One of my favorite bands. Always nice melodies, great vocals. They have one of their albums with Sir Christopher Lee as a guest. Very suitable for the Fantasy themed songs

@MaewCatt

Жыл бұрын

RIP to the OG Sir Christopher Lee He’s awesome for this Dane fr Never knew the album had a story before I searched for reactions to Emerald Sword

I had my huge powermetal phase between 97 and 2003... I think I was almost buying a new album every month. Rhapsody was among my favorites. I remember I thought many of their songs had a hint of Warcraft II music in them.

@Brendo2386

Жыл бұрын

Check out Fellowship's album. Legit the best power metal album in a decade I heard this during your powermetal phase haha

@Morjixxo

9 ай бұрын

That period was the golden one, especially for Rhapsody. The entire *Emerald Sword Saga* (first 5 Albums) was released in that period: _1997 - Legendary Tales:_ *Warrior of Ice* , Virgin Skies, Lord Of the Thunder *_1998 - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands:_* *Emerald Sword* , *Eternal Glory* *_2000 - Dawn Of Victory:_* *Dawn Of Victory* , *Triumph for My Magic Steel* , *The Village of Dwarves* , Holy Thunderforce _2001 - Rain Of A Thousand Flames:_ *The Wizard's Last Rhymes* , Queen Of The Dark Horizons _2002 - Power Of The Dragonflame:_ Power Of The Dragonflame, The March of the Swordmaster, *Agony Is My Name* At the same time the composer had a really similar side project *Luca Turilli's Band* : *_1999 - King of the Nordic Twilight:_* *Kings of the Nordic Twilight* , *Warrior's Pride* , *Knight Of Immortal Fire* , *The Ancient Forest of Elves* , The Legend of Steel *_2002 - Demonheart (EP):_* *Black Realms' Majesty* _2002 - Prophet of the Last Eclipse:_ War Of The Universe, Rider of the Astral Fire, The Age of Mystic Ice.

la mejor banda .. Saludos desde Argentina

I grew up as a thrash and metalcore kid and was played guitar in high school a friend of mine tuned me into power metal so i wasn't getting stuck in a influence rut

That was fun (both song and reaction), and I totally agree with the viewpoint you expressed at the start. The only reason I've heard of Rhapsody is because when they had to add "of Fire" to their name for legal reasons, fellow Italians Nanowar added "of Steel" to theirs, in either solidarity or parody. I saw NoS live last weekend, in a goofy, extremely low-budget show which was huge fun. This is the first time I've heard RoF; I was drawn to this reaction because of that concert.

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Steel Panther of Power Metal 🤣Valhalleluja is still the greatest Christmas song of all time ❤✊🤘

@michaeld7413

Жыл бұрын

@@WolfKain :-) i was contemplating giving you this song as a versus reaction. This and ... lets call it Nanowars version of it. I guess, that will be my next request now :-D

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeld7413 You're clearly trying to get me in trouble 🤣🤣🤣

@michaeld7413

Жыл бұрын

😇 whatever makes you say that?😇

Rhapsody of fire actually do have darker songs that you would enjoy check out "when demons awake" and "reign of terror" (and this one is even faster)

@kheldaur2107

6 ай бұрын

when demons awake is one of their best

Great content! Thank you! Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

@rykehuss3435

4 ай бұрын

Fabio Lan reference to Lione?

@CapFabioLan

4 ай бұрын

@@rykehuss3435 maybe…

Just now starting the video and super stoked to see that necklace!

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

I love it 🤗

Thank you for "over-explaining". The first time somebody explains my feeling about power metal. I didn’t find the words until you did it for me. :)

I bought this album back in 2002 when I was 13. And fell in love right away. Amazing band, just amazing. And for the record, I just love watching you and your wife reacting to metal videos. If you ever come to Finland, let me know :D Would love to have a beer with you two.

From this album try to listen the last track....symphony of enchated lands......by my opinion is great

Rhapsody es la mejor banda de power metal del mundo!!!

