The band had begun composing new material and booked studio time in early 2010 with Kevin Shirley producing, and The Final Frontier was announced on 4 March and featured three singles “The Final Frontier”, “El Dorado” and “Coming Home”, as well as epic, progressive opuses “Isle of Avalon”, “The Talisman” and “When The Wild Wind Blows”. The album, the band’s fifteenth, was released on 16 August to critical acclaim. It was also the band’s greatest commercial success to that point, reaching number 1 in twenty-eight countries worldwide, including a debut at number 4 on Billboard 200 .
The band had begun composing new material and booked studio time in
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