growing, eventually. (although I have no idea where you are, so maybe alaska then nvmd)
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Couple hours south of Chicago :)
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So we'll go probably 6 years without an Edguy album. Great.

Don't be greedy, you got 5 brand new songs on a deliciously packaged greatest hits!

Five bad songs on yet another compilation. No thanks

You know that green font means sarcasm here, right? :)

As for me, hey, I'm down with whatever Tobi is releasing. Saw Edguy last year on Monuments tour and it was a lot of fun, Tobi seemed like he had a blast too. I'm pretty sure we'll get a full Edguy album after this Avantasia chapter. Or, well, maybe not. Who knows. :P
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I hope they come to Toronto, but won't be surprised if they don't.  They could only book an 1200 seat theater, and I'd say it was generous to suggest it was 2/3 full.  If I have to go to Montreal, I just might do that again.
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Does the green actually indicate sarcasm? I am clearly still a noob.  :loser:  :lol
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Looking forward to the details on the album!
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Looking forward to the details on the album!

Yea, very curious who the guests will be. 

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Looking forward to the details on the album!

Yea, very curious who the guests will be. 

So far, Tobi hasn't asked me.  But I keep checking my email just in case.
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I like the guests more when he goes for power metal singers as opposed to the old rock stars of Mystery of Time  :biggrin: Kiske is a given for at least one track but hopefully Jorn also comes back and hell maybe get Andre Matos again. I've kind of had my fill of Bob Catley though if I'm being honest.
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I've kind of had my fill of Bob Catley though if I'm being honest.

I've had my fill of "let's have the final, melanchonic but hopeful, somehow balladish song for Catley" rather. I get that is what he's good at, just as Kiske is good for the soaring power metal vocals, but after the grandiose The Great Mystery having Bob sing only Restless Heart, Obsidian Skies on the latest album was a bit underwhelming.
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Maybe this is just my own personal issue, but in my limited exposure to Avantasia, I find that I most often like the music more when it is a singer I am less familiar with, and I like it less when it is a singer I am more familiar with.  There are exceptions to that.  But I have noticed that as a general trend.  For instance, I'm not all that familiar with any of the vocalists on TMOT, and I like almost every single track and easily get immersed in the album.  (I mean, I know who most of them are, but they aren't from bands I actively listen to, so they often don't jump out at me).  On Ghostlights, for example, on Marco's and Sharon's songs, those two VERY recognizable voices kind of take me out of the moment and have me thinking Nightwish or Within Temptation rather than being immersed in the album I am actually listening to. 
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I hope there's no Jorn and Bob this time, to be honest. I'd love him to invite some new guests this time around.

I hope Kiske will be on it, though.
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Given how well it worked, I wouldn't be surprised if Tate was on a couple of tracks.
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MirrorMask, I think that's exactly why I've had my fill of Catley. Just seems like each singer gets reserved for a certain type of song, and I'm not as crazy about his. Runaway Train is top 10 Avantasia songs for me though...

I forgot about Tate. His song is one of my favorites too.
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I forgot about Tate. His song is one of my favorites too.

He and Tobias appear to have gotten close. First the tour, then Tobias' guest appearances at Tate's shows, etc. Given all that, I think it is likely...
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Really?  I didn't know that.
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Oh yeah. Tobi freaking loves Geoff Tate.
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Hey, if Tobi can get Tate to sing like he did on that Avantasia song, I'd be all for it.
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I wouldn't mind Bob Catley, guy is an impressive singer, even at his age, but give him another kind of song. I don't need Tate but wouldn't mind him if the song's good. Kiske should be on there and then maybe some guys and girls he hasn't worked with.
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There's very few guests from the past that I'd say I'd rather not see again, but I will agree that the Catley usage is a little old only because it's the same thing on each album, although I have no issue wiht him returning, just rather see him not used in the same song over and over. 

I really do want more Jorn though.  He's my favorite of the regular guests.