Symphony of Enchanted Lands

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Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Rhapsody studio album

Publication
(s)

October 5, 1998

Label (s) Limb Music Products

Format (s)

CD, digipack CD, LP, box set, cassette

Genre (s)

Power metal , symphonic metal

Title (number)

10

running time

55 min 40 s

occupation
  • Drums : Daniele Carbonera

production

Sascha Paeth and Miro

Studio (s)

Gate studio in Wolfsburg

chronology
Legendary Tales (1997) Symphony of Enchanted Lands Dawn of Victory
(2000)

Symphony of Enchanted Lands is the second studio album by the Italian power / symphonic metal band Rhapsody (now Rhapsody of Fire ).

Text and concept

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Symphony of Enchanted Lands is the second concept album in the Emerald Sword saga pentalogy. The story of the hymn and accompanying texts in the booklet is entirely devoted to the search for the three keys of wisdom. These keys are required to open the gates to a hidden valley that houses a magical wonder weapon, the Emerald Sword . Only with this it should be possible for the warrior of the ice to victoriously end an ongoing war against demons from the underworld. On the way to obtaining the keys, the warrior may have to a. look in the mirror of his deepest fears and fight a dragon.

The single Emerald Sword was released for the album . The album itself appeared u. a. as the most elaborate box of the band with a circulation of 5,000. In addition to the album, the CD contains a sword pendant, a dragon pin as well as tattoos and stickers with the band logo.

Music genre

The band combines fast Power Metal with classical instruments, choirs and Fabio Liones characteristic vocals and thus continues their typical style. Wisdom of the Kings has a more classic coloring thanks to the classical string instruments used dominantly in places , Heroes of the Lost Valley has an atmosphere similar to baroque music thanks to the use of harpsichord and flute . The actual symphonic phase of the band begins with Symphony of Enchanted Lands . Sargon the Terrible from The Metal Crypt criticizes, however, that the symphonic passages seem more like film music that is only added to the actual songs and not integral.

Reviews

Alex from The Metal Observer ended his review with the sentence: "Who can only slightly identify with this style and does not own this album cannot be really called a fan!".

Sargon the Terrible criticized that the use of keyboards did not turn the musicians into classical composers, the narrative passages were "incredibly boring" and the album did not contain enough metal . He likes the idea of ​​Rhapsody, but doesn't know of any album that meets their own standards.

Track list

  1. Epicus Furor - 1:15 am
  2. Emerald Sword - 04:21
  3. Wisdom of the Kings - 04:29
  4. Heroes of the Lost Valley - 02:04
    I. Entering the Waterfalls Realm
    II. The Dragons Pride
  5. Eternal Glory - 07:29
  6. Beyond the Gates of Infinity - 07:23
  7. Wings of Destiny - 04:28
  8. The Dark Tower of Abyss - 06:47
  9. Riding the Winds of Eternity - 04:13
  10. Symphony of Enchanted Lands - 13:17
    I. Tharos' Last Flight
    II. The Hymn of The Warrior
    III. Rex Tremende
    IV. The Immortal Fire

Guest musician

  • Narrator - Sir Jay Lansford
  • Female baroque voice - Constanze Backes
  • Choir of Immortals - Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Ricky Rizzo, Cinzia Rizzo, Tatiana Bloch, Davide Calabrese, Michele Mayer, Giuliano Tarlon, Cristiano Adacher, Manuel Staropoli, Fabio Lione, Alex Staropoli, Luca Turill
  • Don Cossack Choir
  • Helmstedt Chamber Choir , conducted by Andreas Lamken
  • Baroque oboe - Manuel Staropoli
  • 1st violin - Matthias Brommann
  • Violins - Ulrike Wildenhof, Almut Schlicker, Stefanie Holk, Friedrike Bauer, Matthias Brommann
  • Viola - Marie-Theres Strumpf, Cosima Bergk, Jan Larsen
  • Viola da gamba - Claas Harders
  • Cello - Hagen Kuhr
  • Double bass - André Neygenfind
  • Harpsichord - Stefan Horz
  • Marching Drums - Erik Steenbock

All texts by Luca Turilli.

Composed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli. The artwork is by Eric Philippe.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alex: Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands .
  2. ^ A b Sargon the Terrible: Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands . Review. The Metal Crypt