Timo Tolkki’s Avalon The Land Of New Hope Tracks: 1. Avalanche Anthem 2. A World Without Us 3. Enshrined In My Memory 4. In The Name Of The Rose 5. We Will Find A Way 6. Shine 7. The Magic Of The Night 8. To The Edge Of The Earth? 9. I’ll Sing You Home? 10. The Land Of New Hope Line up: Timo Tolkki - Guitar, Bass Alex Holzwarth - Drums Derek Sherinian - Keyboards Jens Johansson - Keyboards Mikko Härkin - Keyboards Elize Ryd - Vocals Michael Kiske - Vocals Russell Allen - Vocals Rob Rock - Vocals Sharon den Adel - Vocals Tony Kakko - Vocals Magdalena Lee - Opera Vocals Record Label / Year of Release: Frontiers Records 2013 Notes: The Land of New Hope is the first full-length album by Timo Tolkki's metal opera project Avalon. The album was released on May 17, 2013 in Europe and May 21, 2013 in the US. According to Tolkki "I sort of rediscovered myself musically in the process of making this album. I wrote the story first and started composing the music after that. My aim was to write memorable songs with good melodies that would support the story...On this album you will find a lot of different dynamics...with some songs that are fully orchestrated and sound very very big." Tolkki plans to release a trilogy about this concept, and The Land of New Hope is the end of the story Several heavy metal singers were invited to play the characters of the story of the album, with female vocalist Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) and vocalist Rob Rock (Impellitteri) appearing to be the main characters and singing on most of the songs. The remaining vocalists performing on the album were Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween), Russell Allen (Symphony X, Allen-Lande), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica).