Rhapsody Of Fire
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Posted by Unknown user, 05.07.2006 - 19:28
Rhapsody...one of the cheesiest bands ever, hmm...maybe one of the best...each and every one of their albums contains epic choral arrangements, soaring vocals, mindblowing instrumentation, and of course, the quality that defines the band...the orchestra...unlike some bands, who have an orchestra just to hide the horrid quality of their music, Rhapsody uses it in a way to make you want to slay orcs and dragons, lol...yes I know...nowadays, the method of combining orchestras and choruses to power metal is almost standard...however, Rhapsody was one of the first to use it, and use it to its full potential...anyways, the orchestra rocks...makes it more epic...Rhapsody has been one of the biggest and most influential epic metal bands ever...climactic, epic songs full of adventure...and now, actor Christopher Lee (who plays Saruman in the Lord of the Rings movies) does most of the narrations for their albums...I find it really captivating, and exciting (and cheesy)...much neoclassical stylings on the guitar, and some absolutely crushing lines...of course, most of the songs go at 100 miles per hour, with doublebass and palm muted chords apounding, and the synths laying down a barrage of notes...as usual...however, they do have some great ballads...it doesnt matter...highly recommended (at least by me)...Rhapsody is one of the most unique bands of the power metal scene...so...welcome brother, to the world of power metal...a dangerous land filled with dragons, steel, magic, orcs, demons, wizards, and lots of cheese...power metal has some of the highest levels of cheese in any sort of music, but anyways...I think its great...and you should also check Luca Turilli's side project.
Fabio Lione (vocals)
Luca Turilli (guitar)
Alex Staropoli (keyboards)
Patrice Guers (bass)
Alex Holzwarth (drums)
if you dont know anything about Rhapsody, well, this video speaks for itself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEMeBTmiX4g Unholy Warcry
hail mighty Rhapsody
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Account deleted Written by Katatronik on 18.11.2006 at 16:35 Totally agree  I also like all the dialogues and narrations on that song. And the choruses of the song remind me of the atmosphere in 'Dawn Of Victory' album
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
The characters are interpreted by real actors, it all sounds like a movie! I love all of that song, Fabio uses also scream vocals... I excite every time I listen to it!
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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Christopher Lee is on the new release too isn't he  they didn't make much promotion about it as the last release.
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018 |
Yes, Christopher Lee will offer his vocal narration during the entire "Dark Secret" saga, wow! He also sing together with the epic choir in some tracks, great man indeed! 
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| O Sinistron Hopeless Sinner Posts: 212  |
They should make a movie and a game with ths story! Would be great! Serious!
---- Last.fm 
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237  |
Iron Maiden did it - why not Rhapsody. they seem to think they can do anything now.. haha
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
@ danzig111: Luca Turilli should only write the script of the movie, and let Peter Jackson be in charge of the direction.
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| The Alchemist Metalchemist Posts: 1589  |
Written by Ramung on 26.11.2006 at 17:37 http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=2906&page=&message_id= There you'll find the reasons why they changed their name
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
I never understood those "copyright and trademark issues". Was there any band before Rhapsody (of Fire) with that name??
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018 |
Gossips said that an american rap band (or a single american rapper) had name Rhapsody before them... Luca Turilli and friends proposed to the rapper(s) for using both the same name, but these americans insisted and had the rights...
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
Written by Katatronik on 27.11.2006 at 21:06 Really?? What a shame. I thought that the original Rhapsody was an ancient underground metal band from 70s or 80s... 
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You had better be shitting me!  I at least thought it was some shit to do with the p2p downloading program! But that story posted above is shameful! 
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
@ duyhung: yes dude, that's why they turned the name into that ridiculous one, not because they wanted to..... (hope so)
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Account deleted Written by [user id=17397] on 04.12.2006 at 04:44 ahhh yes aren't they mind blowing  and i fucking love that "Pride Of The Tyrant" song but 'Walls Of Jericho' was Helloween, not Rhapsody 
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
@ TheReaper: I think the same about Mighty Rhapsody, for me it was a better name and we were kind of used to it because of the site.
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Dude, i just found out today that Christopher Lee is 84 years of age 
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018 |
Really so old?  Anyway, he is a great actor, phantastic... and his help for the Dark Secret Saga is fundamental for his theatrical voice tone and the great interpretation of his vocal parts... One of my favourite actors indeed!
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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Yeah seriously, in 1958, he played the role of Count Dracula. What I like is his role as Saruman in Lord Of The Rings though! by the way, who in the hell are those other actors who do spoken parts/narrations on 'Triumph Or Agony' Susannah York (Superman wtf?) ? Stash Kirkbride? Who on earth are they?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQSVGwy6aM
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
@ danzig111: 84 y.o.?? he's really old, but he still can act and make some vocals I also think he's a great actor.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee .....yeah ummm about that duet he did with Fabio Lione, is that only the video version or something that he's featured in
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
@ danzig111: thank you dude!! He's also very tall: 6' 5" About your question, it's supposed that the narrator's voice at "Symphony of enchanted lands 2" and "Triumph or Agony" is his voice.
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| Bitch Boy Posts: 1353 |
I don't know try to search and download it from any of those programs 
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| Dark Stalker Posts: 97  |
I think that Rhapsody , it is too epic and too holywood even for power metal But i like band Luca Turilli .
---- In luck we trust!
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