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RHAPSODY OF FIRE 'The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony'

Italian composer, guitarist, producer and teacher Luca Turilli offers commentary on the band’s upcoming release, The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony, scheduled for North American release on January 25^th, 2011:

“Essentially it is a long huge song, sounding very symphonic, full of orchestral sections that are very soundtrack oriented with narrations and spoken parts.  More than in other cases, we tried to create a real movie atmosphere with very dynamic musical results.  You will just need to close your eyes and explore those new emotional dimensions we wrote the music for.”

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, the tracklisting for The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony is as follows:

Act I: The Pass Of Nair-Kaan

Act II: Dark Mystic Vision

Act III: The Ancient Fires Of Har-Kuun

Act IV: The Betrayal

Act V: Neve Rosso Sangue

Act VI: Erian’s Lost Secrets

Act VII: The Angels’ Dark Revelation

RHAPSODY OF FIRE’s latest full-length studio album, The Frozen Tears Of Angels, was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (EDGUY, AVANTASIA, EPICA) and debuted on the following international album charts following their European release: Italy #31; Germany #33; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; Austria #58 and Belgium #96.

View the video for “Sea Of Fate” here.

RHAPSODY OF FIRE are: Luca Turilli on guitar, Alex Staropoli on keyboards, Fabio Lione on vocals, Patrice Guers on bass, Dominique Leurquin on guitar, and Alex Holzwarth on drums.

Italian composer, guitarist, producer and teacher Luca Turilli offers additional commentary explaining the lyrics on The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony and its connection to The Frozen Tears Of Angels.  The Cold Embrace Of Fear will be released in North America on January 25^th, 2011.

“After the long journey to the icy, frozen northlands at the borders of the known world, while facing concrete natural obstacles and the inner-demons lying in the depths of their conscience, the five main characters reach the ancient gothic fortress of Har-Kuun, the real monument of evil trapped between ice and snow, the mystic place where Erian’s book could be finally found.  The Cold Embrace Of Fear tells about the entrance of those bravehearts in the ancestral world of Har-Kuun and the dramatic search for the holy book of the angels, the only possible way to understand something more about the dark secret threatening the whole known world.  Also, in this case, I liked to create particular ‘bridges’ connecting the new chapter of the saga with our modern life on the basis of symbolism, ancient wisdom, and spiritual evolution.  To someone who knows something about modern psychology and the study of the different ‘selves,’ the hidden geometries and gothic labyrinths of Har-Kuun will reveal themselves very clearly.”

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, the tracklisting for The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony is as follows:

Act I: The Pass Of Nair-Kaan

Act II: Dark Mystic Vision

Act III: The Ancient Fires Of Har-Kuun

Act IV: The Betrayal

Act V: Neve Rosso Sangue

Act VI: Erian’s Lost Secrets

Act VII: The Angels’ Dark Revelation

RHAPSODY OF FIRE’s latest full-length studio album, The Frozen Tears Of Angels, was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (EDGUY, AVANTASIA, EPICA) and debuted on the following international album charts following their European release: Italy #31; Germany #33; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; Austria #58 and Belgium #96.

View the video for “Sea Of Fate” here.

RHAPSODY OF FIRE are: Luca Turilli on guitar, Alex Staropoli on keyboards, Fabio Lione on vocals, Patrice Guers on bass, Dominique Leurquin on guitar, and Alex Holzwarth on drums.

Visit RHAPSODY OF FIRE online at www.RHAPSODYOFFIRE.com, www.myspace.com/RHAPSODYOFFIRE, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Visit Luca Turilli online at www.LUCATURILLI.com, www.epic-metal.com/DREAMQUEST2006/, and www.NEOCLASSICALREVELATION.com

Finally it’s time for RHAPSODY OF FIRE to play Sweden Rock. With “The Cold Embrace of Fear” the band have arrived at their ninth full-length album, and in 2011 they make their highly anticipated return to the live scene. Including SRF, like so many of you have been yearning for so long.

