Tag Luca Turilli
The unexpected passing of Mr Chistopher Lee, a contributor to five of Rhapsody’s albums before divergent paths undertaken by the bands founders was somewhat ironic given the timing of Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody’s second ambitious symphonic and bombastic interpretation of how… Continue Reading →
Furiously paced melodic death metal is an oversubscribed club these days but when it’s done with such panache the door is always open. Influenced by a host of bands, which mostly ran out of steam a few years ago, these… Continue Reading →
There has to be Dragons. There’s always Dragons. Occasionally Goblins, Dwarves, Trolls, Knights and Unicorns – sometimes all at the same time (which can really stain the carpet), hopefully there are Damsels, Princesses and at the very least Wenches, but… Continue Reading →
Faster, higher, bigger…. more ‘epic’. There can be few areas of metal that have embraced new technology to the extent that power metal has. In the search for a ‘big’ sound, keyboards and computers have increasingly proved too much of… Continue Reading →
I like many others were stunned when Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli decided to call it a day with their joint venture under the banner of Rhapsody, which subsequently became Rhapsody Of Fire due to so called copyrights of the… Continue Reading →