TIMO TOLKKI's AVALON released their sophomore album, "Angels Of The Apocalypse", on May 16th in Europe and May 20th in North America via Frontiers. Check out a new lyric video for the track "The Paradise Lost" below.
Following the release of the debut album "The Land Of New Hope", the Metal Opera was met with critical and fan acclaim, entering the national album charts in seven European countries, including a top 10 entry in Tolkki's home country, Finland. In August 2013, Tolkki flew to Greece to seek the right inspiration for the follow-up album and upon his return he managed to develop a sound that is even more grandiose and symphonic and yet heavier and darker in direction as compared to the debut album. "In August 2012 I planned to release a Metal Opera that had to be a trilogy. I am following a specific storyboard in a musical format and this time the musical direction is heavier and darker than the previous AVALON", says Tolkki. "This was deliberate since the Apocalyptic scenes described in the lyrics demanded that".
Musicians:
Timo Tolkki - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Tuomo Lassila - Drums
Antti Ikonen - Keyboards
Nicholas Jeudy - Orchestration
Floor Jansen, Simone Simons, Fabio Lione, David DeFeis, Zachary Stevens, Elize Ryd, Caterina Nix - Vocals
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