Tobias Never Fails to Disappoint

Well, the new Avantasia is out and unsurprisingly it is God awful. Maybe not God awful per-say, there are ok moments but on the whole it is a huge disappointment. It is not as bad as the latest Edguy release, but that is like saying its not as bad as a hernia. Ok, maybe I am being way too harsh, but I cannot deny that I would like nothing more than for Tobias to create music that has the same feel and the same atmosphere as the first 2 Avantasia albums, or any of the Edguy albums before Rocket Ride. Maybe I am so stubborn in my views of what I feel Edguy and Avantasia should be that I am failing to recognize them for what they are. But what are they? I honestly don't want to find out, because that would involve a serious alteration of what the music of Edguy and Avantasia means to me personally, and that is not something I want to change. But thats just the thing, if it was stylistically even in the same arena then I wouldn't have to change my views. Thats really what annoys me the most, if it sounds nothing like Avantasia then why call it Avantasia? I dunno. Needless to say, I have decided to separate the old Avantasia from the new Avantasia in my iTunes by labeling the old Avantasia simply "Avantasia", and labeling the new Avantasia "Tobias Sammet's Avantasia". That way they are not even close to each other in my iTunes library. This may seem a little obsessive, but hey, music is my obsession.

Well anyway, new Blind Guardian comes out soon and they have yet to disappoint, so Im looking forward to that.