Great reaction! Haven't seen Conan in ages, need to go see it now :) As for intros like this one, "Epicus Furor", they have intros like that on all their albums basically. Probably the ones that have the most similar feel to this one would be "Lux Triumphans" from the 2000 album "Dawn of Victory", "In Tenebris" from the 2002 album "Power of the Dragonflame" and "Dark Frozen World" from the 2010 album "The Frozen Tears of Angels".

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

I see what you mean, they really do lol, thanks ✊🤘

Rhapsody is nice they are pioneers, very good singer live(the original). I have listened to every metal scene, talented musicians.

While not the biggest fan of it, it certainly has its place. We used a lot of this sort of music along with Manowar, the LOTR and Conan soundtracks (amongst others) as background noise for our DnD sessions. Sometimes the music would line up perfectly with what was happening in game.

Ah...Rhapsody (yes, just Rhapsody), this really takes me back. When I was power metal junkie I used to love these guys. The reason why you found that resemblance to Conan OST, is because the main songwritter for Rhapsody loves epic movie soundtracks, he actually initially called Rhapsody's style "Symphonic Hollywood Metal" for that reason. I lost interest in them after the 4th album (3rd one was interesting cause it was a bit different), but with 4th and moving forward they were releasing the same music album after album, and you can care so much for dragons and magic swords (actually in a previous request list for Sistah I requested a song by these guys, but then removed it cause I considered it was too cheesy). They became that influential that they spawned a horrible ammount of copy cats bands (similar to what happened to Nightwish). Despite of not considering myself a fan of them since many years, I went to one of their concerts a couple of months ago, baited out of nostalgia, and it's safe to say it was a really good concert and they performed live better than I expected. As for Epic Soundtrack music style, names that come to my mind (in no particular order): Two Steps from Hell, Antti Martikainen, AudioMachine, Dol Ammad (later named Dol Theeta, if you want epic space music, instead of epic fantasy), Galactic Empire (Star Wars music, but metal style), Gleb Kolyadin, Kyle Morrison (Pianometal...yes, pianometal), Nox Arcana (epic gothic gloomy style), Seth Angerer, SvaDaRa (epic Hindi music), Yossi Sassi (Middle Eastern epic)...and many others I cant recall right now.

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

I knew I can count on you for some new recommendations 🤗 I know the first two very well, but almost everything else is new to me, so I look forward to exploring them ❤️✊🤘

@gustavmetal

Жыл бұрын

@@WolfKain my pleasure, my friend. Drink from the well of great music, because it is (almost) endless... Cheers! 🤘🏻

@FullMetalGatto

Жыл бұрын

They had to change their names due to copyright reasons

During the intro I was just thinking "Where do I know that melody?" Then you immediately made the Conan connection. That gets a sub from me for sure. And you're absolutely right that power metal is all about the headspace. I primarily listen to darker music but power metal gives me such a feeling of escapism when I'm in the right headspace. Great reaction, cheers brother

i meet the band in 1998, i just buy the disc becouse the dragon in the portrait and it was one of my best elections in my entire life

Emerald Sword is probably the most famous out of all the cheesy power metal pieces. Its an all time classic. Rhapsody works best if you let go of any notions of cheese and just imagine yourself in the green valley where dragons fly

Banda legendaria... mas de 20 años

PLAYLIST: If you like it and want to deep dive in this group: *The Emerald Sword Saga* : _(1997) Legendary Tales:_ *Warrior of Ice* , Virgin Skies, Lord Of the Thunder *_(1998) Symphony Of Enchanted Lands:_* *Emerald Sword* , *Eternal Glory* *_(2000) Dawn Of Victory:_* *Dawn Of Victory* , *Triumph for My Magic Steel* , The Village of Dwarves, Holy Thunderforce _(2001) Rain Of A Thousand Flames (EP):_ *The Wizard's Last Rhymes* , Queen Of The Dark Horizons _(2002) Power Of The Dragonflame:_ *Agony Is My Name* , Power Of The Dragonflame, The March of the Swordmaster At the same time the composer had a really similar side project *Luca Turilli's Band* : *_(1999) King of the Nordic Twilight:_* *Kings of the Nordic Twilight* , *Knight Of Immortal Fire* , Warrior's Pride, The Ancient Forest of Elves , The Legend of Steel _(2002) Demonheart (EP):_ *Black Realms' Majesty* _(2002) Prophet of the Last Eclipse:_ War Of The Universe, Rider of the Astral Fire, The Age of Mystic Ice.

