Rhapsody of Fire es una banda italiana icónica en el género del metal sinfónico, conocida por fusionar melodías épicas con potentes riffs de guitarra y orquestaciones grandiosas. Fundada en 1993 en Trieste por el guitarrista Luca Turilli y el teclista Alex Staropoli bajo el nombre de Thundercross, el grupo rápidamente estableció una base sólida en la escena del metal europeo.
En 1995, tras la incorporación del vocalista Fabio Lione, el bajista Alessandro Lotta y el baterista Daniele Carbonera, la banda cambió su nombre a Rhapsody. El demo "Eternal Glory" llamó la atención de la crítica y los oyentes, lo que llevó a la creación de su emblemático álbum debut, "Legendary Tales" (1997). Este trabajo mostró una impactante mezcla de música clásica, elementos barrocos y heavy metal, influyendo significativamente en el género.
Rhapsody rápidamente ganó notoriedad por sus discos conceptuales, narrando historias épicas a lo largo de varios álbumes. La primera saga, conocida como "The Emerald Sword Saga," abarca cinco álbumes, comenzando con "Legendary Tales" y culminando en "Power of the Dragonflame" (2002). Esta historia se centra en heroicas batallas, reinos perdidos y una mítica espada esmeralda. Los álbumes de esta saga fueron aclamados por su ambición narrativa y su innovadora fusión musical.
QUEEN OF THE
DARK HORIZONS
Rosa nera sussurrante
Piange sangue d'innocenza
Dalla'bisso lei ritorna per
Urlare la sentenza
The witches are riding,
Wolfs howl at the moon
While candles are lighting
The black mess of fools
The daughter of evil
The mistress of shame
Her tomb is now open
To allow her awake
'Cause she is the princess of sorrow,
'Cause she is the bringer of pain
While gothic portals of sadness
Call her unpronounceable name
Moonlight is lighting her face
Down in the crypts of the damned
Her sins will not be the last
When the rituals start
Black candles burning
Announce her come back
The reign is awaiting
The queen of the dead… of the dead!
The poison is ready,
The words are pronounced
The portals are open,
Her soul wanders through
Her body is moving,
Her heart of bitch pounds
Is Kron who lives in her,
In her open wounds
'Cause she was devoted to darkness,
Drinking black blood for her god
Witch of perversion and luxury
Suicide as true lover of Kron
Moonlight is lighting her face
Down in the crypts of the damned
Her sins will not be the last
When the rituals start
Black candles burning
Announce her come back
The reign is awaiting
The queen of the dead… of the dead!
Rosa nera sussurrante piange sangue
D'innocenza / dalla'bisso lei ritorna per
Urlare la sentenza
Oh, God... the passage is open
The souls of the damned
Are ready to cross it...
Godforsaken bitch...!
Your fucking army of dead
Will never be so powerful
To break the chains of wisdom...
Beware!
My land don't cry
My birds don't stop to fly
Poor child don't die
Don't let her taste your blood
Gargoyles and wizards
Prepare this last ride
Mountains and valleys
Are calling your might
Mystical sunshines
Prelude to her coming
The black flame of evil
Is burning and growing
Queen... queen of the dark horizons!
Forest of ghostland
Give your sad welcome
To the ancestral whisper of hell
Sodomy, pestilence,
Torture and bloodshed
Is what she brings
From her past of depraved
Queen... queen of the dark horizons!
Her heart of bitch pounds
Is Kron who lives in her,
In her open wounds
'Cause she was devoted to darkness,
Drinking black blood for her god
Witch of perversion and luxury
Suicide as true lover of Kron
Moonlight is lighting her face
Down in the crypts of the damned
Her sins will not be the last
When the rituals start
Black candles burning
Announce her come back
The reign is awaiting
The queen of the dead… of the dead!