Tobias Sammet is back , with passion, magnificient energy and a musical monument with epical deepness. A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society marks AVANTASIA‘s ninth album and is pure magic, fascinating the listeners with the artistry combined of Metal, Classic Rock and any other ingredient that is required to be Avantasia. No one puts more lifeblood into their songs than Avantasia does.
We catch up with Tobias Sammet to talk about the new album, his new studio that he built during the pandemic, the love of storytelling in music and much more.
On the longevity of his career so far:
Tobias: My whole life is based on childish ideas and dreams, which amazingly I still get away with. Even after 30 years, music is my favourite, biggest, only hobby. And the fact that I can make a living from it fills me with deep gratitude.
On building the new studio during the pandemic which resulted in total creative freedom:
Tobias: I was faced with more time than ever before. So I was paying as much attention to details and little things as I had in my early years. On the last records, I outsourced certain things to my producer Sascha Paeth, mostly just to save time. However, now I didn’t have to save time. There hasn’t been a record that sounded so much like me.
On the title of the album and the Moonflower Society:
Tobias: A moonflower is a creature of the night that blossoms when the world is asleep. For me, it stands on one hand for the weird characters I populate my songs with, and on the other for the weird characters I surround myself with in Avantasia.
Check out the full interview
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0M0si24zpCs
Listen to Podcast version on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3KiSax1
Get Moonflower Society album here: https://avantasia.bfan.link/APEWTMS
