''Into the Legend'' is the eleventh studio album by Italian

symphonic power metal Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guita ...

band

Rhapsody of Fire Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre. Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band ...

. It was released on 15 January 2016 via

AFM Records AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records ...

. It is the first album with bassist Alessandro Sala, and the final album with longtime members

Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire fo ...

on vocals and Alex Holzwarth on drums.

Track listing

Personnel

Rhapsody of Fire *

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* Roberto De Micheli –

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* Alessandro Sala –

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Alex Staropoli Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder (with Luca Turilli) of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs. ...

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, production * Alex Holzwarth –

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Additional musicians * Manuel Staropoli – recorder, flute, crumhorn, oboe, duduk * Matteo Brenci – guitars (7) * Luca Balbo – piano (7) * Elisa Frausin – cello * Bayarma Rinchinova – flute * Teodora Tommasi – harp * Manuel Tomadin – harpsichord * Luca Ventimiglia – musette, uilleann pipes, crumhorn * Paolo Monetti – violone * Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra – orchestra * Manuela Kriscak, Noémi Boros, Paola Marra – soprano vocals * Elisa Verzier – alto vocals * Riccardo Rados – tenor vocals * Hao Wang, Matjaž Zobec – bass vocals Choir * Giacomo Voli, Beatrice Blaskovic, Caterina Lanza, Elisa Blaskovic, Erin Dorci, Sofia Rosie Mayer, Virginia Lanza, Davide Moras, Fabio Sambenini, Gabriele Gozzi, Paolo Ribaldini Production * Alberto Bravin – editing, engineering, mixing * Atanas Babaleski – engineering * Giorgi Hristovski – engineering * Fulvio Zafred – engineering * Maor Appelbaum – mastering * Felipe Machado Franco – artwork, layout * Daniele Peluso – photography * Stefania Seculin – choir conductor * Vito Lo Re – orchestra conductor

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums AFM Records albums Rhapsody of Fire albums