Mystery of a Blood Red Rose
| "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. It was one of the ten candidates to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was between the final three finalists, but eventually was defeated by "Ghost", performed by Jamie-Lee Kriewitz.