Rain of a Thousand Flames

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Product Description The content of "Rain Of A Thousand Flames" prepares the way for the fourth and last part of the 'Emerald Sword saga' which will be released in early 2002. Worth a special mention is the fact that Rhapsody have never before integrated the sounds of their native tongue, Italian, into the songs. “The beautiful sound of Italian really suits this kind of music and apart from that, we could of course express our feelings better in our native language,” Turilli explains and promised that the band will be setting off on an extensive European tour in spring 2002. Besides the regular CD version, "Rain Of A Thousand Flames" is also available as a limited digipak including an MPEG video of the title track, as well as a picture LP with poster. From the Artist „For us, "Rain Of A Thousand Flames" is the perfect balance between the aggressiveness of "Dawn Of Victory", the symphonic elements of "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands" and all the important components of the ´Hollywood Metal` which we created,“ Luca Turilli characterizes the new songs. „The idea of giving the fans a little present between two regular albums had been in our minds for quite a time. But we wanted to offer them something very special and not just one new song plus a couple of others they already know. That's why we recorded completely new songs, two of which have truly epic lengths. These two tracks are ´Queen Of The Dark Horizons` and ´Rhymes Of A Tragic Poem - The Gothic Saga` with playing times of over thirteen and twenty-three minutes respectively. With ´Queens Of The Dark Horizons` Rhapsody touch on the main theme of the soundtrack of Dario Argento's cinema thriller, ´Phenomena` and, in ´The Wizard´s Last Rhymes` they worked with the characteristic, moving passages from Antonin Dvoráks ´Symphony Of The New World`. All in all it's an impressive piece of music that the band has produced in the Wolfsburg Gate and Pathway Studios under the guidance of Sascha Paeth. P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Artist Rhapsody have been a unique phenomenon in the metal scene since 1997. Metal fans all over the world welcomed the band's debut album, "Legendary Tales" with astounding enthusiasm. Together with Hammerfall the band advanced almost overnight to become leaders of a new generation of future-oriented metal bands. "Legendary Tales" was followed two years later by their second opus, "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands", which climbed to 54th in the national album charts. In Finland it reached 41st, in Italy 22nd and Holland even 14th. The voices of the international press were especially loud: The German metal magazine, 'Heavy, oder was!?', the Dutch 'Aardschok' and the Belgian magazine, 'Mindview' named "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands" Album of the Month. Rhapsody was featured on the cover of numerous magazines in France, Norway, Greece, Romania and Italy. The extensive European tour with Stratovarius from early April until the end of May 2000 was the stage premiere which had been! so longed for by the many fans. It was followed by the third full-length album, "Dawn Of Victory". The album was even more successful than its predecessor and reached high chart positions in numerous countries. In Germany, "Dawn Of Victory" reached 32nd place in the album charts, in Italy, Finland, Sweden and Finland the album climbed to similarly high positions. In Japan it reached 24th and in the Dutch Indie-Charts it reached a staggering 4th. Early Summer 2001 saw the band touring South America for the first time, leaving ecstatic fans behind them not only there but at various Europan open-air festivals, too. Now the musicians are presenting their first specially priced album, "Rain Of A Thousand Flames" in preparation for the thematic finale of the successful 'Emerald Sword saga', which will be appearing at the end of February 2002 in the form of a full-length album. See more