Tobias Sammet (born 21 November 1977) is a German musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is the singer and primary songwriter of the

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band

Edguy Edguy is a German power metal band formed in 1992 in Fulda by students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch, and Dirk Sauer. Initially named after their math teacher, the band faced early rejections from record labels but persevered, relea ...

, and the founder of the metal opera project

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Career

Sammet founded

in 1992 with schoolmates. Under the musical influence of

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(

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), and

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, the typical power metal sound of his band, in which he mainly acts as a singer and frontman, emerged. After several tours and chart placements with

, Sammet founded his all-star project

and released a metal opera under this name. Initially planned as a once-in-a-lifetime studio project, he launched

again in 2006 and since then he regularly produced concept albums and rock operas. When he was offered the evening program of the main stage with Avantasia at the Wacken Open Air in 2008, he decided to put his side project on stage. Since then, he has regularly toured North and South America, Asia and Europe with

and

. He made guest appearances on

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's album '' Holy Hell'', on the metal opera Aina, and on Revolution Renaissance's '' New Era'' album, besides others. In 2011, readers of the Japanese Burrn Magazine ranked him best songwriter after he had released the two albums '' The Wicked Symphony'' and '' Angel of Babylon'' simultaneously. The albums featured guest appearances by Klaus Meine, Eric Singer, Jon Oliva and

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and contained 21 songs that had been solely written by Tobias. During a headliner show of the band

at the Bang Your Head Festival in 2012, Sammet fell off the stage and broke his nose and several ribs. Despite these injuries, he sang the entire set of the concert before being treated in hospital. Tobias Sammet has sold more than three million records, played 12 world tours in more than 40 countries, had numerous chart placements and played concerts at all major festivals (including 10 shows at

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Discography

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Edguy

Studio albums: *'' Kingdom of Madness'' (1997) *'' Vain Glory Opera'' (1998) *'' Theater of Salvation'' (1999) *'' The Savage Poetry'' (2000) *'' Mandrake'' (2001) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Rocket Ride'' (2006) *'' Tinnitus Sanctus'' (2008) *'' Age of the Joker'' (2011) *'' Space Police: Defenders of the Crown'' (2014) Live albums: *'' Burning Down The Opera'' (2003) *'' Fucking with Fire: Live'' (2009)

Avantasia

References

External links

*
Edguy's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sammet, Tobias 1977 births German heavy metal musicians German heavy metal singers English-language singers from Germany Living people People from Fulda 21st-century German male singers Edguy members