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.
Fuoco, pianto, sangue, cancro
Sacra lotta dura cruda di ideali senza eta'
Morte nera dentro me
Sad dark angel write the poem's evil page
Quando corpus morietur fac ut animae donetur
Fuoco, pianto, sangue, cancro
Morte nera dentro me
Quando corpus morietur fac ut animae donetur
Sacra lotta dura cruda di ideali senza eta'
Sad dark angel write the poem's evil page
Yes, my dear friends, the sun shining on our beloved
Lands seems to not be the same anymore...
From when the magic sword was handled by the black king
Akron none of us... None of us can sleep peacefully...
He's clearly preparing his plans of war to attack the
People of these wonderful valleys...
The ancient towns of Elnor and Thorald
Will be surely the first goals
In his ambitious and cruel dream of conquest...
Come mighty warrior... Come to help your... Your...
Oh god!... Oh god... No...
They found it, they found it...
The ancient words are going to be pronounced...
Thanks to the cosmic power of the emerald weapon
The book of the dead kept by the dark angel is now
Open and the rites of blood are going to begin...
Oh no, god!... Oh no... I hear those damned words...
I hear them... Necros
Dagma, Atra, Krona
Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona...
Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona...
I hear them... Necros
Dagma, Atra, Krona...
The abyss will soon spit out thousands of demoniac
Creatures and she will be back to lead them all..!
Why? Why? The godforsaken bitch ancient servant of
Kron will be free from the spell that was trapping her
In the crytpts of the ghostland... What the fathers of
My father were able to do is going to end...
Oh yes, I knew it... I knew it!
... The power of the emerald sword in the wrong hands
I knew it!
Can lead to these tragic results...
... The waves of the oceans will soon
And if we don't organize
Become giants attacking our towns...
A valid controffensive to stop those
A tragic prelude to an announced... Massacre!
Creatures this will only be a tragic...
Fuoco, pianto, sangue, cancro
Morte nera dentro me
Sacra lotta dura cruda di ideali senza eta'
Quando corpus morietur fac ut animae donetur
My dear Elnor, Thorald... The dark angel is now
Sheding his tears...
... Fight for your past, fight for
Your future... Elnor, Thorald... Resist... Resist!