AVANTASIA - Release Their New Single "The Wicked Rule The Night (feat. Ralf Scheepers)

RELEASE NEW SINGLE “THE WICKED RULE THE NIGHT (FEAT. RALF SCHEEPERS)”

“You Know We’ll Return Once Again / You Can Turn The Page / The Image Will Remain / We’re In Your Dreams”
(The Wicked Rule The Night – AVANTASIA)

Today is an exciting day as TOBIAS SAMMET’S AVANTASIA herald a new age in the fantastic, ever-expanding universe of AVANTASIA with “The Wicked Rule The Night“.

After almost three years of hibernation, mastermind Tobias Sammet and his outstanding all-star formation inspire us with an epic full-throttle track, in which the master himself presents his absolute world-class vocal form alongside guest vocalist Ralf Scheepers.

The song, which gives a first impression of the ninth AVANTASIA album A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society to be released in autumn, comes with a lavishly animated lyric video, for which Costin Chioreanu is responsible.

Watch the video for “The Wicked Rule The Night“: https://youtu.be/IfbIAJy9kF8

Listen To “The Wicked Rule The Night“: https://avantasia.bfan.link/the-wicked-rule-the-night

Tobias Sammet about “The Wicked Rule The Night“:
“I’m so happy with the upcoming album that you could put out any song as the first single. But somehow, after the last two years, I felt the need to go full steam ahead as soon as I’m let off the leash. And honestly, it’s also cool to know that many would probably have expected a less extreme track to accompany AVANTASIA‘s re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. But AVANTASIA is not stylistically fixed, anything goes, commercial, epic, grotesque, or full-on the bell, doesn’t matter: All that is part of AVANTASIA‘s very own world. We have found our own pigeonhole and different laws apply there. The fans of the first hour know that. And so I have the feeling that “The Wicked Rule The Night” is unpredictable, exciting, fresh, and new, despite my trademarks, as you know them partly from AVANTASIA or also EDGUY. Playing it safe is a lot of hogwash.

AVANTASIA live

24.06. ES Cartagena – Rock Imperium Festival
08.07. FI Tampere – Sauna Open Air
09.07. FI Oulu – Rock in the City
11.07. NO Oslo – Sentrum Scene
13.07. SE Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
21.07. DE Fulda – Domplatz
23.07. CH Pratteln – Z7 Summer Nights
03.08. DE Wacken – Wacken Open Air
04.08. DE Ludwigsburg – KSK Music Open
19.08. CZ Moravsky Krumlov – Rock Castle
26.08. DE Coburg – Schlossplatz
03.09. DE Gelsenkirchen – Nine Lives Open Air Festival

ABOUT AVANTASIA:
AVANTASIA, the all-star rock outlet led by EDGUY singer, songwriter, and producer Tobias Sammet, released album number eight Moonglow on February 1, 2019, via Nuclear Blast Records, which hit number one on the album charts in Germany and charted in 17 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas before AVANTASIA embarked on a ten-month world tour of Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, North and South America.

Since its beginnings in 1999, the past AVANTASIA releases have featured international stars such as Alice Cooper, Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker (SCORPIONS), Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation), Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer (KISS), Eric Martin (MR BIG), SAXON‘s Biff Byford, ex-TWISTED SISTERfrontman Dee Snider and many more.

On “The Wicked Rule The Night” you can hear:
Tobias Sammet | vocals, keyboards, bass
Sascha Paeth | guitar
Felix Bohnke | drums
Ralf Scheepers | vocals