Artist: RHAPSODY OF FIRE
Album: THE EIGHTH MOUNTAIN BLUE VINYL (2LP)

Year: 22.02.2019
EAN/UPS: 884860256513
Media type: LP

Rhapsody Of Fire have now returned to the very strengths of those albums. Their latest studio recording The Eighth Mountain combines spirited songs and epic chorus parts with lavish orchestra arrangements. At the same time, the album marks the beginning of a new, exciting saga that’s typical of this band.

First of all, there’s been an important personnel change: Vocalist Giacomo Voli has been at the group’s musical helm for the last three years, whom has not only accepted the powerful heritage, he has also brought fresh momentum to the Rhapsody Of Fire fold.

To dress the new material in appropriately lavish sounds to suit its extravagant songwriting, Rhapsody Of Fire have worked with a major orchestra again. This time the musicians of the acclaimed Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, were instrumental in recording The Eighth Mountain’s sublime, atmospherically dense overall sound. Two choirs featuring more than 20 vocalists, as well as a number of soloists playing medieval instruments, also deserve to be mentioned. The album was mixed and mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann (Orden Ogan).

Side A:
01    Abyss Of Pain
02    Seven Heroic Deeds
03    Master Of Peace
04    Rain Of Fury

Side B:
05    White Wizard
06    Warrior Heart
07    The Courage To Forgive

Side C:
08    March Against The Tyrant
09    Clash Of Times
10    The Legend Goes On

Side D:
11    The Wind, The Rain And The Moon
12    Tales Of A Hero’s Fate