The Metal Opera Part II

The Metal Opera Pt. II is the second full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a metal opera. The songs carry on the story begun in The Metal Opera, with the same characters. Both albums were written over the course of a year, starting in the last quarter of 1998, and both were produced from October 1999 to June 2000, with the works being interrupted for some weeks so Sammet could produce The Savage Poetry with his other band Edguy.

Credits

 * Tobias Sammet (Edguy) - Keyboards, Bass guitar (on track 10), Vocals (see "Singers")
 * Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray) - Guitars
 * Markus Grosskopf (Helloween) - Bass guitar
 * Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire) - Drums

Musicians

 * Guitar
 * Jens Ludwig (Edguy) (lead on tracks 5 and 9)
 * Norman Meiritz (rhythm on track 10)
 * Timo Tolkki (Symfonia, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Stratovarius) (lead on tracks 1 and 10)
 * Drums
 * Eric Singer (Kiss, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper) (on track 10)
 * Keyboard
 * Frank Tischer (Piano on tracks 1, 4 and 7)

Singers

 * Gabriel Laymann - Tobias Sammet (Edguy) - tracks 1-10
 * Lugaid Vandroiy - Michael Kiske (Helloween, Place Vendome, Unisonic) - tracks 1 and 2
 * Brother Jakob - David DeFeis (Virgin Steele) - tracks 1 and 5
 * Bailiff Falk von Kronberg - Ralf Zdiarstek - track 9
 * Anna Held - Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) - track 10
 * Bishop Johann von Bicken - Rob Rock (ex-Axel Rudi Pell, Driver, Impellitteri) - tracks 1 and 6
 * Pope Clement VIII - Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) - track 1
 * Elderane the Elf - Andre Matos (ex-Symfonia, ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper) - tracks 1, 2 and 8
 * Regrin the Dwarf - Kai Hansen (ex-Helloween, Gamma Ray, Unisonic) - tracks 1 and 8
 * Mysterious Voice of the Tower - Timo Tolkki (ex-Symfonia, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Stratovarius) - track 1
 * Tree of Knowledge - Bob Catley (Magnum) - tracks 3 and 4