Machistic rock, based on fat riffs, contagious choruses and a lethal groove is their simple but effective recipe for success.  MUSTASCH will be back at the festival next summer.
Next artist has developed his very own style as a blues- and rock guitarist, examplified by his latest and 20^th (!) solo record “Common Ground”. We welcome WALTER TROUT to Sweden Rock 2011.
Last, but not least we proudly present legendary GROUNDHOGS with guitarist Tony McPhee up front!.

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The Frozen Tears of Angels interview with Alex Staropoli

I recently spoke with Alex Staropoli, the keyboardist for Rhapsody On Fire about their new album, Frozen Lake of Tears.  Due to legality issues, Alex and I did not discuss the band’s struggles over the last four years but Alex expalined the making of the new album, plans for a tour, and what he considers to be one of the best bands making music right now.

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE 'The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony'

RHAPSODY OF FIRE are going to release an epic monument called ‘The Cold Embrace Of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony’.

“For this special CD we composed a unique song of around 35 minutes divided in 7 “acts“. Looking at the title you can easily imagine that such long and epic song will show the most cinematic and orchestral side of our band, all our passion for the world of cinema we love so much and that always represented our main influence while composing Rhapsody’s music“, says Luca Turilli and adds: “Essentially it is a long huge song, sounding very symphonic, full of orchestral sections very soundtrack oriented, narrations and spoken parts. More than in other cases we tried to create a real movie atmosphere with very dynamic musical results, also thanks to the help of the English actors that gave voice to different charachters. You will just need to close your eyes and explore those new emotional dimensions we wrote the music for.“

The lyrics of this monumental, epic symphony is based on the “dark secret saga“ and represents a new chapter, directly connected with The Frozen Tears Of Angels.

Luca explains: “After the long journey to the icy frozen northlands at the borders of the known world, while facing concrete natural obstacles and the inner demons lying in the depths of their conscience, the five main charachters reach the ancient gothic fortress of Har-Kuun, a real monument of evil trapped between ice and snow, the mystic place where the Erian’s book could be finally found. ‘The Cold Embrace Of Fear’ tells about the entrance of those bravehearts in the ancestral world of Har-Kuun and the dramatic search for the holy book of the angels, only possible way to understand something more about the dark secret threatening the whole known world. Also in this case I liked to create particular “bridges“ connecting the new chapter of the saga with our modern life on the basis of symbolism, ancient wisdom and spiritual evolution. To someone who knows something about modern psychology and the study of the different “self“, the hidden geometries and gothic labyrinths of Har-Kuun will reveal themselves very clearly.“

Once again Christopher Lee was chosen for the spoken parts as a main narrator.

“We couldn’t imagine to release something like this without his fundamental partecipation. Sir Lee is one member of Rhapsody Of Fire‘s family since a lot of time and we love him not only as an actor but also as man. Because of his great and majestic personality he has surely the aura of a king of the ancient times.

This extraordinary release, will hit the stores on October15th for a special price. Further updates to follow.

The Frozen Tears Of Angels debuted at #16 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top Hard Music Albums chart and at #129 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top 200 Albums chart.

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, The Frozen Tears Of Angels was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (EDGUY, AVANTASIA, EPICA) and debuted at #52 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #60 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #132 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Other international chart entries are as follows: Greece #11; Italy #31; Germany #33; Finland #35; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; France #51; Austria #58; South Korea #69; Spain #81; and Belgium #96.

The tracklisting for The Frozen Tears Of Angels is as follows:

‘Dark Frozen World’
‘Sea Of Fate’
‘Crystal Moonlight’
‘Reign Of Terror’
‘Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio’
‘Raging Starfire’
‘Lost In Cold Dreams’
‘On The Way To Ainor’
‘The Frozen Tears Of Angels’

North American bonus tracks:
‘Labyrinth Of Madness’
‘Sea Of Fate’ (Orchestral Version)

View the video for ‘Sea Of Fate’ below:

The Frozen Tears Of Angels, the new album by Italy’s RHAPSODY OF FIRE

The Frozen Tears Of Angels, the new album by Italy’s RHAPSODY OF FIRE, has debuted at #16 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top Hard Music Albums chart and at #129 on the Nielsen Canadian Soundscan Top 200 Albums chart.

