| "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" | ||||
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| Single by Avantasia | ||||
| from the album Ghostlights | ||||
| Released | 11 December 2015 | |||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tobias Sammet | |||
| Producer(s) | Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet | |||
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"Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" is a single and opening track to the German power metal project Avantasia's album Ghostlights, released on 11 December 2015 with a lyric video.[1] It was one of the ten candidates to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[2] The song was between the final three finalists, but eventually was defeated by "Ghost", performed by Jamie-Lee Kriewitz.
- ^ "Avantasia - digital single & lyric video for 'Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose' out now!". Nuclear Blast official website. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Deutscher Vorentscheid: Teilnehmer stehen fest". eurovision.de (in German). ARD. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.