Big bombastic music from Avantasia inbound! Operatic Metal Super Group Avantasia, including Kenny Leckremo from H.E.A.T., released a new song off their upcoming album “Here Be Dragons,” which is a great name for an album. I guess these guys were formed by the former singer of Edguy, which is pretty cool. I used to dig on Edguy a ton, and the vocalist was a big part of it. Unless the vocals in this track is Kenny Leckremo, which it could be. Never heard of the guy, but he’s a vocalist so there’s that.

All in all it’s pretty solid song, full of soaring riffs and frenetic drums. The chorus does give Edguy vibes, so now I can’t unhear that. Going against the wind has to be tough, gotta worry about your hat blowing off and all sorts of crap potentially flying into your face. The breakdown transitioning into one of the noodliest guitar solos I’ve heard in a while is fun, and kind of a kick restart into the song. Also the bit before the coda totally sounds like the part in the opera where the whole cast comes out and sings in unison about how they’re all going their way or something.

I do look forward to the whole album, maybe it’s a concept album about sailing into unknown dragon infested waters and having to go against the wind to reach Valhalla or something.