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RHAPSODY OF FIRE NOT QUITE AS CHEESY AS THEY USED TO BE

 Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 2:30pm by

rhapsody of fireOnce-upon-a-long-time-ago a band called Rhapsody were partially responsible for getting me back into metal after a hiatus that lasted through the early part of the nu-metal fad. It was the heyday of Napster, and my college roommate and I were downloading non-stop on our totally awesome T3 connection. Inevitably we landed on ’80s metal cheese, and my roommate countered by offering a modern band with many of the same influences, the Italian power metal outfit then known simply as Rhapsody. This was the song. Mind = blown.

That band has since changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire and released a bunch of albums, none of which I’ve really paid attention to. But Suckalo Robin Haigh sent us an email over the weekend to alert us that Rhapsody have a new song called “Sea of Fate” up for streaming and free download on their official website, with the album The Frozen Tears of Angels coming on April 30th (the horribly awesome cover you see at right belongs to that album).

The new song is honestly kind of meh and I prefer the band’s older stuff, but maybe some of my fellow power metal revelers will like it more than I. This is just way too straight-forward… I like my power metal much cheesier and way more outlandish.

-VN

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  • http://www.roxwel.com Pick-Axe Bobby

    You want cheesy? Check out their video for “Rain of 1,000 Flames”!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQ6thP8D0w

  • MSalonen
    • Cash Bailey

      Yeah, I’ve got that record. Uber-cheese of the highest order, but still pretty fun to listen to.

  • brandonmetal

    decent song, esp compared to that horrendous previous record.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Showalter/100000592087843 Anthony Showalter

      Y’a know what, everyone?
      Blind Guardian > every other power metal band

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Showalter/100000592087843 Anthony Showalter

        Just listen to The Soulforged to see what I mean.

  • Majestic Ice Unicorb

    Their guitarist Luca Turilli writes EVERYTHING for Rhapsody, and has his own project which is equally as insane, and cheesy.

    One of my favorites:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0xnpP3D60

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4b4cb175e217f6cf651b59492d761af3?s=80 BrayseLaygz

    thank you so much for writing about this band. i was so into the Power of the Dragonflame album like 4 years ago. i thought they were long gone. greatest power metal band ever. i was like 12 when i first heardem and i remember thinking ‘they sound like they think the lord of the rings is real…sick.’ my favorite songs of theirs are “March of the Sword Master” and “Agony is My Name”. then i heard dragonforce and i was like fuck this wheres the opera?? and honestly i dont think the new stuff is much less dorky… seriously. i don’t think you can get any dorkier than writing the dungeons and dragons soundtrack over and over again.

  • Tonberry

    I’ve used this band to get a lot of people into metal.