The Wicked Symphony

The Wicked Symphony is the fourth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia, released on 3 April 2010, parallel with Angel of Babylon. The Wicked Symphony was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album. It is the second part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by Angel of Babylon.

Tobias Sammet describes the title track in his own words, "a ten minute track featuring a vocal battle between Jørn Lande, Russell Allen and me".

Personnel

 * Tobias Sammet – Lead vocals, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Organ (on tracks 6, 8)
 * Sascha Paeth – Guitars, Keyboards, Bass guitar (on track 10) Producer
 * Eric Singer – Drums (on tracks 2, 4, 6)
 * Miro – Keyboards, Orchestration

Musicians

 * Guitar
 * Bruce Kulick (on tracks 6, 11)
 * Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 2, 7, 8)
 * Drums
 * Felix Bohnke (on tracks 1, 5, 9, 11)
 * Alex Holzwarth (on tracks 3, 7, 8, 10)
 * Organ
 * Simon Oberender (on track 11)

Singers

 * Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 6–8)
 * Michael Kiske (on track 2, 6)
 * Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 10)
 * Klaus Meine (on track 4)
 * Tim "Ripper" Owens (on track 3)
 * Bob Catley (on track 6)
 * Andre Matos † (on track 5)
 * Ralf Zdiarstek (on track 9)