One thing first: Who has to do the slightest with Power / Melodic Metal and this CD does not have, did not live. After I bought the "Avantasia" EP, I was able to release the full album hardly wait. And I was not disappointed. Tobias Sammet's disc is the coolest CD that I have heard to date. Each song itself is a masterpiece, my personal favorites are "Reach Out ...", "Serpents In Paradise" and "Farewell". The spacers fit seamlessly into the overall picture of a grandiose and spraying places a really dark atmosphere ("Malleus Maleficarum"). Of course the album lives of the guest singers and the absolutely brilliant concept that is behind "Avantasia". And Sammet vocal / compositional abilities are surely beyond question. And a very entscheidener reason why every metalhead should have this CD: Michael Kiske is, and how! How long does this voice was missing in the Metal area! But all the other singers move to the highest level (for me especially Oliver Hartmann and Rob Rock). So, Banger, you bring this master disc from one of the most gifted songwriters of Germany and let you into the world of "Avantasia"!