Timo Tolkki's Avalon

Artist:  Timo Tolkki's Avalon
Origin:  Finland
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera

Timo Tolkki's Avalon is the Metal Opera Project created by Timo Tolkki (Guitar Ex Stratovarious, Revolution Renaissance, Symfonia).  He find the Metal Opera as he love Classical Music and just like Classical Opera, but Metal Opera can create the stories with musically unlimited!.

Title:  The Land Of New Hope  (2013)
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metal Opera
Label:  Frontiers Records

Tracks:

 1.  Avalanche Anthem  (4:52)
 2.  A World Without Us  (5:42)
 3.  Enshrined In My Memory  (4:05)
 4.  In The Name Of The Rose  (4:26)
 5.  We Will Find A Way  (4:24)
 6.  Shine  (3:36)
 7.  The Magic Of The Night  (4:42)
 8.  To The Edge Of The Earth  (5:01)
 9.  I'll Sing You Home  (5:01)
10. The Land Of New Hope  (8:53)

Personnel:

Timo Tolkki:  Guitar, Bass
Mikko Harkin:  Keyboards
Alex Holzwarth:  Drums
Derek Sherinian:  Keyboards on Track 8
Jens Johansson:  Keyboards on Track 8

Singers:

Elize Ryd:  Vocals on Tracks:  1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Michael Kiske:  Vocals on Track 10
Russell Allen:  Vocals on Tracks:  1, 2
Rob Rock:  Vocals on Track:  1, 2, 5, 7, 8
Sharon Den Adel:  Vocals on Track 6
Tony Kakko:  Vocals on Track 5

Additional Cast:

Orchestrations:  Sami Boman
Opera Vocals:  Magdalena Lee

The Land Of New Hope is the first full-length album Metal Opera Project by Timo Tolkki's Avalon, was released on May 17 2013 by Frontiers Records, with several Heavy Metal Singers:  Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, Place Vendome, Ex Helloween), Russell Allen (Symphony X, Allen-Lande, Adrenaline Mob, Star One), Rob Rock (Impellitteri, Ex Axel Rudi Pell), Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), as well as the participation of Guest Musicians:  Alex Holzwarth (Drums-Rhapsody Of Fire), Derek Shernian (Keyboards Ex Dream Theater, Ex Black Country Communion), Jens Johansson (Keyboards-Stratovarious) and Mikko Hrkin (Keyboards Ex Sonata Arctica, Ex Symfonia, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody).