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.
Resurrected, body corrupted
By the darkest hexes, the rigors of time
Lying evils seeped in the conscience
Become gangrenous and rotten inside
Dream, if you can, when you can no longer
Sleep, if you can, when there's nothing left to
Dream, if you can, when you can no longer
Sleep, if you can, when there's nothing left to dream!
He shall raise the darkness from the depth
Bleeding wounds in the fabric of spacetime
Make the corpses dance in the dead of the night
Dust and bones are furiously whirling
While the graves are lit in the magical rite
Hide if you can, when you can no longer
Breathe if you can, when there's nothing left to
Hide if you can, when you can no longer
Breathe if you can, when there's nothing left to hide!
He shall hide the shameful weight of life
(Blame) Vanquished by shadows, tortured in the blame
(Pain) Unnameable Pariah, forged in blood and pain
(Doom) Doomed by his mother, bound to be concealed
(Die) Eternal life in agony, he was born to die unseen
As opposed to Kreel
Growing shadows slaying the sunlight
Make the graveyard crawling, everything's lost
Restless souls and hideous cries
The lamenting horde of unpeaceful ghosts
Sleep if you can, when there's nothing left to
Dream if you can, when you can no longer
Sleep if you can, when there's nothing left to
Dream if you can, when you can no longer dream!
He shall cry, his innocence is lost
(Blame) Vanquished by shadows, tortured in the blame
(Pain) Unnameable Pariah, forged in blood and pain
(Doom) Doomed by his mother, bound to be concealed
(Die) Eternal life in agony, he was born to die unseen
As opposed to Kreel
Sleep, dream, sleep, dream softly
I (I), dread (dread), to think (think), we're the same (same)
I (I), realize ('lize), the beast could've been me (me)
For (for), she chose (chose), it must be you (you)
The (the), Pariah ('ah), divine nemesis
And we sing the rime of the unfortunate
As we know the legend goes on
Sing along the rime of the miserable
As we know we have tried for so long
Sleep, dream, sleep, dream softly
Why, God? You mean, it must be me
The, Pariah, the vile heresy
And we sing the rime of the unfortunate
As we know the legend goes on
Sing along the rime of the miserable
As we know we have tried for so long
Cry out in vain, shame on thy curse
Mastered by the dark, black wizard with no soul
Lost is your name, rotten to the core
Kreel has your own blood, you mighty Bezrael!
And we sing the rime of the unfortunate
As we know the legend goes on
Sing along the rime of the miserable
As we know we have tried for so long
Cry out in vain, shame on thy curse
Devastated youth, black wizard ruined thy soul
Your body's turned, your eyes on fire
Still you share his blood, you mighty Bezrael!
He shall kill, destroy the peaceful green hills
He shall fight in charge of the empire
(Blame) Vanquished by shadows, tortured in the blame
(Pain) Unnameable Pariah, forged in blood and pain
(Doom) Doomed by his mother, bound to be concealed
(Die) Eternal life in agony, he was born to die unseen
As opposed to Kreel
Swear the despicable oath, you fool