When Metal meets Film's Scores 7-Day Music Challenge: Your Top Albums - Day 5 - Power of the Dragonflame by Rhapsody

in #albumchallenge6 years ago (edited)

Now that you are used to concept albums (because that's the only thing I will show you guys, for real) I'll make you listen to a band its sole purpose is to sound like the soundtrack of an epic fantasy movie, and when I say listen I say LISTEN, I warn you, do not, and I repeat DO NOT WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEOS FROM THIS BAND, those things can make you cringe (or laugh) to DEATH! Warnings aside, LET'S GO!!

DAY 5



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Hailing from Italy and formed by (a bunch of overconfident weirdos) Fabio Lione at the vocals, Luca Turilli at the guitars and Alex Staropoli at the keyboards released POWER OF THE DRAGONFLAME their 4th and last entry on the Saga (yeah the whole series of albums are a saga, and I'm not even counting the EP's) called SYMPHONY OF THE ENCHANTED LANDS in April 2002 and delivered a powerful final chapter full of epic hymns, choruses and over the top orchestral compositions.

Let's feel the mighty Power of the Dragonflame

Let's begin with a mash-up of the two first tracks called IN TENEBRIS and KNIGHTRIDER OF DOOM respectively, these songs serve as intro and first kick to the album and this executed perfectly (not surprising they do that in every album), fast-paced and intense, they give a frantic beginning to the last album of the saga, a tragedy, but DAMN EPIC ONE! With demons and warriors and swords and people dying... a lot of those yeah!

THE MARCH OF THE SWORDMASTER is an epic hymn in all its right, epic phrases with an epic bridge and a even more EPIC chorus, the funny thing about this song is that its melody and structure is based on a really lovely Italian song from the Renaissance era, like FOR REAL check it out IT CRAZY!

Ok, you'll have to sit down for this one, why, you ask? Well, because GARGOYLES, ANGELS OF DARKNESS (what's up with those names lol) is 19 minutes long, of course, this is the last track of the album and grand finale of the whole saga so I can understand why is so long, but don't get me wrong this is an amazing, epic and sublime theme, nothing is wasted in it, it even has an epilogue-like narration at the end to give a proper conclusion to a journey that began in 1997 with LEGENDARY TALES their first ever album, talk about planning ahead right.

As a whole, this is the most varied album of this band, the stay true to their style of film-score metal but they add a lot of elements from other genres to the mix and they achieve a balance almost perfectly and as a chapter that closes a journey this album does an amazing work, this is by far my favorite from this band.

TIME FOR THE RULES OF THE CHALLENGE, BITCHES!!!

  • You need to pick your 7 all-time favorite albums. Post one every day for seven days in a row. (EASY)

  • One song (at least) from each album has to be in your playlist currently. Oh yeah, you also have to share this song with us through YouTube. (piece of cake)

  • The Cover of the Album has to be the main theme of your post each day. (GG,EZ)

  • No need to explain why the specific album is a favorite of yours, but if you feel like it, please do! (Nah, do it, that's the fun part)

  • Use #albumchallenge as a tag. (mmm just because I like you)

  • Last but not least, nominate a different steemian each day. (SO, YOU'RE THE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS YOU LITTLE...)

This I would like to nominate @ecoinstant because I heard from a birdie that he likes this kind of metal, so, go nuts dude!

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respondo en español porque soy la cumbia

Lo genial de esta banda es todo en lo que derivó; ellos pasaron por muchas cosas fastidiosas, tuvieron cosas increíbles en su formación inicial, pasaron problemas en 2006 con su nombre y a pesar de que le pusieron el "of fire" para nosotros seguía siendo la única Rhapsody (para entonces).

En cuanto a su posición como film-score metal, o mejor dicho cinematic metal se lo atribuyo completamente a Luca Turilli, no desprestigio al resto de los integrantes de la banda como Fabio Lione quien es un cantante increíble, pero es que cuando esta banda se hizo mundiamente conocida fue cuando todos idolatraban a los mismos de siempre tocando las mismas cosas de siempre y salió este italiano con cara de telenovela y pantalones pegados haciendo unos barridos perfectos sobre figuras neoclasicas, el mundo del metal explotó y aunque ya teníamos bandas como Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Kamelot y otros, ninguno igualaba a Rhapsody.

Sus portadas son artes increíbles, pero es algo que vemos en otras bandas, por otra parte no cualquier banda puede decir "Oye, escucha mi nueva canción con Sir Christopher Lee" y que aparezca en otro video usando una corona haciendo un super diálogo sobre la epica saga de la daga esmeralda, contando sobre Dargor, el señor oscuro poseedor del poder de las gárgolas.

images you can hear.

La saga de la daga esmeralda es la obra maestra de Luca Turilli, no puedes escuchar estas canciones sin llenarte el pecho de este sentimiento heróico y gritar "GLORIA, GLORIA PERPETUA" en el coro de Dawn Of Victory.

La mejor parte de toda la historia de esta banda es ver como luego de lo que señalaron como una separación amistosa por parte de Luca Turilli, los miembros restantes siguieron como Rhapsody of fire y luego de un par de años experimentales Luca nos trajo "Luca Turilli's Rhapsody", es decir, por una parte teníamos a los Rhapsody de siempre con el poderoso Fabio Lione y por otra parte al maestro Turilli con un nuevo vocalista, Alessandro Conti quien formó parte de la Corale Gioachino Rosinni, ¡la misma escuela de Luciano Pavarotti! que mejor maldito momento para estar vivo, ¡DOS RHAPSODYS! no podría ser mejor.

Al contrario de tu opinión yo si recomiendo ver los videos, se que el de The Ancient Forest of Elves da pena ajena pero Unholy Warcry es una cita obligada con esta importantísima participación de Sir Christopher Lee, algo realmente histórico, de verdad una de mis bandas epicas favoritas y Luca, The Maestro, uno de los compositores que más admiro.

mira no más que bonito ese mushasho.

Ok, yo te voy a decir una vaina, tu le vuelves a decir daga esmeralda a la ESPADA ESMERALDA y vamo a tene peo, tu crees que Turilli compuso todas esas vaina pensando en un cuchillo de cocina? (tu eres pato, te echas ampollas en la barba?)

A mi me tiene enamorado lo epico de la primera saga, pero en cuanto a lo teatrl de la segunda es una vaina que le da una pela a la primera, y como tu dice es con la narracion de fucking Christopher Lee, ese bicho fue el Conde Dooku, Saruman y Dracula, no puedes ser mas epíco que eso.

Estoy de acuedo con que los videos nuevos son muchisimo mejores, pero los videos de la primera saga son TERIBLES mira el de Holy Thunderfoce o el de Rain of a Thousand Flames eso es horrible, en reddit hay un recordatorio anual de que esos videos existen y todo comparten videos horribles de powermetal, te lo dejo por ahi

P.D. ya veo que tu tambien quieres un mehoc de pelo de Fabio
P.D.D. Fabio best boy

jsjsjsjssjjsjsjs mareco estaba recien levantado y acababa de escribir "saga" XD

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