RHAPSODY OF FIRE

Dans la rubrique "on se sépare quand d'autres se reforment" , Rhapsody Of Fire a décidé de se scinder en deux parties :

-Alex Staropoli continuera avec Fabio Lione, le chanteur sous le nom de Rhapsody Of Fire, Tom Hess à la guitare et Alex Holzwarth à la batterie

-Luca Turilli, pour sa part, s'associera également avec Alex Holzwarth, Dominique Leurquin et Patrice Guers sous le nom de Rhapsody.

After 15 years of friendship, hard work and big passion, fully invested
in the creation of symphonic music and an epic saga that will remain in
the history of heavy metal, Alex Staropoli and Luca Turilli decided to
proceed to a friendly split.
“10 albums released and the end of the saga represent, musically and
lyrically, an important artistic goal finally reached, underlined by the
success of our last release “From Chaos To Eternity”, for which we want
to thank our wonderful fans once again. Now it came the time when new
artistic stimulations need to be found, in respect of both parts’
visions and perspectives and of our longtime friendship” say Luca and
Alex. Due to the latest legal agreements actually in force, Alex
Staropoli will go on with RHAPSODY OF FIRE having, between the others,
Fabio Lione as singer, Tom Hess as guitar player and Alex Holzwarth as
drummer. For the same agreements and the original name’s common
ownership, Luca Turilli will release his future works with a new
RHAPSODY band, including the faithful band members Dominique Leurquin,
Patrice Guers and Alex Holzwarth.

Alex says: “While wishing the best to Luca and his new band, I want to
tell you that Fabio and myself feel motivated and stronger than ever and
that RHAPSODY OF FIRE are already planning a great worldwide tour. More
information regarding the new bass player and the new second guitar
player will follow. Stay tuned!”

Nos amis font simple, n'est-ce pas ?

Je reprendrais bien des pates moi

Luca Turilli quitte Rhapsody Of Fire pour sortir un album solo intitulé Ascending To Infinity sous le nom de Luca Turilli's Rhapsody :

In August 2011, RHAPSODY OF FIRE guitarist Luca Turilli and keyboardist Alex Staropoli announced their decision to go their separate ways.

Due to legal reasons, Staropoli will continue under the RHAPSODY OF FIRE name. Turilli, on the other hand, will make his future efforts available under the RHAPSODY moniker (RHAPSODY OF FIRE's original name), in which he will be joined by guitarist Dominique Leurquin, bassist Patrice Guers, and drummer Alex Holzwarth. A singer for the group has has yet to be announced.

LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY will release a new album entitled "Ascending To Infinity" on June 29 via Nuclear Blast.

Commented
the band: "We all know that many of you were waiting for the news about
our new singer and it is true that his name was supposed to be revealed
right today. But as the mix of the album already started and the result
of his artistic performance on 'Ascending To Infinity' is simply
brilliant, then we decided to not present our singer by simply
revealing his name. Instead, with the next news of Tuesday, March 27,
we'll present him in the best way possible, the one we know you surely
prefer. This means that on that day you will have the possibility to
discover him and his talent listening to some excerpts from our new
album, exclusively from our new band's web site, www.ltrhapsody.com."

"Ascending To Infinity" track listing:

01. Quantum X
02. Ascending To Infinity
03. Dante’s Inferno
04. Excalibur
05. Tormento E Passione
06. Dark Fate Of Atlantis
07. Fantasia Gotica
08. Clash Of The Titans
09. Of Michael The Archangel And Lucifer's Fall
I. Alma Mundi
II. Fatum Mortalis
III. Ignis Divinus

You can check out the "Ascending To Infinity" cover artwork below.

The album will have a running time of around 65 minutes.

The limited-edition version of "Ascending To Infinity" will include two bonus tracks for 75 minutes of music, plus "many exclusive gifts," to be revealed very soon.

LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY will embark on the "Ascending To Infinity" headlining tour in the fall.

