Angel of Babylon

Angel of Babylon
Studio album by Avantasia
Released	April 3, 2010
Recorded	May 2008-Early 2010 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg Vox-Klangstudio, Bendestorf
Genre	Power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal, hard rock
Length	58:59
Label	Nuclear Blast, Fearless, Bodog
Producer	Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
Avantasia chronology
The Scarecrow (2008) The Wicked Symphony/Angel of Babylon (2010) The Mystery of Time (2013)

Angel of Babylon is the fifth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia, released on April 3, 2010, along with The Wicked Symphony. Angel Of Babylon was released both as part of a box set, with the two albums combined and as an individual album.^[1] It is the third and final part of "The Wicked Trilogy".

Track listing

All tracks written by Tobias Sammet, except "Symphony of Life", written by Sascha Paeth. 

No.	Title	Guest Vocalist	Length
1.	"Stargazers"	Jørn Lande, Russell Allen, Michael Kiske, Oliver Hartmann	9:31
2.	"Angel of Babylon"	Lande	5:28
3.	"Your Love Is Evil"		3:55
4.	"Death Is Just a Feeling"	Jon Oliva	5:24
5.	"Rat Race"	Lande	4:07
6.	"Down in the Dark"	Lande	4:25
7.	"Blowing out the Flame"		4:50
8.	"Symphony of Life"	Cloudy Yang	4:31
9.	"Alone I Remember"	Lande	4:46
10.	"Promised Land"	Lande	4:50
11.	"Journey to Arcadia"	Allen, Bob Catley	7:12
Total length:			58:59

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Twisted Mind" (Live at Masters of Rock 2008)	7:01

^[2][3]

Personnel

• Tobias Sammet - lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
• Sascha Paeth - guitars, keyboards, producer
• Eric Singer - drums (on tracks 5, 7, 9, 10)
• Miro - keyboards, orchestration

Guests

Musicians

• Guitars
  • Bruce Kulick (on tracks 5, 9, 11)
  • Oliver Hartmann (on tracks 1, 2, 3)
  • Henjo Richter (on track 10)
• Drums
  • Felix Bohnke (on tracks 4, 6, 8)
  • Alex Holzwarth (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 11)
• Keyboards
  • Jens Johansson (on track 2)
• Organ
  • Simon Oberender (on track 9)

Singers

• Jørn Lande (on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10)
• Russell Allen (on tracks 1, 11)
• Michael Kiske (on track 1)
• Jon Oliva (on track 4)
• Bob Catley (on track 11)
• Cloudy Yang (on track 8)

References

1. Tobiassammet.com Interview with Tobias Sammet
2. "Avantasia :: Official Web". Tobias Sammet. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
3. Deutsche Post (2010-02-04). "Avantasia: Angel Of Babylon (CD) – jpc". Jpc.de. Retrieved 2012-01-14.