In February 1992, a group of German kids founded a band that would conquer the hearts of a whole new generation of fans around the globe. Twenty five years on, founding members Tobias Sammet (AVANTASIA), Jens Ludwig and Dirk Sauer, accompanied by Tobias “Eggi” Exxel and Felix Bohnke, can look back at their hugely successful career with shows in more than 40 countries, countless tours across Asia, Australia and America, ten studio albums and top 10 chart entries from all over the world.

To celebrate such an exceptional career with their fans, EDGUY will be releasing a 2-CD/DVD-package called Monuments on July 14th via Nuclear Blast. The album includes 5 brand new songs, a collection of their best tracks over the last 25 years and old rarities that have never been published before. In addition, the DVD includes an entire show from their ‘Hellfire Club’ tour in 2004, as well as the complete collection of their official videos. The limited edition will include an extensive coffee-table book containing material from throughout the entire history of EDGUY.

Today the band are premiering a live video from the Hellfire Club tour – watch ‘King Of Fools’ live in San Paolo, here:  

Pre-order Monuments on Mail Order Edition Earbook (inc 4CD, DVD) & Canvas Print or Limited Edition 4 x NB Anniversary Green Vinyl Box Set from the Nuclear Blast UK store:  http://bit.ly/EDGUYstore

Pre-order the album digitally from iTunes to receive Ravenblack and Wrestle The Devil as instant grat tracks:  http://bit.ly/MonumentsDigi

Track list:

CD1
01. Ravenblack
02. Wrestle The Devil
03. Open Sesame
04. Landmarks
05. The Mountaineer
06. 9-2-9 
07. Defenders Of The Crown 
08. Save Me
09. The Piper Never Dies 
10. Lavatory Love Machine 
11. King Of Fools 
12. Superheroes 
13. Love Tyger 
14. Ministry Of Saints 
15. Tears Of A Mandrake 

CD2
01. Mysteria 
02. Vain Glory Opera
03. Rock Of Cashel
04. Judas At The Opera 
05. Holy Water 
06. Spooks In The Attic
07. Babylon       
08. The Eternal Wayfarer 
09. Out Of Control 
10. Land Of The Miracle 
11. Key To My Fate 
12. Space Police
13. Reborn in The Waste

DVD
01. Mysteria
02. Under The Moon
03. Navigator
04. Wake Up The King
05. Land Of The Miracle
06. Lavatory Love Machine
07. Vain Glory Opera
08. Fallen Angels
09. The Piper Never Dies
10. Babylon
11. King Of Fools
12. Chalice Of Agony
13. Tears Of A Mandrake (feat. André Matos)
14. Out Of Control

Official Videos: 
15. Love Tyger
16. Robin Hood
17. Two Out Of Seven
18. Ministry Of Saints
19. Superheroes
20. Lavatory Love Machine
21. King Of Fools
22. All The Clowns

Frontman Tobias Sammet states: “Whilst collecting all of this picture material together we were once again made aware of how proud we are of what we have created. There are probably not many musicians who are lucky enough to be able to look back on a 25-year-old band history at the end of their thirties. And especially without any line-up changes in the last 20 years! This is even more incredible considering that we’re not from Birmingham, New York or a German metropolis but from a small town called Fulda, a place where you normally only know about the insights of the music business by hearsay. I mean, as kids we started to play Edguy shows even before we had visited concerts as fans ourselves! Then we started to play shows outside our home town, then outside Germany and all of a sudden we found ourselves touring in Asia, America and Australia on a regular basis, because apparently there were people who liked our music. And they became more and more. For us, this always felt quite normal, the next step was all that mattered. We didn’t think about what happened while things were happening…

But if you look back now, you will realise how lucky we were! It’s now time to celebrate our anniversary with our fans. We’ll celebrate our quarter century with the release of »Monuments« and LIVE in some selected cities! We’ll perform a best-of set list, a journey throughout our past, with a lot of fuss and at full throttle! The first quarter century is over and we want to honour these years with our fans! To the next 25 years!”