Rhapsody (of Fire)

av Naurbereth tor 4 feb - 19:51:15

Italian metal heroes RHAPSODY OF FIRE return with a fantastic new album that will be released on March 5th, 2010 by their new label NUCLEAR BLAST, which is known for acts like Nightwish, Edguy or Blind Guardian.

“We are finally proud to announce to the world that Rhapsody Of Fire are stronger than ever and finally ready for their glorious come-back! We just signed a worldwide-level agreement with the legendary label ‘Nuclear Blast’, at this time the greatest choice we could have ever done. Wonderful people, a great business vision and the best organization possible, for a relationship that can be anything else but successful for the years to come.

In the last months we worked very hard and now all we can say is that a great new album, a real masterpiece of power/speed/symphonic metal, is finally ready!

It’s title is ‘THE FROZEN TEARS OF ANGELS’, it is produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli and it was mixed and mastered by our valorous friend Sascha Paeth at the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg (Avantasia, Epica and others).

This is not just a new album for us, but pure emotion carved in music.

Lyrically it’s based on the 3rd chapter of ‘THE DARK SECRET SAGA’ and the long journey of five bravehearts to the frozen northern lands at the unexplored borders of the known world in order to find a way to stop the demonknight’s prophecy. This album and its music will underline the feelings, hopes and fear of the main characters in this new epic adventure.

All the drama of this new part of the saga will be as always enchanted by the soundtrack oriented orchestral arrangements and the majesty of opera choirs, real trademark of Rhapsody of Fire’s music, but surely this album will sound more powerful, speed and guitar oriented than in the recent past, in order to underline the dark and romantic rage of the lyrics too.

Every song will have its own character, as you will be able to fly with the angels of the crystal realms through the cold skies of the north on the notes of hit-songs like ‘SEA OF FATE’ (song written for the first time together by Luca Turilli, Alex Staropoli and Fabio Lione), ‘RAGING STARFIRE’ or ‘THE FROZEN TEARS OF ANGELS’, and at the same time you will have a taste of the angels’ holy rage listening to ‘REIGN OF TERROR’, real gem of this new production.

The energy of more extreme metal applied to positive lyrics hymning to the victory of hope, truth and respect over the inner demons lying in the depths of our conscience for a unique contrast never heard before and that made us really excited while composing this song.

This new CD will include a great looking cover artwork, created this time by a new and incredibly talented artist able to turn the drama of our fantasy world into a serious, cinematic and realistic representation, and a complete booklet including all the details of the saga’s new chapter. The album will be released as a special limited deluxe digipak (first edition) including two bonus tracks and an incredible 32-pages booklet, as well as a standard jewelcase and of course on vinyl.

We are looking forward to inviting you to the unexplored snowy and icy majestic landscapes of the north, that mystical dark frozen world where even the tears of our beloved angels can't be anything else but frozen!”

av Geten tor 4 feb - 19:53:43

Blev genast mycket mindre maskulint när det inte släpps på Manowars skivbolag.

av Naurbereth tor 4 feb - 19:54:48

Känns härligt att Rhapsody är tillbaka

har lyssnat på dem i ett par år nu, har som favoritlåtar Emerald Sword, Rain of a Thousand Flames, Unholy Warcry och Son of Pain.
Ser hur som helst fram emot en ny platta.. och vem vet, kanske de drar sig hit nu när de inte är skrivna hos MCM längre..

av Nightbringer lör 6 feb - 15:55:15

Ett av de släppen jag ser mest fram emot i år! Kommer bli riktigt fett

av Vitus lör 6 feb - 17:18:08

detta bandet är en guilty pleasure för mig. det är så jävla nävpumpande och catchy på världens töntigaste sett men man kan inte hjälpa att bli annat än glad.

av Gäst lör 6 feb - 20:20:40

Jag har i princip bara hört covern på Helloweens Guardians. Känns som att det är mycket jag får kolla upp nu! xD

av Naurbereth lör 6 mar - 17:52:59

Nu har plattan släppts smakprov finns på deras hemsida

http://rhapsodyoffire.com/2010/

av BIFFonen 666 mån 13 sep - 11:15:56

Dom är jävligt bra, men jag tycker att nästan alla av deras låtar låter lika o.O

av Naurbereth mån 13 sep - 13:19:29

Låter som att du inte lyssnat på dem tillräckligt Razz

Tycker att det finns en tydlig skillnad särskilt mellan gamla och "nya" Rhapsody.. och att de blivit mer seriösa för varje platta.

av BIFFonen 666 mån 13 sep - 13:21:34

Bara för du säger det så ska jag lyssna på dom

av Naurbereth lör 16 okt - 19:57:55

Ser ut som att Rhapsody släppt en låt på 35 minuter som är uppdelad i sju akter..

Mer går att läsa här; http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com/

Låter väldigt intressant och dessutom har låten redan fått bra kritik ^_^
Ett inköp blir det helt klart när pengarna rullar in.

av **Atlas Musclecore** lör 16 okt - 20:08:24

Låter som samma idé Manowar hade med Achilles. Razz

av Peggyfier lör 16 okt - 20:41:47

Copy cats

Hehe

av Svullet_Rektum lör 16 okt - 22:10:08

Manowar var ju verkligen först med det konceptet... Rolling Eyes

av Peggyfier lör 16 okt - 22:22:41

De var före Rhapsody iaf! Nämen vafan, är inte helt seriös.

av **Atlas Musclecore** lör 16 okt - 22:55:02

Svullet_Rektum skrev:Manowar var ju verkligen först med det konceptet...

