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
| YoreLore Posts: 234  |
great band. The "cheese" does not bother me at all, I just count it as this bands style and if another band is more "serious" then that is their style. If I want to hear music with epic orchestras and fast double bass drumming, guitar sweeps, fast riffs and strong vocals with an accent then I put Rhapsody on. The Symphony Of Enchanted Lands album is perfect and is about 10 times better than their last 2 efforts. Songs like Beyond The Gates Of Infinity and The Dark Tower Of Abyss are Rhapsody at their best...but my favourite song is still Flames Of Revenge
---- "I'm rising in power through murdering rain Stronger than Faith allows Braver than heroes vows ...My head is bloody but I am unbowed I am power..."
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721  |
I like their album "Dawn Of Victory" the most. For me all the songs from that album are perfect. SOEL is also great but their newest release isn't as good as the olders.
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721 |
Written by [user id=35066] on 29.09.2008 at 19:44 IMO Rhapsody is much more serious than Dragonforce. Rhapsody's music is deeper and has a better atmosphere. ATM my favourite Rhapsody song is "Tears Of A Dying Angel". The spoken part is awesome!
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721 |
Written by [user id=35066] on 29.09.2008 at 21:06 Yeah, Dragonforce is funny that's why I like them and Rhapsody is serious so I also like them. Both bands are good as they are.
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| VPeter Posts: 1450  |
Rhapsody deep?  It is very cheesy symphonic power metal. Good cheese though, but far from capturing an fantasy atmosphere. I also hope they will manage to get an professional fantasy writer for their lyrics, since their lyrics now are absolutely horrible.
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
Rhapsody of Fire needs a crash course in video making. their videos are thoroughly reprehensible and should not be viewed by anyone, unless of course you're in the band. then they become epic troll slaying masterpieces or something of similar subject matter.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721 |
Imo it's deep because I have many feelings during listening to them. Rhapsody is perfect to roleplaying games!
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| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955  |
Well not deep btu at leats very well developed wheen it comes to context and cooncept... they... no. Luca Turilli takes the time to write the Algalord Chronicles and to write the lyrics and even make maps and stuff, and Alex Staropoli to do all eth prchestral epic stuff. The result is anything but deep. It's very epic and cheesy, you know, perfect for playing WOW or RPGs or reading The Lord of The Rings or any fantasy/epic literature.
---- "Nobody wants to be the weird kid, you just end up being the weird kid. You don't know how you ended up getting there" - Rob Zombie http://jonas-bs.deviantart.com My dA, mainly photography, go check it out!
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| Narloth Posts: 29  |
Quote: It would be horrible, the main concept would be lost! If somebody wants reflective fantasy, he always has Silmarillion  Aglalord Chronicles are great! They are so... ingenuous! Pure Light, pure Evil, taken so seriously... that Sgraal thing... that weird end with Gargoyles, an epic victory of Dargor over common sence!!! and everything PLAYED so cool! I have been pining for such things while reading Joyce. 
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| Black_Sheep Posts: 108  |
Anyone here from the offical ROF forum? (it's the best forum btw) EDIT: Narloth! nice to see you here 
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| Hellkommando Posts: 255  |
I am a huge fan of Rhapsody, great vocals and I enjoy the lyrics as well, guess its the fantasy geek in me too, lol. Check out this clip where none other than the great Christopher Lee sings too! http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93SdirnzTw
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| Saitenhexerin Posts: 195  |
Oh yea Christopher Lee on vocals! I can remember how hard it was for me to wait for the release of this EP! Rhapsody rock!!! although I wonder if they have problems with putting their music on stage? I can not imagine how they manage all their arrangements on stage...must be very difficult! has anyone of you seen them live yet? so far, marina
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
Stopped listening to them for a while. their keyboard player is quite good though.
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| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955 |
Written by Valentin B on 09.01.2009 at 14:36 Well he also makes the orchestral arrrangements and writes most of the music with Mr. Turilli.
---- "Nobody wants to be the weird kid, you just end up being the weird kid. You don't know how you ended up getting there" - Rob Zombie http://jonas-bs.deviantart.com My dA, mainly photography, go check it out!
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561 |
Power of The DragonFlame still kicks major ass.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101  |
@LeChron James: amen to that
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| Narloth Posts: 29 |
Written by Black_Sheep on 01.01.2009 at 01:55 It seems that only we two so far So let's bring people to it
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742  |
Hey, i'm not a rhapsody fan or anything, but having learned that christopher lee did narrating work for 2 of their albums, could someone please tell me, from those 2 albums, in which songs does he appear. i tried looking here on the lyrics but it doesn't say, so... if anyone helps me with that i'll be very thankful!
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| Daggon Underpaid M.D. Posts: 1689  |
Written by tulkas on 27.05.2009 at 06:25 Oh yeah man, you can try the last 2 albums "Symphony Of The Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret" and "Triumph Or Agony", try to listen the first one I mentioned, It would give you a clear idea of his role in the album, great voice of course!
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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| Zelse Posts: 211 |
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742 |
@daggon, zelse: thanx a lot guys, i'll check them out. i just love mr. lee's voice, it's so powerful 
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469  |
Written by Zelse on 27.05.2009 at 06:46 Most likely you won't hear about any activity in Rhapsody's case anytime soon. They're still frozen by this legal case between them and MCM. Looks like this shit will never end. Personally, I'm not in a hurry to hear anything new from them. Their last two albums have been huge letdowns, especially TOA. Saying this album is boring would be generous. It's just plain sleep-inducing.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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