More details are surfacing regarding the upcoming AVANTASIA double album The Wicked Symphony / Angel Of Babylon. The album will see a April 3, 2010 release date, and will be released as two separate albums, as well as in one box set as limited deluxe edition. Cover artwork for both albums was created by Thomas Ewerhard – known from his work for Edguy's Hellfire Club and AVANTASIA's The Scarecrow.
A list of confirmed guest musicians is shaping up as follows:
# Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
# Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen, Iced Earth)
# Eric Singer (Kiss, Alice Cooper)
# Michael Kiske (Helloween)
# Jorn Lande (Masterplan, Ark, Millenium)
# Bob Catley (Magnum)
# Sascha Paeth
# Felix Bohnke (Edguy)
# Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody Of Fire, Sieges Even)
# Russell Allen (Symphony X)
# Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen)
# André Matos (Angra, Shaaman, Viper)
# Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad)
# Cloudy Yang
# Oliver Hartmann (At Vance, Hartmann)