In a recent interview promoting the latest release from his Avantasia project, Sammet revealed that a new Edguy album will be worked on in the summer of 2013, with a release tentatively scheduled for mid-2014. The band toured Europe and South America in support of the record, including dates with Slash and Deep Purple, as well as an appearance on the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise. The band supported Scorpions on the German dates of their farewell tour in 2010.Įdguy released their ninth studio album, Age of the Joker, in August 2011. This featured live footage of the band shot in São Paulo, Brazil, on their Rocket Ride world tour in 2006. After a contract renewal with Nuclear Blast in late 2008, the band released their first live DVD, Fucking with F***, in 2009.
Edguy returned to the studio in 2008 and recorded Tinnitus Sanctus, with a video being shot for the track “Ministry of Saints” in Belgrade, Serbia. Sammet spent much of 2007 relaunching the Avantasia project. This was followed by the full-length album Rocket Ride in January 2006. The band's productivity continued into 2005 with the Superheroes EP and DVD, the latter featuring footage of the band live and in the studio, as well as a making of documentary for the video of the title track. The song "Lavatory Love Machine" was also released as a single. This preceded the Hellfire Club album, released shortly after. The band's contract with AFM had expired by this point, which led to them signing with Nuclear Blast Records in late 2003.Įdguy's first release for Nuclear Blast was the King of Fools EP in 2004. Three shows were recorded in Europe and were the basis for Edguy's first live album, Burning Down the Opera. The Mandrake album also led to the band's first headlining tour. The album was accompanied by their first promo video, for the track “All the Clowns”, as well as the Painting on the Wall single. Whilst Tobias focused on Avantasia, the band took the opportunity to re-record Savage Poetry, to make it widely available to newer fans, as the original had become a much sought after rarity.įollowing The Savage Poetry re-recording was the band's fifth album, Mandrake, in 2001.
That same year frontman Tobias Sammet conceived the idea for the Avantasia project, a metal opera featuring well known vocalists and musicians from the rock and metal scene. In 1999, Theater of Salvation was released. The band was joined by new drummer Felix Bohnke and bassist Tobias ‘Eggi' Exxel later that year, allowing Tobias Sammet to solely focus on vocals (he had previously played bass as well handling vocal duties). This album helped expose Edguy to a wider audience, thanks in part to guest appearances from Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius) and Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian). 1998 saw the release of their second album, Vain Glory Opera, with friend Frank Lindenthal filling in on drums. The band rejected this proposal in favour of recording a new album, Kingdom of Madness, which was released in 1997, but drummer Dominik Storch left the band shortly after. They signed with AFM Records shortly after, who offered to re-release Savage Poetry with more widespread distribution.
Undeterred, they self released their ‘unofficial' debut album, Savage Poetry, in 1995. These tapes were sent to many record labels, all of whom rejected the band, believing they would be unsuccessful in the music business. In 1994, the band released two demos, Evil Minded and Children of Steel. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for their math teacher at the time.
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