Är ju inte alltför många inom just metal som skriver långa låtar på det viset. Konceptalbum är ju en annan femma, men ja. Oftast vill man ju göra egna låtar av varje "akt" snarare än att slå ihop dem alla till en låt.

av Svullet_Rektum sön 17 okt - 0:42:28

När började vi snacka om metal?

av **Atlas Musclecore** sön 17 okt - 3:02:11

Tja, avdelningen heter "Heavy/Power/Speed Metal".

av Svullet_Rektum sön 17 okt - 8:01:28

Fast diskussionen rörde var RoF har fått inspiration till sitt epos från.

av **Atlas Musclecore** sön 17 okt - 18:47:29

Och de var ju Joey DeMaio's knähundar under en period. Razz

av Naurbereth sön 17 okt - 19:06:01

Här finns ett smakprov; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJw1KbkpX8U

Det mesta av sjungandet verkar vara på Italienska, men även en del Engelska dyker upp..
Låter väldigt lovande tycker jag .. särskilt det lilla man får höra av sjätte akten

av Svullet_Rektum sön 17 okt - 19:11:52

Atlas Musclecore skrev:Och de var ju Joey DeMaio's knähundar under en period.

Högst motvilligt.

av Monoliten sön 17 okt - 19:17:32

Kanske ska ta en provlyssning och hoppas att det är lika bra eller i närheten av hur bra det lät på första 4-5 plattorna där, jävlar vilka låtar de har gjort.

av **Atlas Musclecore** sön 17 okt - 19:20:49

Svullet_Rektum skrev:
Atlas Musclecore skrev:Och de var ju Joey DeMaio's knähundar under en period.

Högst motvilligt.

I slutändan tycks det så ja, men i början verkade de stimulera varandra.

av Geten fre 18 mar - 3:55:03

Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE will release their tenth studio album, "From Chaos To Eternity", on June 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. Described by the band as "the natural evolution" from last year's "The Frozen Tears Of Angels", the new CD marks RHAPSODY OF FIRE's final release based on the fantasy saga started in 1997 with the group's debut album, "Legendary Tales". As in the past, RHAPSODY OF FIRE founding members Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli produced the effort, part of which (vocals and guitars) was laid down in their hometown of Trieste. The bass and drum recordings were completed in Wolfsburg, Germany at the Gate Studio under the supervision of RHAPSODY OF FIRE's longtime friend and collaborator Sascha Paeth (AVANTASIA, ANGRA, KAMELOT).

Commented the band: "It is the end of an era. This historical release will end the RHAPSODY's sagas once for all after 15 years of fantasy-oriented lyrics and for the last time we'll hear Sir Christopher Lee narrating in one of our albums the last dramatic events of a legendary tale started in 1997 and told through two different sagas and 10 full-length albums. We are surely very sad but we also know that for this same reason the upcoming release will remain in the history of the band for its artistic importance and unique epic!"

The "From Chaos To Eternity" album cover, which was once again created by Felipe Machado Franco, can be seen below.

"From Chaos To Eternity" track listing:

01. Ad Infinitum (1:30)
02. From Chaos To Eternity (5:45)
03. Tempesta Di Fuoco (4:48)
04. Ghosts Of Forgotten Worlds (5:35)
05. Anima Perduta (4:46)
06. Aeons Of Raging Darkness (5:46)
07. I Belong To The Stars (4:55)
08. Tornado (4:57)
09. Heroes Of The Waterfalls' Kingdom (19:32)
I. Lo Spirito Della Foresta
II. Realm Of Sacred Waterfalls
III. Thanor's Awakening
IV. Northern Skies Enflamed
V. The Splendour Of Angels' Glory (A Final Revelation)
10. Flash Of The Blade (DIGI bonus track)

Commented Luca: "Musically, expect something really special out of the ten album titles. A song like 'Ghosts Of Forgotten Worlds', with its rageous and hypnotic guitar riff, will make you breathe the dusty atmospheres of the southern ghostlands. 'Aeons Of Raging Darkness' is pure melodic chaos translated into music, 'Tornado', the greatest technical challenge for each single bandmember, and 'Tempesta Di Fuoco', the first speed track completely sung in Italian language. For my song, 'Fantasia Gotica', I wrote and finalized the cinematic orchestral arrangements inspired by the visionary genius of Tim Burton, while 'The Splendour Of Angels' Glory (A Final Revelation)' is Alex's choral and majestic track for the perfect finale of the dark secret saga. Our bass player, Patrice Guers, and our drummer, Alex Holzwarth, did their best job so far in a RHAPSODY OF FIRE album. One more word is needed to underline the excellent performance of our singer: in this new release, Fabio Lione will present himself definitely as one of the best and most versatile singers, being able to pass with unique ability and talent from the most aggressive vocals, to clean angelic voices and powerful operatic parts. Once more, you are going to be really surprised."

Added Staropoli: "As always, the cinematic elements that defined our style will enrich each track, but the guitar work will be again very important too. What is sure is that for such an album Luca and I composed our best solos ever!"

"From Chaos To Eternity" will be released in a standard jewelcase edition of 24 pages, and in an exclusive limited edition of 48 pages, full of great and unique surprises, as well as two bonus tracks, for a total of 65 minutes of RHAPSODY OF FIRE's legendary music.

"The Frozen Tears Of Angels" was released in Europe on April 30, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli and it was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at the Gate Studio (AVANTASIA, EPICA) in Wolfsburg, Germany. It was made available as a standard version jewelcase, as "a highsize digipak" with two bonus tracks and as a gatefold double-vinyl.

AAAAAAALWAYS I WANNA BE WITH YOU!

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