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, The Frozen Tears Of Angels was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (Edguy, Avantasia, Epica) and debuted at #52 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #60 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #132 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Other international chart entries are as follows: Greece #11; Italy #31; Germany #33; Finland #35; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; France #51; Austria #58; South Korea #69; Spain #81; and Belgium #96.

The track listing for The Frozen Tears Of Angels is as follows:

01. Dark Frozen World

02. Sea Of Fate

03. Crystal Moonlight

04. Reign Of Terror

05. Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio

06. Raging Starfire

07. Lost In Cold Dreams

08. On The Way To Ainor

09. The Frozen Tears Of Angels

North American Bonus Tracks

10. Labyrinth Of Madness

11. Sea Of Fate (Orchestral Version)

Listen to a recent interview with guitarist Luca Turilli here.  View the video for “Sea Of Fate” here.

RHAPSODY OF FIRE are: Luca Turilli on guitar, Alex Staropoli on keyboards, Fabio Lione on vocals, Patrice Guers on bass, Alex Holzwarth on drums and Dominique Leurquin as additional live guitarist.

Visit RHAPSODY OF FIRE online at www.RHAPSODYOFFIRE.com, www.myspace.com/RHAPSODYOFFIRE, and on Facebook.

Visit Luca Turilli online at www.LUCATURILLI.com, www.epic-metal.com/dreamquest2006/, and www.NEOCLASSICALREVELATION.com

The Frozen Tears Of Angels, the new album by Italy’s RHAPSODY OF FIRE

The Frozen Tears Of Angels, the new album by Italy’s RHAPSODY OF FIRE, has debuted at #52 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #60 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #132 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Guitarist & songwriter Luca Turilli checks in from his hometown in Trieste, Italy and responds to the news:

“We have no words to describe the feelings after hearing this excellent news!  We are more than honored to have finally entered the U.S. Billboard charts, especially after having released an album so deep, intense and emotional like The Frozen Tears Of Angels. Thanks to our record company Nuclear Blast for believing in us and making a unique effort to push our new release and thanks to all of YOU, American brothers and sisters, for your incredible support.  We love you and we are looking forward to visiting your wonderful country once again with our next upcoming tour!  Peace and respect to all of you.”

Produced by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, The Frozen Tears Of Angels was mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth (Edguy, Avantasia, Epica) and debuted on the following international album charts following their European release: Greece #11; Italy #31; Germany #33; Finland #35; Switzerland #39; Japan #41; France #51; Austria #58; South Korea #69; Spain #81 and Belgium #96.

The track listing for The Frozen Tears Of Angels is as follows:

01. Dark Frozen World

02. Sea Of Fate

03. Crystal Moonlight

04. Reign Of Terror

05. Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio

06. Raging Starfire

07. Lost In Cold Dreams

08. On The Way To Ainor

09. The Frozen Tears Of Angels

North American Bonus Tracks

10. Labyrinth Of Madness

11. Sea Of Fate (Orchestral Version)

View the video for “Sea Of Fate” here.

RHAPSODY OF FIRE are: Luca Turilli on guitar, Alex Staropoli on keyboards, Fabio Lione on vocals, Patrice Guers on bass, Alex Holzwarth on drums and Dominique Leurquin as additional live guitarist.

Visit RHAPSODY OF FIRE online at www.RHAPSODYOFFIRE.com, www.myspace.com/RHAPSODYOFFIRE, and on Facebook.

Visit Luca Turilli online at www.LUCATURILLI.com, www.epic-metal.com/dreamquest2006/, and www.NEOCLASSICALREVELATION.com