In a recent interview, Turilli stated about "Ascending To Infinity", "Honestly, this album is very important for me, Alex Holzwarth, Patrice and Dominique
and personally it is the one I always dreamed to record. The basic
composition process lasted around five months. In this period of time I
worked at the rhythm of 12-14 hours per day and, while very hard because
very demanding mentally and spiritually, this was one of the most
rewarding sessions of composition of my whole life. It rarely happened I
had so much fun playing the guitar, the keyboards or my beloved piano
and creating original classical parts, cinematic interludes,
orchestrations and all the rest. Now all the songs are ready and I am
actually in the process of arranging everything. As you know, I don't
hire external people to orchestrate the music, but I do all by myself
writing the music for each section of the orchestra, the choirs etc. and
this sometimes can be a very long and hard process stealing a lot of
time and energy. I can not deny that this is a very ambitious album,
because of the investment, artistic vision etc., and all the people
working on it, Nuclear Blast included, are thinking the same.
That's why in the upcoming months of intensive studio work I want to go
on dedicating myself night and day to it, without thinking to anything
else."

Regarding the change in the production team for the LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY album, Luca said, "After many years of work in Wolfsburg at the court of our friend Sascha Paeth, I decided to start this new artistic adventure with a different team of people. Sascha and the other friends of the Gate Studio (Miro, Olaf, Robert, Simon, etc.) are a winning team and their help in the past was really important for RHAPSODY. But it's since many years already that Alex and I took the productions in our hands becoming producers of our own albums, despite Sascha
remaining always fundamental as engineer and mixer man. His mixes will
remain legendary and our list of thanks will be never long enough for
all the professional contribution he gave. All the years of work, fun
and sufferance in the Gate studios of Wolfsburg will surely remain unforgettable and are carved in our heart. For LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY
and the new band adventure I decided to change the studio and the main
man behind the console. We are now recording the new album at the Backyard Studio of Kempten, Germany. Our new engineer and main mixer man is the same owner of the studio and his name is Sebastian Roeder, the person who worked for RHAPSODY OF FIRE
in the last worldwide tour making real miracles while mixing our music
live. Apart from being a talented engineer, he is a great person and he
shares with us the love for this style of music. To resume, the new
album will be produced by me as usual, while Sebastian will take care of the engineering, mixing and mastering process."

On the topic of the singer for LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY, Luca
said, "As you can imagine, this will be one of the most important news
to be given in the upcoming months, but for the moment we prefer to keep
all top secret. Speaking about singers, please allow me to say a few
words about Olaf Hayer, singer and talented voice of LUCA TURILLI, my old solo band. The truth is that, as many people could already imagine, I stopped my solo activity as LUCA TURILLI definitely, willing to dedicate myself to LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY at full time. That's why I want to publicly thank Olaf
for the fundamental contribution he gave to our solo albums. All the
three albums of the trilogy entered the charts establishing some
important records and this was possible mainly because of my friend Olaf. Who knows?! Maybe sooner or later we'll still have the chance to work together. Never say never."

Quel bordel ce(s) groupe(s), ça devient compliqué !
Rhapsody of fire passe début avril ici, j'hésite ...
Il y en a parmi vous qui ont vu ce groupe ?

Je voulais aller les voir au Bataclan le 08 Avril mais du coup ça va être qui à ce concert ? J'y comprends plus rien et je lis pas l'Anglais !!!! Ou tres mal !!

Y a des groupes comme ça où on n'y comprend plus rien.

Un double cd live intitulé Live - From Chaos to Eternity sortira le 7 mai :

Italian Symphonic Metal kings Rhapsody Of Fire will release Live - From Chaos to Eternity on May 3rd (USA: May 7th). It will be available as 2-CD Digipak and as limited 3-Vinyl set. The material (a mixture of old classics and newer tracks) was recorded on the band's latest European tour in Spring 2012.

moi j'adore....bin quoi:shock: 

Moi aussi. Je me suis procuré ce live.