The Mystery of Time


The Mystery of Time is the sixth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. The album was released on 26 April 2013. This is the first Avantasia release to feature the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. The cover artwork was painted by Rodney Matthews.
The Mystery Of Time scored high positions in several international music charts and even enabled Avantasia to enter the US Billboard charts for the first time.
When asked to compare the album to Avantasia's previous efforts, guitarist and producer Sascha Paeth described it as follows:

Track listing

Limited editions of the album include a second CD with instrumental versions of all the tracks on the album, with the exception of the two limited edition bonus tracks.

Story

The album booklet describes the story "So take the time to follow me into a small old English town during the Victorian era and join a young agnostic scientist by the name Aaron Blackwell as he is forced to explore the coherencies of time, God and science; torn between belief in his professional conviction, his spiritual intuition, love and a lodge of scientific occultists."
Characters:
Each singer represents a character in the story, appealing to Avantasia's albums' "metal opera" signature theme.Tobias Sammet: Aaron Blackwell, young scientistMichael Kiske: AntiquarianBob Catley: EpiphanyJoe Lynn Turner: ScienceBiff Byford: ReasonRonnie Atkins: NoblemanEric Martin: BeggarCloudy Yang: Apparition

Personnel

Special guests

Musicians

Vocalists