Wn... Me sorprendió eso de conan... Maestro

BOREALIS - Ashes Turn To Rain.. some say they are Evergrey clones but whatever. The intro of this song is mindblowing

Excelente reacción me encantó, si pueden reaccionar a mas canciones de rhapshody estaria genial como, lord of the tunder O mi favorita que es beyond the gates of infinity ✨ Gracias igualmente

#WolfKain I loved Ultima 8 in particular, played it in the mid 90's while listening to mixed tapes of ol' 70's Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Zeppelin stuff. :) If you loved Conan stuff? Well, have you heard the swedish band (no longer existing) Lost Horison? They did a song called "The Highlander", which has a bit of that epic warrior touch, and the song is an effin masterpiece! That one, along with "The Accolade" with Symphony X. Those two songs will change your view of the genre of prog power symphonic metal stuff ;)

I know really well this group. The more Conan-like songs are in their debut album: _(1997) Legendary Tales:_ Warrior of Ice, Lord Of the Thunder

Seven minutes in and the song hasn't started...😜

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

Seven seconds later... 😆

just do more rhapsody of fire they always put an story in there album from start to finish its more like an musical metal dnd campain with epic proportions and do always have an intro that just perfectly puts everything together ... everytime im listining to it in my car i loose track on where one song ends and the next start do to these perfect intros

I never understood how someone one can connect with only one type of music. For me its like 99% depending on my mood. Metal, I can always listen to regardsless. But sometimes im feeling nostalgic or missing my parents, then I can listen to ABBA or Roxette all day long. If Im sad or Depressed I listen to Björn Affzelius (A swedish component who wrote kind of melancholy pop mixed with with a little bit of folk music. If Im angry or frustrated metal always works, ofc... But with some specific angers I can prefer other genres. When I pissed with the government punk does wonders. If Im angry with people in general, then I often go ton"conscious rappers" like Tom MacDonald or Hopsin (or the old Eminem tracks) these are rappers who call out, mostly but not limited to, other rapper who are bad role model pushing booze and drugs or whatever with their music. To me only connecting with one specific genre or type of music is literally the same as only liking a single type of meal. I fakking LOOOOVE Sushi... But If it was literally the only thing I ever ate, moning, lunch, dinner every day my entire life I would probably end myaelf. This is not a critique of you btw, what friggin business of mine is your taste in music? Absolutely fakkin none 🤣 You do whatever makes you happy, naturally. This post is just pure curiousity. I genuinely do not understand how that works... Cuz in my mind its actually impossible.

I'm surprised that I liked it! ...except for the vocals 😅

Ultima Online was the blueprint for MMOs, none have come close since. They have tried, but none got the overall feel that UO gave.

@WolfKain

Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough that was the only Ultima game I didn't ever play because I was anti-social 😆 I still have all my original box art, maps, and coins from back in the day ❤️

NGL when my 12yo self heard this for the first time - it seemed to be the greatest thing in human history since cavemen first invented grilled cheese.

Rhapsody has the cheesiest lyrics of ANY band I know. Good thing I am not a native English speaker and Fabio Leone's thick accent makes it hard for me to understand 60% of what he sings... lol But still love them. There are much better songs in this album however.

@apocalypse3485

Жыл бұрын

I thought almost the same at first, but later I got into the story behind it and I honestly like them now, knowing that they're not just random fantasy tales

@rogeriopenna9014

Жыл бұрын

@@apocalypse3485 the overall story may even be good, I don't know. But still, is written in the cheesiest way possible