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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #70 on: October 25, 2018, 06:27:50 PM »
Bumping this thread, just got the re-issues of Luca Turilli's first 2 solo albums, which I always thought were underrated.
Both are great albums, slightly less cheese and certainly less bombastic than Rhapsody and also of course a different singer, with no accent.

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #71 on: October 25, 2018, 06:31:31 PM »
Bumping this thread, just got the re-issues of Luca Turilli's first 2 solo albums, which I always thought were underrated.
Both are great albums, slightly less cheese and certainly less bombastic than Rhapsody and also of course a different singer, with no accent.

Funny you say that, because I think they're actually cheesier and (at times) just as bombastic as Rhapsody. Great stuff all around though. I love Olaf Hayer's voice.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #72 on: October 25, 2018, 06:38:18 PM »
Bumping this thread, just got the re-issues of Luca Turilli's first 2 solo albums, which I always thought were underrated.
Both are great albums, slightly less cheese and certainly less bombastic than Rhapsody and also of course a different singer, with no accent.

There's a song called Ancient Forest of Elves.


I love his albums (minus the third one) but they are pure cheese.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #73 on: October 25, 2018, 06:42:36 PM »
Thanks for reminding me... Dragonforce ripped off Ancient Forest of Elves' verse vocal melody for its verse melody in The Last Journey Home.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #74 on: October 25, 2018, 10:08:50 PM »
From the first notes from the debut Rhapsody album back in 1997 I was in love.
I love the cheese fest and all the over the top song titles and lyrics.

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #75 on: October 25, 2018, 10:11:21 PM »
From the first notes from the debut Rhapsody album back in 1997 I was in love.
I love the cheese fest and all the over the top song titles and lyrics.


The only huge criticism I have for them is their original narrator(s) before Sir Christopher Lee. The main guy was just.....painful.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #76 on: October 26, 2018, 02:33:02 AM »
Bumping this thread, just got the re-issues of Luca Turilli's first 2 solo albums, which I always thought were underrated.
Both are great albums, slightly less cheese and certainly less bombastic than Rhapsody and also of course a different singer, with no accent.

I couldn't bother with the rest, but Kings of the Nordic Twilight is actually a great album for the genre, full of great and memorable songs. It goes by the book, sure, with all the mandatory kind of songs - the fast opener, the catchy tune, the mid.-tempo, the unforgettable single, the ballad and the big epic, but it works damn fine. And Olaf Hayer is indeed a kickass singer.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #77 on: October 26, 2018, 02:34:28 AM »
From the first notes from the debut Rhapsody album back in 1997 I was in love.
I love the cheese fest and all the over the top song titles and lyrics.


The only huge criticism I have for them is their original narrator(s) before Sir Christopher Lee. The main guy was just.....painful.

Yeah they struck gold when they got CL, I wonder how they got him and how much he cost?

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #78 on: November 16, 2018, 12:34:54 PM »
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NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED!!

Tracklist and art to come soon but next year we'll be getting, finally, the first chapter in a brand new Rhapsody saga. I was praying they'd do this after 2 standalone albums.

"The Eighth Mountain" will be the beginning of The Nephilim's Empire Saga and it comes out on February 22nd.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #79 on: December 05, 2018, 09:02:33 AM »
and now we have a third fourth name, behold: TURILLI/LIONE RHAPSODY

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #80 on: December 05, 2018, 09:07:19 AM »
and now we have a third name, behold: TURILLI/LIONE RHAPSODY

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Saw it yesterday... geez, a final tour together was nice, but this new band is ridiculous. Sure, they have to follow their muse, if that's what they want to do, of course it's up to them, but is this now the FOURTH incarnation of Rhapsody? Rhapsody, then Rhapsody of Fire, then Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, then Fabio Lione leaves but he goes to form a band with Turilli which left too and aaaah I already have a headache  :lol
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #81 on: February 22, 2019, 04:13:49 PM »
New album is out and sounding very good, love the new singer too.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3pwQV3i9yTnQPGlwvfNfRg

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #82 on: February 22, 2019, 04:24:42 PM »
I might be the biggest Rhapsody fan around these parts and I think this album blows chunks. It's put a real damper on my day because I've been anticipating this album for years and it's a hot mess. Glad you're digging it though, gaz.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #83 on: February 22, 2019, 10:36:37 PM »
I might be the biggest Rhapsody fan around these parts and I think this album blows chunks. It's put a real damper on my day because I've been anticipating this album for years and it's a hot mess. Glad you're digging it though, gaz.

The upcoming Turilli/Lione CD should be a lot better.  Turilli is the much better songwriter than Staropoli.

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #84 on: October 22, 2020, 01:06:17 PM »
big boy bump

Thought I'd rank the Rhapsody albums for fun. Now the first 5 albums (not counting Rain of a Thousand Flames) are 5 of my favorite albums of all time so the ranking doesn't really matter there, but generally this is how I feel about them. Although some days I feel like I love POTD most, or DOV, etc... Triumph or Agony is pretty much in that category too, except it's never been #1.

1. Legendary Tales
2. Symphony of Enchanted Lands
3. Symphony of Enchanted Lands II
4. Dawn of Victory
5. Power of the Dragonflame
6. Triumph or Agony
7. Into the Legend
8. The Frozen Tears of Angels
9. Rain of a Thousand Flames
10. From Chaos To Eternity
11. Dark Wings of Steel
12. The Cold Embrace of Fear
13. The Eighth Mountain
14. Legendary Years
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #85 on: October 22, 2020, 01:13:43 PM »
You’re crazy.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #86 on: October 22, 2020, 01:14:23 PM »
That's beside the point, Doc.
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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #87 on: October 29, 2020, 08:34:01 PM »
Rhapsody albums are fantastic

Rhapsody of Fire albums are mostly crap.

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Re: The Official Rhapsody Of Fire Thread!!
« Reply #88 on: June 04, 2021, 01:59:26 AM »
New single 'I'll Be Your Hero' if the title isn't bad enough wait until you get an earful of this garbage:
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